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Title: Sheldon Jackson students.
Description: Text transcribed from accompanying script: At night, in the dormitories of Sheldon Jackson, prayers are said before the lights go out. Each day ends on a spiritual note, testifying to the fact that the good citizens of Alaska's tomorrow must learn to be good Christians today.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Date Created: 1948
Name Subject(s): Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska)
Topical Subject(s): Universities and colleges--Alaska--Sitka., Home missions--Alaska--Sitka., College students--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Sitka., Alaska, Sitka., Sitka (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Sitka--Sitka, Alaska, Sitka.
Physical Location: KIT 35; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Our last frontier [presented by] the Board of National Missions Filmstrip.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35870
Identifier (local): ds1131
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5449

Title: Our Last Frontier -- Haines House.
Description: Text transcribed from accompanying script: Presbyterians look with particular affection at Haines House -- the only home which many native children have ever known.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Date Created: 1948
Topical Subject(s): Orphanages--Alaska--Haines., Home missions--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Haines., Alaska, Haines., Haines (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Haines--Haines
Physical Location: KIT 35; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Our last frontier [filmstrip] / [presented by] the Board of National Missions.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35870
Identifier (local): ds1130
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5464

Title: Our Last Frontier -- Gold Mining Dredge.
Description: And today, gold is still mined at Fairbanks -- though machines like this six-story dredge have replaced the pan of the gold rush.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Date Created: 1948
Topical Subject(s): Home missions--Alaska--Fairbanks., Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Fairbanks.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Fairbanks., Alaska, Fairbanks (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Fairbanks--Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, Fairbanks.
Physical Location: KIT 35; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Our last frontier [presented by] the Board of National Missions Filmstrip.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35870
Identifier (local): ds1133
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5203

Title: Our Last Frontier -- Princeton Hall.
Description: Text transcribed from accompanying script: The Presbyterians are proud of their territorial "Navy" -- the Princeton Hall, shown here, and the S.J.S. II. These boats are used for evangelistic work and transportation to church conferences.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Date Created: 1948
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Home missions--Alaska., Boats and boating in missionary work--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Alaska., Alaska., North and Central America--United States--Alaska, Alaska.
Physical Location: KIT 35; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Our last frontier [filmstrip] / [presented by] the Board of National Missions.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35870
Identifier (local): ds1132
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5526

Title: Clergyman killed in Alaska earthquake.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30834 CLERGYMAN KILLED IN ALASKA EARTHQUAKE SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Rev. L. Duane Carriker, 33, pastor of the Assemblies of God church in Valdez, Alaska, was the only clergyman known to have died in the 49th state’s disastrous earthquake. He was killed when a tidal wave swept him out to sea from a water-front dock. The minister is shown with his surviving wife, Yvonne, and their daughter, Janette Lou. The family also has a seven-year-old son. Mr. Carriker, formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa, attended the denomination’s Central Bible Institute in Springfield, world head-quarters of the Assemblies. He was ordained in 1962 and served other Alaska parishes, including Nome and McGrath. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AG-SPR-4B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Assemblies of God. General Council. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carriker, Lowell Duane., Carriker, Yvonne Lorraine Bates., Carriker, Janette Lou., Carriker, Leland Duane., Assemblies of God--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964., Earthquakes--Alaska--Valdez., Clergy--Alaska--Valdez., Spouses of clergy--Alaska--Valdez., Children of clergy--Alaska--Valdez.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Valdez., Alaska, Valdez., Alaska, Valdez., Alaska, Valdez., Valdez (Alaska), Springfield (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Chugach--Valdez
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30834; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30834
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348416

Title: The first of its kind in America.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #475 THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN AMERICA Exterior view of St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church at St. Michael, Alaska, claimed by the architects of the Interior Department, as one of the first of its kind in this country. Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska), Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
Topical Subject(s): Orthodox Eastern church buildings--Alaska--Sitka., Church architecture--Alaska--Sitka., Church buildings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Sitka., Alaska, Sitka., Alaska, Sitka., Sitka (Alaska), Sitka (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Sitka--Sitka
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 475; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_475
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357579

Title: “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #476 “GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO” The gorgeous altar arrangement in St. Michael’s Orthodox Russian Church at St. Michael, Alaska, referred to by experts in the Department of Interior as “a rare assembly of ecclesiastical art.” Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska), Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
Topical Subject(s): Orthodox Eastern church buildings--Alaska--Sitka., Church buildings--Alaska--Sitka., Altars--Alaska--Sitka., Sacrament houses--Alaska--Sitka., Christian art and symbolism--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Sitka., Alaska, Sitka., Alaska, Sitka., Alaska, Sitka., Alaska, Sitka., Sitka (Alaska), Sitka (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Sitka--Sitka
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 476; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_476
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357580

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