Katmai Expeditions : photographs, 1913-1919.

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Katmai Expeditions : photographs, 1913-1919.

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The collection consists of eight volumes of photographs made by staff members of the expeditions. They provide documentary pictorial evidence of the expeditions and also present many views of Alaskan scenery, towns, villages, various ships and boats, flora and fauna, and natives. There are 4,839 black and white photographs for the years 1913, 1915-19. Negatives were made from over 1,000 of the photographs. There is a list of the photographs in the collection, an index to the photographers, and a partial subject index.

3 cu. ft.4,839 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 6-9 x 30 cm. + photograph negatives.

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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The eruption of Mount Katmai on the Alaska Peninsula in 1912 was one of the great volcanic events of modern history. The eruption covered the town of Kodiak with almost one foot of ash and the explosion was reportedly heard as far away as Juneau, 750 miles distant. To study this phenomena, the National Geographic Society launched several scientific investigating expeditions to Katmai and surrounding areas affected by the eruption. There was a brief expedition to Kodiak and Afognak Islands, led b...