Don C. Foster photographs [graphic], circa 1944-1964

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Don C. Foster photographs [graphic], circa 1944-1964

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The collection consists of 1,683 color slides of the Pacific Northwest and Washington D.C. photographed by Don C. Foster and others from the mid-1940s through the mid-1960s. Photographs of Alaskan mountain landscapes, wildlife, botany, and peoples constitute the bulk of the collection; most images were created during Foster's tenure as the general superintendent of Alaska's National Service. The collection documents various locations in the state, including the Aleutian Islands, Anchorage, Nome, Juneau, Fairbanks, Kotzebue and the Alcan Highway, and shows the state's Native American inhabitants engaged in a variety of activities from ice fishing, reindeer racing, and walrus hunting to training in hospitals and attending school. Noteworthy items include images of Russian Orthodox churches in the state, the city of Anchorage after the 1964 earthquake, and images from Foster's trip aboard the North Star, a passenger freighter that traveled to remote coastal regions in Northern Alaska. A small number of scenic images of Warm Springs and Crater Lake in Oregon and Washington D.C. photographed during Foster family vacations complete the collection.

.55 cubic feet (1,683 color slides in 2 boxes)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Foster, Don C., 1895-1971,

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Don C. Foster, a long-time resident of the northwestern United States, is notable for his lengthy career in public service with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Born in 1895 near Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Foster attended Oklahoma State University and New Mexico State University. After serving in the Army during World War I, he held several jobs during the 1920s and early 1930s, including managing his father's Oklahoma ranch, acting as superintendent of Floyd Consolidated School in New Mexi...