Bill Ray White Alice collection, 1955-1958, 1964.

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Bill Ray White Alice collection, 1955-1958, 1964.

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The collection consists of 1386 black and white photograph prints and 5 publications. The photographs were taken by Bill Ray during his time as a contract officer on the White Alice Project and range in size from 9 x 12 cm.-21 x 26 cm. Locations of images in the collection include Anchorage, Aniak, Nome, Tanana, Bethel, Iliamna, Hinchinbrook Island, Clam Gulch, Homer, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Galena, King Salmon, Naknek, Kotzebue, Lisburne, Middleton Island, Kenai, Wasilla, Cape Newenham, Unalakleet, Steese Highway, Kodiak, Sitkinak Island, McGrath, Takotna Mountain, Tin City, Wales, Soldotna, Delta Junction, Nelchina, Glenn Highway, and Candle. Images also include a series of photographs covering the erection of the first prototype 60' parabolic TROPO antenna at Blaw-Knox Plant in Pittsburgh, Penn. Publications include: Erection of first 60' parabolic antenna, Pittsburgh, PA (19 leaves ; 28 cm.) (index to photographs), S.M.A. mast installation instructions (23 leaves : plans ; 28 cm.), Installation instructions, Guyed Tower Type AS-Model 2 : a support for VHF/UHF communications antennas (4, [5] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.), Instruction manual Granger Associates Model 757-1 3-32 Mc sector coverage log-periodic antenna array (various pagings : ill. ; 29 cm.), and Weekly Activity Report Project 717 Alaska (July 6, 1957 through March 1, 1958).

7 boxes.

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7951953

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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