Maynard C. Dahlstrom collection, ca. 1945-1977.

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Maynard C. Dahlstrom collection, ca. 1945-1977.

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Maynard Dahlstrom's collection is a reflection of his life in Alaska from the mid-1940s to the late 1970s. The papers are grouped in three series: his work as an aviation mechanic at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the trips he took with the photography clubs - Alaskan Trails Club, Alaskan Prospectors Society and his personal life including family, friends, and the details of constructing his house in the Spenard area of Anchorage. The collection includes employment papers, such as an induction notice, certificates, awards, work orders, engineer logs, trip logs, daily journals, slide and photo indexes, memorabilia from trips, house construction logs, catalogs, a few sample receipts and publications. One folder has memorabilia of a walrus/whale hunt on the Bering Sea near Little Diomede Island in 1953. The trip was memorable because a defector, Cecil A. Stoner, stole a boat from Dahlstrom's hunting party and crossed the sea to Russia.

1.3 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Alaska State Library

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United States. Army Air Forces

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Fur Rendezvous (Anchorage, Alaska)

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Alaskan Trails Club.

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Dahlstrom, Maynard C.

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Maynard Chester Dahlstrom was born in Red Wing MN on Christmas Day 1920. His mother died when he was 12 and his father remarried several years later. He graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis, ca. 1937 and served in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) until he was 21. The CCC provided training in photography and mechanics. He was a mechanic for Northwest Airlines when World War II began. Maynard Dahlstrom was classified 4-F by his draft board but he wanted to support the war effort....

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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