A 20th-century portrait of Lake Clark, Alaska, 1900-2000
Title:
A 20th-century portrait of Lake Clark, Alaska, 1900-2000
JLCTITLE245:
John B. Branson.
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Publication Information:
Anchorage, AK : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Lake Clark National Park : Preserve, Alaska Association for Historic Preservation, 2014.
Physical Description:
viii, 264 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 21 x 30 cm. + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.).
ISBN:
9780692204894
General Note:
Shipping list no.: 2014-0055-S.
The DVD illuminates life in 20th century Lake Clark with additional photographs not reproduced in the book and excerpts from home movies, including the earliest know films of the area (1927: Pioneering aviator Russel Merrill filmed by Butler Greer, a big game hunter from California ; late 1930s: Star Airlines airplanes and the Denisons in their gardens filmed by Virgil Hanson, a radio repairman for Star Airlines ; 1939: Local residents filmed by John Meggitt, a Bristol Bay school teacher). The DVD's soundtrack includes Dena'ina music recorded by school teacher John Coray at Nondalton in the mid-1950s, the first ever recordings of the Athabascan Indian music.
Local Note:
UAA/APU CONSORTIUM: This work contains materials held by Archives and Special Collections and was provided through a research agreement.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index.
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