Papers, 1885-1994.

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Papers, 1885-1994.

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This collection consists of the papers of journalist Jerome Sheldon. The collection is divided into six series: Alaska subject files, miscellaneous subject files, Alaska historical files, Alaska story files, miscellaneous Alaska subject files, and Alaska publications. The Alaska subject files contain correspondence, clippings, newspapers, photographs, and articles on Alaska and northern subjects. The miscellaneous subject files concern a variety of non-Alaska topics. The Alaska historical files include correspondence, notes, articles, book excerpts, other research materials, and partial book manuscripts by Sheldon on Alaska history and Donald McDonald II, the U.S. Army 18th Engineer Regiment, and the Canol Pipeline Project. The Alaska story files contain correspondence, articles, article drafts, and research materials relating to published and unpublished stories by Sheldon. Story subjects include oil vs. caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Nome to Provideniya friendship flights of 1988, a proposed Bering Sea tunnel, polar explorer postage stamps issued in 1986, and Arctic Ocean islands ceded to the Soviet Union in 1990. The miscellaneous Alaska subject files and Alaska publications concern a variety of Alaskan topics.

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OCLC Western Training, W7L

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OCLC Western Training, W7L

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United States. Army. Engineer Regiment, 18th

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The Eighteenth Engineers Regiment was assigned to Alaska and the Yukon Territory during World War II. Their first task was to construct a portion of the Alaska-Canadian Highway through the Yukon Territory. In early 1943, the unit was transferred to Kodiak and then to Shemya, where the regiment worked on various construction projects. In late 1944, the unit was transferred out of Alaska. From the description of Regimental Diary, 1942-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42926954 ...

Sheldon, Jerome J.

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Jerome Sheldon came to Alaska in 1942 with the U.S. Army's Eighteenth Engineer Regiment. He worked on the Alcan Highway and on Shemya Island. After the war, he worked for newspapers in Oregon and California. He moved to Fairbanks in 1954, where he was editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Sheldon later worked on newspapers in Ketchikan, Juneau, and Palmer and also developed an Alaska newspaper clipping service. He left Alaska in 1979. He has since written free-lance articles on Alaska and th...

Canol Project

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