Papers, 1869-1873, 1915-1977.

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Papers, 1869-1873, 1915-1977.

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The majority of the papers in the collection concern Victor C. Rivers. Included are correspondence, papers and photographs relative to his service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska during World War II, and papers concerning the Alaska Constitutional Convention, Operation Statehood, and his political campaigns.

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OCLC Western Training, W7L

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SNAC Resource ID: 7486598

OCLC Western Training, W7L

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Rivers, Victor C. (Victor Claudius), 1905-1959

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Rivers, Ralph Julian, 1903-1976

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Ralph Julian Rivers was a lawyer who became Alaska's first U.S. Representative to Congress. He came to Alaska with his parents and younger brother, Victor C. Rivers, in 1906, and received his early schooling in the mining town of Flat. He was admitted to the bar in 1931 and practiced law at Fairbanks. He was elected Attorney General of Alaska, Mayor of Fairbanks, a member of the Alaska Territorial Senate, second Vice President of the Alaska Constitution Convention, and U.S. Representative-Elect ...

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Alaska District

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Victor C. Rivers family.

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The family of Julian Guy and Louisa Rivers moved to Alaska from Seattle in 1906. Their sons, Ralph Julian Rivers and Victor Claudius Rivers, were born in 1903 and 1905, respectively. Victor Rivers became a civil engineer, a member of the Territorial Senate from Fairbanks and from Anchorage, a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, and a candidate for governor. Ralph Rivers became a miner, lawyer, judge, legislator, delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, and U.S. Congressman...

Alaska. Constitutional Convention (1955-1956)

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The Alaska Constitutional Convention was called at the University of Alaska, November, 1955, to draft a constitution to be used upon Alaska's statehood. From the description of Papers of Alaska Constitutional Convention [microform], 1955-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 309411125 From the description of Records, 1955-1956. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42929694 ...