Tongass and Chugach National Forests land classification reports and related maps and plats bound in atlases, 1903-1958.

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Tongass and Chugach National Forests land classification reports and related maps and plats bound in atlases, 1903-1958.

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Atlases may include typescript reports sometimes accompanied by hand-drawn maps, blue-line or blue-print maps or facsimiles of U.S. survey plats, handwritten notations or lists.

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Alaska State Library

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