William J. Wagner manuscript collection, 1906-1946.

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William J. Wagner manuscript collection, 1906-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/653286085

The William J. Wagner manuscript collection contains personal papers, black and white photographs, memorabilia and newspaper clippings related to radio broadcasting, and Alaska events between 1913 and 1946.

1 box (6 folders)

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7944481

Alaska State Library

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Wagner, William J.

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William John (W.J.) Wagner was a radio pioneer in Alaska. He was born February 5, 1900 in Pe Ell, Washington, to William S. and Anna J. (Salkeld) Wagner. He came to Nome in 1903 where his father was in the restaurant business and later managed cafes in other locations in Alaska and Seattle. On December 14, 1924, he married Irene F. Ludeman. Mrs. George Ernst (Anna Mae Wagner), his daughter by a first marriage and granddaughter, Diana L. Mills, were instrumental in donating his collection to the ...

United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

KFQD (Radio station: Anchorage, Alaska)

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