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Accession 01-014

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)

Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection, Photogravure Plates, circa 1910

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
Title:Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection, Photogravure Plates
Dates:circa 1910
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
Collection:Accession 01-014
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of 76 photogravure plates from the Harriman Alaska Series, a 14 volume publication detailing the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. The plates were made from photographs and drawings made during the Expedition. Prominent photographers include C. Hart Merriam, and Edward S. Curtis.

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This accession consists of 76 photogravure plates from the Harriman Alaska Series, a 14-volume publication detailing the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. The plates were made from photographs and drawings made during the Expedition. Prominent photographers include C. Hart Merriam and Edward S. Curtis.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-014, Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection, Photogravure Plates

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Container List

Box 1

1. Chief's House, Deserted Village, Cape Fox

Box 1 of 4

2. East Coast of Vancouver Island

Box 1 of 4

3. Old Bogoslof from Connecting Spit Near New Volcano/Bogoslof Islands Bering Sea, May 21, 1884

Box 1 of 4

4. Forest Overturned by Columbia Glacier

Box 1 of 4

5. Indian River

Box 1 of 4

6. Part of Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound

Box 1 of 4

7. Hanging Valley, Fraser Reach/Inside Passage, British Columbia

Box 1 of 4

8. Village of Kadiak, Alaska

Box 1 of 4

9. Bogoslof Volcano, Bering Sea, August 11, 1891

Box 1 of 4

10. Hall Island, Bering Sea (2 images)

Box 1 of 4

11. Yale Glacier, College Fiord, June 1899

Box 1 of 4

12. Park-Like Shores Near Kadiak

Box 1 of 4

13. Juneau, Alaska

Box 1 of 4

14. Iceberg in Glacier Bay

Box 1 of 4

15. West Side Bogoslof Volcano, August 11, 1891

Box 1 of 4

16. Amherst Glacier, Crescent Glacier

Box 1 of 4

17. Mending His Canoe/Sitka Indian Huts

Box 1 of 4

18. Sea Lions, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea

Box 1 of 4

19. Stampede of Sea Lions, Bogoslof Volcano, July 8, 1899

Box 1 of 4

20. Totem Poles at Deserted Village

Box 1 of 4

Box 2

21. Columbia Glacier from Heather Island

Box 2 of 4

22. Salmon Drying at Chernofski Village, Aleutian Islands

Box 2 of 4

23. Harriman Glacier, South Corner/Harriman Glacier, North Corner

Box 2 of 4

24. Unalaska Hillsides

Box 2 of 4

25. Bergs Stranded at Low Tide, Near Muir Glacier

Box 2 of 4

26. Scrub Pine in Bog Near Wrangell

Box 2 of 4

27. New Bogoslof From Center of Connecting Spit, Ship Rock in Foreground, May 21, 1884

Box 2 of 4

28. Mt. Shishaldin from the South/Mt. Shishaldin from the North

Box 2 of 4

29. Gulls on St. George Island, Pribilof Group/Murres on Walrus Island, Pribilof Group

Box 2 of 4

30. A Hanging Valley, Frazer Reach

Box 2 of 4

31. Mt. Fairweather, Mt. Lituya

Box 2 of 4

32. Mt. Harriman's Kadiak Bear, Lying on the Hillside where it was shot

Box 2 of 4

33. "The Forest," Unalaska/Trees on Kadiak Island

Box 2 of 4

34. Sunset on Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay

Box 2 of 4

35. Skagway Alaska in June 1899

Box 2 of 4

36. Columbia Glacier, from Heather Island

Box 2 of 4

37. Heather Island, Columbia Bay

Box 2 of 4

38. Lupines on Wood Island/Wood Island, Near Kadiak

Box 2 of 4

39. Sea-Lion Drive, St. Paul Island (Pribilofs)

Box 2 of 4

40. Sea-Lion Rookery, East End of St. George Island

Box 2 of 4

Box 3

41. Fur-Seals, St. Paul Island, Bering Sea

Box 3 of 4

42. Mountains on Alaska Peninsula/Entrance to Saldovia, Kenai Peninsula

Box 3 of 4

43. Botanizing on Hall Island (2 images)

Box 3 of 4

44. Sun and Clouds/Last View of the Pacific

Box 3 of 4

45. East Side of Entrance/Plover Bay, Siberia, Eskimo Settlement on Spit on Right

Box 3 of 4

46. Eskimo Baskets, Port Clarence, Alaska/Aleutian Baskets, Atka Island, Alaska

Box 3 of 4

47. Harem of Fur-Seals, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea

Box 3 of 4

48. Mt. Pavlof, Alaska Peninsula

Box 3 of 4

49. Harriman Glacier, Head of Harriman Fiord

Box 3 of 4

50. Serpentine Glacier, Harriman Fiord

Box 3 of 4

51. Front of Barry Glacier

Box 3 of 4

52. The George W. Elder Near Wellesley Glacier

Box 3 of 4

53. Russell Fiord

Box 3 of 4

54. Mt. Edgecumbe from back of Sitka

Box 3 of 4

55. Resurrected Forest Near Muir Glacier

Box 3 of 4

56. Drift Ice, Yakutat Bay

Box 3 of 4

57. Edge of Muir Glacier/Front of Muir Glacier

Box 3 of 4

58. Davidson Glacier, Lynn Canal

Box 3 of 4

59. East End of Muir Glacier

Box 3 of 4

60. At Lowe Inlet, British Columbia

Box 3 of 4

Box 4

61. Beaver Totem, Deserted Village

Box 4 of 4

62. Eskimo Boy and Girl, Port Clarence, Alaska

Box 4 of 4

63. Eskimo Winter Hut, Plover Bay, Siberia

Box 4 of 4

64. Eskimo Alongside Ship/Plover Bay, Siberia

Box 4 of 4

65. Coville, Brewer/Burroughs, Muir/Emerson, Gilbert - Members of the Expedition on St. Matthew Island

Box 4 of 4

66. Harvard Glacier

Box 4 of 4

67. West Front of Columbia Glacier

Box 4 of 4

68. Hubbard Glacier, Disenchantment Bay

Box 4 of 4

69. Indian Sealers' Camp, Yakutat Bay

Box 4 of 4

70. Trees Upset by La Perouse Glacier

Box 4 of 4

71. Interior of the Greek Church at Sitka

Box 4 of 4

72. Indian River, Near Sitka

Box 4 of 4

73. Islets in Sitka Harbor

Box 4 of 4

74. Entrance to Wrangell Narrows

Box 4 of 4

75. Shoshone Falls from the North/Shoshone Falls from the West

Box 4 of 4

76. The Harriman Glacier

Box 4 of 4

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