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You searched for: Start Over Institution Oregon State University Remove constraint Institution: Oregon State University Topic Whaling Remove constraint Topic: Whaling Local Collection Name William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley) Remove constraint Local Collection Name: William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley)

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1. The Pribilof Islands
The Pribilof Islands
Description
Includes footage of the Westward, Native Alaskan children and a whale hunt. Includes title panels: "The bidarrah or ferry-boat at St. Paul"; "Santa Claus"; "The haunts of the blue fox"; "The lemming of the north"; "A Bering Sea beach, home of the fur seals"; "A stranger on the Pribilofs" [a bear cub]; "Farewell to the Pribilofs -- we go a-whaling"; and "On the trail of Jonah."
2. Trip to Alaska, 1926
Trip to Alaska, 1926
Description
Drafts of Irene Finley's articles, "Two big game animals of Unimak", "After whales", and "Bores of Alaska rivers."
3. 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.
4. Chasing whales along the Aleutian chain
Chasing whales along the Aleutian chain
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Irene Finley describing her experiences meeting and photographing whales around a chain of Alaskan islands. Mrs. Finley describes the boat and their experience capturing the act of whaling. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.
5. 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.
6. Trip to Alaska, 1931
Trip to Alaska, 1931
Description
Arthur Pack's field notes from the Alaskan expedition, July 8-August 16, 1931.
7. Trip to Alaska, 1926
Trip to Alaska, 1926
Description
Correspondence, field notes, and article drafts concerning the animals and environment observed on the Finleys' trip to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Begins with a three page log of the Alaska trip. Drafts of Irene Finley's articles, "Two big game animals of Unimak Island" and "Cruising along the Aleutian chain", are included.
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