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1. Wild Animal Outposts
Wild Animal Outposts
Description
Includes footage of salmon fishing and fish counts. Includes title panels "The story of the Bering Sea Expedition, led by Campbell Church and William L. Finley, under the auspices of the American Nature Association and the Bureau of Fisheries of the United States Department of Commerce"; "Smaller craft for cruising rivers and lakes"; "Buffy joins the expedition" [a water bird]; "A salmon cannery at the head of the bay"; "Food for a nation in a salmon trap"; "The future of the salmon crop is guarded by the United States Bureau of Fisheries"; and "On up the river with the salmon run."
2. PH003_N23 Roy C. Andrews photographs
PH003_N23 Roy C. Andrews photographs
Description
Black and white image. Two women and one man stand on a boat looking out into a glacier-filled landscape. The people stand near the boat's grated metal railing. The women are dressed in hats and long coats with large fur collars. The man is dressed in a jacket with a raised collar, trousers, and a hat that appears to be part of a military, or shipping uniform. A large metal hook attached to metal chain links are suspended by cables on the left side of the image. The hook is attached to a thick piece of rope. A wooden ramp draped with rope is visible next to the boat's railing. In the background of the image ice floats on the surface of the water in front of large, jagged glaciers.
3. Shooting as a safe sport
Shooting as a safe sport
Description
An additional draft of "The elusive moose: Shooting as a safe sport."
4. Trip to British Columbia and southern Alaska, 1926 and 1931
Trip to British Columbia and southern Alaska, 1926 and 1931
Description
Field notes of William Alakangas, the chief engineer of the "Westward", documenting a trip along the coast of British Columbia, May 2-19, 1926. Included is an article draft by Alakangas, "It's a scream, but no fair laughing $5,000,000.00 reward for a suitable title." The article discusses a trip along the coast of British Columbia and southern Alaska with a group, including Arthur Pack and William Finley, July-August 1931. Activities described include hunting porpoises, fishing for salmon, and collecting bird specimens.
5. Trip to Alaska, 1925-1926
Trip to Alaska, 1925-1926
Description
Field notes from the Finley's trip to Alaska and a newspaper article discussing the Finley's lecture tour in Arizona and southern California.
6. Camera hunting in the northland
Camera hunting in the northland
Description
Manuscript for Nature Magazine article describing the Finley-Church Alaska expedition.
7. Trip to Alaska, 1926
Trip to Alaska, 1926
Description
Field notes, correspondence, and article drafts discussing animals, people, and landscape observed on the Finleys' trip to the Bering Sea and Pribilof Islands in Alaska.
8. Trip to Alaska, 1926
Trip to Alaska, 1926
Description
Field notes and article drafts discussing the Finleys' trip to Alaska, including Bogoslof Island and the northern lights. Included are articles, "When the caribou failed", by Captain Thierry Mallet, "Cruise emphasizes Alaska's splendors: William Finley returns to Portland from north", and "Berkeley woman explorer quits: Mrs. Finley ends 23 years of thrills to send children to U.C." A letter from Irene Finley discusses a trip to central and southeastern Oregon.
9. The Church-Finley expedition
The Church-Finley expedition
Description
An additional manuscript depicting an exploratory trip to Alaska.
10. Trip to Alaska, 1926
Trip to Alaska, 1926
Description
Field notes discussing the Finleys' trip to Alaska and a draft of Irene Finley's article, "A pilgrimage to the land of the pronghorn".
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