Photographs of Alaska

Description

Title: Photographs of Alaska
Creator: Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962
Published / Created: ca. [1931]
Abstract: The photographs show the Holy Cross Mission on the Yukon River, including Inuit children and the Sisters of St. Anne; Inuit people not necessarily connected with the mission; a totem pole; dog sleds and dogs; men presumably part of Hubbard's expediton team (one is identfied as "Peterson"); a sea plane in flight; the ship Polar Bear; and trees in the interglacial forest of the Mendenhall glacier. Two photographs show Hubbard alone; he appears in a third image, watching an Inuit man use a fire bow
Description: Father Hubbard, a Jesuit priest and head of the geology department of Santa Clara University, made annual trips to Alaska beginning in 1927. Called the "Glacier Priest," Hubbard was an avid explorer of Alaska's wilderness, including active volcanos. He described his experiences in popular magazines and in several books.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript captions with page references on some photo mounts refer to Hubbard's book, Mush, You Malemutes (New York: The American Press, 1932).
Provenance: Purchased from Sindell and Company on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2003.
Extent: 35 photographic prints : 20 x 25 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Pictorial works
Photographic prints
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Alaska
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)
Subject (Name): Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962
Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962.
Holy Cross Mission (Yukon River, Yukon and Alaska)
Sisters of St. Anne
Polar Bear (Ship)
Subject (Topic): Missions
Inuit
Inuit children
Eskimos
Sled dogs
Subjects: Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962 > Portraits
Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962
Holy Cross Mission (Yukon River, Yukon and Alaska) > Pictorial works
Sisters of St. Anne > Alaska > Portraits
Missions > Alaska > Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) > Pictorial works
Inuit > Alaska > Portraits
Inuit children > Alaska > Portraits
Eskimos > Alaska > Portraits
Polar Bear (Ship) > Pictorial works
Sled dogs > Alaska > Pictorial works
Alaska > Missions > Pictorial works
Alaska > Pictorial works
Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) > Pictorial works

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Citation: Bernard R. Hubbard, Photographs of Alaska. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.