Louise Arner Boyd papers, 1930-1960.

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Louise Arner Boyd papers, 1930-1960.

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The papers contain handwritten notes on the history of Spitsbergen, Norway, 1596-1936; typewritten notes to the American Committee for International Wildlife Protection; history of Swedish Lapps, 1930; photographs "Profile of the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, 1937-39", news clippings on musk-ox, Lapps, reindeer; first day issue stamps, 1959, 1960; and Alaska Road Commission transit notes.

1 ms. boxes .75 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443846

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972

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Louise Arner Boyd (b. September 16, 1887, San Rafael, California-d. September 14, 1972, San Francisco, California) was a geographer, big game hunter, patroness of the arts, and leader of eight expeditions into polar regions, including several to Greenland. In 1955 she flew over the North Pole to take photographs for the American Geographical Society. She held honorary degrees from the Universities of Alaska and California and from Mills College. ...

American Committee for International Wild Life Protection.

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Howard, J. Keir (James Keir)

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United States. Alaska Road Commission

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This collection records the construction of roads, trails and bridges in Alaska from approximately 1909-1959. The Alaska Road Commission was established in 1905 as a board of the U.S. War Department where it remained until 1932. Many of Alaska's oldest highways are named for officers of the early Road Commission: Valdez-Chitina-Fairbanks military road was renamed the Richardson Highway for Brig. Gen. Wilds P. Richardson, the Steese Highway for Col. James G. Steese, the Elliot Highway for Maj. Ma...