WAUAlaskanMarineResourcesandPribiloffIslandsPHColl595.xmlGuide to the Alaska Marine Resources and Pribilof Islands Photograph Collection approximately 1896-1909Alaska Marine Resources and Pribilof Islands Photograph CollectionFunding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2002 (Last modified: 7/9/2025)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0595Alaska Marine Resources and Pribilof Islands Photograph Collectionapproximately 1896-19091 box (30 photographic prints)Collection materials are in English.Turn of the century Alaska photographs showing seal and otter hunting activities in southeast Alaska and the Pribilof Islands, and Alaskan fish hatcheries

Arranged in 5 series.

Pribilof Islands, AlaskaDrying SalmonPelagic Seal and Otter HuntingHatcheriesFishing Ships

The collection contains photographs which were arranged into several sections. The first part of the collection consists of photographs made by N.B. Miller, who served as the assistant naturalist for the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury Fur Seals Investigations for 1896 in the Pribilof Islands (an island group in the Bering Sea). The commission's agenda was to observe the condition of the American fur seals of the Pibilof Islands in order to determine the factors threatening the herd, and to suggest protective measures to insure the preservation of the fur seal population. The photographs show the Pribilof Islands, Aleut peoples, and pelagic seal and otter hunting.

The second major part of the collection consists of photographs showing Alaskan fish hatcheries. In 1889, the federal Fisheries Act (amended in 1900) required each person, company, or corporation to establish a hatchery near their fishing operation and to produce "four times" the number of mature salmon as would be taken during the fishing season. These photographs show such hatcheries.

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United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Reports of agents, officers, and other persons, acting under the ... Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, and to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea and the north Pacific Ocean, in the years 1893-1895. Washington: Govt. Printing Office, 1896. SH361 .U45 1896 United States. Dept. of the Treasury, Commission on Fur-seal Investigations. Observations on the fur seals of the Pribilof Islands: preliminary report. Washington: Govt. Printing Office, 1896. 979.8 Un381o-- Second preliminary report of the Bering Sea fur seal investigations, 1897. Washington: Govt. Printing Office, 1898. 979.8 Un381s-- The fur seals and fur-seal islands of the North Pacific ocean. Washington: Govt. Printing Office, 1898-99. SH361 .U5 Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Miller, N. BFisheries--Alaska--PhotographsSealing--Alaska--PhotographsSea otter hunting--Alaska--PhotographsEskimos--Alaska--Hunting--PhotographsFish hatcheries--Alaska--PhotographsVillages--Alaska--PhotographsFishing boats--Alaska--PhotographsAleuts--PhotographsPribilof Islands (Alaska)--PhotographsKodiak Island (Alaska)--PhotographsAlaskaPhotographsFisheries and WildlifeEnvironmental ConditionsNative Americans

 

Pribilof Islands, Alaska11Landing at village, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 22Village, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 33Village, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 44Village, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896N.B. Miller 55People in wagons, going to the killing grounds for skins, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 66Aleut family, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 77Christmas banquet given to natives of St. Paul Island by the North American Commercial Company, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 88Bridal party, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 99Wildflowers in August, St. Paul Island, Alaska1896 1010Village, St. George Island, Alaska1896N.B. Miller 1111Aleut children with two men, St. George Island, Alaska1896 Drying Salmon1212Drying Salmon, Unalaska, Alaska1896N.B. Miller Pelagic Seal and Otter Hunting1313Alaska Native hunting tools including spears, harpoons and bow and arrows1896N.B. Miller 1414Tlingit hunters throwing spear at seal1896 1515"Biderkas" skin canoes for hunting sea otter, Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Alaska1896N.B. Miller 1616Sea otter hunter and boats, Unalaska, Alaska1896N.B. Miller 1717Crew of pelagic fur-sealing vessel1896 1818Aleut men and pelagic sealing apparatus1896 Hatcheries1919Alaska Packers Association hatchery, Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaskabetween 1896 and 1901? 2020Interior of Alaska Packers Association hatchery, Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaskabetween 1896 and 1901? 2121Men transferring stock salmon to corral, Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaskabetween 1896 and 1901? 2222"Method used at Karluk hatchery for drawing off fry from nursery," Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaskabetween 1896 and 1901? 2323Rack in stream at Fortmann hatchery, Loring, Alaskabetween 1896 and 1901?J.M.C 2424Men working at Fortmann hatchery, Loring, Alaskabetween 1896 and 1901?J.M.C 2525Northwestern Fisheries Company hatchery, Hetta, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska1901J.M.C 2626John C. Callbreath Hatchery, McHenry, Etolin Island, Alaskabetween 1901 and 1909? 2727Trap pen and barrier in lower course of stream, John C. Callbreath Hatchery, McHenry, Etolin Island, Alaskabetween 1901 and 1909? 2828Racks and troughs used in salmon hatcheriesbetween 1901 and 1909? Fishing Ships2929Ship Guy C. Goss, operated by the Northwestern Fisheries Company of Seattle, Wash. 1909Muirhead 3030Fish offal collecting steamer Salmonero, operated by the Russia Cement Company of Anacortes, Wash.1909Muirhead