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Alaska State LibraryHistorical Collections

Burg, Amos

Amos Burg Papers and Photographs, 1922-1989

MS 236

26 boxes Processed By: Ken Nail, Jr.2008Revised by Anastasia Tarmann, 4/2014

ACQUISITION: Accession # 2004-41, 2006-21, 2000-37, 2000-70

ACCESS: Unrestricted.

COPYRIGHT: Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

PROCESSING: The Amos Burg Collection was housed in more than a dozen records cartons with little or no order with the exception of some folders which bore labels – these have been retained – and some binders which were labeled – which have also been retained. The collection was re-housed in new, acid-free folders and numbered archives boxes with descriptions of the contents of each folder. Items within each folder have been arranged chronologically. Letters written by Amos Burg or Amos & Carolyn Burg are additionally identified by having the Burg name in bold face.

Alaska Department of Education & Early DevelopmentDivision of Libraries, Archives & Museums

P.O. Box 110571 Juneau Alaska 99811-0571 (907) 465-2925 Fax: (907) 465-2990

Guide to Collection

MS 236: Amos Burg Papers and Photographs Alaska State Library

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:

By KIRK McALLISTERTHE JUNEAU EMPIRE Friday, June 13, 1986

Amos Burg lived a life most people only dream about - explorer, adventurer, writer, filmmaker, even secret agent.

Burg, a long-time Juneau resident, died Wednesday, June 11, 1986 at the age of 84, but his exploits - the stuff of legend- are likely to be permanently etched in history.

Burg grew up in Oregon along the Columbia River and early on developed a love for rivers which would take him on treks down most of the major waterways of the West including the Columbia, Snake, Salmon, Mackenzie, Porcupine, Yukon, Colorado and Mississippi.

As a youth he worked as a merchant marine along the West Coast, sailed to Hawaii and Australia and eventually around the world, surviving a typhoon and a collision at sea.

He began his river expeditions in1920, starting on the Snake and Columbia rivers; He took time out from his adventures to attend the University of Oregon where he studied journalism, science and film making.

In 1928, Burg took a canoe down the Yukon River, filming the crossing of a half million caribou in the process. He turned the experience into a film called "Alaska Wilds'" and two for National Geographic Magazine.

In 1932, he was back in Alaska filming "Giants of the North" about the brown bears of Admiralty Island.

In 1934, in an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society,he took a 26-foot wooden sail boat around Cape Horn to study the people living in that stormy region.Two years later he used the same boat to explore the coast of British Columbia and Alaska.

In 1938, he took the first inflatable raft down the Colorado River while filming "Conquering the Colorado."'.

In 1939, he descended the middle fork of the Salmon River.

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In 1940, he traveled to Japan, Hong Kong and Chungking where he survived 21 bombings by Japanese planes. On his return through Japan he was arrested as a spy but released.

In 1943, during World War II, he worked as a secret agent for the U.S. in Argentina and Chile.

In 1946, he bought the sailboat "Endeavour" and sailed to Alaska where he lived on the vessel for years.

From 1947-50, he made a series of 30 films for Encyclopedia Britannica

In 1955, he set up the information and education section of the Alaska Department of Fisheries (later it became the Department of Fish and Game) in Juneau and worked there until his retirement in 1974. He made 15 fish and game films during that time.

Mark Kissel, a friend and former co-worker of Burg's, said the most amazing thing about Burg was that despite his incredible exploits, he remained humble.

"Everyone who knew him had the greatest respect for him," Kissel said. "He was an amazing guy who had a very full life. What amazed me the most was he had such a fine out-look on life and always remained interested in other people not just himself. He was the closest thing to a saint I've ever seen."

SCOPE NOTES

Working notes, photographs, maps, and periodical articles. Personal and business correspondence. Some personal photographs. Some published articles written by Burg. See Burg AV Collection also.

INVENTORY

Box 1 Contents

Folder 1 #26 Lectures – Bristol Bay Story* & Correspondence

Letter: March 26, 1963, from Charles G. Turner, President (Rod & Gun Club, Fort Greely, Alaska), to Amos Burg…

Letter: March 4, 1964, from Mrs. Grant E. Brown (South Naknek, Alaska), to Amos Burg. [handwritten]

Letter: March 17, 1964, from Paul L. Beck, District Ranger, U S Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service (Chatham District), to Walter Kirkness, Commissioner, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game. [2 copies]

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Letter: March 18, 1964, from Governor William A. Egan to Amos Burg, Education and Information Officer, Dept. of Fish and Game. [4 copies]

Announcement (copy): Annual Spring Meeting of The Canadian Camp Fire Club at the Mid-Day Club, April 3, 1964. Guest Speaker: Amos Burg.

Letter: April 17, 1964, from Leo Miller (Wakefield Fisheries, Port Wakefield, AK), to Attn: William L. Morrisseau, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game; [Note to Amos Burg: “See Me”]

Letter: July 20, 1964, from Hugh L. Cox III, Captain, USAF, Headquarters Alaskan Command, to Oliver E. Burris, Game Division, Dept. of Fish & Game. [4 copies]

Letter: August 21, 1964, from John M. Gizdavich, Vice President (Bumble Bee Seafoods, Astoria, OR), to Walter Kirkness, Chief, Dept. of Fish & Game.

Letter: September 24, 1964, from John M. Gizdavich (Bumble Bee Seafoods, Astoria, OR), to Walter Kirkness, Commissioner, Dept. of Fish & Game.

Letter: October 29, 1964, from Harald B. Friele, The Nakat Packing Corporation (Seattle, WA), to Alaska Dept of Fish & Game, Education and Information Section – Film Library.

Letter: December 8, 1964, from Aubin Barthold, President, Alaska Packers Association (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg…

Letter: December 14, 1964, from [unsigned] to Mark ----.

“Rotary Windjammer” [newsletter] June 8, 1965.

Letter: July 14, 1965, from Fred de Armond, Asst. Dir., Special Features, to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 20, 1965, from William J. Davis, Vice President and General Manager, The Linen Thread Co., to Amos Burg, Education and Information Officer, Dept. of Fish and Game.

“Bristol Bay Story” [Film showing reports, and memoranda: 1963-1964]

Letter: January 12, 1970, from Principal Donald F. Barta, Hooper Bay Day School, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior to Education and Information Section, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game.

Folder 2 Correspondence, 1963-1970

Letter: Undated, from Gladis and Jim Brill, to “Dear Friends: 1971 went thataway:”

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Letter: Undated, from John Jensen (Oklahoma City, OK), to “Dear Friend”

Expenditures List – Undated. (4 copies)

Typescript of dialogue; undated.

Address: Mr. Wayne K. Stromme [handwritten].

Title Transfer: May 12, 1963. VW Transporter from Martin M. Goldsmith to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 25, 1963, from Swede Pennington (Guide Service (Beaver, WN), to “Dear Sir”. [Business Card Attached]

Letter: October 30, 1965, from Ray Paulsen (Sun City, AZ), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 18, 1965, from Ray Paulsen (Berkeley, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 28, 1966, from Joe Rothstein, Editor (Anchorage Daily Times), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 28, 1967, from Kenneth Seaman, Vice President (Encyclopedia Britannica), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 15th, 1970, from Irene --- to Amos Burg. [handwritten]

Letter: October -, from Carrie --- to Carolyn and Amos [Burg]. [handwritten]

Letter: December 1, 1970, from Vivalene Jeffries to [Amos] Berg (sic).

Folder 3 “File 21” Correspondence, 1961-1973

“Subject Index”

“Criteria for Judging Category 9, ‘Conservation Photography’”

“Education and Information – Film Distribution,” n.d.

“Films Produced by Education & Information Section, A.D.F.&G.”

Informational Brochure: “Help Stamp Out Film Damage!”

“Marine Mammals In Relation to Commercial Fisheries in Alaska,” by James W. Brooks, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game. [Paper presented at the Eighthd Alaskan Science Conference, Anchorage, Alaska from September 10-13, 1957.]

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Letter: March 15, 1961, from Amos Burg to Hon. Donald Harris, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Letter: April 17, 1961, from Gil Johnson, Commissioner of Labor (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

News Release: April 23, 1963, “Public Access Program Assures Alaskans Use of Lakes and Rivers For All Time.

Letter: March 17, 1964, from Paul L. Beck, District Ranger, U S Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service (Chatham District), to Walter Kirkness, Commissioner, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game. [Other copies in Folder 1 of this box]

Letter: April 9, 1964, from Roy E. Anderson, Program Chairman (Rotary Club, Bellingham, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 10, 1964, from N. Crook, Collector (National Revenue, Canada), to Attn: Amos Burg, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game.

Letter: April 24, 1964, from Gov. William A. Egan, to William E. Davis (Cleveland, OH).

Letter: December 8, 1964, from Aubin Barthold, President (Alaska Packers Assn, Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Presentation: May 24, 1965, to the Sun City Trailer Club.

Letter: May 24, 1966, from W. E. Garrett, Associate Illustrations Editor, to Gov. William A. Egan.

Letter: July 15th, 1966, from [Mrs. Marty Kovacs, TV Film, Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, Sweden], to Amos Burg. [2 copies with contract appended; second copy of contract included]

Letter: October 26, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity, Production Manager (Walt Disney Productions), to Attn. Commissioner, Dept. of Fish & Game.

Letter: October 31, 1966, from Cyrus E. Peck, Sr., Grand Secretary, Alaska Native Brotherhood), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 2, 1966, from Walter Kirkness, Commissioner, Dept. Fish & Game, to T. M. Emmett, Sales Manager (Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., Hollywood, CA). Cc’d to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 30, 1966, from R. A. Lufrano, teacher (Sands Point School, Port Washington, NY), Walter Kirkness, Commissioner, Dept. Fish & Game.

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Memorandum: May 9, 1967, from Robert J. Rowan, Administrative Officer, Division of Administration (Anchorage, AK), to Amos Burg, Visual Information Specialist II, Div. of Administration.

Memorandum: November 6, 1967, from Frank Joiner (Dept. Fish & Game), to Amos Burg.

Memorandum: November 7, 1967, from Frank Joiner (Dept. Fish & Game), to Amos Burg

Memorandum: February 2, 1968, from Robert J. Rowan, Administrative Officer, Dept. Fish & Game (Anchorage), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 6, 1968, from Commander Leonard King, Flotilla 17 Coast Guard Auxiliary (Haines, AK), top Information & Education, Dept. of Fish & Game.

Memorandum: March 15, 1968, from Amos Burg, E & I (Juneau, AK), to Augie Reetz, Commissioner, Dept. Fish & Game. Subject: “Films Suggested for Future Productions”

Memorandum: March 18, 1968, from Ben L. Hilliker (Anchorage) to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 7, 1969, from Alaska State Senator Jan M. Koslosky, to Commissioner Augie Reetz (Dept. of Game & Fish). Amos Burg cc’d.

Letter: May 20, 1969, from Rose Green (Cinesound Company, Inc., Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 26, 1969, from Ernest R. Jeffries, Dir. Of Fish Culture (Fish Commission, Portland, OR), to Information-Education Section, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game.

Memorandum: October 11, 1973, from Gloria Barclay, Sport Fish Div,, to Bob Burnett, I. & E. Section (Fish & Game), Attn: Amos Burg.

Folder 4 Loose Correspondence, 1947-1979

Letter: Undated, from Cort Conley, Wilderness Encounters, Inc. (Cambridge, ID), to Amos Berg (sic).

Typescript: June 6, 1947, from “El Tiempo,” Bogota, Colombia. “Un ‘Gringo’ in Colombia”

Letter: May 21, 1951, from G. W. Goforth, Asst. Vice-President, First National Bank (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: January 21, 1952, from Laurence C. Mann, President Portland Printing House, Inc. (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

“Application tyo Retain Exemption” Senior Citizen Special Sewer & Water Assessment.

Letter: February 10, 1971, from Robert E. Armstrong, Athabasca Insurance & Travel Agency (Athabasca, Alberta), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 18, 1978, from “Randy, Judy, Kamiyo, Scarlet, Anysia, Kole” to “Uncle Amos & Aunt Carolyn” [handwritten].

Newsletter: March 1979, On the Wild Side, The American Wilderness Alliance.

Card: March 31, 1979, from Dorothea Forrest (Anchorage, AK), to Mr. & Mrs. Amos Burg.

Letter: May 21, 1979, from Don Brown, Bethel Church (Chehalis, WA), to Mr. & Mrs. Amos Burg.

Letter: May 21, 1979, from Rolf Klep, Director, Columbia River Maritime Museum (Astoria, OR), to Amos Burg.

Folder 5 Correo Films - # 12 (Binder – original order maintained); 1966-1970

Letter: January 28, 1969, from Connel Murray, Murray/Alaska Advertising (Anchorage, Alaska), to Augie Reetz, Commissioner, Dept. Fish & Game. [2 copies]

Film Costs (3 copies)

Letter: May 31, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity, Production Manager, Walt Disney Productions (Burbank, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 26, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity, Production Manager, Walt Disney Productions (Burbank, CA), to State of Alaska, Dept. Fish & Game, Attn: Commissioner.

Letter: November 12, 1968, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

Invoice: March 25, 1968, to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (2 copies).

Letter: April 4, 1969, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr., Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

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Letter: November 1, 1968, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr,, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: Oct. 7, 1968, from Adelaide Gill (, Postmaster, Ft. Simpson), to Amos Burg. [original handwritten copy and reproduction]

Letter: March 18th, 1969, from J. Rourke (Fort Simpson), to Amos Burg. [5 copies]

Customs Declaration: --, 1968, to T. H. Emmett, from Amos Burg.

Letter: November 6, 1968, from T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 7, 1968, from T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: Arpil 24, 1969, from T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 9, 1968, from T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 10, 1968, from T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 15, 1969, from Amos Burg, to Postmaster [Adelaide Gill], Fort Simpson.

Letter: April 4, 1969, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: December 2, 1969, from T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: Undated, from Margie, to Amos Burg. [Card attached: Dennis Haver Motion Pictures]

Telegram (?): May 31, 1968, from Dave Fremming to Tom Emmett.

Film Costs (4th copy)

Letter: June 27, 1969, from T. H. Emmett, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 16, 1969, from T. H. Emmett, to Amos Burg.


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Invoice: June 2, 1970, from Cinesound Company, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Alaska State Dept. Fish & Game.

Letter: July 21, 1970, from Canada Post Office, to Amos Burg (attached delivery record).


Invoice: June 2, 1970, from Cinesound Company, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Alaska State Dept. Fish & Game.

Letter: December 15, 1965, from Lee Chaney, Filmagic (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Eastman Kodak flyer

Letter: December 18, 1969, from J. R. Sullivan, Regional Marketing and Distribution Center (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Newsletter: Eastman Kodak; October 1970 (4 pages)

Newsletter: Eastman Kodak; September 1970 (2 pages)

Invoice: July 22, 1965, from Eastman Kodak to Amos Burg (2 copies)

Newsletter: Eastman Kodak; September 1966 (2 pages)

Eastman Kodak flyer

Newsletter: Eastman Kodak; August 1, 1966.

Letter: May 14, 1966, from Amos Burg to Isabel Zavad, (Hollywood, CA).

Note: January 10, 1966, from Isabel [Zavad?], to Amos Burg.

Invoice: January 10, 1966, from Cinesound Company, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 12, 1966, from Barry Lamare, Book Library, Walt Disney Productions (Burbank, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 10, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett. [3 copies]

Letter: September 22, 1970, from T. H. Emmett, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: September 12, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett.

Letter: September 2, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Lou Bender, Filmline Production Associates, Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: April 17, 1966, to Eastman Kodak Company (Hollywood, CA), from Amos Burg.

Letter: September 1, 1970, from T. H. Emmett, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 14, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett.

Letter: September 15, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett. (2 copies)

Letter: September 21, 1970, from Amos Burg, to R. M. Hill, Manager, Inuvik Research Laboratory (Inuvik, N. W. Territories). (3 copies)Letter: September 11, 1970, from T. H. Emmett, to Amos Burg. (Invoices attached)

Invoice: August 14, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to State of Alaska, Dept. Fish & Game. (2 copies)

Letter: August 31, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Lou Bender, Filmline Production Associates, Inc., (Hollywood, CA).



Telegram: August 4, 1970, from Bob Warde (USAF), to Amos Burg.


Letter: August 6, 1970, from Joan Owens, Wolper Productions (Beverly Hills, CA), to Amos Burg.,

Memorandum: July 7, 1970, from Amos Burg, to John Trent (Fairbanks, Alaska).

Telegram: July 31, 1970, from Tom Emmett to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett. (3 copies)

Letter: July 27, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Scott Carter, Carter’s Trinity Alps Lodge (Trinity Center, CA). (2 copies)

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Memorandum: July 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Frank Joiner.

Letter: July 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Lou Bender.

Memorandum: July 23, 1970, from J. S. Carter, Carter’s Trinity Alps Lodge (Trinity Center, CA), to Amos Burg. [handwritten] Attached to Letter: July 27, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Scott Carter.Memorandum: July 20, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Robert Hinman (Fairbanks).

Memorandum: July 20, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Carl Yanagawa (Nome, Alaska).

Letter: July 20, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Pictures, Inc. (Anchorage, AK).

Letter: July 9, 1970, from Lou Bender, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 13, 1970, from Don Valentine, Film Production, Moody Institute of Science (Whittier, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 14, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Lou Bender.

Letter: July 13, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett.

Memorandum: July 30,m 1970, from Lou [Bender], to Amos Burg. [handwritten]

Voucher (with attached invoices): June 26, 1970, State of Alaska…John Stewart.

Return Receipt: July 23, 1970.

Letter: June 26, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett.

Letter: June 26, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Lou Bender.

Memorandum: June 23,--, from Carl Yanagawa, to Amos Burg. (2 copies).

Memorandum: June 3, 1969, from Vern Roberts, Dir. Of Administration, Dept. Fish & Game, to Amos Burg. Subject: Possible monies to be encumberedfro films.

Letter: May 20, 1969, from Rose Greenm Cinesound Company, Inc.(Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter (barely legible): May 16, 1969, from T. H. Emmett, to Amos Burg.

Shipping Note: June 26, 1970, from Filmline Production Associates, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

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Invoice: December 24, 1969, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. Fish & Game. (2 versions).

Letter (barely legible): December 5, 1969, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett.

Invoice: December 24, 1969, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA), to State of Alaska, Dept. Fish & Game (2 versions).

Letter: November 19, 1969, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett.

Note: Undated, from Mrs. Mary Beth-Brevard, Public Relations Specialist, Evinrude Motors (Milwaukee, WI), to Amos Burg.

Invoice: June 2, 1970, from Cinesound Company, Inc. to Alaska Dept. Fish & Game, Attn: Amos Burg.

Invoice: December 16, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game.

Inovice: December 24, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game.

Invoice: June 24, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game.

Invoice: June 24, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game.

Letter: June 24, 1969, from Amos Burg to T. H. Emmett.

Invoice: May 1, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game. (2 copies)

Invoice: May 1, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game. (2 copies)

Letter: May 29, 1970, from T. H. Emmett, to Amos Burg.

Invoice: December 16, 1969, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game. (2 versions)

Letter: December 5, 1969, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett.

Invoice: December 24, 1969, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish & Game. (2 versions).

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Letter: November 19, 1969, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett..

Letter: May 4, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Janet Aschenfelter Brown (La Crescenta, CA).

Invoice: April 22, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game. (2 versions) [Handwritten note attached]

Return Receipt: April 4, 1970, from Patrick J. Durand, to Dept. of Fish & Game, Attn: Amos Burg.

Invoice: April 22, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game. (2 versions).

Letter: April 13, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Janet Aschenfelter Brown (La Crescenta, CA).

Letter: April 21, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Dr. Calvin J. Lensink, Fish & Wildlife Service, Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range ( Bethel, Alaska).

Letter: April 17, 1970, from Calvin J. Lensink, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 24, 1970, from Patrick J. Durand, Sales Manager, Pictures, Inc. (Anchorage, Alaska), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 17, 1970, from Janet Aschenfelter Brown, to Amos Burg (handwritten).

Certified Mail Receipts (2)

Letter: April 20, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Janet Aschenfelter Brown (La Crescenta, CA).

Invoice: March 25, 1970, from Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., to Amos Burg.

Folder 6 Correspondence (Loose) 1950-1979

Letter: March 7, 1950, from David W. Eyre, Asst. Managing Editor, Oregon Journal, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 8, 1950, from Jean & George Ainslie, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 10th, 1979, from Raphael V. Torgeson, to “Canoeist” Amos Burg. (handwritten).

Folder 7 Telegram/Notes, 1922-1937

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Envelope Portion: August 3, 1922.

Telegram: May 25, 1937, from Amos Burg, to Annie Burg.

Notes on MacKenzie River trip, ca. 1929.

Folder 8 Carbons – General (First of Two) Letters; Dec. 25, 1976-Jan. 25, 1977*

The letters found here are chronological within the folder and are carbons of handwritten, outgoing correspondence. These were in a binder with the contents of Folder 9.

Letter: undated, from Amos Burg to Joseph R. Henri (Juneau, AK).

Letter: December 25, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Jan --.

Letter: December 25, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to “Lonesome Pete”.

Letter: December 29, 1976, from Carolyn & Amos B urg, to Annabelle, Al & Bud--.

Letter: January 5, 1976 (sic), from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Bock.

Letter: January 6, 1977, from Amos Burg, to Lael Morgan (Anchorage, AK).

Letter: January 6, 1977, from Amos Burg, to Oshin [Agathon].

Letter: January 7, 1977, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Alecia ---.

Letter: January 7, 1977, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Toppy & Helen ---.

Letter: January 10, 1977, from Amos Burg, to Bill ---.

Letter: January 11, 1977, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Oshin [Agathon].

Letter: January 11, 1977, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Clem ---.

Letter: January 13, 1977, from Carolyn & Amos Burg, to Don & Ila ---.

Letter: January 14, 1977, from Amos Burg, to Dave ---.

Letter: ---- 14, 1977, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Bill ---.

Letter: January 14, 1977, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Judy ---.

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Letter: January 25, 1977, from Carolyn & Amos Burg, to Representative Sally Smith, Alaska Legislature, Capitol Bldg. (Juneau, AK).

Folder 9 Carbons – General (Second of Two)Letters; July 16-Nov. 30, 1976

The letters found here are chronological within the folder and are carbons of handwritten and typewritten outgoing correspondence. These were in a binder with the contents of Folder 8.

Letter: Undated, from Amos Burg, to Jack ---.

Letter(s): Undated, from Carolyn & Amos Burg, to Pastor Don Brown; to Pastor George McNeven; Ivar ---.

Letter: Undated, from Amos Burg, to John A. Mazzarella, M. D. (Seattle, WA).

“Lectures Public” – no other information.

Letter: July 16, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Auto Insurance Division, Colonial Penn Insurance Co. (Philadelphia, PA).

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Jesse & Joy ---.

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to George and Babe ---.

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jack Quisenberry, Senator Stevens Office, Federal Building (Juneau, AK).

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Oshin [Agathon].

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Dan ---.

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Lowell [Thomas].

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to George ---.

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Frankie ---.

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Dick ---.

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Doc and Sally ---.

Letter: July 21, 1976, from Amos Burg ’28, to Editor Old Oregon, University of Oregon (Eugene, OR).

Letter: July 21, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Lawrence ---.

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Letter: July 21, 1976, from Carolyn & Amos Burg, to Annabelle, Al & Bud ---.

Letter: July 21, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Ben & Bobbie ---.

Letter: July 21, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Robert ---.

Letter: July 21, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Lowell [Thomas].

Letter: July 22, 1976, from Amos Burg, to John ---.

Letter: July 22, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Joe ---.

Letter: July 22, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Mona ---. [A page or more appears to be missing]

Letter: July 28, 1976, from Carolyn & Amos Burg, to Sally & Doc ---.

Letter: July 29, 1976, from [Amos Burg], to Lowell Thomas (Denver, CO); typescript.

Letter: July 29, 1976, from [Amos Burg], to Franklin F. Jones (Juneau, AK); typescript.

Letter: August 3, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Toppy ---.

Letter: August 4, 1976, from Amos Burg, to John ---.

Letter: August 17, 1976, from [Amos Burg], to Miss Elecctra Wicks, Secretary to Lowell Thomas, Hammersley Hill, (Pawling, NY); typescript.

Letter: August 18, 1976, from Oshin Agathon, D. Sc. (Mamaroneck, NY) to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 19, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Dick & Madeline ---. [2 copies]

Letter: November 22, 1976, from Amos & Carolyn Burg, to Lawrence & Elizabeth ---.

Letter: November 22, 1976, from Carolyn & Amos Burg, to Babe & George ---.

Letter: November 23, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jerome Keough.

Letter: November 26, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Toppy ---.

Letter: November 30, 1976, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr., Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

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Letter: November 30, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Charles Bordwell, Filmline Production Associates (Hollywood, CA).

Folder 10 Navajo Carbons; July 19-November 30, 1976

Letter: Undated, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. Wheeler (Woodside, CA).

Letter: July 19, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: July 20, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Rose Green, President, Cinesound Co., Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: July 27, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: July 27, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Carl ---.

Letter: July 30, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. Wheeler.Letter: July 30, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: July 31, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. Wheeler.

Letter: August 18, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: August 19, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. Wheeler.

Memorandum: August 26, 1976, from Carl E. McDowell, Executive Secretary, Navajo Pine (Navajo, NM), to James Brill and Amos Burg. Cc’d to Raymond Lillie & Charles L. Wheeler. Attached letter [immediately below]

Letter: August 31, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Carl ---.

Letter: August 31, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: September 1, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Charlie ---.

Letter: November 30, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Rose Green, President, Cinesound Company (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: November 30, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. Wheeler.

Letter: November 30, 1976, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Folder 11 Letter (1942) and Miscellaneous Notes

A letter and miscellaneous, undated notes.

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Letter: October 25, 1942, from Amos Burg, to Melvin ---.

Notes

Folder 12 “Voyage of Alexander in 1789”

A typescript of 17 pages; the first page has the handwritten title: “Voyage of Alexander in 1789.” See: Exploriing the Northwest Territory; Sir Alexander Mackenzie’s journal of a voyage by bark canoe from Lake Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1789. Mackenzie, Alexander, Sir, 1763-1820.

Folder 13 Miscellaneous Notes

List of National Geographic articles by Amos Burg.

“It’s A Fact About Edmonton” – typescript, undated.

“Fishing Operations in the Northwest Territories” – Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Information Services Division; Canada.

Birds – copy of handwritten notes on various birds.

Seton and Arctic Prairies (1907) – handwritten notes.

“Kayaks to the Arctic” – handwritten notes.

Letter: October 26, 1968, from Charles A. Wolf (Voyageur), Fairbanks, AK, to Amos Burg.

“Mackenzie” – handwritten notes.

“N. W. Passage” – handwritten notes.

“Itinerary – Camps” Copy of Typescript.

“Melrose [?] Voyager “ – handwritten notes.

“Voyaging Notes – Suggestions Only” – typescript.

“Wednesday Feb. 7, 1934; Night Position Wind Island” – handwritten notes.

Untitled Notes – about Mackenzie’s exploration. [?]

Folder 14 Notebook & Loose Items, 1967

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State of Alaska Decals

Photographs

Mrs. Amos Burg and others, n.d.

Man, Woman & two boys [Marian & Herb Johnson]

Notebook, ca. 1967

Folder 15 Miscellaneous Items

Clyde Eddy Lecture Announcement - n.d.

“Adventure Back in the Yukon” – newspaper clipping (w/photo); Aug. 30, 1972.

“A Great Old-Time Alaskan, Amos Burg, Completes Arctic Oddysey In His Canoe,” Sportsman’s Guide, Aug. 7, 1969, p. 3 and 13.Scrapbook Page (front and back)

“Paddles 4170 Miles in Tiny Canoe; Portlander Outdoes Pioneers; Yellowstone-Orleans Trip Ends” – clipping from Jan. 14, 1923, unidentified newspaper.

Part of Envelope (S. S. Ventura, Sydney Short Line) with handwritten notation: From Amos Burg.

Photo – Amos Burg and 2 other men with beached canoe; unidentified location.

“Trip Proves Dangerous” – undated, unidentified newspaper.

Brochure – illustrated – Chilean Line

Invoice: July 4, 1969, from Great Northern Airways Ltd.

Brochure: Young Men’s Christian Association, Sunday Afternoon Meeting, February 7, 1937 – Springfield, MA. Amos Burg, Speaker.

Folder 16 Miscellaneous Brochures, 1929 & 1943-44

Reproduction of Check from National Geographic to Amos Burg for $500.00 for manuscript “Voyage From Lake Bennett to Bering Sea,” Nov. 15, 1929.

Luna-Pro Electronic System Exposure Meter – owner’s documentation

“A Handbook of Vacation Trips in Alaska and the Yukon on the White Pass and Yukon Route.”

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“Whitehorse Yukon: The City of the future with the golden past.”

1980 White Pass & Yukon Route: Alaska and the Yukon.

“Lecture Program: The National Geographic Society” Season 1943-1944. (3 copies)

Lecture Brochures for Amos Burg:

“Conquering the Grand Canyon; Across England by Canoe; Inside Cape Horn; Voyaging Alaskan Waters to Enchanted Islands.”

“Voyaging Fuegian Waters to Cape Horn”

Folder 17 Clippings

“Equal Time” by Dick North

Item on Lowell Thomas.

“Party Will Chart Magellan Strait” – article from The New York Times (sent to Burg), dated September 5, 1937.

Card: National Geographic Society – Lecture Changes [for Burg’s Inside Passage lecture]

“Oregon ‘Voyageurs’ Arrive in City, Finishing 1300-Mile Trip by Canoe.” (2 copies)

“Celebrating the 4th of July” – Juneau Empire, July 6, 2004.

“Two Important Functions on Friday Calendar” – Portland Telegram, January 23, 1930.

“Amos Burg Tells of Rescue of 3 Crusoes in South Seas,” 1931.

“To Tackle Formidable Cape Horn,” The Oregon Daily, n.d.

Index page 146 from the National Geographic, 1947-1976.

Price List for Cultured Pearl Necklaces – June 29, 1940.

“Your Shacrat Directory”, n.d.

“Canoeing the Arctic With Amos Burg,” Sportsman’s Guide, Aug. 7, 1969.

Photo of Amos Burg (July 31, 1969)

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“Old Sailing Vessel Heads for Scrap Pile,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 17, 1965.

“Seldovia Bay Is Swarming With Herring,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“The Owl and the Peacock,” Anchorage Daily Times, August 2, 1965 – photo of David McCarrey

“Ten-Man Team Topped Logan Despite Storms,” Anchorage Daily Times, August 4, 1965.

“Fish Factory Ships Asked,” Anchorage Daily Times, August 3, 1965.

“Giant Celebration Due On City’s 50th Birthday,” Anchorage Daily Times, August 3, 1965.

“Alaska Income Growth Highest,” Anchorage Daily Times, August 4, 1965.

“Sporting Conclave Set Tomorrow,” Anchorage Daily Times, August 3, 1965.“Anglers Have Choice for Weekend Fishing,” Anchorage Daily Times, April 29, 1965.

“The Films Were Silent, The Action Was Wicked,” Anchorage Daily Times, August 2, 1965.

“It’s New Dock, Ferry Service for Valdez,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Tattered Group of Pioneers Go North for ‘Better Life’,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 17, 1965.

“Floating Shrimp Cannery Ready for Kodiak Trip,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 25, 1965.

“Canning Set At Ketchikan,” Anchorage Daily Times, April 29, 1965.

“MV Gypsy Queen to Begin Tours,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 25, 1965.

“Indians Want Lake Areas,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 25, 1965.

“Gregory Is New Editor At Juneau,” Anchorage Daily News, August 3, 1965.

“World’s Fair Shortage: Money and Customers,” by Robert Holton, Anchorage Daily Times, May 24, 1965.

“Orphaned Cubs Of Black Bear to Go to Zoos,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Japanese Fishing Fleets to Sail for Bering Sea,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

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“Japan Denies Harming Fish,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Fish Boycott Ready to Go,” photo of Gunar Berggren, Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Roadside Waters Now Are Opening,” by Frank Stef, Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Freddie Adjusts Well, Adopts Some of Civilization’s Tastes,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Clothes Make A Difference,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Earlier Opening Date Gets First Full Test,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“German Hunter Praises Alaska,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Waterfowl Migration Gets Heavy,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Boat Safety Rules Listed,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Spring Season Opens On Grizzlies, Browns,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“High Waters Call for New Techniques,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Tyonek Indians Lose Bid for Building Site,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Egan Disputes Salmon Claim,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Fishing Industry Conference Is Set,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 13, 1965.

“Nuts,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Indians Object to Wilderness Estate Sales,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 21, 1965.

“Sea Sampling Puts Return At 24 Million,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Naknek King Bag Limit Is Still 2,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Egan Accuses Japanese of Fish Treaty Violation,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 21, 1965.

“Processing Plant Will Be Venture of Three Firms,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Kenai System Boasts Great Fish Variety,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

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“Carelessness Causes Fishing Accidents,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Fish Research Step-Up Seen,” Anchorage Daily Times, April 30, 1965.

“Swan Lake Canoe Route,” Map, Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Senator Says Fish Imports Skyrocketing,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965.

“Fish May Become A Menu Favorite,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 21, 1965.

“Fish Are Waiting to be Caught,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 20, 1965. “Yakutat Mill to Be Built,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 22, 1965.

“Controversial Salmon Fishing Area,” Map, Anchorage Daily Times, May 22, 1965.

“Japan’s Fish Policy Hit,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 22, 1965.

“McGinnis Urges New Treaty Line to Save Salmon,” Anchorage Daily Times, May 22, 1965.

Box 2 Contents

Folder 18 Proof Sheets/Notebook (1 of 5), Photos 1 - 15

1 [Amos Burg with Rolleiflex camera, ca. 1970]

2 [Boat – the “Albacore,” n.d.]

3 [Boat – the “Skipjack,” n.d.]

4 [Boat – the “Teal,” n.d.]

5 [Boat – the “Kittiwake II,” n.d.]

6 – 7 [Unidentified boat, n.d.]

8 [Unidentified boat, from bow, n.d.]

9 [Unidentified boat, from stern, n.d. – loaded with oil drums]

10 [Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game boat, n.d.]

11 [Unidentified boat, n.d.]

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14-15 [Boat – the “Kittiwake II,” n.d.]

Folder 19 Proof Sheets/Notebook (2 of 5), Photos 16 – 29

16 Fraser System; Left Bank branch of Falls, 1952

17 [Fisherman with string of fish and pole, n.d.]

18 [Officer Winchell, n.d.]

19 [Unidentified boat and pilot; n.d. – word Smolt written on picture, 2 copies]

20 [Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game boat, n.d., 2 copies]

21 [Unidentified boat – may be Kittiwake II, n.d.]

22 [Unidentified boat, n.d., 3 copies]

23 [Boat – the “Skipjack,” n.d.]

24 [Unidentified boat in drydock, n.d., 6 copies]

25 [Boat – the “Kittiwake II,” n.d., 2 copies]

26 [Unidentified boat, from stern, n.d. – loaded with oil drums, 2 copies]



29 [Boat – the “Teal,” n.d., 2 copies]

Folder 20 Proof Sheets/Notebook (3 of 5), Photos 30 – 32

30-32 Contact Sheets, n.d.

Folder 21 Proof Sheets/Notebook (4 of 5), Hell’s Canyon, Photos 33 – 203

33 [Elderly man seated on river bank, n.d.]

34 [Man in canoe, hand on oars – might be Burg, n.d.]

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35 [Hell’s Canyon – river, n.d.]

36 [Man tends to underside of canoe, n.d.]

37 [Four men (one of whom is Burg) at edge of garden, n.d.]

38 [Two men seated on boulders, n.d.]

39 [Three men and a flag in front of a canoe on riverbank, n.d.]

40 [Three men surround canoe on rocks – rapids in background, n.d.]

41 [Two men with canoe on rocks, n.d.]

42 [Three men, two canoes at river’s edge, n.d.]

43 [Three men, canoe on rocks, n.d.]

44 [Two men at tent on riverbank, n.d.]

45 [Two men and canoe, n.d.]

46 [Four men, 1 woman, two canoes at river’s edge, n.d.]

47 [Four men, 1 woman, two canoes at river’s edge, tent visible, n.d.]

48 [Three men, 1 woman, 1 child, n.d.]

49 [One man seated at campsite, n.d.]

50 [Two men at river campsite, 1 man in a suit, tie and hat, n.d.]

51 [River view, n.d.]

52 [Two men at river campsite, n.d.]

53 [Man seated at campsite next to inflated vessel, n.d.]

54 [Two men at campfire, n.d.]


56 [Burg (?) in river in inflatable vessel, n.d.]

57 [Man seated at riverside, n.d.]

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58 [Three men, two canoes, n.d.]

59 [Three men at work on a canoe in the rocks by riverside, n.d.]

60 [Man by tent, n.d.]

61 [Four men, 1 woman, 2 canoes at riverside, n.d.]

62 [Hell’s Canyon riverbank in shadow, n.d.]

63 [Hell’s Canyon riverbank in shadow, n.d.]

64 [Loading canoes, three men, n.d.]

65 [Hell’s Canyon rapids, n.d.]

66 [Two men, 1 woman at campsite, n.d.]

67 [Mr. & Mrs. Amos Burg seated on inflatable canoe edge in Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]

68 [Canoe on Hell’s Canyon river, n.d.]

69 [Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]

70 [Three men, two canoes at riverside, n.d.]

71 [Single canoe at edge of river, Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]

72 [Three men, 1 woman, four vessels, n.d.]

73 [Man and woman in foreground, man in background, n.d.]

74 [Three men with boat in rocks by river, n.d.]

75 [Seven men, 1 woman, airplane (bearing letters RAF), n.d.]

76 [1 man on river in motor-driven boat, n.d.]

77 [Woman and man in front of house, n.d.]

78 [Three men with flag in front of canoes, n.d.]

79 [Hell’s Canyon river, taken from an elevated position, n.d.]

80 [Four men and canoes at riverside, n.d.]

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81 [Hell’s Canyon river, n.d.]

82 [Amos Burg carrying supplies for boat, n.d.]

83 [Amos Burg carrying supplies for boat, n.d.]

84 [Rocks at river’s edge, Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]

85 [Seven men, 1 woman, airplane (bearing letters RAF), n.d.]

86 [Amos Burg and canoe in Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]

87 [Hell’s Canyon, river view, n.d.]

88 [Amos Burg and canoe in Hell’s Canyon, n.d., see also #86]

89 [Man working on life jacket, n.d.]

90 [Three men, four boats, Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]

91 [Three men, four boats, Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]


93 [Two men, cooking fish, n.d.]

94 [Two men moving canoe from rocks, n.d.]

95 [Two men moving canoe from rocks, n.d. – printed upside down]

96 [Three men moving canoe from rocks, n.d.]

97 [Three men moving canoe from rocks, n.d.]

98 [Elderly man and woman in front of canoes on river bank, n.d.]

99 [Canoes on Hell’s Canyon river, n.d.]



102 [Man seated on river bank; fish in pan; n.d.]

103 [Man and Amos Burg on river bank; fish in pan; n.d.]

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104 [Making camp on river bank; tent, elderly couple present, see #98, n.d.]

105 [Three men seated on river bank – elderly man, Amos Burg and one other, n.d.]

106 [Man working on life jacket, n.d.; see #89]

107 [Two men on river bank; one holds two fish; n.d.]

108 [Amos Burg sitting on rocks at river side, n.d.]

109 [Two men (one is Burg) in front of upturned boat, n.d.]

110 [Amos Burg sitting on rocks at river side, n.d.; see #108]

111 [Burg and unidentified man working at campsite, n.d.]

112 [Three men in rocks above river.]

113 [Unidentified man standing in rocks above river; member of the river trip, n.d.]


115 [Three men, 1 women; one man works on underside of boat, n.d.]

116 [Burg and elderly couple in front of inflatable vessel – the “Charlie,” n.d.]

117 [Man in canoe on river, n.d.]

118 [Three men, 1 woman attending to boat, n.d.]

119 [Elderly man in foreground, river traveler in background, n.d.]

120 [Elderly couple looking at supplies, n.d.]

121 [Three men, 1 woman, 1 child seated by boat – “Charlie,” n.d.]

122 [Two men at river campsite, “Charlie” in foreground, n.d.]


124 [Hell’s Canyon campsite at a distance from behind, n.d.]

125 [Man works on “Charlie,” n.d.]

126 [Two men at campfire, one cleaning fish (?), n.d.]

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127 [Elderly man in foreground, river traveler in background, n.d.; see #119]

128 [Amos Burg in inflatable craft on river, facing camera, n.d.]

129 [Man cleaning fish, n.d.]

130 [Four men, 1 woman at Hell’s Canyon campsite, n.d.]


132 [Two men, “Charlie,” n.d.]

133 [Man working on canvas at campsite, n.d.]


135 [Amos Burg in inflatable craft on river, facing camera, n.d.]

136 [Two men seated on boulders above the river, n.d.]

137 [Two men standing in front of loaded “Charlie,” n.d.]

138 [Man stands in river as he works on underside of boat, n.d.]

139 [Hell’s Canyon campsite at a distance from behind, n.d.]

140 [Three men work on boat in rocks at river side, n.d.]

141 [Two men by boat in rocks at river side, n.d.]

142 [Four men pose in front of garden, n.d.]

143 [Four men pose in front of garden, n.d.]

144 [Three men and flag at river’s edge, n.d.]

145 [Three men on rocks by rapids, one carries two oars, n.d.]

146 [Four men, 1 woman seated on side of “Charlie,” n.d.]


148 [Man working on canvas at campsite, n.d.; see #133]

149 [Four men at campsite with boats, n.d.]

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150 [Two men on boulders above the river, n.d.]

151 [View of river bank from boat on river, n.d.]

152 [Two men and boats at river side, n.d.]

153 [Two men and boats at river side, n.d.]

154 [Two men seated on boulders above the river, n.d.]

155 [Boat on river, n.d.]


157 [Man seated on boulders at water’s edge, n.d.]

158 [Boats on river, n.d., picture taken by trailing boat]


160 [Boat being launched into river, n.d.]

161 [Three men work on boat in rocks at river side, n.d.; see #140]

162 [Three men at campsite, n.d.]

163 [Walls of Hell’s Canyon, n.d.]

164 [Three men deliver boat onto rocks, n.d.]

165 [Hell’s Canyon river rapids, n.d.]

166 [Hell’s Canyon river, n.d.]



169 [Four men plus elderly couple at campsite, n.d.]

170 [Two men and boat at river side, n.d.]

171 [Three men on rocks by river, n.d.]

172 [Three men at campsite, n.d.]

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173 [Two men carrying packs in rocks by river side, n.d.]

174 [River rapids, n.d.]



177 [Hell’s Canyon river view, n.d.]

178 [Two men on boulder overlooking one of their boats, n.d.]

179 [Three men cooking, n.d.]

180 [Three men cooking, n.d.]

181 [Three men on river bank overlooking inflatable boat – “Charlie” (?), n.d.]

182 [Four men on river bank overlooking inflatable boat – “Charlie” (?), n.d.]

183 [Three men on river bank overlooking inflatable boat – “Charlie” (?), n.d.]


185 [Three men work on boat in rocks, n.d.]

186 [Seven men, 1 woman, airplane (bearing letters RAF), n.d.; see #85]

187 [One man in motor-driven boat on river, n.d.]

188 [Man and woman in front of house, n.d.; see also #85 and 186]

189 [Three men with flag in front of canoes, n.d.; see #78]


191 [Four men at river side camp, n.d.]


193 [Three men moving supplies through rocks, n.d.]

194 [Two men moving supplies through rocks, n.d.]

195 [Camp site in background; rocks in foreground, n.d.]

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196 [Seven men, 1 woman, airplane (bearing letters RAF), n.d.; see #85 & #186]

197 [Priest, four nuns, n.d.]

198 [Priest, nun, Governor Walter Hickel, n.d.]

199 [Three priests, one nun, n.d.]

200 [Young woman in mail room, n.d.]

201 [Six nuns, two priests, Governor Hickel seated at desk, n.d.]

202 [Six nuns, two priests, Governor Hickel seated at desk, n.d.]

203 [Priest, four nuns, n.d.]

Folder 22 Photo Sheets/Notebook, Photos 204 – 238

204 [Amos Burg, Portrait, n.d.]

205 [Group Photo, includes Amos Burg, n.d.]

206 [Two Native Alaskan women, 1 large fish, n.d.]

207 [Three Native Alaskan women, 1 man; fishing with net; n.d.]

208 [Native Alaskan on boat, n.d.

209 [Five persons on horseback along with pack horses, crossing a river, n.d.]

210 [Two clam diggers, n.d.]

211 [Amos Burg at wheel of boat on unidentified river, n.d.]

212 “Indian Dogs Packed” [Post card – 11 people on or surrounding automobile and in front of a cabin, dog carries saddle bags, n.d.]

213 [Native Alaskan child and large black dog, n.d.]

214 “Fort Yukon, Alaska” [Native Alaskan woman and child, n.d.]

215 [Two women, two children – Native Alaskans – in front of teepee, n.d.]

216 [Photo of topographical map showing Clarence Strait and Berm Canal, n.d.]

217 [Man in stream holding unidentified object, n.d.]

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218 [Rail yard, n.d.]

219 [ Lumber truck, n.d.]

220 [Logs in river, n.d.]

221 [Lumber mill, n.d.]

222 [Two women, 1 man fishing from boat, n.d.]

223 [Man holding large fish; stands in front of automobile, n.d.]

224 [Barracks buildings at unidentified town, n.d.]


226 [Logging truck, n.d.]

227 – 238 [Lumber mill operations, unidentified mill, n.d.]

Folder 23 Photo Sheets/Notebook; Photos 239 –

239 [Eight young women on a canal boat; n.d.]

240 [Stewardess, n.d.]

241 – 252 [Lumber mill operations, unidentified mill, n.d.]

253 – 255 & 257 – 261 [Nuns and priests meet with Governor Hickel, n.d.]

262 [Lumber mill, n.d.]

263 [Three men across river from lumber mill; n.d.]

264 [Three men, 1 fish, standing in front of automobile, n.d.]


266 – 277 [Dept. of Fish & Game Meeting, n.d.]

278 – 281 [Lumber mill operations, n.d.]

282 – 285 [Lumber mill operations, n.d.]

286 [Two Native Alaskan women, One man – large fish, n.d.]

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287 [Two Native Alaskan women, 1 large fish, n.d.]

288 [Meeting – unidentified speaker and occasion, n.d.]

289 – 292 [Ivory carving, n.d.]

293 [Bear with fish in mouth, n.d.]

294 [Passport (?) photo of Amos Burg, ca. 1930]

Folder 24 “’Hell’s Canyon” of the Snake” by Amos Burg 1928

Article: “Hell’s Canyon” of the Snake: An Abyss on Oregon’s Eastern Boundary, Deeper than the Grand Canyon, Described by Youth Who Journeyed in Canoe from Head Waters to the Columbia,” by Amos Burg, Student at University of Oregon. Oregon Business, June 1928, pp. 4-5.

Folder 25 “Inside Cape Horn” by Amos Burg 1937

Reprint of article in National Geographic Magazine, stamped Oct. 6, 1937, and Second Revise. Photographic illustrations are by the author.

Folder 26 “The Alaskan Youth Village Story,” n.d.

Typescript: “The Alaskan Youth Village Story,” 8 pages; prepared by Don Brown, Program Coordinator; Tom Hamilton, Social Services Coordinator.

295 “Endeavour,” n.d.

Folder 27 “North Star Cruises the Arctic,”by Amos Burg, n.d.

Typescript: “North Star Cruises the Arctic,” by Amos Burg [1706 N. E. Dekum Street, Portland, Oregon], 8300 words; 42 pp.

Folder 28 Correspondence 1927 & 1936/Travel, 1924

Letter: October 14, 1936, from Amos Burg to Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.).

Clipping (ca. 1938): “Skilled River Rider Survives Perilous Hell’s Half Mile: Amos Burg Conquers Plunging Waters In Faithful Boat, Charlie; Group Rests at Jensen Until Friday.” [Incomplete]

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Letter: December 10th, 1927, from S. Howard Dyer (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg. [Handwritten in elaborate style.]

Typescript: ca. 1924. Untitled article by Amos Burg about a journey which started on October 22, 1924.

Folder 29 “Mackenzie River”/Notebook

Undated, handwritten notebook labeled “MacKenzie River.”

Folder 30 “Magellan Strait”/Notebook

Undated, handwritten notebook labeled “Magellan Strait”Folder 31 “Camargo”/Notebook ca. 1930-1931

Undated, handwritten notebook labeled “Camargo”; this is the name of the yacht Burg sailed aboard on a “round the world” cruise in 1931-1932.

Folder 32 Letters, 1956 (1 of 4)

The handwritten letters and notes held in folders 32-35 were originally found together in a binder labeled Letters, 1956, and their order has been maintained. For October 1956 alone there were 153 pages of letters and notes.

Letter: September 12, 1956, from Carolyn Burg to Amos Burg.

Note: undated, from Carolyn Burg, but unaddressed, Re: Fisheries.

Note: undated, from Carolyn Burg, unaddressed.

Note: October 5, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Ame Ame.”

Note: undated, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest.”

Note: October 15, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweet Heart.”

Note: October 16, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest.”

Letter (8 pages): October 17, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”

Letter (3 pages): October 17, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest.”

Letter (5 pages): October 18, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Dearest Sweetheart.”


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Note: October 20, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Amey, My Love.”


Letter (6 pages): October 4, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Dear Sweetheart.”

Letter (5 pages): October 5, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart”

Letter: October 6, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dear Ame.”




Letter (4 pages): October 10, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Amey.”


Letter (4 pages): October 11, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dear.”


Note: October 13, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Amey, My Sweetheart.”

Letter (10): October 13, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart”


Note: October 13, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Sweetheart.”

Letter (7 pages): October 23, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest”



Letter (5 pages): October 25, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dear.”


Letter (typewritten): October 27, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”

Letter (8 pages): October 27, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Amey.”

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Letter (5 pages): October 30, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Darling Sweetheart.”

Letter (3 pages): October 31, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Happy Halloween, Darling!” [has a pumpkin drawn on the first page.]

Letter (8 pages): November 1, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”

Letter (4 pages): November 2, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”Folder 34 Letters, 1956 (3 of 4)

Letter (2 pages): November 3, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.” [Typewritten]

Letter (6 pages): November 4, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Dearest Sweetheart.”







Letter (4 pages): November 16, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dear…”

Letter (typescript): November 17, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dear Amey.”


Letter (3 pages): November 19, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Dear Sweetie.”


Letter (4 pages): November 20, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest.”

Letter (3 pages): November 21, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dear.”

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Letter (2 pages): November 22, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart,” typescript

Letter (4 pages): November 23, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dear.”

Letter (2 pages): November 24, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart,” typescript





“Revised Trial Settings” November 23, 1956.

Letter (2 pages): November 27, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart,”typescript.

Letter (2 pages): November 28, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “Dearest Sweetheart,”typescript.

Letter (4 pages): Novembe 29, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest.”


Letter (typescript): December 1, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”

Letter (6 pagesa); December 2, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”

Birthday Card

Letter (8 pages): December 3, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest.”

Letter (3 pages): December 4, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Amey.”

Letter (8 pages): December 4, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”

Letter (7 pages): December 4, 1956, from Carolyn Burg, to “My Dearest.”

Folder 36 China’s Salt Industry – 1930

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296 [China – junks and houses]

297 [Salt being weighed (?)]

298 [Chinese community and numerous telephone poles (?)]

299 [Junks docked in river]

300 [Chinese farm]

301 [Junks crowded in river]

Typescript – “Description of pictures”

Folder 37 Script w/notes

First page of notes is missing, but the notes appear to be script editorial changes and concern the Burg trip to Cape Horn. Typescript of 29 pages with autographic edits and marginalia.

Folder 38 Charts/Maps Norway

Multiple maps of Alaska with different notations and trip routes on each.; 1958

Topgraphical map of Mt. McKinley National Park (1952)

Notes of a trip to Norway – Burg ancestral home.

Folder 39 “…Mackenzie River System…” by L. R. Montpetit

“Water Transportation On the Mackenzie River System And the Western Arctic,” by L. R. Montpetit, Executive Vice-President, Northern Transportation Company Limited. – n.d.

Folder 40 “Mushin’ Along Alaska Trails With Sourdough Sam…”

Collection of articles by Burg.

“Mushin’ Along Alaska Trails With Sourdough Sam: Saga of a Pioneer Photographer.”

Excerpt: Juneau City Mining Record; Vol. IV, # 5, Published March 17th, 1892..

“Juneau Pioneers,” by Trevor W. Davis.

Handwritten notes on the subject of photography, reference to Trevor Davis (?).

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Folder 41 Robert B. LaGuire

Photocopy of Certificate of Merit awarded to Robert B. LaGuire.

Letter: September 23, 1965, from Governor William A. Egan, to Robert B. LaGuire, Protection Division, Dept. Fish & Game.

Letter: August 31, 1965, from James P. Wellington, Chief of Police (Juneau), to Governor William A. Egan.

Letter: August 31, 1965, from James P. Wellington, Chief of Police (Juneau), to Commissioner Walter Kirkness, Dept. Fish & Game.Folder 42 Miscellaneous – Holdings

“Arctic Explorer Replaces Byrd Talk on Series: Sea Rover Amos Burg to Discuss Adventures In Many Places Before Clan,” The Piedmont Highlander, November 18, 1936. Piedmont High School

Newsletter: Commerce, Feb. 11, 1949, Volume XXXIII – Number 6. – Features upcoming lecture by Amos Burg.

Typescript: “Points on main Yukon River between Whitehorse, Y.T. & Coal Creek, Alaska.”

Invoice: December 1938, from Hoyt Street Garage (Portland, Oregon), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 17, ---, from “Buzz”[Haldane Holstrom (?)], to Amos Burg.

Business Card: “Kwong On Ivory Factory…Hong Kong”

“Colorado River’s Toll Of Human Life Reduced: Intrepid Men With Improved Equipment Conquer Hazards of Dangerous Waters.” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 30, 1938, p. 3. [Part I]

Receipt: July 1, 1940, from Kjellberg Kabushiki Kaisha, to Amos Burg, Tokyo. [for 5 strings of cultured pearl necklaces; $285.00.]

Receipt: October 26th, 1940, from Kwoon Fat, to Amos Burg. [Teak items, $30.00]

Receipt: October 28th, 1940, from Kwoon Fat, to Amos Burg. [Teak items, $17.50]

Folder 43 “Campfire Reflections” (1 of 4)

Cover Page: “Campfire Reflections” Typed

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“Mushin’ Alaska Trails with Sourdough Sam: Alaska, The Great Land.” [3 copies]

“Mushin’ Alaska Trails…” – no title to article.

“Alaska’s Bonanza In the Silver Hordes,” [Notation: Progress Edition Empire, Thurs. Feb. 25, 1963.]

“My Life with Little Big Horn” [Article about a Great Horned Owl]

“Sport Fishing Is A Growing Factor In Alaska’s Recreation and Economy”

“Sage of the Public Access Program”

“Saga of the Pioneers”

“California Rancher and Wife Seek Adventure In the Golden North”

Clipping: “Mushin’ Alaskan Trails With Sourdough Sam,” Juneau Alaska Empire, February 7, 1965, p. 4.

“Saga of the Prospector,” The Daily Alaska Empire, June 9, 1963, p. 4.

“My Life With Little Big Horn”

“Saga of a Pioneer Photographer”

“Saga of Destiny”

Folder 44 “Campfire Reflections” (2nd of 4)

“Saga of the Brotherhood”

“Saga of Three Archipelagoes”

Untitled article with opening reference to the smog of Hollywood, CA.

“Alaska, The Great Land”

Untitled article with opening reference to an early canoe trip out of Juneau.

Untitled article with opening reference to the many attractions of Alaska for tourists.

“Saga of Seal Hunting”

“Saga of the Pioneer Home”

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“The Spirit of Christmas”

“Campfire Reflections” no subtitle; opens with reference to fish and game and gold seekers.

“Campfire Reflections” with no subtitle, [written after Burg’s retirement from Fish & Game and includes listing of a number of persons who traveled with him on his many trips.]

“Saga of Soapy Smith” (2 copies)

Untitled article which begins: “The first gold seekers landed on the Skagway Flats at the head of Lynn Canal, July 26, 1897….” “Saga of Robert Service”

Untitled article with missing first page

“Saga of Paradise”

Folder 45 “Campfire Reflections” (3rd of 4)

“Forest Service Discovers Record Cottonwood Tree Near Haines,” by Mimi Gregg, Empire, Oct. 13, 1965.

Untitled article (4 copies) which begins: “Hunting has been the ancestral heritage of man for a million years….”

Untitled article which begins: “Back in World War I I was a young non-shaving seaman aboard the small wooden transport vessel Katia, Yokohoma bouind when we almost foundered in mountainous seas south of the Aleutian Islands.”

Untitled article which begins: “People in the Lower ’48 have been so busy the past 200 years exterminating their wolves that they have failed to learn much about them.”

“Campfire Reflections” with no subtitle, [written after Burg’s retirement from Fish & Game and includes listing of a number of persons who traveled with him on his many trips; multiple copies]

Folder 46 “Campfire Reflections” (4th of 4)

“Films on which I was Director-Cameraman or did total Production” – list.

Untitled article which begins: “Back in World War I I was a young non-shaving seaman aboard the small wooden transport vessel Katia, Yokohoma bouind when we almost foundered in mountainous seas south of the Aleutian Islands.” [Multiple Copies]

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“Wolf-Demon Or Demigod” (2 copies)

“Saga of the Aleutians,” Part I.

“Floating Alaskan Streams”

“Spirit of Christmas”

Partial article of reminiscence – contains reference to Judge William C. Long of Seattle.

“The Most Dangerous Game” (4 copies)

“Saga of Alaska’s Golden North Salmon Derby” “Alaskan Vignettes” (3 copies, 2 articles)

“Saga of the Sea”

Box 3 Contents

Folder 47 Tax Returns 1965-1966

Taxpayer’s Copies

Folder 48 Yukon River Folder & Notes (1st of 7)

Magazine: Hospitality Yukon (2 copies)

Magazine: Yukon: Canada’s Last Frontier (2 copies)

Folder 49 Yukon River Folder & Notes (2nd of 7)

Letter: May 24, 1929, from J. E. Blanchard, General Passenger Agent, White Pass & Yukon Route (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg, Jr.

Brochure: “Alaska and the Yukon”

Typescript – notes for Yukon Route trip

Folder 50 Yukon River Folder & Notes (3rd of 7)

Typescript – notes for Yukon Route trip

Handwritten notes for Yukon Route trip

“Value of Minerals Produced” – Yukon Territory [charts and data]

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“’Warm Wind’ Blows Where McGee Froze And His Cabin’s Like Toast as an Air Force Post” – clipping

Typescript – Yukon prospector George McGill.

Clippings from The Whitehorse Star about Yukon history.

Booklet: “Yukon Territory: History, Administration, Resources and Development”

Folder 51 Yukon River Folder & Notes (4th of 7)

“Saga of Yukon Steamboat” [Handwritten] – 2 versions

“Police Report; Sunday, August 2nd” – Midnight Sun, August 5, 1970.

Letter: March 12, 1929, from J. G. Blanchard (White Pass & Yukon Route), to Amos Burg, Jr. [first page only]

“Kirkman” – handwritten notes.

“Fifty-Mile River…” handwritten notes.

“Explosion” handwritten notes

“RCMP” handwritten notes

“Fingers to Yukon Crossing” handwritten notes

“30 Mile” handwritten notes


“La Berge (sic?)”

“30-Mile”

“Leaving Whitehorse”

“S—Navigation”

“Lake La Berge”

“Thirty Mile River”

“30-Mile”

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“Hootalinqua”

“Fur Trade”

“Five Fingers”

“Stewart & Pelly”

“Selkirk & Pelly”

“Aborigines”

“Indians – Fire – Tourists – Fish”

“S—Navigation”


“Steamboat Navigation”

“Yukon River, Whitehorse to Dawson…”

“Stewart River”


“Yukon River, Whitehorse to Dawson…”

“Stewart & Pelly”

“Dawson”

“Klondike Trail”

“Trail of ‘98”

“Klondike Trail”

“Cases”

Folder 55 Outdoor Life (1st of 4)

“Memorium”

Photocopies (2) of 3 photos from Napakiak, n.d.

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Geological Survey Map (3 copies) showing Kuskokwim River and the villages of Npakiak and Napaiskak.

“Lloyd Stebbins”

“Kirsner”

“US FWS Fatalities – other than aircraft”

Letter: October 2, 1978, from Ben ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 12, 1978, from James W. Parker, Dept. Fish & Game (Sitka, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 20, 1978, from James W. Parker, Dept. Fish & Game (Sitka, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: Undated, from Amos Burg, to Jim --- [2 copies]

Folder 56 Outdoor Life (2nd of 4)

“Alaskan Distant Early Warning Identification Zone” – charts/maps (10 pages)

“Winslow & Thomas”

“Art Bratlie”

“Clarence J. Rhode”

“Hosea Sarber”

“Jonathan F. Ward”

“Vessels”

“Ralph A. Reichel”

Letter: August 8, 1975, from Amos Burg, to Jim Reardon, Outdoors Editor, Alaska Magazine (Homer, AK).

“---Erickson”

Letter: October 14, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Ben East (Holly, MI).

Letter: October 6, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Ben East (Holly, MI)

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Letter: October 6, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Paul Garceau (Petersburg, AK)

Letter: (October 6, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Jim Parker (Sitka, AK)

“Robert Meek”

Cover Letter for Manuscript: November 18, ---, from Ben [East], to Amos Burg;“Most Dangerous Job in Alaska,” by Amos Burg and Ben East.

Folder 57 Outdoor Life (3rd of 4)

“Danger Stalks Their Jobs” by Amos Burg and Ben East.


Letter: November 30, ---, from Ben [East], to Amos Burg.

“Winslow-Thomas: An Arctic Mystery,” by Amos Burg [10,000 words]

Map

“Lentfer Chased by A Polar Bear Sow”

“James W. “Jim” Brooks – “Chased by a Polar Bear Cub”

“Reichl: Walking to Oblivion Armed With A .22”

“Hosea Sarber – Address Unknown”

“The Last Patrol”

“A Tragic Disaster – the Worst”

Folder 58 Outdoor Life (4th of 4)

“Erickson and Fisher – The Stall Spin”

“Stebbins – Death by Exposure”

Map

“Parker – Flying Salmon Stream Surveys”

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“Bratlie – An Ordinary Flight”

“Bohuslov – Flying the Wild Game Ranges”

“Lost on the Icy Sea” [Bering Sea]


Letter (8 pages): November 17, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Ben [East].

Untitled notes – reference to Sarber….

Letter (5 pages): November 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Ben [East].

Notes – no title, but refers to “Danger Stalks Their Jobs”

“Danger Stalks Their Jobs” – [multiple copies]

Folder 59 Invoices, Programs

Contains several invoices including one for a pearl necklace and several copies of a brochure for Burg’s speaking engagements”

Folder 60 Notes – Nonsuch, ca. 1931

Small notebook labeled “Nonsuch Is (?)” and bearing dates in 1931.

Folder 61 Notes

Lengthy handwritten letter (20 plus pages) signed by “Betty, Maria, Alida, Letitia, Cecilia”

Organization Chart labeled Homer 1961

Reprint: “Alaska’s Marine Highway: Ferry Route to the North,” article and photographs by W. E. Garett, National Geographic, June 1965.

Folder 62 Miscellaneous Financial Records

Savings records; tax records; Index taxes 1955

Box 4 Contents

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Folder 63 Photographs/1950

302 “Alaska Native Brotherhood Convention – 1950 – Ketchikan, AK”

303 [Three men, 1 woman at dinner in a private home; one of the men may be Burg.]

304 [Three women, 1 man seated together, each with wine glass; ca. 1940s]

305 [Four women, 3 men seated together at dinner, n.d.]

306 [Portrait of “Alida ---,” n.d.; in photo display folder]

307 [Wedding photo, n.d.]

Negatives (3 in sleeve)

308 [Cub Scout litter barrel, n.d.]

309 [B/W photo of fish, n.d.]

310 [Two men, two fish, at dock, n.d.]

311 [Two women weighing fish as part of Salmon Derby, n.d.]

312 – 329 [Series of small photos of a boat being maintained; unidentified dock, n.d.]

330 – 332 “Endeavour”“1 & 2 holds”“Engine Room”“Cockpit door to engine room”

333 [Man at wheel of Endeavour (?), n.d.]

334 [Endeavour (?), “looking forward – type of rigging”, n.d.]

335 [Portrait of unidentified young woman, n.d.]

336 [Cutout of unidentified man – glasses and mustache, n.d.]

337 [Governor Egan awards plaque to two Japanese, n.d.]

338 [Governor Egan poses with yong woman and man in office, n.d.]

339 [Unidentified man with hand to mouth, n.d.]

340 [Unidentifiede man seated at table, n.d.]

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341 [Young woman seated at desk, ca. 1960s]

342 [Governor Egan in office with woman and two men, unidentified, n.d.]

343 [At glacier, man in automobile, woman standing by driver’s side door, n.d.]

344 [Young woman seated at desk, ca. 1960s; not woman in #341]

Folder 64 Photographs/Hickel

List of Dept. of Fish & Game photographs, n.d.345 [Governor Hickel at desk w/two young men and a young woman, n.d]

346 [Governor Hickel and unidentified man looking at map, n.d.]

347 – 349 [Contact prints of two babies in pajamas, n.d.]

350 [Governor Hickel and unidentified man (to left) holding a document between them; n.d.]

351 – 353 [Contact prints of bears, n.d.]

354 – 359 [Contact prints of trays containing nuggets (?), n.d.]

360 – 369 [Contact prints of social occasion, unidentified persons, n.d.]

370 [Portrait of unidentified elderly man, n.d.]

371 [Governor Egan with unidentified man and woman, each holding a corner of a document, n.d.]

372 [Man and woman in front of automobile parked at unidentified glacier, n.d.]

373 [Unidentified officer and man in front of a highway safety exhibit; n.d.]

374 [Governor Hickel at desk, surrounded by six nuns and two priests, n.d.]

375 [Governor Hickel at desk signing a document, woman stands next to Hickel and holds a small plaque.]

376 “Steamer Louise and barges ln Yukon River, Alaska,” by Basil Clemens, Ruby, AK, 1913.

377 [Crab catch being hauled aboard an unidentified boat, n.d.]

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378 “ ‘Ivuk’ – Walrus,” n.d.

379 [Amos Burg hands motion picture film to unidentified man in tuxedo; n.d.]

Folder 65 Photographs (Mixed), n.d.

380 “Fleischman - Camargo” [Label on back of negative sleeve; man, woman and two children; ca 1930]

380b [similar to 380, from negative in sleeve]

381 [Four women in clearing near river; two of the women carry baskets on their heads, n.d.]

382 [Man, woman and three children seated on lawn, n.d.]

383 [Shipboard presentation/drama; unidentified persons, n.d.]

384 [Three men seated on deck of unidentified boat – two without shoes (2 copies), n.d.]

385 [Child lights candles in formal setting, perhaps church, n.d.]

386 [Unidentified walled city, n.d.]

387 [Two men read sign posted on palm tree: “Please do not molest pigeons, chickens and ducks…., n.d.]

388 [Camel biting something protruding from a tent; person in tent, n.d.]

389 [Two bare-chested men facing each other; unidentified location, n.d.]

390 [Bearded cleric at entrance to walled city (?), background – four women in western dress and another cleric; unidentified location, n.d.]

391 [View of unidentified bay from hillside, n.d.]

392 [Two men, two men descending rocky hillside, unidentified location, n.d.]

393 [Three boats on unidentified canal or river, n.d.]

394 [Herd of sheep on hillside by a broad path; unidentified location, n.d.]

395 [South Central Asian architecture – Bangkok, n.d.]

396 [Ruins of building(s) in unidentified location, n.d.]

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397 [Unidentified wetlands, n.d.]

398 [Canoes on unidentified beach; one has two women and a man in swimming suits, n.d.]

399 [Unidentified sea side town, large oval track near coast, n.d.]

400 [Unidentified sea side town; from a distance at a higher elevation, n.d.]

401 [Unidentified town with buildings to left of photo; clock at top of tower in center of photo, persons walking on lawn in front of large public buildings, n.d.]

402 [Six men working with nets on a beach, France, n.d.]403 [Boulevard in major seaside city – multi-story buildings on either side of

boulevard, perhaps Monaco, n.d.]

404 [Harvesting in unidentified location, n.d.]

405 [Chinese harbor w/junks, n.d.]

406 [Unidentified hillside with three houses, one shack and two more substantial, n.d.]

407 [Unidentified ship’s captain, n.d.]

408 [Middle eastern/Mediterranean city street, n.d.]

409 [Workmen handling supplies/freight on an unidentified dock, n.d.]

410 [Ship’s crew; four officers and twelve seamen, n.d.]

411 [Unidentified walled city from across a body of water, n.d.]

412 [Work crew painting lower level (near water line) of large ship; unidentified location, n.d.]

413 [Bird, pheasant (?), n.d.]

Folder 66 Photographs/Birds Photos 414 – 422

Canadian geese; ptarmagins; ptarmagin in winter (willow ptarmagin?)

Folder 67 Photographs/Native Alaskans/Ships

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423 “Alaska – Little Diomede Island; Ignaluk. Three Eskimo girls stand on the veranda of their home. The wind charger on the roof is for the radio.” [Photo for illustration in article: “North Star Sails the Arctic.”, n.d.]

424 [North Star (?), n.d.]

425 [Four Native Alaskan women, 3 children, n.d.]

426 [Aboard ship, perhaps the “North Star”, n.d.]

Folder 68 Photographs/Family & Wildlife

427 [Unidentified woman and 2 children, n.d.]

428 [Amos Burg’s parents (?), n.d.]

429 [Amos Burg’s parents (?), n.d., many years after #428]

430 [Young girl in swimming suit; ca. 1930 (?)]

431 “Cliff dwellings at King Island,” n.d.

432 [Wolf with right front paw caught in trap, n.d.]

433 [Bear standing in stream, n.d.]

434 [Three Native Alaskans in canoe on river; canoe labeled 12’28, n.d.]

435 [Two men and 3 dogs stand in front of building whose sign reads: “Old Inn;” unidentified location; n.d.]

436 “To Mother from Amos in memory of his voyage thru Japan, China, and the Phillipines.” [Matted photo of ship, Ca. 1930.]

437 “To Mother & Dad from Panama, Amos, Camargo ’31.”

438 [Trekking over Chilkoot Pass, n.d.]

439 [Steamer Casca passing through unidentified Narrows, n.d.]

440 [Canoeing on unidentified rapids; picture shot from above canyon and river, n.d.]

441 [Radio broadcast studio with orchestra in background and two men seated before microphone in foreground, n.d.; picture bears number 4169-3]

442 “Photo courtesy Alaska Historical Library & Museum,” [unidentified man, n.d.]

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443 “Red Canyon of Green River; Adrian Reynolds, 1938,”

444 [Unidentified man in canoe.]

445 “Mouth of Umatilla River, May 31, 1920.”

446 [Man dragging two canoes through river water, n.d.]

447 [Amos Burg, Adrian Reynolds and one other man seated in boat named “Julius F.,” n.d.]

448 “Adrian Reynolds,” n.d.

449 [Boats at shore; left-hand boat holds Amos Burg; right-hand boat holds Adrian Reynolds and one other man in the “Julius F.”, n.d.]

450 [Adrian Reynolds and one other man, 1938]

451 [Adrian Reynolds and one other man, 1938]

Folder 69 Photographs/n.d.

Photographs are attached to heavy paper and are a mixture of State government meetings and family photographs, including children; 452 – 480.

Folder 70 Photographs/Fay Wray/New Guinea

481 “Fay Wray,” [inscription written to Amos Burg]

482 [Two women stand at either side of gate leading to a series of buildings; mouinted men and children play in front of the buildings, unidentified location, n.d.]

483 [Woman seated at desk with bound notebook lying on table along with glasses, n.d.]

484 [Young man and young woman, unidentified, n.d.]

485 [Two Native girls, unidentified location, n.d.]

486 [Child in narrow canoe; woman standing behind child; 2 men also present, unidentified location, n.d.]

487 [Shrimping; unidentified man and boat, n.d.]

488 [Two men deploy large net, n.d.]

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489 [Indian on horseback prior to crossing stream, n.d.]

490 [Sign atop stack of lumer: “Another House by Thomasson, Builder of Unique Homes…., n.d.]

491 [Two fishermen cut open a crab (?), n.d.]

492 [2 contact prints of a group of 3 children, n.d.]

493 [Young woman and dog on lawn, n.d.]

494 [Man points to map with pencil, unidentified man, n.d.]

495 [Presentation of document between two men; nine other persons in background, unidentified location, n.d.]

496 “P-1381 Aleut Children (3)”

497 [Portrait of Amos Burg (n.d.) used in numerous lecture brochures.]

498 [Post Card – color photo of Juneau in pre-statehood days.]

499 [River in canyon, unidentified location, n.d.]

500 [Unidentified man at oars, n.d.]

501 [Man standing in front of building whose sign says: “Rum Locker;” three cabins visible; another’s sign: “—Dawg Saloon.”]

502 “P-1385 Eskimo School Children,” n.d.

503 [Color photo of airplane – “nomads”]

504 [Yacht in unidentified waters, n.d.]

505 Post card “Food being cooked in an “UMU” for a Samoan Feast,” Feb. 11, 1971, from Irene Frazer to Mr. & Mrs. Amos Burg.”

506 [Man being dressed in a native costume; unidentified location, n.d.]

507 Post card: “S. S. Denali, n.d.]

508 [Unidentified bird, n.d.]

509 [Plane on skis in snow covered field, 1 onlooker, n.d.]

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510 [FSA8…Sept. 1, 1929 Juneau (?)]

511 [Unidentified coastal village; palm trees in foreground, n.d.]

512 [Two Native Alaskans cooking over a fire in front of a tent, unidentified location, n.d.]

513 [Carved post w/two recognizable faces; stands in front of two large buildings at Fort Yukon, Alaska, n.d.]

Folder 71 Photographs/Melanesian Headhunter

514 [Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and another man at river’s edge, canoe between them, n.d]

515 [Man skinning/dressing an animal, n.d.]516 [Ship going through lock; n.d.]

517 “Balinese Dancing Girl applying makeup, n.d.”

518 [Head of camel, n.d.]

519 [Children, adults and camel at well; n.d.; 1 of 2]

520 [Girl dousing herself with water from a can, n.d.]

521 [Boats on narrow river; Polynesia (?), n.d.]

522 [Shark (?) hanging head down from boat, perhaps the Camargo, n.d.]

523 [Children, adults and camel at well; n.d.; 2 of 2]

524 [Child stands at fireplace, n.d.]

525 [One woman, two men on cushions aboard ship, n.d.]

526 [Two women, four children seated at dining room table; n.d.]

527 [Closeup of young man, n.d.; see #484]

528 [Children in costume and makeup, n.d.]

529 [Rookery for seagulls and puffins, n.d.]

530 [Unidentified man in office, n.d.]

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531 [Amos Burg in conversation with unidentified man aboard a ship, n.d.]

532 [Two persons in rice paddy, n.d.]

533 [Unidentified man with child in native costume; may be Bangkok, n.d.]

534 [Amos Burg filming, unidentified location, n.d.]

535 [Closeup of Amos Burg in gentleman’s walking cap, unidentified location, n.d.]

536 [Five men in a rowboat, one at the tiller, n.d.]

537 [Burg filming aboard a ship, officer to right, n.d.]

538 [Two men in fishing net, n.d.]

539 [Melanese Headhunter, n.d.]

540 [Young gazelle (?), n.d.]

541 [Walled compound with palm trees; name Charles Wheeler on back of photo; n.d.]

542 [Hand-colored church building; n.d.]

Folder 72 Photographs/Will Rogers Grave in Barrow, AK

543 – 544 [Two workmen standing in front of a vehicle labeled “Florence…”n.d.]

545 [Unidentified man sitting at a desk, n.d.]

546 [Portrait of Amos Burg’s mother; 2 copies, n.d.]

547 [Portrait of Amos Burg in hat and plaid scarf, n.d.]

548 [Amos Burg (?) examines a globe of the earth, n.d.]

549 [Vulture, n.d.]

550 “Santiago – July 28th, 1943; Agustin Edwards farewell party to the Lyons; you can see there Cecil and Elsie and the American Secretary George Andrews and wife.”

551 [Young Japanese woman; unidentified, n.d.]

552 [Young Amos Burg, perhaps a passport photo, n.d.]

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553 [Fouir persons on a boat, i.e., two men, a woman and a child; sign says Idle Hour Now Open for Inspection, n.d.]

Small Photos – most attached to photo envelopes with some identifiying text.

554 “Commisioner Urban C. Nelson, Juneau, Aug. 18, 1967”

555 [Unidentifed sleeping boy, n.d.]

556 “Hazel Brown, September 4, 1961”

557 [Stuffed polar bear, n.d.]

558 [Seal, n.d.]

559 [Hazel Brown and family; see # 556]

560 [Men and canoes at daybreak(?), n.d.]

561 “Bison & Train,” n.d. – [Compton’s Picture Encyclopedia 2/B, p. 212]

562 “Bow – Peggy Jo; Kodiak,” n.d.

563 “Big Game Safari,” n.d.

564 “GJOA in Polar Ice,” n.d. [From book]

565 [Photo of painting: “Will Rogers’ Grave Near Barrow,” 1950]

566 “Irene Hoisington’s Daughter,” Christmas ver.

567 “Margaret Wise & son,” Christmas 1967.

568 ”Mary Ann Hancock & Daughter,” Christmas 1968.

569 “Tom Robinson Family,” Christmas 1968.

570 “Russ Redic,” at Selcha River,” n.d.

571 – 582 [Commissioner Urban C. Nelson, August, 18, 1967]

Folder 73 Photographs/Wildlife

583 – 586 [Seal on Ice, n.d.]

587 - 588 [Bears, n.d.]

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Folder 74 Photo [Glass Covering], n.d.]

589 [Man in canoe, n.d.]

Folder 75 Contact Prints/Negatives, n.d.

Because of their size, each identifying number will represent an entire sheet or strip, rather than individual photos. Suggest further description when time permits.

590 – 639

Box 5 Contents

Folder 76 Yukon River Expedition – 1928/Notebook

First page has the handwritten label: Book I. It is titled Yukon River Expedition 1928 and lists the following major topics: Mackenzie River; Eskimo Area; North Pacific/Coast.

Folder 77 Notebook(s) 1937-1938, 1964

The approximately 30 pages were held together with rusted paperclips; these have been removed. There was little or no order detectable in the note pages.

Folder 78 Lecture Notes/n.d.

Mixture of typewritten and handwritten notes, some explicitly labeled Lecture.

Folder 79 Miscellaneous Photos

640 [Man and woman on boat, n.d.]

641 [8 men around a table, n.d.] [One of the men may be a British actor, perhaps a star of “How Green Was My Valley.”]

642 [Three men and a British automobile, n.d.; 3 copies]

643 [Man and woman posed on a city street; n.d.]

644 [Man seated on bench; 3 copies, n .d.]

645 [Five men, two women, two children, n.d.]

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646 [Two women with their backs to the camera.]

647 [Man on rocky hillside looking down on a river, n.d.]

648 [Man and woman on bank of a river; inflatable boat in water; n.d.]

649 [Unidentified ship’s captain, n.d.]

650 [Man and woman on boat, n.d.; see #640]

651 [Little girl reaching into a blooming bush, n.d.]

652 [Woman rinsing her hands, n.d.]

653 [Unidentified young man; n.d.-appears by himself and with a woman in earlier photographs in the collection.]

654 [Amos Burg and unidentified young woman in an office setting, n.d.]

654b [Man and woman standing in front of crates (?) and behind two kayaks, n.d.]

655 [Man standing in a field looking toward mountains above which is the date 1930]

656 “September 18, 1954 – W. H. Jackson beaver flume at Dolonei (?)”

657 [Man and two women in boat called “Magallanes”, n.d.]

658 [Two men (one of whom is Amos Burg) and one woman in boat, n.d.]

659 [Man standing on river bank looking toward mountain face around bend in river, n.d.]

660 [Man standing in bow of unidentified boat, n.d.]

661 [Amos Burg portrait, used in lecture brochures, n.d.]

662 [Portrait of young woman seated in ladderback chair, n.d.]

663 [Men and horses in arena – grandstand has sign on roof: “Pendleton Round-up,” n.d.]

664 [Bearded man smiles at camera; sweater and tie, coat on post under his right elbow, n.d.]

Undated notes

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665 [Unidentified river, trees on both sides of river, n.d.]

666 [Monument with horse and rider, unidentified park setting, n.d.]

667 [Unidentified city; picture taken across roof tops of buildings, n.d.]

668 [Indians on horseback, teepees, automobiles, men in modern clothing – looks to be a movie set, perhaps, n.d.]

669 – 670 [Little girl and collie dog, n.d.]

671 [Little girl and man seated on stone wall; fountain in background, n.d.]

672 [Ship captain and two women aboard ship, n.d.]

673 [Unidentified young woman in bordered photograph; border reads Amos Burg, Portland, Oregon, n.d.]

679 [Woman in shorts stands on rock overlooking water; inscription on back reads: “Greetings to Amos, This is the picture you took. Remember? I did want you to see those two hound fish out there before your took my picture; but the picture came ouit pretty well anyhow, don’t you think. Thanks a lot for your efforts. Here’s your reward! R.” Note at one end of photo reads: Ruth Needham, Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, May 25, 1931.]

Folder 80 Mackenzie River Notebooks, 1929

Three handwritten notebooks concerning Mackenzie River expedition of 1929.

Folder 81 Insurance Correspondence/Travel Notes/1952

Letter: March 10, 1952, from John T. Bobbitt, Encyclopedia Films, Inc. (Wilmette,Illinois), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 18th, 1952, from D. M. Diamond (Lewis & Cartwright, Inc.) to AmosBurg.

Letter: March 19, 1952, from Dave Clark, General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. (Portland, Oregon), to Amos Burg.

Handwritten notes dating from 1945 with dollar figures noted for each year. (?)

Folder 82 Log/General Notes/Articles – 1967

Handwritten notes for 1967 including discussions between Burg and Carolyn.

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Folder 83 Trip Report Voyage 51; Freight – n.d.

U. S. M.S. North Star

Folder 84 Ideas Notepad/Church Bulletin 1953

Handwritten notes of ideas for lectures and motivational aphorisms.“The Angel and Mr. Oddsock,” Reader’s Digest reprint.

Church Bulletin – First Presbyterian Church (Sitka, Alaska) October 25, 1953.

Folder 85 Venezuela, n.d.

Map of Venezuela (cover sheet)

“Venezuela,” 23 page typescript. Notes on Venezuela

Folder 86 Miscellaneous Letters/Photographs; 1940 – 1972

675 [Portrait of unidentified young woman., n.d.]

Letter: June 16, 1972, from Bob S (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 8, 1971, from Amos Burg, to John R. Luety (Park Ridge, Illinois).

Letter: January 4, 1971, from Amos Burg, to Wm. H. James.

Letter: n.d., from Wm H. Jamesa (Healy, Alaska), to Fish & Game Dept.

Letter: September 3, 1971, from Amos Burg, to Hubert Loustalot (Bayside, NY).

Letter: August 23, 1971, from Hubert Loustalot, to “Gentlemen.”

Letter: April 10, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Roland Hugstrand (Sweden).

Letter: March 20, 1972, from Roland Hugstrand (Sweden), to Fishing & Wildlife (Juneau, AK)

Letter: March 22, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Eric J. Alava (Corvallis, Oregon).

Letter: March 6, 1972, from Eric J. Alava (Corvallis, Oregon), to Dept. of Natural Resoirces.

Letter: June 20, 1972 (?), from Leonidas G. Cigarroa, to Director, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game.

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Letter: June 15, 1972, from Luther C. Goldman, United States Department of Interior, to Dr. Leonidas G. Cigarroa.

Letter: July 6, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Leonidas G. Cigarroa.

Letter: June 9, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Scott O’Neil (Fresno, CA).

Letter: n.d., from Scott O’Neil, to (?).

Letter: May 19, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Richard Einer (Solana Beach, CA).

Letter: May 17, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Max E. Chittick, Mgr, North American Safaris, Inc. (Rossville, IN).

Letter: (May 8, 1972), from Max E. Chittick, to Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game.Letter: April 17, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Joseph A. Kissane (University City, MO).

Letter: March 1, 1972, from Joseph A. Kissane, to Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game.

Letter: n.d., from Frances A. Peterson (Middletown, RI), to Dept. of Natural Resources.

Letter: April 10, 1972, from Amos Burg, to Miss Frances A. Peterson.

Letter: March 24, 1953, from Wm A. Yunker (?), J. C. Penney Company (Vancouver), to Amos Burg.

Chattel Mortgage (June 26, 1951).

Flyer: “Importance of Your Cooperation in Submitting Nominations,” NationalGeographic Society

Letter: June 22, 1951, from G. W. Goforth, Asst. Vice President, First National Bank (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 23, 1940, from John M. Gilvary (?), to Chapman of the First National Bank of Portland, OR,

Letter: n.d., from Harriet, Howard, Carol and Frank Houston (American Baptist Mission, Wokha, Mokochung, Assam, India) to Friends.

Letter: September 18, 1952, from Amos Burg, to Frederick G. Vosburgh (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: September 17, 1952, from Amos Burg, to William J. Yunker (Vancouver, WA).

Letter: September 17, 1952, from Amos Burg, to George Goforth (Portland, OR).

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Letter: June 28th, 1951, from V. A. Cartwright, to First National Bank, cc to Amos Burg.

Typescript – Lecture notes, undated.

“Outline of the Lecture to be given at Linfield College, Tuesday, March 25, 1952, by Amos Burg, titled “North to the Alaskan Arctic”

Letter: n.d., from Karen ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 12, 1952, from G. W. Goforth, to Amos Burg.

676 “Yukon River. Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. Making a tapestry in a Whitehorse garden.”

Brochure: Vagabond Mediterranean Cruises.

Collected Clippings – most reproductions and difficult to read.

“Desire for Adventure Beckons Burg to Travels in Distant Corners of Continental Lands,” May 4, 193?

“Date for Matrix Table Scheduled as December 1: Amos Burg, Explorer, to Address Journalistic Women’s Affair”

”Amos Burg Finds New Pal in Andy”

“Amos Burg Tells of Great Adventure Cruising in Waters Near Cape Horn”

“Burg Describes Cape Horn Trip And Indian Folk”

“Amos Burg Has Illustrated Story in National Magazine”

“Canoeist Reaches Orleans Goal in Trip from Rockies”

“Journalism Being Studied by Amos Burg, Adventurer”

“Portland Youth Ends Long Trip in Frail Canoe”

“Explorer Starts Dangerous Trip Through Canyon”

“Amos Burg Ends Long Canoe Trip”

“Youthful Voyageur Will Try His Luck Again on Waters of Snake River”

“Battle for Life In Canoe Filmed”

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“Adventurer Is Dalles Visitor”

Clipping: “Paddles 4170 <Miles In Tiny Canoe; Portlander Outdoes Pioneers; Yellowstone – Orleans Trip Ends”

“Amos Burg Canoes the Yukon River”

“Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man,” by Fred Lockley (2 copies)

“Facts Are What You Need to Write” typescript from O’Henry, master of the short story

Memorandum: September 13, 1960, from Sig Olson to Amos Burg. Subject: News letter material: Biographical Sketch.

Folder 87 Travel Notes / Miscellaneous Documents

Miscellaneous notes for travel, including an annotated card: “A Voyage of Exploration, Discovery & Adventure Along the Northwest Coast on Board Endeavour.” Notes include reminders to bring candy.

Folder 88 Notebooks/1931-32, 1940; Camargo

Notebooks of two sizes; the larger one is labeled: Camargo 31-32, New Hebrides & Solomons. Both are handwritten and the smaller of the two has some water damage.

Folder 89 Kechikan, 1926

Handwritten notes begin July 5, 1926, and proceed through July 9, 1926.

Folder 90 Photographs/Mounted; n.d. (1 of 3)

Numbers on back of photographs.

677 “Europa” – n.d.

678 [Three men – Amos Burg in the center, n.d.]

679 [Two men on ship in New York harbor, n.d.]

680 [Two men on ship in New York harbor, n.d., same as in #679]

681 [Two of three men, as in #’s 679 and 680, n.d.]

682 [Two men drinking coffee in private room; camera man visible in mirror, n.d.]

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683 [Two men stand before sign; last four letters are H I O N, n.d.]

684 [Two men standing before a sign; same two as in #683, n.d.]

685 [Ferry: “Lt. Col. Robert E. Shannon, New York harbor, n.d.]

686 [Man shows two children a globe; n.d.]

687 [Queen Mary docked in New York harbor; n.d.]

688 [Three men in front of a building; two of the three are in previous photographs of this series.]


689 “Alexander Hamilton” – ship docked.

690 [Two men drinking coffee in private room; camera man visible in mirror, n.d.]

691 [Unidentified ferry boat in New York harbor, n.d.]

692 [New York City Bridge, unidentified, n.d.]

693 [Two men standing before a sign; same two as in #683, n.d.]

694 [Man shows two children a globe; n.d.]

695 [Man seated with two children from #694, n.d.]

Folder 93 Miscellaneous Slides and Photographs, n.d.

696 “Cherry Blossom Time, Japanese Tea Garden”

697 “San Francisco – Chinatown”

698 “San Francisco – Nob Hill Cable Cars”

699 ”Pacific Grove; the Magic Carpet and Coastline”

700 “Aerial – San Francisco International Airport”

701 “Aerial – Golden Gate from altitude of 12,000 ft.”

702 “Calif. Coast; Coast Highway No. 1”

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703 “Ocean Sunset”

704 [Amos Burg presenting to a group of men, n.d.]

705 [Man speaking with Amos Burg waiting behind him; see also #704, n.d.]

706 [Panorama of stream in forest, n.d.]

707 Post card – “Mt. Lassen”; n.d.

708 [Yacht (might be the Camargo), n.d.]

709 [Panorama of stream in forest, n.d.]

710 [Damaged contact prints, n.d.]

711 [Unidentified group gathered for dessert (birthday cake?), n.d.]

712 [Man and woman standing in snow, n.d.]

713 [Amos Burg making presentation after dinner to group of men and women, n.d.]

714 [Small contact prints, n.d.]

715 [Unidentified young man seated in chair, n.d.]

716 [Unidentified city street, n.d.]

717 [Aerial of unidentified city, n.d.]

718 [Unidentified location, n.d.]

719 [Three women posing in front of a window, n.d.]

720 [Wash line in background, unidentified location, n.d.]

721 [Man seated by cannon in unidentified city fort, n.d.]

722 [Childe sitting on stairs, n.d.]

723 [Unidentified location showing canoes at shore and huts on hillside, n.d.]

724 [Steamboats at unidentified harbor, n.d.]

725 [Four men, 1 woman and two children standing on hillside in front of trees, n.d.]

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726 [Contact prints, loggin operation, n.d.]

727 [Sailor stands next to posters displayed on pole; woman sits on bench to left of man., n.d.]

728 [Buildings seen from across water, n.d.]

729 [Ship unloading cargo, n.d.]

730 [Man standing at one end of boat, n.d.]

731 [Boat in unidentified waters; n.d.]

732 [Jeep in dirt road, unidentified location, n.d.]

733 [Looking down on city from fort’s parapet, n.d.]

734 [Passenger watches boat proceed down river, n.d.]

735 [Child sits on low wall looking out to sea, n.d.]

736 [Lumberjacks felling trees, n.d.]

737 [Amos Burg on horseback, n.d.]

Folder 94 Photos (Mounted) Burg & Parents (?)

738 [Mr. & Mrs. Burg, Sr., n.d.]

739 [Amos Burg, n.d.]

740 [Burg portrait used in lecture brochures and pamphlets, n.d.]

Folder 95 Photographs – Mixed, n.d.

741 Young men buying fruit and fish from young woman, n.d.]

742 [Young women weaving baskets and tapestries, n.d.]

743 [Two men sitting under umbrella overlooking a river; cannon to their left, n.d.]

744 [“Charles R. McCormick,” lumber being loaded, n.d.]

745 [Man standing on river bank looking toward mountain face around bend in river, n.d., same as #659]

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746 [Four men, 1 young woman and young girl seated in “Kingfish” – excursion boat, n.d.]

747 [Two men ob boat in New York harbor, n.d.]

748 [Amos Burg aboard an unidentified boat, n.d.]

749 [Four men and one woman onboard an unidentified boat; one of the men is Amos Burg, n.d.]

750 [Four men sitting on a railing, U. S. flag immediately behind them, n.d.]

751 [Two young women aboard an unidentified ship, n.d.]

752 [Ship officer; n.d.]753 [Shuffleboard aboard an unidentified ship, n.d.]

754 [Woman at rail of ship watching sea birds, n.d.]

755 [Three men in field – surveying, n.d.]

756 [Ship officer and woman aboard ship, n.d.]

757 “Stonehenge – Sun and Slaughter stones, n.d.]

758 [Freighter in distance, n.d.]

759 [Man and young girl, n.d.]

760 [Two women seated on deck chairs, n.d.]

761 [Two women stand on either side of Amos Burg, n.d.]

762 [Two women seated on deck chairs, n.d.; see also in #760]

763 [Amos Burg waves to camera, n.d.]

764 [Amos Burg, during career w/Dept. of Fish & Game, n.d]

765 [Mr. & Mrs. Amos Burg, n.d.]

766 [Burg holds up large fish, n.d.]

767 [Mrs. Burg and others at dinner, n.d.]

768 [Dinner guests, n.d., see Also #767.]

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769 [Sailor with group of spear-carrying natives, n.d.]

770 [Passport (?) photo of Amos Burg, ca. 1930]771 [Full length portrait of “May,” woman on walkway, n.d.]

772 [Mr. & Mrs. Burg, two other men and one woman, n.d.]

773 [Burg filming from rocky hillside, n.d.]

774 [Mr. & Mrs.Burg, two other men and one woman, n.d.]

775 {Mr. & Mrs. Burg, n.d.]

776 [Eight Native Alaskans in boat; man and dog on shore, n.d.]777 “Macallanes” and dinghy with one man aboard, n.d.]

778 [Woman stands behind sign reading: “Another House by Thomasson, Builder of Unique Homes…., n.d.]

779 [Mr. & Mrs.Burg, two other men and one woman, n.d.]

Box 6 Contents

Folder 96 Correspondence – 1950’s / n.d.

The correspondence found in this and the next several folders came from a binder labeled Correspondence – 1950’s. Folder 96 contains undated letters and documents found in that binder. Folders 97-103 contain correspondence from 1950-1958.

780 [Small photo of unidentified woman, cut from a publication, n.d.]

Form: Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd.

Card: n.d., from Marion [Kretsinger], to Amos [Burg]. Written on a card which pictured the Smith

Tower of Seattle, WA.

Note: n.d. [Decoration Day], from “Maude and Paul,” to Amos [Burg]

Note: n.d., from Kathryn Winslow (Chicago, Illinois), to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Dick Cooley and Alice Sigismund, to Amos [Burg].

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Letter: n.d., from Marion Kretsinger, to Amos [Burg].

Card: n.d., from Marion [Kretsinger], to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d, from Vic and Liz, to “Dearest Ame.”

Letter: n.d., from (?), Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Janice M. Dinismore (Pasadena, CA), to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Katy Macnalo (?), to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Barbara Pick (and the Girl Scouts of Troop 279), to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Inga ---, to Amos [Burg].Card: n.d., from G. “Toni” Baker, to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Annabelle ---, to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Nellie (Mrs. Bert V. Chappel, to Amos [Burg].

Letter: n.d., from Helen McCabe (Seattle, WA), to Amos [Burg].

Card: n.d., from Helen Manley (Burlingame, CA), to Amos [Burg].

Folder 97 Correspondence – 1950’s; April – Dec., 1950

Letter: April 13th, 1950, from Margaret (Shingler) King, to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 14, 1950, from Leonard J. Grant, Editorial Staff, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 7, 1950, from Richard H. Stewart, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 13, 1950, from Edwin L. Wisherd, Chief of Photographic Laboratory, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Telegram: September 13, 1950, from ---Wisherd, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 19, 1950, from Walter M. “Toppy” Edwards, Illustrations Division, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 20, 1950, from Walter M. “Toppy” Edwards, Illustrations Division, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: October 23, 1950, from Walter M. “Toppy” Edwards, Illustrations Division, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 1, 1950, from Walter M. “Toppy” Edwards, Illustrations Division, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Telegram: November 17, 1950, from Walter Edwards, to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 18, 1950, from J. R. Hildebrand, Assistant Editor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg

Folder 98 Correspondence – 1950’s; January – February 1952

Letter: January 1, 1952, from Janice M. Dinsmore (Pasadena, CA), to Amos Burg.

Memorandum: January 2, 1952, from Lola Reisch (for Edna Stewart), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 3, 1952, from Jeannette --- (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.


Note: January 5, 1952, from Virginia Moorman (Cheney, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 8th, 1952, from Madeleine (Mrs. Richard Taylor) (Bellevue, WA), to Amos Burg. [Attached to clipping: “Crumrines, Noted Alaska Artists, To Seek Other Fields).

Card: January 8, 1952, from Mother, to “My Dear Son Amos.”

Letter: January 10, 1952, from Laurence C. Mann, President, Portland Printing House, Inc. (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 12, 1952, from Jesse G. Sill (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 13, 1952, from Margaret Biddle Parker (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.


Letter: January 16, 1952, from Jesse G. Sill, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 18, 1952, from Margaret Biddle Parker (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 18, 1952, from Laurence C. Mann, President, Portland Printing House, Inc. (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Card: January 21, 1952, from Mother, to “My Dear Son Amos.”

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Letter: January 21, 1952, from Melvin Brodshaug, Vice President Product Development, Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc. (Wilmette, IL), to Amos Burg.Letter: January 22, 1952, from Walter M. “Toppy” Edwards, Illustrations Division, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 24, 1952, from A. G. Reimer, Treasurer, The Adventurers’ Club, Inc. (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 24, 1952, from Bob ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 28, 1952, from Amos Burg, to Melvin Brodshaug.

Letter: January 28, 1952, from Dr. Dixe Sturgis (Los Angeles, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 28, 1952, from Herb Crisler (Geographical Society of Philadelphia), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February ?, 1952, from Solonis Piedro (Myers Chuck R.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 2, 1952, from Linn ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 7th, 1952, from Kathryn Winslow, to Amos Burg.

Note: February 13, 1952, from Maude ---, to Amos Burg.

Note: February 17, 1952, from Ida ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 18, 1952, from James S. Lombard, International Platform Association (Minneapolis, MN), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 20, 1952, from C. V. “Vic” Bracher (Bridgeport, CT), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 24, 1952, from Joan Callison and Mary Mellor (Vancouver, B.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 25, 1952, from Ruby --- , Paul Hoefler Productions (Los Angeles, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 28, 1952, from Harry L. Dillin, President Linfield College (McMinnville, OR), to Amos Burg.

Folder 99 Correspondence – 1950’s; March – May, 1952

Letter: March 3, 1952, from Virginia ---, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: March 4, 1952, from V. R. Farrell, Administrative Assistant & Special Representative, U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.Letter: March 6, 1952, from Harry L. Dillin, President Linfield College (McMinnville, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 6, 1952, from Ruth Whitney van Wyk, Van Wyk Travel Service (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 11, 1952, from Frederick G. Vosburgh, Assistant Editor, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 12, 1952, from Walter --- (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 22, 1952, from Roy ---, (Auburn, WA), to Amos Burg.Letter: March 25, 1952, from Mary B. Mason, Chairman, Mazama Educational Commission (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 25, 1952, from Earl N. Ohmer, President and General Manger, AlaskanGlacier Sea Food Co. (Petersburg, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 26, 1952, from C. V. “Vic” Bracher, Remington Arms Company, Inc. (Bridgeport, CT), to Amos Burg.

Note: March 31, 1952, from Bob Hitchman, Northwestern Mutual Fire Association, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 2, 1952, from August C. Reimer, Treasurer, The Adventurers’ Club (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Telegram: April 2, 1952, from Andrew H. Brown, National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 3, 1952, from Ruby ---, Paul Hoefler Productions (Los Angeles, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 4, 1952, from Andrew H. Brown, Editorial Staff, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Telegram: April 7, 1952, from Andrew H. Brown, National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 7, 1952, from Howard I. Bobbitt, Attorney At Law, to Amos Burg.

Card: April 9, 1952, from “Mother,” to “My Dear Son Amos.”

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Letter: April 9, 1952, from Jessie ---, to Amos Burg

Letter: April 11, 1952, from Joan Sneller, Editorial Department, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 11th, 1952, from Eleanor --- (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 15, 1952, from Warren C. Christianson, Attorney at Law (Sitka, AK),. to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 16, 1952, from Ed O’Neill, Manager, Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc.(Portland, Or), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 23, 1952, from Warren C. Christianson, Attorney at Law (Sitka, AK),. to Amos Burg.Letter: April 23, 1952, from Andrew H. Brown (National Geographic Society), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 24, 1952, from Weir McDonald, McDonald Candy Co. (Eugene, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 1, 1952, from “Mother,” to “My Dear Son Amos.”

Letter: April 28, 1952, from Frederick G. Vosburgh, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D. C.), to Amos Burg.

Note: May 5, 1952, from Dorothy S. Gruening (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 6, 1952, from Frederick G. Vosburgh, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D. C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 6, 1952, from Walter W. Smith (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 6, 1952, from Laura E. Jones, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 7, 1952, from Carol Davis (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Note: May 8, 1952, from Dorothy S. Gruening (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 12, 1952, from Walter ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 14, 1952, from Laura---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 14, 1952, from C. V. “Vic” Bracher (Bridgeport, CT), to Amos Burg.

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Notice of Meeting – “Casca-Louise” – May 18, 1952.

Letter: May 19, 1952, from D. M. Diamond (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 20, 1952, from Janice M. Dinsmore, to Amos Burg.

Note: May 20, 1952, from “Mother,” to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: May 20, 1952, from Mary --- and Anne --- (Gerona, Spain), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 21, 1952, from Robert S. “Bob” Nichols, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 21, 1952, from Jessie ---, to Amos Burg.

Post Card: May 22, 1952, from Les ---, to Amos Burg.Letter: May 23, 1952, from Vernon A. Cartwright (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Folder 100 Correspondence – 1950’s, June – July 1952

Letter: June 3, 1952, from Kathryn Winslow (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 6, 1952, from C. V. “Vic” Bracher (Bridgeport, CT), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 7, 1952, from Kathryn Winslow (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Note: June 10, 1952, from “Mother,” to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: June 10, 1952, from Ruby ---, Paul Hoefler Productions (Los Angeles, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 11, 1952, from Inez B. Ryan, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 14, 1952, from ---Webb, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 18, 1952, Alaska Steamship Company, to C. V. Bracher.

Note: June 19, 1952, from “Mother,” to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: June 19, 1952, from Rose MacBryde (Secretary to Mr. Vosburgh), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 20, 1952, from V. A. Cartwright, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 23, 1952, from C. V. “Vic” Bracher, The Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, CO), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: June 23, 1952, from F. Harmon Weight (RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 24, 1952, from C. V. Bracher, to H. N. Peterson, Traffic Manager, Alaska Steamship Co.

Letter: June 25, 1952, from Kip Ross, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 28, 1952, from Tom ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter (w/card attached): June 29, 1952, from Lois & Cris ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 30, 1952, from H. N. Peterson, General Traffic Manager, Alaska Steamship Company, to Amos Burg.Letter: July 1, 1952, from Charles L. Wheeler, Pope & Talbot , Inc. (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 1, 1952, from Charles L. Wheeler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 2, 1952, from Donald P. Kay (Youngstown, OH), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 2, 1952, from Victor --- (Sun Valley, Idaho), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 3, 1952, from Homer Croy (New York City, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 3, 1952, from Paul L. Hoefler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 3, 1952, from “Mother,” to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: July 4, 1952, from Mrs. R. E. Fellows (Springhaven, PA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 6, 1952, from Janice (Dinsmore?), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 7, 1952, from Dr. Mary S. Sherman (University of Chicago), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 8, 1952, from C. V. Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 8, 1952, from C. V. Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 8, 1952, from Kathryn Winslow, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 9, 1952, from Monty ---, National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 10, 1952, from Annabelle ---, to Amos BurgLetter: July 11, 1952, from G. W. Goforth, First National Bank of Portland (OR), to

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Amos Burg.

Letter: July 12, 1952, from Mabel --- (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 13, 1952, from Thomas W. McKnew, Secretary, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 14, 1952, from Raymond C. Schindler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 14, 1952, from Jackie --- (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 15, 1952, from A. A. Patterson, Secretary, Rotary Cl.ub of Portland, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 15, 1952, from Les --- (Sitka, AK), to Amos Burg.Letter: July 16, 1952, from C. V. Bracher, to H. N. Peterson.

Letter: July 16, 1952, from C. Victor Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 16, 1952, from Mable ---, to Amos Burg. Attached: Letter: July 20, 1952, from M. L. Raoul, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 17, 1952, from Kip Ross, National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 18, 1952, from H. N. Peterson, Traffic Manager, Alaska Steamship Company (Seattle, WA), to C. V. Bracher.

Letter: July 18, 1952, from Jean Crawford, Rivers of America (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 19, 1952, from Marthie (?) ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 21, 1952, from C. Victor Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Telegram: July 21, 1952, from F. G. Vosburgh, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 22, 1952, from Mabel ---, to Amos Burg; Attached – Card: July 24, 1952, from Dory & Molly Scudder, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 22, 1952, from Les ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 22, 1952, from Robert “Bob” Nichols, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 29, 1952, from --- The Alaska Sportsman, to Amos Burg.Letter: July 29, 1952, from “Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

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Letter: July 29, 1952, from G. W. Goforth, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 30, 1952, from T. H., to Amos Burg.

Folder 101 Correspondence – 1950’s; August – September 1952

Telegram: August 4, 1952, from ---Sutherland, National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

Card: August 7, 1952, from Ross, Taku (?), Janet, et al ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 10, 1952, from Ralph Burrus (Ketchikan), to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 10, 1952, from Mabel --- (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 15, 1952, from Mrs. Monroe Bostelmann (Darien, CT), to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 19, 1952, from Mabel --- (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg. Attached: Letter: August 25, 1952, from Mabel --- (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 20, 1952, from Jeannette --- (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 22, 1952, from AR, to Amos Burg [Photo of yacht attached].

Letter: August 22, 1952, from Paul L. Hoefler (Los Angeles, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: August 25th, 1952, from Tom ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 1, 1952, from Mrs. F. J. Newton (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 2, 1952, from R. A. Chapin (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 2, 1952, from “Bob” (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Post Card: September 2, 1952, from “The Kopfs,” (Comment, OH), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 3, 1952, from Tricia (?), to Amos Burg.

Memorandum: September 3, 1952, from John A. Klingbeil (Sitka, AK), to Amos Berg; Subject: Donalds Burford return trip to Sitka.

Letter: September 4, 1952, from Virginia --- (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 5, 1952, from F. G. Vosburgh, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 5, 1952, on Vosburgh stationery, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: September 5, 1952, from Inga, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 9, 1952, from Ford E. Watkins, First National Bank of Portland, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 14, 1952, from H. “Toni” Baker, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 14, 1952, from Mabel ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 15, 1952, from Fred E. Brands, Sr. (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 16, 1952, from Mabel ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 18, 1952, from Helen Bolyar (?), to Amos Burg.Letter: September 19, 1952, from Thomas W. McNew, Secretary, National Geographic Society, to Amos Burg.

Card 1 of 2: September 21, 1952, from Ed ---, to Amos Burg

Card 2 of 2: September 17, 1952, from Bob Hitchman, to Amos Burg

Letter: September 23, 1952, from Bruce A. Findlay, Associate Superintendent, Office of Board Services, Los Angeles City Board of Education, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 24, 1952, from S. N. Boquist, General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., to Amos Burg.

Telegram: September 30, 1952, from Annabelle ---, to Amos Burg.

Folder 102 Correspondence – 1950’s; October – December 1952

Letter: October 1, 1952, from Dr. S. Polyak (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Note (on memo pad paper): October 3, 1952, from Bob --- (Northwestern Mutual Fire Association), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 8, 1952, from Liz and Vic Bracher, Remington Arms Company, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 9, 1952, from George H. Hotaling, Country and City Real Estate Investments (San Franciscom CA), to Amos Burg. [2 copies]

Letter: October 10, 1952, from Marion Kretsinger, to Amos Burg.

Card (1 of 2 items): n.d., from Bess (Mrs. W. H. Horning), to Amos Burg.

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Note (2 of 2 items):October 12, 1952, from Bess Horning, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 15, 1952, from Herbert S. Wilburn, Jr., National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

Telegram: October 17, 1952, from Virginia Moorman, to Amos Burg.

Note: October 18, 1952, from Dora --- (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 20, 1952, from Marion & Charles Wheeler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 20, 1952, from Bert & Nellie Chappel, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 20, 1952, from Douglas R. Gerow, to Amos Burg.Letter: October 20, 1952, from Mrs. Else Bostelmann, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 21, 1952, from May --- (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 22, 1952, from Edna Stewart, Celebrity Management (Beverly Hills, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 22, 1952, from H. Toni Baker, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 24, 1952, from Pearl --- (Wilmington, DE), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 24, 1952, from Laurence E. Reid, Resident Manager, J. Henry Helson & Co. (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Note (on memo pad paper): October 28, 1952, from Bob --- (Northwestern Mutual Fire Association), to Amos Burg. Subject: Yukon pictures

Letter: October 28, 1952, Vic Bracher, Remington Arms Company, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 2, 1952, from Edna Stewart, Celebrity Management (Beverly Hills, CA), to Amos Burg.

Note: November 5, 1952, from F. N. Feero, to Amos Burg.Letter: November 11, 1952, from Alice C. Powers (Alemeda, CA), to Amos Burg.

Telegram: November 14, 1952, from H. V. Lidell, to Amos Burg.Letter: November 27, 1952, from Newton Edgers (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 1, 1952, from Jean Crawford, Associate Editor, Rivers of America, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: December 7, 1952, from Jeannette --- (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 11, 1952, from William A. Kinney, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Note (on memo pad paper): December 12, 1952, from Bob --- (Northwestern Mutual Fire Association), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 15, 1952, from H. J. Bergren, H. J. Bergren Agency (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 15, 1952, from M. G. Lowenherz, Three Lions, Inc. (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 18, 1952, from Harold Lidell (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 20, 1952, from Lillian --- (Hotel Sir Francis Drake, San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 24, 1952, from Jeannette --- (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 29, 1952, Vic Bracher, Remington Arms Company, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), to Amos Burg.

Folder 103 Correspondence – 1950’s; 1953 – 1958

Major correspondence between Vosburgh, Miner and Burg.

Letter: January 26, 1953, from F. G. Vosburgh, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 26, 1954, from F. G. Vosburgh, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 17, 1954, from F. G. Vosburgh, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 20, 1954, from F. G. Vosburgh, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.Letter: December 20, 1956, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 14, 1957, from Paul Hoefler Prodcutions (Hollywood, CA), to M. E. Miner.

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Letter: March 19, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.


Letter: April 3, 1957, from Amos Burg, to M. E. Miner.

Letter: April 3, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg. (With attachment)

Letter: April 4, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 5, 1957, from Amos Burg, to M. E. Miner.Forms: Shipping Instructions; authorized by Dorothy Keippel. (4 pages).

Letter: May 7, 1957, from Marvin Miner, to Amos Burg. (4 copies)

Invoice: F. E. Compton & Company, Weekly Earnings Settlement Report, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 20, 1957, from Amos Burg, to Marvin Miner.

Letter: May 21, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 24, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg. [2 copies]

Letter: June 20, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 21, 1957, from Amos Burg, to Marvin Miner.

Letter: June 26, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 4, 1957, from Amos Burg, to Marvin Miner.Letter: September 10, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.Letter: September 16, 1957, from Amos Burg, to Marvin Miner.

Letter: September 20, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: October 29, 1957, from Amos Burg, to Marvin Miner.

Letter: November 8, 1957, from Amos Burg, to Marvin Miner.

Letter: November 13, 1957, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 5, 1958, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 7, 1958, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.


Letter: March 27, 1958, from Amos Burg, to Marion L.Whittaker (Craig, AK).

Letter: March 27, 1958, from Amos Burg, to Sister Marianette (Fairbanks, AK).

Letter: March 27, 1958, from Amos Burg, to Marvin E. Miner.

Letter: March 27, 1958, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Eugene Nelson.

Letter: April 3, 1958, from M. E. Miner, Senior Vice President, F. E. Compton & Company (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 10, 1958, from M. E. Miner, to B. O. Boettcher (Sitka, AK).

Letter: n.d., from Mrs. Winnie Williamson, to C. E. Snell, President, F. E. Compton & Co. (Chicago, IL). [2 copies]

Letter: April 10, 1958, from M. E. Miner, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 17, 1958, from M. L. Whittaker (Craig, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Marion Whittaker, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 18, 1958, from M. E. Miner, to Miss Inez Gregg (Juneau, AK); w/attachments

Letter: May 1, 1958, from Amos Burg, to M. L. Whittaker (Craig, AK).

Letter: May 1, 1958, from Amos Burg, to Miss Dorothy J. Phelps (Juneau, AK).

Letter: May 1, 1958, from Amos Burg, to Miss Dorothy J. Phelps (Juneau, AK).

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Letter: May 9, 1958, from John A. McKinney (rest is illegible).

“Instructions and Suggestions for Filling Out Position Classification Questionnaire”

Invoice: May 29, 1958, from F. E. Compton & Company, Publishers, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 29, 1958, from M. E. Miner, to Amos Burg.


Christmas Card: Undated, from Martin & Julalia ---.

Letter: undated, from Bob Browning, The Alaska Sportsman, to Amos Burg.

Application for membership in The Explorers Club of C. Victor Bracher – copy.

Untitled poem about gun ownership by Carl J. Agren.

781 [“Just A Drop in the Basket Helps Keep New York Clean”]

Letter: March 28, 1960, from Walter C. Meredith, Kelley-Clarke Company (Seattle, WA), to Amos Berg (sic).

Letter: April 20, 1960, from Dave Cromwell, Anchorage Daily Times, (Anchorage, AK), to C. E. Anderson.

Letter: October 16, 1962, from Mrs. Anne Dirkes Kobor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C.), to Amos Burg

Letter: January 23, 1964, from Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C. ), to Amos Burg. [Multiple copies]

Letter: February 15, 1964, from Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 18, 1964, from Governor William A. Egan (Alaska), to Amos Burg. [Multiple copies]

“What Every Producer Should Know About Music Rights,” Reprinted (n.d.) from Making Films in New York.List: National Geographic articles containing information on Alaska and the Aleutians

Letter: February 4, 1965, from Frances H. Parker, Editorial Research Staff, National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: March 15, 1965, from George Crossette, Chief Geographic Research, National Geographic Magazine, to W. N. Padgett (Chico, CA).

Note: September 14, 1965, from Clifford R. DuBois (Secretary to Dr. Grosvenor), National Geographic Society, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 7, 1966, from Joseph H. Shomon, Director, Nature Centers Division, National Audubon Society (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 18, 1966, from Mrs. I. J. Montgomery, to Juneau Rotary Club.

Letter: March 23, 1966, from Lee Chaney, Filmagic (Hollywood, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 9, 1966, from Arnold Granville (Willow, AK), to Amos Burg.

Telegram: May 9, 1966, from Doyle, National Geographic Society, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 23, 1966, from W. E. “Bill” Garrett, Associate Illustrations Editor, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 8, 1966, from Leo R. Gee, Sailmaker (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 21, 1966, from [unsigned] Falsgraf, Kundtz, Reidy and Shoup (Cleveland, OH), to Captain Cook Cleland (Seattle, WA).

Letter: August 16, 1966, from Herb Adams, Executive Director, Alaska Centennial Commission (Juneau, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 1, 1966, from K. Metcalf, to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 23, 1966, from “Bob” --- (Bull Harbour), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 27, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Dick ---.

Letter: December 6, 1966, from Dennis B. Kane, Asst. to the Chief, Television Division (Robert C. Doyle), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 15, 1966, from Amos Burg, to National Geographic Society.

Letter: December 30, 1966, from Patricia F. Northrop, Admin. Asst. to Robert C. Doyle, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.


Letter: February 7, 1967, from Jim --- (Terrill, TX), to Amos and Carolyn Burg.

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Letter: February 10, 1967, from Leland D. Case, The Pacific Historian, (Stockton, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 21, 1967, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett, Sales Mgr., Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc. (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: March 8, 1967, from A. C. Labrie, Hunting and Conservation, National Rifle Association (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 14, 1967, from I. J. Montgomery (Juneau Rotary Club), to Amos Burg. [3 copies]

Letter: March 15, 1967, from Amos Burg, to I. J. Montgomery.

Letter: March 15, 1967, from Amos Burg, Robert Boochever (Juneau, AK).Letter: April 6, 1967, from Dr. Milo H. Fritz (Anchorage, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 7, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Robert Hitchman (Seattle, WA).

Letter: April 7, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Admiral F. A. Zeusler (Seattle, WA).

Letter: April 7, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Jim and Gladis---.

Letter: April 10, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Sir Rowland Smith (Manor House, Maresfield, Sussex, England).

Letter: April 10, 1967, from Amos Burg, to A. C., Labrie, Hunting & Conservation, National Rifle Association (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: April 18, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Maurice B. Mitchell (Chicago, IL).

Letter: May 18, 1967, from Marcus F. Jensen (Douglas, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 22, 1967, from Earleen Darwin, to Carolyn and Amos Burg.

Letter: May 27, 1967, from Carolyn Burg, to “Dearest Sweetheart.”

Letter: October 25, 1967, from Frederick G. “Ted” Vosburgh, Vice President and Editor, National Geographic Society, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 28, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Frederick G. Vosburgh.Letter: October 5, 1967, from Dr. Milo H. Fritz, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 25, 1969, from Pete Brown, Sports Afield (New York, NY), Alaska Game Commission, Attn: Amos Burg.

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Letter: Summer 1969, from August Howard, Secretary, American Polar Society (Rego, NY), to “Member”

Letter: November 12, 1969, from Amos Burg, to Ben East, Midwest Field Editor, Outdoor Life (Holly, MI).

Letter: November 28, 1969, from Amos Burg, to Ward Randol, Executive Director, Explorers Club (New York, NY).

Letter: December 30, 1969, from Thelma Witmer, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 23, 1970, from Amos Burg, to George Pierrot, President, George F. Pierrot Productions (Detroit, MI).

Letter: January 28, 1970, from Judith N. Dixon, Assistant to Mr. Grosvenor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Folder 106 Correspondece – 1947; March & May, 1947

Letter: March 19, 1947, from Charles L. Wheeler, Executive Vice President, Pope & Talbot, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 2, 1947, from Charles L. Wheeler, Executive Vice President, Pope & Talbot, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 5, 1947, from Charles L. Wheeler, Executive Vice President, Pope & Talbot, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Folder 107 Miscellaneous Correspondence – Loose 1927 – 1984

Untitled note, n.d.

Note: August 25, ?, from Harry S---.

Application: The Explorer’s Club (New York, NY) - undated.

Letter: November 7, 1927, from Inez --- (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter (P. 2 only): n.d., from Harriet ---.

Letter: September 7, 1941, from “Mother,” to Amos Burg. [On the other side of this letter is one from “Annabelle,” undated.

Letter: Dec. 21, 1941, from “Mother,” to Amos Burg. [On the other side is a letter from “Annabelle,” again undated.

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Letter: July the 27th, 1943, from “Mother,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 30, 1943 (?), from “Mother,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 2, 1944, from “Mother,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 8, 1944, from “Mother,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 23, 1944, from R--- (?), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 26, 1944, from “Poky,” (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d. (Wednesday), from Hope ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 26, 1952, from Ruth ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 1, 1952, from Ruth ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 13, 1953, from Ruth ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Ruth ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Ruth ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 8, 1965, from Dick North, to Mary ---.

Letter: October 15, 1965, from Amos Burg, to The Explorers Club – a recommendation of Richard Parsons North for membership.

Letter: January 14, 1969, from Frederick G. “Ted” Vosburgh, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 15, 1969, from Carolyn Burg to “My Dearest Sweetheart.”

Letter: May 31, 1971, from Amos Burg, to Harold Johnson, President, Alaska Equipment & Marine (Anchorage, AK).

Letter: November 5, 1984, from Len M. Borre (Wilmette, IL), to Amos Burg.

Folder 108 Campfire Reflections – articles by Burg

“The Saga of the ‘Long Table’”

“Saga of Robert Service”

“Saga of Alaska’s Sport Fish Program”

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“Sourdough Sam’s Alaskan Vignettes”

Notes

“Northern Vignettes: Insect Pests”

“Northern Vignettes: Conquering A Continent”

“Northern Vignettes: We Have Wasted and Pollutede…”

[For Monday January 28, 1963: ”Alaskan Vignettes by Sourdough Sam”

“How Old Is Old?”

“Things You May Not Know”

Letter: Undated, from George (?), to Carolyn and Amos.

“Northern Vignettes: Our National Bird”

“Northern Vignettes: Fish Facts”

“Northern Vignettes: The Ubiquitous Beaver”

“Northern Vignettes: Alaska’s Snake Shortage”

“Alaskan Vignettes: Alaska’s Monarch of Mountains”

“Northern Vignettes: The Wily Wolverines”

“Northern Vignettes: The Prolific Oyster”

“Northern Vignettes: They Met Columbus”

“Northern Vignettes: Fish and Game Protection”

“Northern Vignettes: Wild Animal Tragedy”

“Northern Vignettes: An Education”

“Northern Vignettes: Life: A Million Miracles”

“Northern Vignettes: Extinct or Threatened Wildlife”

“Northern Vignettes: Civilization Comes to Anatuvik Pass”

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Folder 109 Pictures, Inc.

Packing Slip: November 25, 1968.

Letter: December 16, 1968, from Patrick J. Durand, Office Manager, Pictures, Inc. (Anchorage, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 19, 1968, from Dick Norman, General Manager, Pictures, Inc. (Anchorage, AK), to Amos Burg.

Bell & Howell brochure: “New Dimensions In Learning”:

Pictures, Inc.: “Repair Service”

Letter: December 23, 1968, from A—Weber, Paillard Incorporated (Linden, New Jersey), Attn: Amos Burg.

Folder 110 Miscellaneous Correspondence / Documents, 1930, 1939 – 1940 & 1969

Letter: January 4, 1930, from [Amos Burg], to Charles Pettes (New York, NY). [One or more pages missing.]

Letter: January 4, 1939, from Amos Burg, to Phil ---.

Letter: January 12, 1939, from Amos Burg, to Charlie ---.

Letter: January 12, 1939, from Amos Burg, to K. A. Lord (Saginaw, MI).

Letter: January 12, 1939, from Amos Burg, to Louis D. McGregor (Flint, MI).

Letter: January 14, 1939, from Amos Burg, to --- Bacon.

Letter: January 17, 1939, from Amos Burg, to Jean ---.

Letter: January 18, 1939, from Amos Burg, to “Buzz” [Holstrom].

Letter: January 15, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Charlie ---.

Agreement: Paramoiunt Pictures, Inc. and Amos Burg, Agreement in Re Motion Picture Footage Now Entitled “Salmon River Film”. Feb. 29, 1940.

Miscellaneous Notes

Article: Untitled by Amos Burg, dated August 4, 1969. Article begins wih the sentence: Vic Bracher of Cleveland and I launched our canoe “Son O’ the Winds”:on the

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Athabaska River at Athabaska Landing, Alberta on May 23, 1968 and paddled northward for the Arctic Ocean.”

Folder 111 Lloyd’s of London Insurance Policy, 1938 – 1939

Accident insurance policy with “Lloyd’s of London,” August 1, 1939. Policy No. AM 21137.

Folder 112 Japan – 1940

Recommend that entire contents of folder be reproduced for handling by researchers.

Business card: Saburo Ota, Foreign Department, Broadcasting Corporation of Japan.

Note: n.d., unsigned to “Dear Eric….”

Letter: n.d., from ---McDougall, to Amos Burg.

Note: May 4, 1940, from Eric Sitzenstatter, to [Amos] Burg.

Hand-drawn Map

Menu from the S. S. American Merchant, May 8, 1937.

Note about photographic expenses (cursive script) name and address of E. D. Sitzenstatter, printed.

Envelope (empty) made out from Burg to Edwin Wisherd of the National Geographic Society.

Letter: March 31, 1940, from Peggy ---, to Hope ---.

Letter (with attached telegram): April 16, 1940, from Richard F. Boyce, American Consul (Yokohama, Japan), to Amos Burg, care of Imperial Hotel, Tokyo.

Letter: April 17, 1940, from “Bess” --- to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 29, 1940, from “Bill” ---, to Amos Burg.Letter: May 11, 1940, from S. hishinohara, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 18, 1940, from I. Tamama (?), to “Prof” Amos Burg.

Letter: June 3, 1940, from Yasunosuke Fukukita, to Amos Burg.

Note: May 13, 1940m, from George Kaneko, Kodak Japan Limited (Osaka, Japan), to

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E. D. Sitzenstatter.

Japanese stamps – unattached

Loose and miscellaneous notes, i.e., p. 28 from an unidentified document.

“Rod and Gun: Amos Burg to Photograph Fish…” clipping

Empty envelope w/Japanese characters; addressed to Prof. Amos Burg, Imperial Hotel.

“Death Waits for Uncle Yanez,” Condensed from “The Native’s Return” by Louis Adamic.

Note: undated, on C. L. Wheeler memo paper, re: Pearls.

Handwritten copy of untitled poem.

Price list from November 20, 1935 [in bad condition]

National Geographic Magazine reprint; first page has photo of “Dancers at the Court of the King of Cambodia.” [In poor condition].

Clipping – Photo with caption: “Amos Burg and His Stanch Little Craft”, n.d., from The Los Angeles Times.,

Folder 113 Alaska – Gen-2

The items in folder 113 and the following three folders (114-116) were together in a binder under the title “Alaska – Gen-2” and the original order was maintained. Fragile items are sleeved.

Stationery: “The Sourdough Roadhouse.” [Back of the sheet: “Amos Burg; Save until Jan. 8”]

Clipping – “Alaska And This War With Japan,” n.d., by Sam Jackson.

“Dagger at Tokyo: Reported Jap Moves Off Alaska Stress Importance of Outpost”

“Boosts Alaska But Details Secret”Untitled handwritten notes.

“World Traveler Finds Alaska Interesting Subject; Amos Burg to Photograph Natives and Scenery on Bering Sea Isle,” Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, September 20, 1941.

Map of Alaska – “Defense Sites”

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Map of Alaska – “Adventure”

Undated, handwritten notes; stamped examined and passed by U. S. Customs Officer, Feb. 7, 1942.

Map: Washington, Canada

Notes: handwritten and titled: Alaskan Voyage

Brochure: “In and Around Victoria”

Section of Binder labeled: “Columbia River to Cape Fox”

Clippings:“B. C. Fisheries Output $21,700,000“Canada Restricts Salmon Exports” “Canada Bars Jap Fishermen” “17,000 White Men At Work in Alaska”“Alaska Has Lots of Room”“Defense Boosts Population: Figure Keeps Increasing, But It’s an All-Time High for Territory.”“Ketchikan Second In Population” [from 1939 census (?)]“Travel Shows Increase In Activity Here: More Persons Voyage To and From Ketchikan Than in Previous Years”“Ketchikan’s Industries Employ 2069…”“Alaska Has Lots of Room”“Pupulation Distribution by Districts”“Alaska Is Still A Melting Pot…”“Many Races Represented In Alaska”

Report of the Governor of Alaska – pp. 141-144: “Population of towns and villages:

“The Weather”“Ketchikan Has Mild Weather”“Weather to Be Forecast in Ketchikan”“Weather During July Found Normal”“12 Feet of Rain Fell in Ketchikan During Past Year”

782 [from bow of unidentified ship]783 [from bow of unidentified ship; ship seen in distance]

784 Post card: “C152 Ketchikan, Alaska, and Tongass Narrows”

785 Post card: “S-439 Air View – Ketchikan, Alaska and Boat Parade”

786 Post card: “S-217 Ketchikan, Alaska from Deer Mtn.”

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787 Post card: “S-109 Thomas Basin – Ketchikan, Alaska”

788 Post card: “96 Wrangell, Alaska”

789 Post card: “C114 Wrangell, Alaska”

790 Post card: “C115 Airplane View, Petersburg, Alaska. Photo by U. S. Navy”

791 Post card: “C-148 Juneau, Alaska, looking down Gastineau Channel” [Winter & Pond Photo]

792 Post card: “Skagway, Alaska” [Photo by Schallerer]

793 Post card: “Latouche, Alaska” [109196]794 Post card: “The Main Street of Cordova, Alaska” [109192]

795 Post card: “446 – Valdez, Alaska”

796 Post card: “583 Copper River Delta From Richardson Highway” [photograph by Sawyers]

797 Post card: “87 Columbia Glacier, Alaska”

798 Post card: “95 Seward, Alaska”

799 Post card: “294 – The Midnight Sun, Alaska”

800 Post card: “Unalaska”

801 Post card: “Unalaska” [photograph: ©H. Hope]

802 Post card: “Kodiak Harbor”

803 Post card: “City of Kodiak” [Nels & L Photo (?)]

804 Post card: “S-421 Air View – Nome, Alaska” [photograph by Schallerers©]

805 [Bow of ship – looking into channel]

806 [Unidentified ship with 5 persons aboard]

807 [Boat heading for dock]

808 Post card: “S-429 Air View – Port Alexander, Alaska” [photograph by Schallerers©]

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809 Post card: “S-216 Air View – Craig, Alaska} [photograph by Schallerers©]

810 Post card: “Sunrise on the Togasetna River near Mt. McKinley” [photograph Alaska Shop]

811 Post card: “Pirate Cove, Alaska” [photograph by Schallerer]


The items in folder 114 and folders (113, 115 and 116) were together in a binder under the title “Alaska – Gen-2” and the original order was maintained. Fragile items are sleeved.

Maps (3) of Alaska with notations; 3 maps with no notations.

“Annual Meteorological Summary With Comparative Data 1940; Juneau, Alaska.”

Untitled Notes

Brochure – “The History of Alaska’s Flag”

Clippings

“Indians Honored Abe Lincoln”“Carving Totem Poles”

Untitled Notes

Map of Alaska w/notations and clipping: “Lumber Mills Employ 267”

Map of Alaska – colored

Untitled Notes

Clippings

”Trap Catches”“Seine Catches”:“Ten Year Comparison”“Run of Pinks Sets Record”“Dogfish Fishing Increasing”“Salmon From Outlying Districts Boosts Output Over 30 Per Cent”“Ketchikan’s Pack Is Valued at $4,000.000”“Gabrielson Cites Need for Further Information”“U. S. Officials Fear Possible Fish Shortage”

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“Valuable Oil and Meal Obtained From Canneries’ Salmon Waste”“1700 Boats Registered In Ketchikan”“Cannery Near Ketchikan Leads Ouput”“39 Vessels Enforce Fishing Laws”“440 Fish Traps In Operations”“Alaska Canneries Report Profit”

Untitled Notes

Clippings

“Warmer Waters Are Responsible, Art Hook Says”“Food Value Of Salmon Is Similar”“New Seaplane Hazard: A Whale of a Story”“Alaskan Fishing Plans Discussed”“Scientific Expedition On Way Home”General Pack Statistics In Various Districts Compared With Past Records”“Vitamin A Extracted From Livers”“Fish De-livered”


The items in folder 115 and folders (112, 113 and 116) were together in a binder under the title “Alaska – Gen-2” and the original order was maintained. Fragile items are sleeved.

“Alaska Salmon Canners – 1935”“Alaska: Information Relative to the Disposal And Leasing of Public Lands In Alaska” [United States Department of the Interior; General Land Office, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior…1939]

“Bears of Southeastern Alaska,” by C. R. Snow, in The Alaska Sportsman, August 1936.

Untitled Notes

“The Alaska Sportsmen’s Association”, n.d. “The Truth About the Alaska Grizzly and Brown Bears,” by Stewart Edward White.

“Information for Prospective Homesteaders In Southeastern Alaska,” Juneau, Alaska, March 1, 1941. U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Alaska Region.

Untitled Notes

Clippings

“Alaska Is Outstanding for Game”

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“Open Seasons and Bag Limits for Birds and Animals Are Given”

Untitled Notes

Clippings

“Many Places Designated By U. S. Navy”“Faith II Is Still Unreported”

“Alaska, Atlin and The Yukon with White Pass & Yukon Route”

“Pioneer Families of America Seeking New Frontier In Land Explored By Russian Cossacks”

“Cent A Mile Rates Costly”

“Coldest Weather This Winter Is Felt In Juneau”

“’Dyea-Skagway’ Express Stamp”

“Highway to Alaska Called Vital Defense Project”

“Gold Rush 1941”

“Evacuation Plans Being Made Here”

”Building Loan Applications Up 100%”

Untitled Notes


The items in folder 116 and folders (113 - 115) were together in a binder under the title “Alaska – Gen-2” and the original order was maintained. Fragile items are sleeved.

Untitled Notes

Clippings

“Satko and Family Doing All Right”

“Modern Pioneer’s Daughter”

“Over 10,000 Visit Museum”

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“Local Stores Gross $3,000,000j”

“Alaskan Farms Valued at $3,841,045”

Newspaper Photo and Cutline: “Sitka, old Russian capital of Alaska, is now a U. S. air and naval base. Most of its 2000 residents live in houses clustered on the waterfront.”

“Believe It or Not! Herb Munter Has Been Flying for 29 Years”

“Planes Carry 737 Persons to Alaska: First Year of Seattle to Alaska Operations Produced Heavy Traffic”

“Alaska On World’s Air Routes”

“Planes to Seek Schools of Fish”

“Army Plans to Fly Own Freight”

“Information for Prospective Homesteaders In Southeastern Alaska”, U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Alaska Region. Juneau, Alaska; March 1, 1941.

Brochure: “Juneau Capital of the Territory”

Brochure: “Thru the Gorges of the Stikine River, Alaska”

Box 7 Contents

Folder 117 Letters/Articles/Scripts 1938 & 1945

Letter: February 5, 1945, from J. A. “Jim” Brill, Director of Production, Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc. (New York, NY).

Memorandum: September 10, 1945, from J. A. Brill, to Amos Burg and others.

Letter: September 11, 1945, from J. A. Brill, to Amos Burg. “Production Notes – Life On A Cattle Ranch – 9 – 22-38” – Dr. V. C. Arnspicer

“Let’s Lean How,” by Amo DeBernardis

“Scene Sketch Sheet – Cattleman”

Letter: June 1, 1945, from (unsigned), to Miss Ruth Moore (New York, NY).

“Distributing America’s Goods” – lengthy typescript of scenes and sequences

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“Inside Cape Horn,” by Amos Burg. [Incomplete reproduction of article]

Folder 118 Articles, Clippings 1938 & 1943

Notes titled “Lecture” – a listing of speaking points.

Publication: “Eskimos of Alaska: Information Pertaining to Their General Habitat, Food, Clothing, Economic, and Social Conditions,” compiled by the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Service; Juneau, Alaska, March 30, 1938.

“Lecture Program” The National Geographic Society, Season 1943-1944.

812 “North Wind”

Reproduction of an article about Amos Burg written by R. Parish.

“Campfire Reflections,” by Amos Burg; in Alaska Fish Tales & Game Trails, Winter 1981.

“A Native Son’s Rambles In Oregon,” by Amos Burg

“Cruising Colombia’s ‘Ol’ Man River’,” by Amos Burg.

“Britain Just Before the Storm,” by Amos Burg – incomplete.

“North Star Cruises Alaska’s Wild West,” by Amos Burg

“Endeavour Sails the Inside Passage,” by Amos Burg

“Hell’s Canyon of the Snake,” by Amos Burg

“Explorer Studies Fisheries Here,” Petersburg Press, Vol. XI, Number 5, August 7, 1936, p. 1.

Folder 119 Letters, Brochures, Photograph ca. 1947

813 “Lake at Resolution” George M. Douglas.

Notes: September 25, 1936.

Letter: January 30, 1947, from Joyce ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 3, 1947, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Brochure for Lectures by Amos Burg:

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“Conquering the Grand Canyon”“Across England by Canoe”“Inside Cape Horn”“To Enchanted Islands”“Voyaging Alaskan Waters”

“Lecture Program” The National Geographic Society, Season 1943-1944. [5 copies]

Folder 120 “Saga of the Darwin Lamberts,” n.d.

“Mushin’ Alaskan Trails With Sourdough Sam: Saga of the Darwin Lamberts” [2 fill copies]

Folder 121 Letters to Mom & Dad n.d.

Undated letter by Amos Burg on the stationery of the Keystone Hotel (San Francisco, CA)

Undated letter by Amos Burg; first page is missing.

Undated letter by Amos Burg on board the S. S. Lurline at Sea.

Undated letter by Amos Burg, to Mother, Dad, Vera, Mabel, Johnny, Annabelle and the rest….

Undated letter by Amos Burg, to Dearest Mother & Dad, from Suva, Fiji.

Undated letter by Amos Burg, to Dear Mother & Dad, from Shanghai, China. [Signed Your Model Son, Amos.”

Folder 122 Correspondence n.d.

Undated and unsigned letter, from The United Hospital of the Associated Universities In Chengtu, to Amos Burg.

Undated Note, from Edie May Meuser, to Amos Burg.

Undated Note, from Mabel ---, to Amos Burg.

Note: --27th--, from S. C. Yang, to Dr. Dickenson.

Notes titled “Orient” – n.d.

Memorandum: August 13, --, from Catherine – to Carol McDowell.

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Undated Letteer, from Amos Burg to Carl ---

Folder 123 Letters, Photos, Notes 1941 & 1977

Letter: May 10, 1977, from Pat and Larry --- (Van Nuys, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 10, 1977, from Larry Wagner, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 19, 1977, from Amos Burg, to the Seattle Marine & Fishing Supply Co., Attn: Paul Hilborn.

814 [No description, n.d.]

815 Governor William A. Egan at his desk signing a document with two soldiers and two civilians looking on.; n.d.]

816 [Unidentified elderly man – pipe smoker – seated on a wooden bench on a beach.]

Untitled manuscript – handwritten.

Letter: August 1, 1941, from Bobbie --- (on McCormick Steamship Company stationery) to Amos Burg.

“Yearning for the Yukon,” b y Don Holm. An article about the career of Amos Burg, in the Outdoors Section of Northwest Magasine, Jan. 18, 1976.

Folder 124 Letter Copies/Notebook #10

The documents in this folder had been housed in a binder (see the rust marks from the metal clamps); the binder bore the #10 and carried a note which said; “Written when Amos was first in treatment for cancer.” Original order was maintained; some letters, therefore, are not in immediate chronological order. In some instances, the letters are reduced-size photocopies and are found copied onto the same sheet as one or more others.

Letter: April 27, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Theresa ---.

Letter: April 27, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: April 26. 1978, from Amos Burg, to Doug & Joan ---.

Letter: April 26, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Elva ---.

Letter: April 27, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Annabelle, Al & Bud ---.

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Letter: April 26, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Carrie ---.

Letter: April 26, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Harold ---.

Letter: April 27, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Stanton H. Patty, Seattle Times.

Letter: April 26, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Power Winch Corporation (Bridgeport, CT).

Letter: April 26, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Tom ---.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Laverne ---.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Cathy ---.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Becky ---.

Letter: April 25, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Mark ---.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Care Care (Carolyn Burg).

Letter: April 25, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Chris, Mike, & Aaron ---.Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Laurent ---.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Annabelle, Al & Bud ---.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Roy & E--- ----.

Letter: April 25, 1978, from Amos Burg, to U. S. Forest Service….

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Don ---.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Walt ----.

Letter: April 24, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Mr. DeForest.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Eldon ---.Letter: April 23, 1978, from Amos Burg [Aim Aim] to Sweetheart (Carolyn Burg).

Letter: April 22, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Charles F. Bruss III.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Tom Downes.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to John Carver.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Jerry Curtis.

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Letter: April 22, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Jesse & Joy Sill.

Letter: April 22, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Bill Schenke.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Doc and Sally Polley.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Trevor & Carol Davis.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Roy Torgerson.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Roger & Paula Buck.

Letter: April 22, 1978, from Amos Burg, to John & Micaela Jensen.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Dorothy & Charles Lunsford.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Russ Dixon.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg [Handsome Aim Aim], to Beautiful Care Care (Carolyn Burg).Letter: April 15, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Stacy & Frances ---.

Letter: April 15, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.

Letter: April 21, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Bernice & Ed ---.

Letter: April 20, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Gary Finger.

Letter: April 20, 1978, from, Amos Burg, to Mark & Mamie Jensen.

Letter: April 20, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Georgia Nelson.


Letter: April 19, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Dick North.

Letter: April 19, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Friends [Jensen].

Letter: April 19, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Mickey Lesley.

Letter: April 18, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Becky ---.

Letter: April 18, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Cathy Grieser.

Letter: April 18, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Kenny Grieser.

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Letter: April 19, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Roy & Helen Pepper.


Letter: April 18, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Merl Brown.

Letter: April 19, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Ted Bachman.

Letter: April 18, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Bill Ferrell.

Letter: April 18, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Patty Ferrell.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Bill ----.

Letter: April 17, 1978, from Amos Burg, to William J. Schmitz, Jr.


Letter: April 17, 1978, from Amos Burg, to Bill ---.


Folder 125 Burg Notebook/Diary

The notebook in this folder contains aphorisms, data about sailing and duties of sailors. There is also poem titled “My Dreams,” and some calculations and charts. All entries and charts are handwritten and hand-drawn.

Folder 126 Miscellaneous Articles

“Ships, From Dugouts to Dreadnoughts,” by Captain Dudley W. Knox, United States Navy. [undated reprint from National Geographic Magazine, numerous illustrations and photographs.]

“Campfire Reflections: Prophet of the North” by Amos Burg.

“Employee Profiles: Amos Burg,” by Stanton H. Patty.

Typescript – biographical notes of Amos Burg.

Home improvements list and expenses.

Building Contract Agreement Between William M. Thomasson and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Burg.

Wright & Hills, Electrical Contractors, Quotation and Proposal. June 5, 1961.

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Home improvements list – Gowdy & Sons, n.d.

817 [Portrait: Carolyn and Amos Burg, n.d.]

818 [Backyard barbecue; man, woman and child, n.d.]

Folder 127 Notebook, ca. 1932.

Lined, handwritten small notebook.

Folder 128 Small Notebooks, ca. 1939

Several small notebooks, one with a “keychain” ring fastener; all handwritten.

Folder 129 Small Notepad, n.d.


Folder 130 Notebook, ca. 1936

Lined, handwritten small stenopad notebook, ca. 1936.

Folder 131 Notebooks, n.d.

Four, sleeved notebooks; all are handwritten; the largest of the four is in poor condition.

Folder 132 Notebook, 1943.


Folder 133 Prints from Binder – Photos – gen. (1 of 3)

819 [Canoe tied up in rocks in foreground; steamer across the river, n.d.]

820 [Two men in canoe, near shore, n.d.]

821 [Man and woman, 3 girls, n.d.]

822 [Man stands looking at upright whale bones, n.d.]

823 [Contact prints – miscellaneous subjects, including office scenes, newsletter front pages and crabs, n.d.]

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824 [Contact prints – miscellaneous boating and camping pictures, plus office scenes, n.d.]

825 [Contact prints – seven pictures of a baby, n.d.]

826 [Contact prints – duplicate of #823, n.d.]

826 – 829 Scenes of a party, probably a birthday party, n.d.]


830 [Governor Bill Egan receiving a framed certificate from the National Rifle Association, n.d.]

831 [Young boy eating an ice cream cone, n.d.]832 – 833 [Children, teachers and parents in classroom, n.d.]

834 [Unidentified smiling young man (?), n.d.]

835 [Unidentified man, looking bored, n.d.]

836 [Unidentified man, n.d.]

837 [Governor Walter Hickel seated at table between two unidentified men, listening to a third, standing man, n.d.]

838 [Charles Lindbergh standing between two unidentified men, n.d.]


839 “Alaska Board of Fish & Game In Session At Cordova,” [attached to press release Identifying members of the Board.]

840 [Governor Walter Hickel swearing in a State official, unidentified, n.d.]

841 [Man in fur overcoat; n.d.]

842 [Man, woman, girl and boy in front of Christmas tree, n.d.]

843 [Governor Egan standing between two unidentified men at one end of a desk; picture of President Kennedy can be seen over Egan’s left shoulder, n.d.]

844 [Monument to W – Preston Richardson, “Alaska’s Pioneer Road Builder,” n.d.; monument appears to be defaced by a half-dozen bullet holes.]

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845 [Governor William A. Egan at his desk signing a document, surrounded by five unidentified men, n.d.]

846 [Five girl scouts and three Navy or Coast Guard officers, n.d.]

847 [Governor Egan receives a certificate from the National Rifle Association, surrounded by three unidentified men, all standing, n.d.]

848 – 849 [Seven women performing a song at an unidentified occasion, n.d.]

850 [Yound boy enjoying an ice cream cone; see also # 831, n.d.]

851 – 852 [Children and adults at a school function, unidentified, n.d.]

853 [Man and canoe on an unidentified beach, n.d., sepia-toned.]

854 [Man stands by stuffed eagle and holds a chart, n.d.]

855 [Governor Egan and one woman (his wife?), surrounded by ten men, n.d.]

Folder 136 Correspondence, 1931 – 1945

“Application for Membership Circumnavigators Club,” n.d.

Letter: n.d., from “All the Chapins,” to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from Laura Soto, to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from “Gusti (?),” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from “Gen,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from “Helen ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from “Helen ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d. from “Joanna ---,” (Osborne Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ), to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d. from “Jeannette ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: [“no idea what the date is”), from “Joan,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from “Gen,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Elizabeth Bracher, to Amos Burg.

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Christmas card: n.d., from Dick & Lou ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from “Belen ?” on CSH stationery, to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from “G---Carrie---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from “Betty ---,” to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from “Katrine ---,” to Amos Burg.

Card: n.d., from “Carolyn ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Blanche Schneider, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d.,, from Jeanne ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from “Jeanette ---,” to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from “B---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 28, 1931, from “Alice ---,” (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 23, 1938, from “Hope ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 22, 1942, from Elizabeth Berry (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 10, 1943, from W. D. “Willis” Johnson, to Amos Burg.

Letter (typescript): September 22, 1944, from “Mary ---,” (Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 23, 1944, from (?) on stationery of Drs. Frazier & Jenkins (Brigham Canyon, Utah), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 30, 1944, from Leonard Shihlien Hsu (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 8, 1944, from J. S. Shaw (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg. [Writer’s address was military; portion of the letter cut out.]

Letter: December 28, 1944, from Irene Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Note: January 3, 1945, from M. Miller (Pope & Talbot, Inc. Interdepartment Memorandum), to Amos Burg.

Note: January 5, 1945, from Leland D. Case, Editor The Rotarian (Chicago, IL), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: January 8, 1945, from “Jeannette ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 9, 1945, from Else Bostelmann (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 13, 1945, from Chales L. Wheeler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 19, 1945, from Arthur J. Bares (St. Cloud, MN), to Amos Burg.

Telegram: February 16, 1945, from Melville B. Grosvenor (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 17, 1945, from “Jean ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 26, 1945, from “Carrie ---,” (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 7, 1945, from “Jean ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 9, 1945, from “Betty R--,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 11, 1945, from “Russ ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 12, 1945, from R. G. “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.


Letter: March 15, 1945, from A. A. “Andy” Patterson, Executive Secretary, Rotary Club of Portland, Oregon, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 21, 1945, from Virginia --- (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.


Letter: March 22, 1945, from L. S. Hsu, to Amos Burg.


Letter: April 1, 1945, from Virginia --- (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 7, 1945, from ---Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 2 --, from “Buzz” Holstrom (?), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 2, 1945, from Mrs. E. P. “Helen” Clark (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 6, 1945, from R. G. “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: May 7, 1945, from Victor P. Keay, to Amos Burg.

Telegram: May 8, 1945, from Reedhill (?) U S Coast Guard, to Amos Burg.

Note: May 15, 1945, from Vic Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 18, 1945, from “Ruth ---,” (San Jose, Costa Rica), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 24, 1945, from Lewis N. “Lew” Cotlow, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 30, 1945, from R. G. “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 6th, ---, from Brad ---, to Amos Burg.

Memorandum: June 9, 1945, from Harris Ball (U S Govt, Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg; Subject: Pictures taken by the addressee in Cartagena, Colombia, during the last part of 1944.

Letter: June 10, 1945, from “Jeannette ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 14, 1945, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 16, 1945, from R. G. “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 18, 1945, from Jeanne ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 18, 1945, from Helen --- (New Haven, CT), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 20, 1945, from Annabelle ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 21, 1945, from Mrs. Walter “Marge” --- (Long Island, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 28, 1945, from “Annabelle ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 1, 1945, from R. G. “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Note: July 2, 1945, from Mrs. T. S. “Frances” S---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 7, 1945, from “Jeannette---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 27th, 1945, from Irene [Frazier?], to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 28, 1945, from “h c n,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 11, 1945, from “Annabelle ---,” to Amos Burg.

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Letter: September 14th, 1945, from”Katrine ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 14, 1945, from “Jeannette ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 17, 1945, from “Vera ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 20, 1945, from H. Thos. Neville (?), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 21, 1945, from “Mary---,” to Amos Burg

Note: September 24, 1945, from “Harriet ---, “ to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 1st, 1945, from Mrs. Arthur L. “Flora” Canfield (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Note: October 4, 1945, from “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Folder 137 Correspondence, 1940 – 1941 & 1945

Undated Letters

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to “Dearest Mother.”

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to O. S. Dye.

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, Pearl ---.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Willis ---.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Denise ---.

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to Denise ---.

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to Toni ---.

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to “Dearest Mother.”

Loose p. 2

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to Membership Committee, Explorers Club (New York, NY)

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to Victor Keay.

Letter, n.d., from Amos Burg, to William van Deusen (New York, NY).

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Press Release “on board Endeavour”

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Olga ---.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Harriett ---.

Dated Letters

Letter: November 24, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Joe ---.

Letter: November 24, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Carl ---.

Letter: November 24, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Joanna ---.

Letter: November 27, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Charlie [Wheeler?].

Letter: December 8, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Eddie ---.

Letter: December 9, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Annabelle ---.

Letter: January 16, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. “Charlie” Wheeler.

Letter: January 16, 1941, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: January 22, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Edwin Wisherd, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: January 22, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Pauline McCarthy. (Portland, OR).

Letter: March 6, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Pearl ---.

Letter: March 6, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Annabelle ---.

Letter: March 6, 1941, from Amos Burg, to “Dearest Mother.”

Letter: March 6, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Melville Grosvenor.

Letter: March 12, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Patsy ---.

Letter: March 12, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Joy ---.

Letter: March 12, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Bostlemann. [11 pages]

Letter: March 23, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Fred Grebbin.

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Letter: March 23, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Russ Shields (New York, NY).

Letter: March 23, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Willis ---.

Letter: March23, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Eddie ---.

Letter: March 23, 1941, from Amos Burg, to C – O – Two Fire Equipment Co. (Newark, NJ).

Letter: March 23, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Denise ---.

Letter: March 23, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Melville Grosvenor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: May 21, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Mollie ---.

Letter: June 5, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Membership Committee, Explorers Club (New York, NY).

Letter: June 8, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Pat ---.

Letter: June 12, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Victor Keay.

Letter: June 12, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Charles Althoff, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: June 16, 1945, from Amos Burg, Vernon A. Cartwright (Portland, OR)

Letter: June 14, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Earl ---.

Letter: June 14, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Russ [Frazier?].

Letter: June15, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Annabelle ---.

Letter: June 24, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. P (?)---.

Letter: June 24, 1945, from Amos Burg, to A. W. Paterson.

Letter: June 24, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jean ---.

Letter: June 24, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Russ [Frazier?].

Letter: July 4, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Genvieve ---.

Letter: July 4, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Dewey ---.

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Letter: July 4, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Pauline Black.

Letter: July 4, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jo.---.

Letter: July ?, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Annabelle ---.

Letter: July 4, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Harriett ---.

Letter: July 5, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Gen “or is it Jen ---“

Letter: July 5, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jack Ofelt.

Letter: July 6, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Vernon ---.

Letter: July 6(?), 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jim---.

Letter: July 6, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Baker.

Letter: July 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Helen ---.

Letter: July 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Vic & Liz [Bracher?].

Letter: July 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Becky, Eddie, Julie ---.

Letter: July 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Nancy Wilson Ross.

Letter: July 14, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Helen ---.

Letter: July 14, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jeanne ---.

Letter: July 14, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Mildred. Stuart & Terry ---.

Letter: July 14, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Gen ---.

Folder 138 Correspondence n.d., 1940 – May 1944

Undated letters

Letter: n.d., unaddressed single page, from Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d.,, from Amos Burg, to Reese ---.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Duamish Shipyard, Inc. (Seattle, WA).

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Gerry ---.

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Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Melville Grosvenor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to “Sis and Frank” ---.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Victor P. Keay.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to “Gen’l Del ---“

Leeter: n.d., from Marion ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Naomi ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Helen ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Vic [Bracher?], to Amos Burg.

Official Permission document for Amos Burg – Venezuela.

Reference (for Explorers Club) for Joseph Connelly.

Packing Notice – film – Pan American Airways System.

Biographical Sketch (2 copies) of David Mac Calmont Jenkins.

Dated Letters

Letter: December 23, 1940, from Amos Burg, to Joy ---.

Letter: March 10, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Henry B. Collins, Jr., Department of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institute (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: March 10, 1941, from Amos Burg, to James J. A. Fortier (New Orleans, LA).

Letter: May 8, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Rankin.

Letter: June 2, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Bill ---.

Letter: June 2, 1941, from /Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: June 2, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Mollie ---.

Letter: June 8, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Dr. Melvin Brodshaug.

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Letter: June 8, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Bill Griffiths.


Letter: June 8, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Dr. V. C. Arnspiger.

Letter: June 10, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Carl ---.

Letter: June 10, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Charlie [Wheeler].


Letter: July 3, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Fred Chapman.

Letter: July 3, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. O. P. Rankin (Astoria, OR).

Letter: July 3, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Melville Grosvenor, Esq., National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: July 3, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Fred Crebbin. [alternate spelling – Grebbin]

Letter: July 3, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Dr. V. C. Arnspiger (New York, NY).

Letter: July 9, 1941, from Amos Burg, to Dr. V. C. Arnspiger (New York, NY).

Letter: November 6, 1941, from Jo ---, to Amos Burg.

Invoice [?]: December 31, 1942, “Film Supplied to Amos Burg.”

Letter: January 18, 1943, from Arthur L. Canfield, MD, To Whom It May Concern.

Letter: January 19, 1943, from H. M. Miles, Chief of Police (Portland, OR), to Whom It May Concern.

Note: February 12, 1943, from Dr. Walter K. Myers, To Whom It May Concern.

February 18, 1943: Document concerning Amos Burg written by the Chief of Mission, Chilean Embassy.

Letter: July 6, 1943, from Louise Kemper (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 10th, 1943, from ---, to Amos Burg. [page 1 only].

Letter: 28 de Septiembre de 1943, from Cuban Ambassador to Washington, D. C., to Jose’ Cidre, Presidente de la Corporacion Nacional del Turismo, La Habana.

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Note: October 6, 1943, from V. C. “Clyde” Arnspiger, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 6, 1943, from V. C. Arnspiger, to Passport Division, Department of State (Washington, D. C.).

Letter: October 7, 1943, from Ruth Hampton, Acting Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, to A. Egloff.

Letter: October 18, 1943, from A. W. Johnson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 15th, 1943, from E. R. Wilkinson, Asst. Vice President, First National Bank of Portland, to Amos Burg, Jr.

Letter: 26 de noviembre de 1943, from Kennett F. Potter, Segundo Secretario de Embajada (American Embassy), to A Quien Pueda Interesar.

Letter: 10 de Diciembre de 1943, from D. Perez Arocha (Republic of Cuba) to Al Teniente Coronel Nathan A. Brown.

Note: December 24, 1943, from Max A. Egloff, Coordinator of Federal and Insular Activities (:La Fortaleza, Puerto Rico), To Whom It May Concern.

Letter: January 3, 1944, from Evelyn Stefansson, to Amos Burg

Letter: January 17, 1944, from William Manger, Counselor, Pan American Union (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 18, 1944, from R. A. Durham, New York Life Insurance Company (New York, NY), to Amos Burg, Jr.

Letter: February -, 1944, from Irene Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 18, 1944, from ---Folger (Pan American Airways System), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 21st, 1944, from E. R. “Earl” Wilkinson, to Amos Burg, Jr.

Letter: February 23, 1944, from A. H. Geigel, to Amos Burg (United States Embassy, Havana, Cuba).

Invoice: February 25, 1944, from Charles F. Althoff (National Geographic Society), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 6, 1944, from Catherine Rowan, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 6, 1944, from Annabelle ---, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: March 6, 1944, from Donald B. Upham, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 12, 1944, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 17, 1944, from “Dick and Lou ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 17, 1944, from Pauline ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 25th, 1944, from E. R. Wilkinson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 10, 1944, from Carlos Borda Mendoza, Consul General de Colombia.

Letter: April 10, 1944, from Emory Ross, Africa Bureau (New York, NY), To those interested in Africa.

Letter: April 24, 1944, from G. Perez Sarmiento (United Press Associations), to Jose Medina (Medellin, Colombia).

Letter: April 24, 1944, from “Dick and Lou ---,” to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 24, 1944, from --- Gray Marine Motor Company (Detroit, MI), to National Geographic Magazine.

Letter: April 25th, 1944, from E. R. Wilkinson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 26, 1944, from Milton Reynolds, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 29, 1944, from Charles L. Wheeler, Pope & Talbot, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 4, 1944, from Amos Burg, to L. MacKibbon (Detroit, MI).

Letter: May 17, 1944, from Sis & Richard ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 18, 1944, from Katherine Roneoli, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 18, 1944, from Pat Paterson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 20, 1944, from H. W. Geib, Agricultural Advisor, American Embassy (Bogota’, Colombia), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 29, 1944, from Annabelle ---, to Amos Burg

Folder 139 Correspondence June 1944 – May 1945

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Letter: June 2, 1944, from William Manger, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 2, 1944, from Leroy G. Denman, Jr., to Amos Burg.


Letter: June 12, 1944, from Richard C. Carter, Jr., to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 14, 1944, from Charles F. Althoff, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C.), to Amos Burg.


Letter: June 15, 1944, from Charles F. Althoff, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to Amos Burg.

Packing Notice: June 15, 1944, from Pan American International Air Express Service to Amos Burg.

Packing Notice: June 19, 1944, from Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, to Amos Burg.

Note: June 20, 1944, from P. Perez Dupuy, to Amos Burg.

Packing Notice: June 22, 1944, from Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, to Casimiro Barros.

Letter: June 23, 1944, from William Manger, to J. A. Brill, Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., (New York, NY).

Letter: June 27, 1944, from E. R. Wilkinson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 1, 1944, from E. R. Wilkinson, to Amos Burg.

Travel Document for Barranquilla, Colombia - July 3, 1944, for Amos Burg.

Packing Notice: July 3, 1944, from Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 7, 1944, from --- (Habana, Cuba), to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 18, 1944, from Ed. J. Kelly, Milton Snedeker Corporation, to John McGilvray.

Letter: July 24th, 1944, from Irene Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 31, 1944, from Lou, Mary & Timmie --- (Mankato, Minnesota), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: September 14, 1944, from Virginia --- (Office of Rep. Joseph W. Martin), to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 29, 1944, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 6, 1944, from --- (first page only), to V. C. Arnspiger (New York, NY).

Letter: October 6, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Folger Athearn (Miami, Florida).

Letter: October 6, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. Wheeler (San Francisco, CA).

Letter: October 7, 1944, from --- (?), to Pat ---. (first 2 pages only).

Letter: October 9, 1944, from Melvin Brodshaug, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 12, 1944, from Amos Burg, to “Charlie” [Charles L. Wheeler ?].

Letter: October 18, 1944, from J. C. “Jim” McConnell (Fort Lewis, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 30, 1944, from C. B. Stephenson, President, City Club of Portland, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 3, 1944, from Melville B. Grosvenor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 20, 1944, from R. G. “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 20, 1944, from James A. “Jim” Brill, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 22, 1944, from Mary Imogine Koch (?), to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 12, 1944, from Roland G. Gamwell, to Chalres L. Wheeler.

Letter: December 13, 1944, from “Tweedie ---“ to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 24, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Rankin.Letter: December 24, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Russ [Frazier?].

Letter: December 24, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Jo ---.

Letter: December 24, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Helga Larsen (New York, NY).

Letter: December 24, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Junius B. Bird (New York, NY).

Letter: December 29, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Leland D. Case (Chicago, IL).

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Letter: December 30, 1944, from Amos Burg, to Pat ---.

Letter: January 1, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Junius B. Bird.

Letter: January 1, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: January 1, 1945, from Amos Burg, to V. C. Arnspiger.

Letter: January 3, 1945, from Charles L. Wheeler, to Roland G. Gamwell.

Letter: January 4, 1945, from M. C. Pirrone, Encycl.opedia Britannica Films, Inc. (New York, NY), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 5, 1945, from Miss Leonora R. Martin, Librarian, Pope & Talbot, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 15, 1945, from Robert V. Fleming, Treasurer, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.), to the Members of the National Geographic Society.Letter: January 16, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Melville Grosvenor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C.).

Letter: January 20, 1945, from LeRoy Mattingly, Virginia Endicott Hendrickson, Marjorie Major Goodwin, (Eugene, OR) to “Fellow Alum.”

Letter: February 12, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jim ---.

Letter: February 12, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Melville Grosvenor, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C.).

Letter: February 12, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Irene & Russ Frazier.

Letter: February 12, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Irene --- [Frazier?].

Letter: February 15, 1945, from Miss L. R. Martin, Librarian, Pope & Talbot, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 19, 1945, from Lucy B. Farnsworth, Pan American Union (Washington, D. C.), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 20, 1945, from Dr. Kenneth K. Addicott, Chief, Survey of Foreign Experts, Pacific Coast Area (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 24, 1945, from Seymour ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 1, 1945, from Dorothy --- (City of Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: March 7, 1945, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 8, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jo ---.

Letter: March 8, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Russ [Frazier ?].

Letter: March 8, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Folger & Marion Athearn (Miami, FL).

Letter: March 8, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Vic & Liz [Bracher ?].

Letter: March 8, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Virginia ---.

Letter: March 9, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Andy ---.

Letter: March 9, 1945, from Amos Burg,m to Jean ---.Letter: March 9, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Charles L. Wheeler (San Francisco, CA).

Letter: March 9, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Leonard Shihlien Hsu (New York, NY).

Letter: March 9, 1945, from Charles L. Wheeler, to Russ [Frazier ?].

Letter: March 9, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Ruth ---.

Letter: March 9, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Lenora R. Martin (San Francisco, CA).

Letter: March 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Pat ---.

Letter: March 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Joe ---.

Letter: March 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to J. R. Hildebrand, National Geographic Society (Washington, D. C.).

Letter: March 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Martha McKnew, Illustrations Division, National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: March 10, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Pauline Block (Portland, OR).

Letter: March 12, 1945, from William C. Weld (New York, NY), to Amos Berg (sic).

Letter: March 12, 1945, from Pauline ---, Thos J. Swivel Co. (Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 12, 1945, from Alex D. Stewart, Secretary, Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Seattle, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: March 14, 1945, from Mrs. Norman B. (Florence M.) Baker, The Roadside Committee (New York, NY), to Amos Burg

Letter: March 15, 1945, from Vick ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 15, 1945, from J. R. Hildebreand, Assistant Editor, National Geographic Magazine, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 16, 1945, from Charles L. Wheeler (San Francisco, CA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 18, 1945, from Russell G. “Russ” Frazier, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 20, 1945, from T. F. “Ted” Luedtke, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 22, 1945, from Margaret B. Thompson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 24, 1945, from T. F. “Ted” Luedtke, to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 25, 1945, from Dorothy Wiitaen (?), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 4, 1945, from Georgio ---, to Russ ---.

Letter: April 7, 1945, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 10, 1945, from Charles L. Wheeler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 12, 1945, from Joseph Robinson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 15, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Earl Wilkinson.

Letter: April 16, 1945, from Frank du Paty (Salem, MA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 23, 1945, from Charles L. Wheeler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 2, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Naomi ---.

Letter: May 2, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Earl R. Wilkinson.

Letter: May 2, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Dr. Russell G. Frazier (Bingham Canyon, Utah).

Letter: May 2, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Dewey ---.

Letter: Ma---, 1945, from Amos Burg, to “Dearest Mother.”

Letter: May 4, 1945, from Amos Burg, to Jean ---.

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Letter: May 4, 1945, from Ted Ross (CBS), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 5, 1945, from Hope ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 14, 1945, from J. H. Hodgson, to Henry Herbert (New York, NY).

Letter: May 16, 1945, from Charles L. Wheeler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 17, 1945, from James Landi, Presidnt, Kindu-Lite Corporation (Brooklyn, NY), to Amos Burg.

Box 8 Contents

Folder 140 Miscellaneous Document, 1931 – 1959 & 1995

Memorandum: 9-30-95, from Perry O. Lemmons, to Jim Wimberley (for Ellen), Re: Diaries and Tapes left in the Berg house.

First Day Cover – July 4, 1959, “First Official Display of the 49-Star Flag.”

Diary: 1917 – 1956 (2 Copies).

Magazine: Caricatura, Seminario Humoristico – Argentina.

Biographical data – typescript.

Reproduced photograph of painting, n.d.

856 [Landing craft, n.d.]

857 [Carolyn Burg, with fish, n.d.]

Bookcover for Footsteps in the Sea. [No book, n.d.]

Letter: April 11, 1931, from Harriett Attchison, to Amos Burg.

Folder 141 Mixed Letters, 1947 – 1948 & 1966

Letter: December 3, 1947, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: April 15, 1948, from “Mother,” to “My Dear Son Amos.”

Telegram: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Thomas T. Driver (Madrid, Spain).

Telegram, n.d., from Amos Burg, to James A. Brill.

Letter: December 5, 1947, from Amos Burg, to James A. Brill.

Telegram, n.d., from Amos Burg, to Annie Burg.

Letter: June 23, 1948, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. Folwell.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to E. R. Wilkinson (Portland, OR).

Letter: February 12, 1966, from Carolyn Burg to Amos Burg.Letter: July 21, 1948, from “Mother,” to “My Dear Son Amos.”

Letter: January 8, 19, to E. R. Wilkinson (Portland, OR).

Letter: February 12, 1966, from Carolyn Burg to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 21, 1948, from “Mother,” to “My Dear Son Amos.”

Letter: January 8, 1948, from Mabel ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 16, 1948, from Reginald S. Castleman (American Consul, Malaga), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 1, 1948, from “Tom & Lydia ---,” to Amos Burg.

Note: March 11, 1948, from “Tom ---,” to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from Helen --- (Hotel Cataluna, Malaga), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 9, 1948, from J. R. Hildebrand, to Amos Burg.

Note: February 6, 1948, from Frances ---, to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from Tom ---, to Amos Burg.

Statement: March 3, 1948, from Rotary Club of Portland, to Amos Burg.

Note: December 27, 1947, from Luis A. Bolin (Madrid, Spain), to Amos Burg.

Note: November 31, 1947, from Hamish Arnold, to Amos Burg.

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Note: November 6, 1947, from Mrs. Roy L. Owen, President, Women of Rotary (Portland, Oregon), to “Rotarian and Family”

Letter: February 19, 1948, from Mabel ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 4, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Note: n.d.,, from Alice Fry, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 16, 1948, from ---, toAmos Burg.

Letter: June 22, 1948, from Frances ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter, June 17, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: November 11, 1947, from J. C. Howland, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 3, 1948, from Richard M. Courtenaye, to Jefe Superior de Policia Barcelona.

Letter: January 14, 1948, from Gerardo “Jerry” Rodriguez, to Amos Burg.

Note: June 22, 1948, R. Doherty, City Librarian, Public Library (York, UK).

Letter: June 17, 1948, from G. H. Griffiths, to Sam Schlein.

Letter: June 30, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: February 12, 1948, from Charles L. Wheeler, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 3, 1948, from Mabel, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 30, 1948, from Marian --- (Ketchikan, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 10, 1948, from G. H. Griffiths, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 29, 1948, from Tom ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: June 15, 1948, from Hazel --- (North Portland, OR), to Amos Burg.Letter: July 24, 1948, from Frank ---, to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from Helen Lemley, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 25th, 1947, from L. A. Bolin, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: December 5, 1947, from John P. McDermott, Vice-Chairman, House Committee, Explorers Club (New York, NY), to members.

Letter: July 8, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Note: n.d., frtom Charles F. Bush (Malaga), to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from J. A. Brill, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 24, 1948, from Linda ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 24, 1947, from Frances E. Spaulding, to Amos Burg.

Note: October 1, 1948, (Spanish); begins: “Don Luis dice...”

Note: January 17, 1948, (Spanish); begins: “Recojo al h Amos Burg….”

Letter: December 15, 1947, from Linda ---, to Amos Burg.

Note: n.d., from Annie Mattingly (?), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 16, 1948, from Reginald S. Castleman, to Amos Burg.

Note: April 28th, 1948, from Dennis Bardens, to Thomas T. Driver (Madrid, Spain).

Letter: April 16, 1948, from G. H. “Bill” Griffiths, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 5, 1948, from Linda ---, to Amos Burg.

Note: April 29, 1948, from Thomlas McEnelly, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 29, 1948, from Jeannette ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 28, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Telegram: n.d., from G. H. Griffiths, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 24, 1948, from Mabel ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 14, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”Letter: March 26, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: March 18, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: February 18, 1948, from Vic (Bracher?), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: March 23, 1948, from Dick (Bellevue, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 31, 1948, from Linda ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 5, 1948, from, Tom --- (Madrid), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 1, 1948, from Mother, to “My dear son Amos.”

Letter: March 5, 1948, from Jeannette (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Rotary Club Informational Letter: November 13, 1947, from T. E. Garbade.

Letter: n.d., from S. B. C., United States Information Service (London), to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 8, 1948, from Amos Burg, to J. R. Hildebrand, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.).

Folder 142 Sourdough Sam / Clippings

Includes a lengthy article about the career of photographer Trevor Davis, a resident of Douglas.

“Mushin’ Along Alaska Trails With Sourdough Sam: Saga of A Pioneer Photographer” [Trevor Davis]; Juneau Alaska Empire, Sept. 27, 1965, p. 6.

“Mushin’ Along Alaska Trails With Sourdough Sam: Saga of the Musk Oxen,” Juneau Alaska Empire, Sept. 12, 1965.

“Mushin’ Along Alaska Trails, Saga of the Pioneers, With Sourdough Sam.”

“Mushin’ Along Alaska Trails With Sourdough Sam: Saga of Chuck Keen,” Juneau Alaska Empire, Sept. 3, 1965.

“Mushin’ Alaskan Trails With Sourdough Sam,” Untitled, begins: The pink or humpback, Orcor-hynchus-gorbuscha, the smaller of Alaska’s five species of salmon…”

“Farm the Sea as We Farm the Land,” by Amos Burg (full page w/photographs, p. 16), Anchorage Daily News, April 5, 1966.

Typescripts – undated

Untitled column – “Mushin’ Alaskan Trails With Sourdough Sam,” which begins: “The arrival of the graceful, two masted,m gaff-rigged schooner Coaster at the Juneau small boat harbor …..”

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Untitled column – “Mushin’ Alaskan Trails With Sourdough Sam,” which begins: “Many a stampeder who hit the ‘Gold Trail of 98’ ended up in an occupation that was often more lucrative than panning for gold.”

“Mushin’ Alaska Trails with Sourdough Sam: Alaska, The Great Land.”

“Mushin’ Along Alaska Trails With Sourdough Sam: Saga of the Pioneers.”

“Mushin’ Alaskan Trails with Sourdough Sam,” which begins: “As a tourist state, Alaska has the lure of many attractions….”

Folder 143 “Mushin’ Alaskan Trails,” 1963

“Mushin’ Alaskan Trails with Sourdough Sam: Saga of the White Pass Railway,” February 3, 1963.

“Mushin Alaskan Trails with Sourdough Sam: Saga of the Bison.” February 10, 1963.

“Mushin’ Alaskan Trails With Sourdough Sam,” which begins: “What is refledcted on the hundreds of inquiries that arrive daily in the mail bags for the various State Departmentsj to answer?....” February 17, 1963. [2 copies]

“Mushin’ Alaskan Trails with Sourdough Sam: Saga of Little Annie.” [March 3, 1963]

“Mushin’ Alaskan Trails with Sourdough Sam: Saga of Nunivak Island,” February 24, 1963.

Folder 144 Correo Films #23 – 1970

The contents of this folder were in a binder whose title is the same as this folder. It bore the #23 label, as well.

Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Tim Bullard, Producer-Director, “Exploration Northwest,” KOMO (Seattle, WA). Attachment cited immediately below.

Letter: October 26, 1970, from Tim Bullard, to Amos Burg.

Letter: May 29, 1970, from Wallace H. Noerenberg, Commissioner, to W. H. Johnson, Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service (Juneau, AK).

Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Ben Porterfield (Willow, AK).Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Miss Barb Nelson (Lake Bluff, IL).

Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Douglas D. Leibbrandt (St. Francis, KS).

Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Gary L. Anderson (San Francisco, CA).

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Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to James Radabaugh.

Letter: May 2, 1970, from Mrs. William Oliver, Ketchikan High School (Ketchikan, AK), to Alaska Department of Fish & Game. [Attachment immediately below.]

Letter: May 11, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Mrs. William Oliver.

Letter: August 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: May 21, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: July 7, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Joe Peterson (Juneau, AK).

Letter: July 6, 1970, from Amos Burg, to R. M. O’Leary (Adak, AK).

Letter: July 5, 1970, from Amos Burg, to John S. McKern (Portland, OR).

Letter: July 7, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Joe Peterson.

Letter: January 1970, from Amos Burg, to Bert F. Williams (Sacramento, CA).

Letter: January 7, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Don Racicky (Greeley, NE).

Letter: April 15, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Miss Marion Swaybill (New York, NY).

Letter: January 2, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Wayne Bean (Doraville, GA).

Letter: October 13, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Robert B. Weeden (University of Alaska).

Letter: October 8, 1970, from Robert B. “Bob” Weeden (Professor of Wildlife Management), to Robert Burnette, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. [Attached letter follows immediately.]

Letter: October 13, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Robert B. Weeden.

Letter: October 23, 1970, from Amos Burg, to G. A. Potts (Ottawa 7, Canada).[2 copies]

Letter: October 23, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Richard M. Hill (Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada). [2 copies]

Letter: October 23, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Lou Bender (Hollywood, CA). [3 copies]

Letter: October 23, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Loui Bender (Hollywood, CA). [2 copies]

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Letter: October 14, 1970, from Dennis Nelson, to Conservation Departmentdd, Visual Aids Section (Juneau, AK). [Attached letter follows immediately.]

Letter: October 23, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Dennis Nelson (Milwaukee, WI) [2 copies].

Letter: October 23, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Wolfgang Bayer (Los Angeles, CA) [2 copies].

Letter: October 30, 1970, from Amos Burg, to T. H. Emmett (Hollywood, CA).

Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Tim Bullard.

Letter: October 28, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Eastman Kodak Motion Picture & Education Markets Division (Hollywood, CA) [2 copies].

Folder 145 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1932 – 1969 / Surrey, U.K., Seattle, WA

“Silent Communion….” Handwritten scripture verses; typescript of the same verses.

Column – “Can Shirking Responsibility Cause Mental Illness?” 1955, King Features Syndicated, Inc.

“Perspectives…” Handwritten motivational notes.

“Majestic Humility,” back of undated church bulletin.

“I Walked In His Moccasins,” by Laura Buchen (Jones), Juneau, AK.

“Amos,” poem by Carol B. Davis.

”To Whom It May Concern,” by J. Nisbet, Head Teacher. Links Infants School, Tooting Junction, S.W. 17 (Sept. 1932).

“To Whom It May Concern,” by W. W. Beelby, Headmaster, The Ridge C. School, Sutton, Surrey.

Letter: November 16, 1944, from Elsie Kaukola, Seattle Yacht Club, to Mr. Paterson, Endeavor (Seattle, WA).

Letter: October 21, 1947, from J. A. G. Ainley, Rector of Morden, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Managers, (The Rectory, Morden, Surrey.)

Letter: January 1, 1952, from Ruth, to Amos Burg.

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Letter: January 3, 1953, from Laura ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 13, 1953, from H. J. Bergren, to the First National Bank of Portland, OR. [Regards insurance for the boat – Endeavour.]

Letter: January 23, 1953, from Helen ---, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 23, 1953, from Joseph C. Green, Assistant Collector, Treasury Dept., Bureau of Customs (Seattle, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 24, 1954, from Amos Burg, to Governor William A. Egan.

Letter: June 2, 1963, from Roy --- (Auburn, WA), to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 1, 1964, from Robert “Bob” Hitchman, to Carolyn Burg.

Letter: February 24, 1964, from Amos Burg, to Darwin ---.Letter: February 24, 1964, from Amos Burg, to Admiral and Clarice ---.

Letter: February 25, 1964, from Amos Burg, to Ed & Nancy ---.

Letter: July 20, 1964, from Hugh L. Cox III, Captain, USAF, Aide to the Commander in Chief (Headquarters Alaskan Command), to Oliver E. Burris, Crime Division, Dept. of Fish and Game.

Memorandum: September 29, 1964, from John Broderson, to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 18, 1966, from Herb Hilscher, Public Relations (Anchorage, AK), to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 25, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Dan ---.

Letter: May 10, 1966, from Ray and Edna ---, Sun City, AZ, to Amos & Carolyn Burg.

Letter: May 27, 1966, from W. E. “Bill” Garrett, National Geographic Magazine to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 18, 1967, from Erwin L. Verity, Walt Disney Productions (Burbank, CA) to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 30, 1967, from Fausto Maerina (Rome, Italy), to Amos Burg (Dept. of Fish and Game).

Letter: May 22, 1967, from Joe --- McLean & Company (Juneau, AK), to Amos Berg (sic).

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Letter to Editor: September 23, 1969, from Carolyn Burg (3 copies).

Folder 146 Tax Problems, Endeavour Papers, etc.

Letter: May 28, 1954, from Amos Burg, to Al Huhndorf (Seattle, WA).

Boat expenses, 1938 – 1950

Alaska Business License to Amos Burg, May 7, 1962.

Tax documents; 1957 & 1961.

List of Expenses with cover note.Letter: April 10, 1956, from Amos Burg, to Al Huhndorf.

City of Juneau Application for Building Permit; September 20, 1961.

Report of Boarding and Notice of Violation; June 12, 1958.

U. S. Coast Guard Boarding Card; Dec. 29, 1954.

Certificate of Registry; May 15th, 1953.

Letter: June 14, 1957, from Amos Burg, to Albert J. Huhndorf.

Letter: August 10, 1956, from Amos Burg, to Albert J. Huhndorf.

Letter: April 10, 1956, from Gertrude E. Naylor, to District Director, Internal Revenue Service (Washington, D.C.).

Miscellaneous Tax documents.

Letter: November 19, 1958, from Amos Burg, to Al Huhndorf.

Letter: December 1, 1958, from A. J. Huhndorf, to Amos Burg.

Letter: December 29, 1958, from Amos Burg, to A. J. Huhndorf.

Letter: March 19th, 1939, from Mother, to “My dear boy Amos.”

Folder 147 Equipment, #12

This folder contains handwritten notes about the White Pass & Yukon Railroad; Lakes Linderman & Bennett; Carcross.

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Folder 148 Notes/ n.d. & “Inside Cape Horn”

Notes – “Rainiest regions like Calif-

Lists of supplies, n.d.

Notes – written on backs of flyers for round trip fares to the Poconos.

Typescript: “Inside Cape Horn,” by Amos Burg.

Reprint of article on Tierra del Fuego.

Folder 149 Notes / 1936 – 1937

Handwritten notes from 1936 – 1937; references to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Souith America. Composed on steno pad paper and contains lists and drawings.

Folder 150 C (Carolyn Burg) Letters,Letter: December 6, 1956 to Amos Burg

Letter: December 7, 1956 to Amos Burg.

Card: October 11, 1957 to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 12, 1957 to Amos Burg.



Letter: n.d., to Amos Burg.








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Letter: n.d., to Amos Burg.

Folder 151 Lectures, n.d.

This folder contains two sets of lecture notes in Burg’s hand; there are no apparent dates nor indication of where the lectures were to be given. The first of these – on large index card stock – gives some biographical information about Burg.

Folder 152 Yukon Territory / Canada Area, n.d.

This folder contains notes about Whitehorse and sub-topics such as agriculture and birds. There is no apparent date. It is written in Burg’s hand on lined, yellow legal paper and is in poor condition.

Framed Certificate signifying that Amos Burg was a member of the journalistic professional organization: Sigma Delta Chi; undated.Box 9 Contents

Folder 153 MacKenzie River, 1968 (1 of 3)

The contents of folders 153-155 were initially together in one notebook and the order found there has been retained. Folder 153 contains a lengthy correspondence between Amos Burg and his MacKenzie River companion, Victor Bracher. There is also a considerable correspondence between Burg and a variety of Canadian government officials. Burg previously navigated the MacKenzie approximately 40 years before in 1928-1929.

Article: “A Great Old-Time Alaskan, Completes Arctic Oddysey; Amos Burg In His Canoe,” by Amos Burg, Sportsman’s Guide, August 7, 1969, p. 3 13.

Article: “Amos Burg Canoes the Yukon River.” (3 copies)

“Inuvik Research Laboratory: Report of Operations – April 1967 to March 1968; June 28, 1968, R. M. Hill.

Letter: March 19, 1971, from L. R. Montpetit, to Amos Burg.Brochure: “Schedule of Sailings 1971.”

Undated List of Supplies

Letter: August 10, 1967, from Vic [Bracher ?], to Amos Burg.

“Amos Burg…Victor Bracher River Voyage 1968: Athabaska, Alberta to Hay River, Northwest Territory.”

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Letter: March 20, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Port Administration Branch, Customs & Excise Division, Dept. of National Revenue, Ottawa, Ontario.

Letter: April 2, 1968, from J. Conrad, Port Administration Division (Canada), to Amos Burg.Letter: October 16, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher ?].

Letter: January 16th, 1968, from Ann Holland, Travel Counsellor, Alberta Government Travel Bureau (Canada), to Amos Burg.

Map of Alberta, Canada (reproductions) – , to Vic [Bracher ?].

Letter: January 16th, 1968, from Ann Holland, Travel Counsellor, Alberta Government Travel Bureau (Canada), to Amos Burg.

Map of Alberta, Canada (reproductions) – 5 copies.

Letter: September 28, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher ?].

Letter: October 5, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher ?].

Letter: December 1967, from Victor Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 1, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Vic & Liz [Bracher ?]. 2 copies.

Letter: November 15, 1967, from Amos and Carolyn Burg, to Vic [Bracher ?]

Letter: November 12, 1967, from Vic [Bracher ?], to Amos Burg. [Written on the backs of maps showing route of canoe trip.]

Letter: December 12, 1967, from Victor Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 2, 1968, from Victor Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 3, 1967 [?], from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher ?].

Letter: January 6, 1968, from Vic [Bracher ?], to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 9, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Victor [Bracher ?].

Letter: January 27, 1968, from Victor Bracher, to Amos and Caroline (sic) Burg.

Letter: February 1, 1968, from Victor (C. V.) Bracher, to Amos Burg.

Letter: February 3, 1968, from Vic [Bracher], to Amos Burg.

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Letter: February 8, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher].

Letter: February 14, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher].

Letter: February 10, 1968, from Vic [Bracher], to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 8, 1968, from Father Frank Ebner (Hay River, N.W.T.), to [Victor] Bracher.

Letter: March 17, 1968, from Vic [Bracher], to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 21, 1968, from Vic [Bracher], to Amos Burg. [Note – drawing on back of letter.]

Letter: March 26, 1968, from Vic [Bracher], to Amos Burg.

Letter: April 1, 1968, from Vic [Bracher], to Amos Burg.Letter: April 5, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher].

Letter: April 5, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Vic [Bracher].

Letter: April 18, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Maurice B. Mitchell, President, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. (Chicago, IL).

Letter: October 4, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Director, Department of Mines & Terr. Surveys (Ottawa, Canada).

Letter: October 9, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Director, Department of Mines & Terr. Surveys (Ottawa, Canada).

Letter: October 9, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Director, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of Indian Affairs & Northern Development (Ottawa, Canada).

Letter: October 25, 1967, from Amos Burg, to S. L. Roberts (Ottawa, Canada). [See Inside Adddress on letter for further information.]

Letter: October 25, 1967, from Amos Burg, to E. Kuyt (Fort Smith, N. W. Terr., Canada).

Letter: October 25, 1967, from Amos Burg, to C. M. Bolger, Director, Dept. of Northern Affairs & National Resources, Northern Administration Branch (Ottawa).

Letter: September 6, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Department of Mines & Technical Surveys, Federal Building, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

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Letter: November 1, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Cyrille Guay, Acting Chief, Information Services Division, Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

Letter: November 3, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

Letter: November 3, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Stuart B. Smith, Fish & Wildlife Director, Natural Resources Bldg (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).

Letter: November 3, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Administration, Government of N. W. Territories, Yellow Knife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Letter: November 1, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

Letter: November 1, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Cyrille Guay, Acting Chief, Information Services Division, Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

Letter: November 3, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Stuart B. Smith, Fish & Wildlife Director, Natural Resources Bldg (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).

Letter: November 7, 1967, from W. R. Pilkey, Insp., Liaison Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, to Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Chart Department, Canadian Hydrographic Service (Ottawa, Ontario).

Letter: January 10, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Cpl. B. C. Hawkins, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, i/c Aklavik, N.W.T.

Letter: January 10, 1968, from Amos Burg, E. Kuyt, Wildlife Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.

Letter: January 11, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Canadian Government Travel Bureau (Edmonton, Alberta).Letter: January 11, 1968, from Amos Burg, to W. A. West, Publicity Officer, Government of the Province of Alberta, Department of Lands & Forests (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).

Letter: January 23, 1968, from L. C. Barson for District Administrator, Dept. of Manpower and Immigration (Edmonton, Alberta), to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 24, 1968, from --- for W. L. Edwards, Collector, Customs and Excise, Dept. of National Revenue (Edmonton, Alberta), to Amos Burg.

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Letter: February 16th, 1968, from A. J. Penner, Postmaster (Whitehorse, Yukon), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 20, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Port Administrative Branch, Customs & Excise Division, Dept. of National Revenue (Ottawa, Ontario).

Letter: March 20, [1968], from Amos Burg, to Dan Wallace, Director, Canadian Government Travel Bureau (Ottawa, Canada).

Letter: April 2, 1968, from J. Conrad, Port Administration Division, Department of National Revenue, Customs and Excise (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), to Amos Burg.

Letter: March 23, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Public Relations Department, Johnson Motors (Waukegan, IL).

Supplies List – multiple copies.

Letter: October 16, 1967, from D. A. Fraser, Sales Dept., Chestnut Canoe Co. Limited (Fredericton, N. B. Canada), to Amos Burg.

Letter: November 3, 1967, from Amos Burg and Bob ---, to Wallace H. Noerenberg & Clinton Atkinson, Fisheries Attache, United States Embassy (San Francisco, CA).

Letter: n.d., from Amos Burg, to A. T. Partridge, Manager, Seattle Rubber Stamp Co. (Seattle, WA).

Letter: February 9, 1968, from Amos Burg, to George W. Birch, President and General Manager, Chestnut Canoe Co.(Fredericton, N. B. Canada).

Letter: March 7, 1968, from D. A. Fraser, Sales Dept., Chestnut Canoe Co. Limited (Fredericton, N. B. Canada), to Amos Burg.

Folder 154 MacKenzie River – 1968 (2 of 3)

Brochure: “The Mackenzie Route to Canada’s Northwest Territories.”

Untitled Notes, n.d.

Article concerning Alexander Mackenzie; The Beaver, Winter 1967. [first page is missing.]

“Athabaska to Hay River” schedule

Notes on Mackenzie voyage – 1968

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Brochure: Chestnut Canoe Company Ltd.

Pamphlet: “Fisheries In The Northwest Territories,” Department of Fisheries of Canada (Ottawa).

Map(s) of Great Slave Lake (3 copies).

Press Release: “Fishing Operations In the Northwest Territories” – Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources.

“Ice Delays Supplies Due for Northwest,” Anchorage Daily Times, June 10, 1969.

Press Release: “Great Bear Lake” – Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources.

“Canadian Government Agencies,” copies of pages from reference work.

Map: “Alberta and British Columbia.”

Map: “British Columbia Canada Road Map: Campsite and Fishing Guide.”

Brochure: “Arctic Circle Lodge…”

Press Release: Arctic Circle Lodge

Flyer: “Camp News Letter No. 1 – September – 1970, Arctic Outpost Camps Ltd.

Reproduction of six pages of documents, n.d.

Brochure: “The Changing Eskimo.”

Article: “Frobisher Bay Eskimo Childhood,” by John J. and Irma Hongimann.

Article: “What are Eskimos?” by G. W. Rowley.

“Fort Simpson”

“The Forests of Northern Canada,” by R. T. Flanagan.

“About the Voyageurs.”

“A Great Old-Time Alaskan, Completes Arctic Oddysey, Amos Burg, In His Canoe.”

“Table of Contents” a list of films.

Letter: November 4, 1970, from G. A. Potts, Insp., Liaison Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, to Amos Burg.

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Folder 154 MacKenzie River, 1968 (3 of 3)

Letter: March 21, 1968, from Amos Burg, to D. A. Fraser, Sales Dept, Chestnut Canoe Co., Fredericton, N. B.

Copy of Receipt for Cashier’s Check made to the Chestnut Canoe Co. in the amount of $479.31 – March 21, 1968.

Letter: April 8, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Director, Public Relations, Marine Products, Chrysler Corporation (Hartford, WI).

Sales Receipt for purchase of canoe from Chestnut Canoe Co. [Canoe was named “Song O’ the Winds”]

Letter: October 5, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Chestnut Canoe Co.Letter: March 27, 1968, from Charles B. McIlwaine, Public Relations, to C. V. Bracher.

Brochure for “Trail Bed.” Sleeping Bags.

Catalog page from L. L. Bean – shoes, boots.

Letter: September 6, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Frederick G. Vosburgh, Associate Editor, National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D.C.).

Letter: October 6, 1967, from Frederick G. “Ted” Vosburgh, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 9, 1967, from Amos Burg, to Frederick G. “Ted” Vosburgh.

Letter: November 1, 1967, from Frederick G. “Ted” Vosburgh, to Amos Burg.

Letter: January 10, 1968, from David E. Bell, Secretary/Treasurer, The Rotary Club of Peterborough (Ontario, Canada), to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 5, 1968 [sic], from Amos Burg, to Manager, Pacific Western Airlines (Edmonton, Alberta).

Letter: October 12, 1967, from D. Merrigan, Sales Representative, N.D., Pacific Western Airlines, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 25, 1967, from Amos Burg, to T. J. Nuttall, Supervisor of Operations, #3 Hangar, Industrial Airport (Edmonton, Alberta).

Letter: March 20, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Frank G. Downey, Passenger Sales Manager, Vance Building (Seattle, WA).

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Pacific Western Airlines schedule (Eff. June 24, 1968).

Canadian Pacif Airlines schedule.

Religious Tract: “Consecrate Me to the Service of Your Truth.”

“White Pass Pocket Fact Finder.”

“Peace River Mackenzie Routes,” Coachways Time Table 2

“Yukon – Alaska Alaska Highway” Coachways Time Table 1

Great Northern Airways, Ltd. Schedule.

Northward Aviation Ltd. Schedule.

Map – “Fort Smith – Nonacho N. W. 60/112”

Notes, n.d.

Letter: September 30, 1968, from Charles A. Wolf (Fairbanks, AK), to Amos Berg (sic).

Pamphlet: “Summer Travel In the Canadian Barrens,” by Eric W. Morse.

Article: “Sailing Directions for the Athabasca and Slave Rivers,” to accompany Chartlet Book Nos. 6301 and 6302 Waterways to Great Slave Lake. Issued by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (Ottawa), 1962.

Folder 156 Mackenzie River / Notes, n.d.

Amos Burg’s handwritten notes concerning one of two trips he made along the Mackenzie River (either 1929 or 1968).

Folder 157 Mackenzie River – 1929

Canadian Publication: “The Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Pilot,” First Edition 1958. Issued by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa.

Typescript – pp. 9 – 41, n.d.

Folder 158 Mackenzie River #18

Brochure: “The Canadian Rockies; Jasper – Mt. Robson The Triangle Tour.”

Broadside: “Here’s what the Pro’s say about Arctic Circle Lodge.”

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Brochure: “Canada Border Crossing Information.”

Undated Notes

Card: n.d., from Luther Mayer, to “Fellow Paddler….”

“Yukon Territorial Government Campgrounds and Lunch Stops….”

Pamphlet: “The Shakwak Valley.”

“Canadian Pacific Air Route System”

Pamphlet – Canadian

“Rocks and Minerals of the Mackenzie and Keewatin Districts,” by E. A. Schiller.Pamphlet – “Yukon”

“Indians of N. A.”

“Inuvik Research Laboratory”

Press Release: “The Mackenzie River”

Brochure: “Quaint Montreal” [Gray Line]

Money Order Receipt

Letter: June 6, 1969, from Oshin Agathon, Chairman, The Explorers Club.

Essays by Ernest Thompson Seton.

Letter: August 16, 1968, from Father F. Ebner, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 26, 1968, from Charles A. Wolf, to Amos Burg.

Folder 159 Original Mackenzie Log / N. W. Passage (1 of 2)

Amos Burg’s original Mackenzie Log from 1929 is held in this folder and Folder 160, which follows. A reproduction of the Binder cover (# 9) has been included at the front of Folder 159.

Folder 160 Original Mackenzie Log / N. W. Passage (2 of 2)

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Amos Burg’s original Mackenzie Log from 1929 is held in folder 159 and Folder 160. A reproduction of the Binder cover (# 9) has been included at the front of Folder 159.

Folder 161 Yukon River File Copy – 1928; Yukon Log

This copy of the Yukon River Log is a reproduction.

858 “The only photo ever taken of Jack London in the North country discovered by yours truly in the winter of 1979. Sheep Camp – August 1897. Photo by LaRoche.” Inscribed: “To my friend Amos Burg with Best Regards, Dick North.”

859 [Portrait of Jack London.]

Folder 162 Disney Correspondence

Letter: November 18, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity, Production Manager, Walt Disney Productions (Burbank, CA), to Amos Burg.Letter: November 26, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Erwin L. Verity. [2 copies]

Letter: October 25, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity, to Amos Burg. [3 copies]

Memorandum: October 21, 1966, from Walter Kirkness, Commissioner, Department of Fish & Game, to Governor William A. Egan. Subject: Disney: “Salute to Alaska.”

Undated Notes.

Telegram: October 24, 1966, from Verity, Disney, to Amos Burg.

Letter: October 25, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Erwin L. Verity. [2 copies]

Letter: October 20, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Erwin L. Verity.

Letter: May 12, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Erwin L. Verity. [2 copies]

Letter: April 19, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Erwin L. Verity [2 copies]

Letter: April 25, 1966, from Amos Burg, to Erwin L. Verity. [2 copies]

Letter: April 11, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity, to Amos Burg. [3 copies]

Shipping Notice: April 28, 1966, from Walt Disney Productions, to Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Education and Information Section. [4 copies]

Letter: May 3, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity, to Amos Burg. [2 copies]

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Letter: April 25, 1966, from Erwin L. Verity to Amos Burg. [2 copies]

Folder 163 Autobiography

Burg’s account of his life from boyhood in Oregon into retirement in Juneau in 1977.

Folder 164 “On the Hudson’s Bay Trail to the Polar Sea,” by Amos Burg

Typescript: “On the Hundson’s Bay Trail to the Polar Sea,” by Amos Burg.

Folder 165 “Greatest of All River Adventures” and “A Voyageur’s Lament”

“Greatest of All River Adventures,” The Sunday Oregonian, Dec. 17, 1939.

“A Voyageur’s Lament,” Alaska Fish & Game, Jan.-Feb. 1984.

Folder 166 Columbia Notes / Amos Burg (1 of 2)

The first of two folders which contain Burg’s handwritten notes of his Columbia River exploration. See also Folder 167.

Folder 167 Columbia Notes / Amos Burg (2 of 2)

The second of two folders which contain Burg’s handwritten notes of his Columbia River exploration. See also Folder 166.

Box 10 Contents

Folder 168 Correspondence – 1955` to Carolyn Warren

Original order maintained as found.

Letter: March 31, 1955, from Amos Burg.

Letter: May 24, 1955, from Amos Burg.

Letter: March 28, 1955, from Amos Burg.

Letter: n.d., from Clarissa (Mrs. Frederick) Zeusler, to Caroine (sic) and Amos.

Letter: April 12, 1955, from Amos Burg.

Letter: March 30,1955, from Amos Burg.

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Letter: March 30,1955, from Amos Burg.



Notes: n.d., aphorisms and lists from Burg notebook titled “perspective.” [on card stock with map of Northwest Coast of Alaska – Endeavour trip.]

Empty envelopes from which letters above were drawn.

Folder 169 Boundary Dispute – 1903

This folder holds a single document (marked duplicate) concerning a 1903 boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United States.

Folder 170 Canoe Voyage – Yellowstone to New Orleans, 1922

This folder contains notebooks and notes on Burg’s canoe voyage from Yellowstone to New Orleans in 1922. Burg was 21 years old.

Folder 171 Notebooks / Cape Horn / 1933 Photo #860

Notebooks recording voyages to include Cape Horn in 1933. Photograph of the vessel “Dorjun” and showing two men and one woman.

860 “Dorjun”

Folder 172 Mackenzie Voyage up Yukon River to Dawson – 1929 / Notebook

Notebook (pencil): MacKenzie Voyage up Yukon River on Yukon to Dawson 1929. [Note the various spellings for MacKenzie, to include Mackenzie.]

Folder 173 Notebook / January 1, 1958 – May 28, 1958

Notebook/Diary for the dates January 1, 1958 – May 28, 1958. Handwritten, in ink.

Folder 174 Lecture Notepad / n.d. / “unemployment insurance”

Handwritten presentation (undated) discussing an “animal known as unemployment insurance….”

Folder 175 Outline – Venezuela – n.d. & Other Notes – n.d.

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Handwritten notes in pencil and ink.

Folder 176 Notepad / MacKenzie – 1929

Handwritten notes labeled MacKenzie – 1929; in pencil and ink.

Folder 177 May 22, 1922 – Shanghai

Several pages from “My Life Six Years Ago, # Shanghai, Hannah Nielsen.

Folder 178 Grand Canyon – 1938

Handwritten notes concerning an exploration in the Grand Canyon in 1938; includes expense calculations and a drawing of a canoe, among other things.

Folder 179 Clippings – 1930 – 1938

“Burg to Give Lectures; Youthful Explorer Will Appear In East; One of Illustrated Talks to Be Before Geographic Society On ‘Columbia River Basin’.”

“Burg Entertains With Lecture On River of Yukon,” April 11, 1931.

“Miss Bliss Feted agt Party on ‘Dorjun Wind’; Amos Burg Is Host On Yacht,” May 27, 1938.

“Epic of Columbia to be Presented; Amos Burg’s Noted Canoe Trip to be Featured…,” December 26, 1930, The Morning Oregonian.

Folder 180 Correspondence – 1924 – 1925; 1938 - 1939; 1953

Post card featuring map of the Colorado River, 1938. Photographs on reverse.

Card: November 19, 1953, from Amos Burg (Petersburg, AK), to Mabel ---.

Card: June 10, 1924 (aboard the President Madison), from Amos Burg, to Mother.

Letters (2): n.d., from Amos Burg, to “Mother and Dad.”

Letter: July 6, 1925, from Amos Burg, to Mother & Dad. [Written on stationery with business name,etc.: “Burg Exploration Pictures in cooperation with the Kiser Studios.]

Folder 181 Notepad – 1936

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Folder contains steno pad notes dating from December 10, 1936; in poor condition and barely legible on some pages. Needs to be transcribed.

Folder 182 Notebooks / 1928 & 1932

Folder contains two handwritten (pencil) notebooks; in poor condition.

Folder 183 Miscellaneous Letters / Documents; 1954 - 1974

Map (2 copies): “Alaska, Map C,” United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; 1954. [Both have a river route highlighted in red ink.]

Letter: May 21, 1971, from Ward Randol (Explorers Club), to Amos Burg.

List: “Names – Inside Passage”

Letter: February 4, 1974, from Jim --- to Amos Burg.

Autobiographical Notes: 1901 – 1941. (2 copies).

Typescripts:

Warranty Deed (Alaska) Book 52, page 361 (Feb. 13, 1958)Quit Claim Deed (Alaska) Book 53, page 165 (Feb. 21, 1958)Quit Claim Deed (Alaska) Book 53, pages 166-167 (April 30, 1958)

Untitled, Numbered Notes – n.d.

Untitled, Numbered Notes – n.d.

Sleeved documents concerning “Endeavour” 1971.

Newspaper Illustration: “Women Defy Colorado’s Rapids,” Los Angeles Examiner.

“Sea Fever,” by John E. Schultz. Reprint from National Geographic Magazine.

Card: April 8, 1940, from Amos Burg (Kyoto), to Captain Rawlins.

Typewritten, untitled notes, n.d.Greeting card – pressed flowers attached to one side.

Typewritten, untitled notes, n.d.

Letter: September 20, 1963, from Carolyn --- to Amos Burg.

Letter: September 19, 1963, from Carolyn --- to Amos Burg.

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Letter: August 18, 1965, from H. William Larson, Vice President, Bumble Bee Seafoods (Astoria, OR) to Amos Burg.

Memorandum: April 2, 1965, from Bill Morrisseau, Game Division, ADF & G (Juneau), to Amos Burg. Subject: Checking movie films.

Folder 184 “The River Road”

Report by Amos Burg suggesting the institution of a Yukon River ferry route.

Folder 185 MacKenzie River – 1929 /File Copy

“On Mackenzie’s Trail to the Polar Sea.” A reproduced typescript of Burg’s 1929 MacKenzie River exploration. May be a duplicate.

Box 11 Contents Postcards and Photographs

Folder 186 Post cards #861 – 895

861 “Yokohama, Japan” n.d.

862 [Japan – no description of site, n.d.]

863 “Suwa Temple, Nagasaki,” n.d.

864 “The Great earthquake and Fire, Looking Station Yokohama of September 1, 1923.]

865 “Wistavia blossoms Kameido, Tokyo” n.d.

866 “Sawksien Park at Yokohama” n.d.

867 [Japanese Steamship, n.d.]

868 [Japanese city street; unidentified, n.d.]

869 “Bashamichi-dori at Yokohama” n.d.

870 “Freezing of Tsiugtau, Taiko” n.d.

871 “Foreign Street, Yokohama” n.d.

872 “Urami Waterfall, Nikko” n.d.

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873 [Apparent wreckage from “the Great Earthquake and Fire” Yokohama, September 1, 1923]

874 “Theatre Street at Yokohama” n.d.

875 “Yokohama District Court” n.d.

876 “Custom Holge at Yokohama” n.d.

877 “Yokohama Spocie Bank, Yokohama, Japan” n.d.

878 [Parade, n.d.]

879 “Iris Garden Horikigi, Tokyo” n.d.

880 “City Office of Yokohma” n.d.

881 “Asakusa Kwanzeon Temple, Tokyo” n.d.

882 [Caption in Japanese; group picture of men, most in western clothing, n.d.]

883 “Ameriken-hatoba Kobe” n.d.

884 Tamondori, Kobe” n.d.

885 “The Great earthquake and Fire, Looking Custom house Yokohama of September 1, 1923”

886 “Sankeien of Yokohama” n.d.

887 “The Great earthquake and Fire, Looking Isesokicho Yokohama of September 1, 1923”

888 “The Great earthquake and Fire, Looking Pier Yokohama of September 1, 1923”

889 “The Great earthquake and Fire, Looking Bashamichi Yokohama of September 1, 1923”

890 “Sengen-Saka of Yokohama” n.d.

891 “The Great earthquake and Fire, Looking Foreign settlement Yokohama of September 1, 1923”

892 “Yokohama-theatre Nera Yokohama-street” n.d.

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893 [Residential neighborhood, probably Yokohama, n.d.]

894 [Residents walking on street showing debris, probably Yokohama of 1923]

895 “Shinoobazu Pond, Ueno Park, Tokyo” n.d.

Folder 187 Post cards #896 – 931 & 931(a)

896 “Onoyecho dock, Yokohama” n.d.

897 [Two Japanese women in traditional kimonos, n.d.]

898 [Gisha (?) playing flute, n.d.]

899 “Pagoda of Kiyoundzu Tokyo” n.d.

900 [Japanese village scene (unidentified) with appliqué tree branches, n.d.]

901 “Central Hotel & Wolfes saloon, Panama” n.d.

902 “Toshogu Temple at Nikko” n.d.

903 “The Great earthquake and Fire, Looking Grand Hotel Yokohama of September 1, 1923”

904 [b/w of unidentified street scene in Japan, n.d.]

905 “Showing a 28 2/3 feet lift at Gatun, between lower and middle docks, Panama Canal” n.d.

906 “Coocee Beach Sydney” n.d.

907 “Ivory Nut Palm, Panama” n.d.

908 “Pitt Street, Sydney” n.d.

909 “The Gap, South Head, Sydney” n.d.

910 “Parsley Bay, Sydney” n.d.

911 “Queen Victoria Markets, Sydney” n.d.

912 “Kiel: Stadttheater” n.d.

913 “Watson’s Bay, Sydney, N.S.W.” [The Rose Seried P. 5016 – copyright] n.d.

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914 “Kiel: Schloß” n.d.

915 “Kiel: Germania-Werft m. Riesenkrabn” n.d.

916 “Kiel: Holtenau. Hochbrűcke űber den Nord-Ostsee-Kanal” n.d.

917 “Kiel: Logierhaus Seebadeanstalt” n.d.

918 “Kiel: Stadttheater Rathaus Kath.Kirche”

919 “Kiel: Universitat u. Denkmal Kaiser Wilhelm I” n.d.

920 “Pextal im Engadin Das Bergkirchlein” n.d.

921 “Kiel: Blick von Rathausturm” n.d.

922 “Mata Hari” [full-lenth portrait]

923 “Kiel: Hochbrűcke bei Levensau” n.d.

924 “5628. – But? It’s a Ketchikan Halibut!” n.d.

925 “’KLA-CLAA.’ An Eskimo Woman, Alaska” n.d.

926 “Haines and Fort W. H. Seward, Alaska” n.d.

927 “5602. Salmon Leaping Falls, Ketchikan, Alaska” n.d.

928 “Port Talbot & Aberavon. General View” n.d.

929 “1 – Colombo. Tea plucking Récolte du Thé” n.d.

930 “The Cathedral, Manchester” n.d.

931 “Colombo. A road in Ceylon Promenade á Ceylan” n.d.

931(a) [Portrait of Japanese Woman, hand-colored, n.d.]


932 “Colombo – Preparing plumbago for export…” n.d.

933 “1 – Colombo. A native fruit shop….” n.d.

934 “Colombo. Hunters in the jungle…..” n.d.

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935 “Colombo. Prince’s Street” n.d.

936 “Colombo. A view of kandy’s lake….” n.d.

937 “Colombo (Ceylon) – York Street – The Grand Oriental Hotel – P. & O. Office” n.d.

938 “Colombo. Tootk’s of Buddha Thenrole….” n.d.

939 “1 – Colombo. A Jaffna bride…..” n.d.

939(a) “288. – LAOS – Métier á tisser” n.d.

940 “919 – Environs de Saigon….” n.d.

941 “41 – Saigon – Un Jour de Réunion en Champ de Courses” n.d.

942 “250 – Laos – Types de Braos (Bas Laos)” n.d.943 “91 – Saigon – Jonques et Sampans sur l’Arroyo Chinois” n.d.

944 “Statue and Temple of Buddhas tooth” n.d.

945 “290 – Laos – La Danse des Ancétres á Luang-Prabang” n.d.

946 “Colombo. Wild elephants….” n.d.

947 “314 – Saigon. – Fifres et Cfairons du 1st Regiment de Tiraillenra Annamites” n.d.

948 “97 – Environs de Saigon – Sur la Route de Thudaumot” n.d.

949 “186 – Lang-Bian. – La Route de Dalat á Dang-Kia” n.d.

950 “297, - Saigon – La Pointe des Blagueueurs – Le Courrier de France sur Rade.” n.d.

951 “47. Saigon – La Repas des Enfants” n.d.

952 ”316. – Cholon. – Un Coin de Cana” n.d.

953 “53 – Saigon. – Le Petit Ėléphant du Jardin Botanique” n.d.

954 “289. – Laos. – Le Décortiquage du Riz” n.d.

955 “285. – Laos. – Un Mandarin et sa Cour” n.d.

956 “301. – Saigon – Fraits de Cochinchine” n.d.

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957 “Graves in China” n.d.

958 “41. – Saigon. – L’Accostage d’un Cargo boat des Messageries Maritimes” n.d.

959 “Chinese Women riding on Wheelbarrow.” n.d.

960 Shanghai. Bund from Telegraph – to Palace Hotel Building.

961 “Azabu n Tsingtau” n.d.

962 “Gorakuyen Garden, Okayama.” n.d.

963 “Chinese Garden” n.d.

964 “Street Barber….No. 46” n.d.

965 “No. 171 - Old Dock in Shanghai” n.d.966 “Chinese planting Rice.” n.d. (1 of 2)


967 “(62) The Singapore Cricket Club” n.d.

968 “Tsingtau – Kiautschou. Seemonnsheim” n.d.

969 “The Steamships sunk at Ominato, Tsingtao” n.d.

970 “Chinese Doctor” n.d.

971 “Hanabusa Street Tsingtau” n.d.

972 Malay Kampong (Village), Singapore” n.d.

973 Anderson Bridge, Singapore” n.d.

974 Cavanagh Bridge, Singapore.” n.d.

975 “Chinese Restaurant and Tea House” n.d.

976 “No. 28. East Point, Hongkong.” n.d.

977 “A Part of the Great Wall in China” n.d.

978 [Construction site in Japan, n.d.]

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979 “Yuan Shik K’ai, First President of Chinese Republic; The Flag of the Chinese Republic”

980 “Badende Chinesekinder” n.d.

981 “Shimachi Park Tsingtau” n.d.

982 “Chinese planting Rice” (2 of 2)

983 “Malay Fishing Village, Singapore” n.d.

984 “Kaiseim’sak Battry Tsingtau” n.d.

985 “Slaughter - House Lalan, Besur, Singapore” n.d.

986 “Shanghai. Kiukiang and Kiangse Road with Kalee Hotel and Telephone Building.” n.d.

987 “Chinese Policemen in Foreign Settlement” n.d.

988 “Hongkong Public Garden” n.d.

989 “A-47. Chinese Paury’s Home.” n.d.

990 “Memorial Hall & Government Secretary Office, Singapore” n.d.

991 “Hill Street, Singapore” n.d.

992 “Butterfied & Suire, Shanghai” n.d.

993 “Teahouse in Chinese City” n.d.

994 “Shanghai German Post Office.” n.d.


995 “(87) Selangoon Road, Singapore” n.d.

996 “Kling Street, Singapore” n.d.

997 “Native Boat, Singapore” n.d.

998 “(85) Selangoon Road, Singapore” n.d.

999 “(10) Native Bangalore, Singapore” n.d.

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1000 “(99) Malay Village Singapore” n.d.

1001 “(72) Hill Street, Singapore” n.d.

1002 “(78) Malay Village, Singapore” n.d.

1003 “Tribe of Parma – Brec Karen Men” n.d.

1004 “(37) Para Rubber Tree, Singapore” n.d.

1005 “(77) Victoria Street, Singapore” n.d.

1006 “(93) Chinese Temple, Singapore” n.d.

1007 “No. 56 Tribes of Burma – Kiwi Girls” n.d.

1008 “No. 46 Tribes of Burma – Papun Karens.” n.d.

1009 “No. 55 Tribes of Burma – Kaw Women.” n.d.

1010 “Burmese Potter” n.d.

1011 “No. 59 Tribes of Burma – Marus” n.d.

1012 “Rangoon Boat Club House, Dalhousie Park.” n.d.

1013 “Strand road, Rangoon” n.d.

1014 “The ‘Go to Heel’ Bell, Moulmein.

1015 “Tribes of Burma – Lwelon Men.” n.d.

1016 “Shrines, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon” n.d.

1017 “Shwe Dagon Pagoda from the Gardens, Rangoon” n.d.

1018 “No. 67 River Bank, low tide, Municipal Market, Rangoon”

1019 “Pagodas by Moonlight. A group of pagodas in Mandalay by the brilliant light of a tropical moon.” n.d.

1020 “Burma – Waiting for the Steamer.”n.d.

1021 [No description] n.d.

1022 “No. 50 Tribes of Burma – Brec Karen Women”n.d.

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1023 “Gefle” – [type: souvenir post card book] n.d.

1024 [July 10, 1922 – notes on message side]

1025 “Palm Beach, Hawkesbury *” n.d.

1026 [Piece of souvenir post card book cover] n.d.

1027 “South Head, Sydney” n.d.


1028 “Street Scene, Honolulu, T. H.” n.d.

1029 “King Street, Honolulu, T.H.” n.d.

1030 “Hawaian Hula-Hula Dancers” n.d.1031 Card – “You can Always Tell A Widow by Her Look But You Can’t Tell Her

Much,” n.d.

1032 “Falls from Goat Island, Niagra Falls, NY” n.d.

1033 “Hula Dancer, Hawaian Islands” n.d.

1034 “The Custer Battlefield As It Is Today” n.d.

1035 “Landing Passengers, Island of Hawaii” n.d.

1036 [Souvenir Post Card Book – New Mexico]

1037 “12th Street, Showing Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, MO.”n.d.

1038 “364. Cottonwood Curve, Lewiston Hill Highway, Lewiston, Idaho.”n.d.

1039 “Old Montana” n.d. [poem]

1040 “Hotel De Soto, New Orleans, LA – 74” n.d.

1041 “Washington Avenue, East from Broadway, St. Louis, MO” n.d.

1042 “New Bienville Apartments, showing Lee Circle, Public Library and Lee Monument, New Orleans, LA. – 78” n.d.

1043 “4313. Red Pinnacle, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park” n.d.

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1044 “Some salmon, Astoria, OR” [Woodreid, Photo] n.d.

1045 “S. S. Ascania” n.d.

1046 “A Modern Grain Elevator, New Orleans, LA” n.d.

1047 “419. U.S. Battleship Fleet Hampton Roads, Old Point Comfort, VA” n.d.

1048 “Eads Bridge at Night, St. Louis, MO” n.d.

1049 “1631. At the summit of the mountains” [© by Northern Pacific Ry], n.d.

1050 “The Bush Terminal Sales Building, New York” n.d.

1051 “Grand Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO” n.d.

1052 “71309Bridge Over the Missouri River, Mobridge, SD” n.d.1053 “Woolworth Building, New York” n.d.

1054 “General Sherman’s Headquarters, Savannah, GA” n.d.

1055 “Ruth’s Motel” n.d.

1056 “Launching of U.S.S. Maryland; March 20, 1920”


1057 “No. 57 High Water Columbus, Montana” n.d.

1058 “Lake Crescent on Olympic Highway, Washington, 1752” n.d.

1059 “New Post Office, New York” n.d.

1060 “Hotel Vanderbilt, New York” n.d.

1061 “Madison Square, East, New York” n.d.

1062 “Spanish Fort Amusement Park, New Orleans, LA – 58” n.d.

1063 “Seen from the Columbia River Highway” n.d.

1064 “The Falls at Great Falls, Montana. Here is located the main power plant” n.d.

1065 [Railroad depot at Billings, Montana; card addressed from Burg to his mother, n.d.]

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1066 “Bird’s-eye view of New Orleans, LA” n.d.

1067 “Spanish Fort Amusement Park, New Orleans, LA – 58” n.d.

1068 “Radium, B. C.”

1069 “110th Street Elevated Curve, New York” n.d.

1070 “H-1576 California Limited Crossing Canyon Diablo, Arizona” n.d.

1071 “Whitehall Building, New York” n.d.

1072 “Hotel McAlpin, Largest Hotel in the World. Herald Square, New York” n.d.


1074 “Mary’s River Dam, Corvallis, OR” n.d.

1075 “St. Mary’s; Hyde Park; Dec. 1920”

1076 “U.S.S. Wakiki” n.d.

1077 “A Modern Grain Elevator, New Orleans, LA” n.d.

1078 “940. Old Montana” n.d. (poem)

1079 [Message on post card from Burg to his mother; n.d.]

1080 [Unidentified steamship – message from Burg to his mother on reverse; Jan. 1921]

1081 [Souvenir Post Card Book of Philadelphia, PA; n.d.]

1082 “Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, ND” n.d.

1083 “St. Mary’s School, Bismarck, ND” n.d.

1084 [Message on post card from Burg to his mother; Sept. 10, 1922]

1085 “New St. John Hospital, St. Louis, MO] n.d.

1086 “High School, Council Bluffs, Iowa” n.d.

1087 “American Hotel Annex and Grand Opera House, St. Louis, MO” n.d.

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1088 “5825. The Trail Makers – Blackfeet Indians – Glacier National Park, Montana. On Main Line Great Northern Railway See America First. © 1912 by Roland W. Reed. n.d.



1090 “Paris. La Dôme des Invalides” L. D.; n.d.

1091 “Paris – L’Opéra” L.D. n.d.

1092 “Paris – La Grande Roue et la Tour Eiffel – L. D.” n.d.

1093 “3759 Cavalerie – Dragons. Une revue.”n.d.

1094 “Waterfront, Teller, Alaska. Steampship Portland” n.d.1095 “Bath House on Lake Pontchartrain, Spanish Fort, New Orleans, LA – 56” n.d.

1096 “American Falls From Goat Island, Niagra Falls, NY” n.d.

1097 “Horseshoe Falls from Terrapin Point, Niagra Falls, NY” n.d.

1098 “Souvenir Post card book – Marseille”n.d.

1099 “108. Marseille – Quai des Belges – J. F.”

1100 “Paris – L’Hôtel-de-Ville” L. D., n.d.

1101 “260 Marseille – Le Phare de la Desirade. – Effet de Vogues.”n.d.

1102 “Paris – Le Senat et le Jardin du Luxemourg” L. D., n.d.

1103 “Marseille – Grands Bains des Catalans” n.d.

1104 “Marseille – Canal de la Douane” L.R., n.d.

1105 “Marseille – Palais Longschamp ‘motif principal – V.R., n.d.

1106 “Grands Fête Marseillaise – Un Vol au-dessus de la Mer.”n.d.

1107 “Marseille – Débarquement des Oranges” n.d.

1108 “10 Aux Bains De Mer – Les Travailleurs de la Mer.” – L.L., n.d.

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1109 “62 Annvers. Entrée et Logia au Musée du Steen” n.d.

1110 “II. Grimaud & Cie – Marseille; Equip du “Gallia Sport” Championship de Cross-Country du Department6 d’Alger 1909-1910” n.d.

1111 “Paris – Statue et Place de la République” L.D., n.d.

1112 “Paris – Le Panthéon – L.D.” n.d.

1113 “101. – Marseille. – Place et Rue St. Ferriol – EL” n.d.

1114 “Paris – Place de la Concorde l’Obélisque” n.d.

1115 “7 – Marseille – Défilé des Troupes Britanniques – Infanterie Australienne – L. R.”n.d.

1116 “Campagne 1914 – Armee des Indes Soldats Hindous franternissant avec un petit Francais – L.R.” n.d.

1117 “67 Dr45agons – Depart pour le harnachement” n.d.

1118 “Le Langage de la Marguerite….Je F’aime!” n.d.

1119 “Marseille – Vue Generale du Vienx-Port – C.M.” n.d.

1120 “Marseille – Poste d’Aix” V.R., n.d.

1121 “Marseille – Basain du Carénage” – C.M., n.d.

1122 “S. S. Champlain; Paquebot de la Cie des Chargeurs Réunis” n.d.

1123 [Souvenir postcard book: “Twelve Gems of Art.”n.d.

1124 – 1126 Tower of London, n.d.

1127 “Anvers Hotel de Ville et Fontaine de Brabo” n.d.

1128 “61 Anvers – Musée d’Antiquiies du Steen” n.d.

1129 “Anvers – La Rade” n.d.

1130 “112 Le Havre – Vue generale et la Nouvelle Jetee – V. L.” n.d.

1131 “Westminster Abbey, London” n.d.

1132 [Crown Jewels, U.K.; n.d.]

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1133 “Oxford Street, Manchester”n.d.

1134 “The Royal Infirmary, Manchester”n.d.

1135 “New Royal Infirmary, Manchester”n.d.

1136 “Technical School, Manchester” n.d.

1137 “Greetings from Erith”n.d.

1138 “Art Gallery, Manchester”n.d.


1139 “Interior Manchester Cathedral” n.d.

1140 “1520. South Shields, King Street” n.d.

1141 “Caerphilly Castle”n.d.

1142 “The White Star Dock, Southampton” n.d.

1143 “Queen Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace, London” n.d.

1144 “Miriam Babbage” [Daily Mirror Beauty Contest 1st Prize Winner; n.d.]

1145 “The Orangery, Margam Park, Port Talbot” [Ernest T. Bush – photographer]

1146 “Partington Steel Works No. 11” n.d.

1147 “Towre of London; St. John’s Chapel in the White Tower – one of the earliest Norman churches in England.”n.d.

1148 “Greetings from South Shields” n.d.

1149 “Bank of England, London” n.d.

1150 “Houses of Parliament, London” n.d.

1151 “Mains Castle, near Dundee” n.d.

1152 “Royal Arch, Dundee” n.d.

1153 “Northgate, Dundee” n.d.

1154 “For Auld Lang Syne” n.d.

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1155 “Port Said – Egyptian Musicians” [H. Grimaud & A. Manicos – Port Said; n.d.]

1156 “21. Cairo – Tramway Terminus” n.d.

1157 “Port Said – Camel’s Driver” n.d.

1158 “4. Costumes – Fayal (Acores)” n.d.

1159 “Hotel Trascali, Bermuda” n.d.

1160 “Bengal Lancers” n.d.

1161 “354 Gloria (?)” n.d.

1162 “Thoughts of Someone Over the Sea” n.d.

1163 “41. Alexandria – Place Mohammed Ali. – LL” n.d.1164 “Port Said – Oriental Carpet Factory” [H. Grimaud & A. Manicos – Port Said,

n.d.]

1165 “8. Egypt. – The Pyramids of Gizeh. – LL” n..d.

1166 “Port Said – View of the Quays” n.d.

1167 “Port Said – The Casino and Skating-Ring” [H. Grimaud & A. Manicos – Port Said; n.d.]

1168 “Port Said – Suez Canal Co’s Offices” [H. Grimaud & A. Manicos – Port Said; n.d.]

1169 “Port Said – The chicken’s Market” ” [H. Grimaud & A. Manicos – Port Said; n.d.]

1170 “Port Said – The Public Garden’s Entrance, and in background F. de Lesseps’ Statue” ” [H. Grimaud & A. Manicos – Port Said; n.d.]

1171 “City Investing Building – New York” n.d.

1172 “H-1565 Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico – Showing Church In Distance” [CDPR. Fred Harvey; n.d.]

1173 “Fort McComb, New Orleans, LA” n.d.

1174 “10351Five High Ones ina Row on Main Street, Houston, Texas,” n.d.

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1175 “McKinley Bridge, St. Louis, MO” n.d.

1176 “Pan-American Union, Washington, D.C.” n.d.

1177 “New National Museum, Washington, D.C.” n.d.

1178 “U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.” n.d.

1179 [No description; n.d.]

1180 “Pazundaung Creek” n.d.

1181 [Unidentified military vehicle; n.d.]

1182 “1. Uma pracissáo na freguezla das Angustias HORTA FAYAL- Acores” n.d.

1183 “Holmsund, Hamnen.” n.d.

1184 “Station Road, Port Talbot” n.d.

1185 “3788 Penycae, Port Talbut” [Ernest T. Bush – photographer; n.d.]

1186 “Honolulu” n.d.

1187 Card: “Halloween Greetings” n.d.

1188 Card: “Birthday Greetings….”n.d.

1189 “No. 908 Scene by Tillmann’s [?] Sea Side, OR” n.d.

1190 Card: “Compliments of the Season” n.d.

1191 “Manly Beach from Freshwater” n.d.

1192 “The Grees, Margam, Port Talbot” n.d.

1193 “General View (No. 1) – Port Talbot” [Ernest T. Bush, Photographer; n.d.]

1194 [No description] n.d.

Folder 195 Photographs #1195 – 1218

1195 “Crew of Bridgeport” n.d.

1196 “Indian Family at Grand” n.d.

166



1197 [Parents of Amos Burg and sister (?); n.d.]

1198 [Woman, child & horse; n.d.]

1199 “Family at Allard” n.d.

1200 “Ready to leave Pasco” n.d.

1201 “Brakie Firing Engine on Kootenay Central” n.d.

1202 “Gerome Ferry” n.d.

1203 “Grand Coolee” n.d.

1204 “At Head of Donald Canyon” n.d.

1205 “Crew of Kootenay Central” n.d.

1206 [Bridge of Elco – Vancouver; n.d.]

1207 [Unidentified man (perhaps Amos Burg) standing at river bank confronted by dozens of ducks; n.d.]

1208 “Hall’s Landia (?)” n.d.

1209 [Three men in a bar (?); n.d.]

1210 [Three men in front of a building; one might be Amos Burg; n.d.]

1211 “Down the Yellowstone” n.d.

1212 “Indian at Grand” n.d.

1213 [Man on horseback; n.d.]

1214 [Eight young boys on a hillside; n.d.]

1215 “Ferryman & children at Columbia River” n.d.

1216 “Edgewater” n.d.

1217 “Swamp land along upper Columbia” n.d.

1218 “Edgewater” n.d.


167



1219 [Mr. & Mrs. Amos Burg, Sr. and Amos, Jr.; n.d.]

1220 [Mrs. Amos Burg, Sr.; n.d.]

1221 [Two men in a boat; n.d.]

1222 [Unidentified group; Burg family (?); n.d.]

1223 “Concrete Fishwheel at Celila – June 5, 1920”

1224 [No description; n.d.]

1225 “River 2 miles above Grand Coulee” n.d.

1226 [Unidentified young boy – perhaps Burg; n.d.]

1227 “Engineer & Fireman of Kootenay Central” n.d.1228 “Gualquil (?) Rapid” n.d.

1229 “Dead Eagle” n.d.

1230 “River at Tavermere” n.d.

1231 “Death Rapid” n.d.

1232 [Aboard “Bridgeport”; n.d.]

1233 “Suspension Bridge at Kettle Falls” n.d.

1234 “Hall’s Ferry 1 Mile Above Upper Arrow Lake” n.d.

1235 “Looking up from 21-Mile on Kin-Gasket Lake” n.d.

1236 “Looking up river from Kettle Falls” n.d.

1237 “Upper Col. Lake” n.d.

1238 “Grand Coulee Ferry” n.d.

1239 “Revelstoke” n.d.

1240 [Unidentified River; n.d.]

1241 “Above Golden (?)” n.d.

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1242 “Wenatchee” n.d.

1243 “Looking down Columbia from Bridge port” n.d.

1244 “North of Spokane” n.d.

1245 “Bridge below Wenatchee – 5 miles” n.d.

1246 “Surprise River” n.d.


1247 “R. R. Bridge at Lewiston over the Snake – May 25, 1920”

1248 “I know it doesn’t resemble me – been told so too many times – but I’d like to look that way!” n..d.

1249 [Unidentified river view; n.d.]1250 “Priest Rapids – sixth drop” n.d.

1251 “Umatilla Rapids” n.d.

1252 “Flatstone R. R. above Hellsgate” n.d.

1253 “Bridge at Wenatchee” n.d.

1254 “Mouth of Pond O’ Reille” n.d.

1255 [Band; n.d.] one of four

1256 [Band, n.d.] two of four

1257 [Statue at entrance to unidentified building; n.d.]

1258 [Band; n.d.] three of four

1259 [Railroad tracks; n.d.]

1260 [Two men sitting on a stoop; n.d.]

1261 [Unidentified waters; n.d.]

1262 [Woman in canoe; n.d.]

1263 [No description]

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1265 [Band, n.d.] four of four

1266 “Cliffs Looking Up From Below Port Roche” n.d.

1267 “First drop at Priest Rapid” n.d.

1268 “Miller’s Place” n.d.

1269 “Approaching Rock Island” n.d.

1270 “Foster Creek Rapids” n.d.

1271 “West Robson Lumber Mill Tug Elco” n.d.

1272 “Down River from Lake Windermere to Golden” n.d.

1273 [Train traveling along riverbank tracks; n.d.]

1274 “Mountains on Kootenay Central” n.d.

1275 “Miller’s Ranch” n.d.

1276 [Unidentified steamer at dock; n.d.]

1277 “Rickey (?) Rapids” n.d.

1278 “Pateros” n.d.

1279 [Unidentified town street; n.d.]

1280 “Columbia just above Surprise Rapids” n.d.

1281 “Mountains on Kootenay Central” n.d.

1282 “Along Braverfoot Range above Golden” n.d.

Folder 198 Photographs #1283 - 1318

1283 [Rock wall; n.d.]

1284 “Dense forest on upper Columbia above Kinbasket” n.d.

1285 “Pateros” n.d.

170



1286 “Looking down from Radium Springs” n.d.

1286a “Looking down from Radium Springs” n.d

1286b “Bridgeport”[Two men standing on bridge of ship]

1286c “Castlegar” [Logs in water, man with pole standing on log]

1286d “Dukabor boys” [May be spelled Doukhobor. Three people, one appears to be an adult, standing on rocky shore near river]


1288 [Two small children; early 20th century; cardboard frame]

1289 [Man and woman atop cliff – poorly printed, scratches; n.d.]

1290 [Woman emerges from outdoor swimming pool; n.d.]

1291 “Bridgte at Castle Gap (?)” n.d.

1292 “--- below Windermere” n.d.

1293 “Ferry at Pateros” n.d.

1294 “Invermere (?)” n.d.

1295 [Waterfall at unidentified location; n.d.]

1296 [Boulder with graffiti; n.d.]

1297 “Navigating Rapids” n.d.

1298 “Above Pasco” n.d.

1299 “Tug Eleo on lower Arrow Lake” n.d.

1300 “Canal Flat” n.d.

1301 “Looking up Columbia from Hellsgate” n.d.

1302 “Castle----“ n.d.

1303 “Hollis Ferry” n.d.

1304 [Green --- (?); n.d.]

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1305 “Entrance to Hellsgate” n.d.

1306 “Grand Coulee Ferry” n.d.

1307 “Portage at ----“ [n.d., half of print]

1308 [Unidentified native; n.d.]

1309 “New auto bridge at Pasco; displaced ferry” n.d.

1310 “Celilo” n.d.

1311 “Columbia Lake” n.d.

1312 “Surprise Rapids” n.d.

1313 “Canal Flat” [duplicate; n.d.]

1314 “Bridgeport at Pateros” n.d.

1315 “Hudson Bay post with Indain dugout in foreground at mouth of Okamagan.” n.d.

1316 “Looking down Columbia above sixth p--- of Priest Rapids.”n.d.

1317 “Indian baby at Grand” n.d.

1318 “Pump plant 7 miles below Umatilla…May 31”

Box 12 Contents

Folder 199 Autobiographical Article / Hell’s Canyon / Cape Horn / Photo of Mother

Flyer: “Exploration of Cape Horn Region, 1934” – 2 copies (yellow)

Article: “Amos Burg” by Mark Kissel, in Alaska Fish & Game, January – February 1986, pp. 10-11.

1319 B/W photo of woman; back of photo carries speculation that it is of Burg’s mother.

List of Amos Burg’s films, National Geographic articles and lectures.

Article: “Today’s Guest Editorial: The Exploring Urge,” by Amos Burg. From Oregon Daily Journal, February 17, 1949.

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Article. Film list and autobiographical chronology.

Article: Biography of Amos Burg, Sr., by Minerva Ann James.

Article: “Mushin’ Alaskan Trails with Sourdough Sam: Saga of Little Annie,” by Amos Burg. ( 2 copies).

Article: “On the Hudson’s Bay Trail to the Polar Sea,” by Amos Burg. [A 21-page typescript.]

1320 [Dinner Party; Burg may be the man standing behind the dais; n.d.]

Letter: July 10, 1921, from Amos Burg, to Mabel ----.

Sleeved negative.

Newspaper Photo – Amos Burg and Frank Spaks, n.d.

Article: “ ‘Hell’s Canyon’ of the Snake: An Abyss on Oregon’s Eastern Boundary, Deeper than the Grand Canyon, Described by Youth Who Journeyed in Canoe from the Head Waters to the Columbia,” by Amos Burg.

Folder 200 Lowell Thomas on Amos Burg

Clipping: “Exploring the Western River…The Sunday Oregonian, December 10, 1939,

Article: “Glamor Beyond the Horizon,” by Lowell Thomas.

Folder 201 Letters / Photographs

1321 “Amos on the4 beach below the cabin, in front of Rainbow Glacier, September 1967”

1322 “Xmas 1968; at Latchstring – Juneau” [Amos Burg on far right.]

1323 “New Year’sw Eve 1969-70; December 31, 1969.”

1324 “At Nancy’s” [n.d.]

Letter: July 12, 1977, from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.

1325 “At Ferrell House: Carolyn Burg, Amos Burg, Stu Adams” [December 1968]

1326 [Unidentified man reading a newspaper, n.d.]

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1327 “1 Yr. Celebration; April 16, 1967; Grandpa Burg, Patty”

1328 “At the Burg’s” [n.d.]

1329 [Amos Burg; n.d.]

1330 [Amos Burg, woman (maybe Nancy Ferrell) and an unidentified man; n.d.]

1331 [Amos Burg stands next to a drawing of himself; n.d.]

1332 “Amos Burg” [as child; n.d.]

Post Card: February 4, 1985, from Carolyn & Amos Burg, to Ed and Nancy Ferrell.

Post Card: January 23, 1986, from Amos Burg, to Fred---.

1333 [Portrait of Amos Burg – used in promotion of lectures; n.d.; one of two]

1334 [Three swimming polar bears; n.d.]

1335 [Amos Burg at one of many camp sites; n.d.]

1336 [Portrait of Amos Burg – used in promotion of lectures; n.d.; two of two]

Negatives (sleeved) of #’s 1335 and 1336.

Note; n.d., from Amos Burg, to Carolyn: “Am leaving Care Care. I love you. Will call at 1:00 p.m. to see if you need anything. Aim Aim”

Slide: “Eskimo Child, Nunivak Island” [n.d.]

Letter: April 11, 1962, from U. S. Senator E. L. “Bob” Bartlett, to Mrs. Amos Burg.

Letter: April 27, 1962, from U. S. Rep. Ralph J. Rivers, to Mrs. Amos Burg.

Card: July 13, 1977 (Fairbanks), from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.

Card: July 14, 1977 (Fairbanks), from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.

Card: July 13, 1977, from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg

Card: July 18, 1977, from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.

Note: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg (sleeved with following letter).

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Letter: October 12, 1985, from Amos Burg, to Nancy & Ed Ferrell (sleeved with following letter)

Letter: October 10, 1985, from Amos Burg, to Nancy & Ed Ferrell.

Letter: March 6, 1970, from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.

Folder 202 Miscellaneous Articles

Letter: September 21, 1983, from Ralph Gray, National Geographic Society, to Amos Burg.

Flyer: “Exploration of Cape Horn Region, 1934” [one of many copies]

Reproduction: Lecture portrait with inscription: “To my friend Stacey Wong – Amos Burg”. [n.d.]

Article: “Exploration of Cape Horn Region, 1934,” Principal Investigator: Amos Burg,Portland, Oregon. Grant No. 98: “To explore and photograph islands and water passages near the southernmost tip of the Western Hemisphere.”

Clipping (Reproduction): ”Amos Burg Adventurer” in The Sunday Oregonian, April 29, 1984. [Article notes that he had donated his 26-film collection to the Oregon Historical Society and to “tape-record a series of interviews for the society’s archives….]

Clipping: “Amos Burg Will Head for States Tomorrow A.M.” Daily Alaska Empire,January 1, 1942.[mostly illegible]

Clipping: “Motion Pictures of Alaska: Alaskan Resources Will Be Shown in Motion Pictures Taken by Amos Burg” in The Alaska Weekly, August 22, 1941.

Clipping: “Current News of the Northland….” The Alaska Weekly, September 20, 1929.

Clipping: “Burg Returns From Arctic…” The Alaska Weekly, October 11, 1929.

Article: “Campfire Reflections,” by Amos Burg; Alaska Fish Tales & GameTrails, October, 1976.

Article: “Campfire Reflections,” by Amos Burg, Alaska Fish Tales & Game Trails, June 1975.

Clipping: “He rides the white water in the river of life,” by Stanton H. Patty, in The Seattle Times, September 24, 1978, p. B-7.

175



Article: “’Hell’s Canyon’ of the Snake” by Amos Burg, Student at University of Oregon,

Article: “Campfire Reflections,” by Amos Burg, Alaska Fish Tales & Game Trails, December 1975.

Clipping: “Famous Canoeist And Friend Here On Long Journey,” in The Alaska Daily Empire, June 15, 1926.

Clipping: “Brown Bear Turns On Movie Photographer,” in The Wrangell Sentinel, September 9, 1932.

Undated Articles, by title.

“Amos Burg’s Articles Big Boost for Oregon.”“Amos Burg Talks Humorously of His Adventures”“East Reads Burg Story: Oregon Man’s Article Results In Queries Concerning State”“Jelly Sent Portland Man On Other Side of Globe”

Eulogy: “The Last Voyageur” [1986]

Clipping: “Young Writer Finishes Color Picture Series of Northland,” October 9, 1936. [in a Seattle, WA, newspaper – name missing from clipping.]

Article: “Amos Burg, FN 1931,” by Oshin Agathon, in Explorers Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, March 1982, p. 4.

Letter: April 5, 1982, from Gary Topping, to Amos Burg.

Folder 203 Articles: 1930; 1932; 1981

Notes, June 21, 1985, by Nancy Ferrell.

Article: “Campfire Reflections: The Great Caribou Migration,” in Alaska Fish Tales and Game Trails, September 1981, pp. 35-37 & 44.

Article (galley): “To-Day On ‘The Yukon Trail of 1898’” by Amos Burg, in National Geographic Magazine. [July 1930]

Folder 204 “Along the Yukon Trail,” by Amos Burg

Article: “Along the Yukon Trail: On A Route of Tragedy and Treasure, Old-timers and Ghost Towns Recall the Stampeders of ’98, “Clean Mad for the Muck Called Gold,” by Amos Burg – with illustrations from photographs by the Author.

Folder 205 Yukon River Float Trip, 1977 – Mickey Lesley

176



Article: “Yukon River Float Trip, 1977” Mickey Lesley, Typescript – 112 pages.

Folder 206 “The Columbia 1924”

“The Columbia – 1924,” by Amos Burg. A handwritten draft and photocopy of draft.

Folder 207 Loose Photographs/Articles

Program: “Thirty-Seventh Annual Dinner The Explorers Club, Hotel Plaza, New York City – Saturday, January 11, 1941. [Signatures of those in attendance including Lowell Thomas, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Amos Burg, among others.

Article: “Danger Stalks Their Jobs,” by Amos Burg and Ben East, in Outdoor Life, April 1979.

Article: “The Class of 1898,” by Amos Burg in Alaska Fish & Game, pp. 30 – 32 , July-August 1988. [Entire issue.]

1338 [Moose crossing a river, n.d.]

1339 [Moose walking in snow, n.d.]

1340 [Sea Otter floating on back, n.d.]

1341 Reproduction of Burg’s Lecture picture; n.d.1342 Post card: “Lower Columbia River High way, Oregon”

Sleeved negative – Amos Burg posed with Whale Bones at Point Barrow, Alaska, n.d.]

Post card: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Mother.

Clipping: “Amos Burg: Adventurer,” obituary. [Second copy is a reproduction]

List of Amos Burg films.

“At Explorers Club Long Table 1939 in New York” Facing page has print of Burg and Hollstrom at conclusion of 1938 Colorado River trip. Attached: “Grand Canyon Adventure,” by Amos Burg

Negatives, n.d.:

Hell’s CanyonNorth Star

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Slides, n.d.:

1343 “Fort Good Hope”

1344 “Fort Simpson”

1345 “Dumit (?) along McKenzie River”

1346 “Arctic Red River”

1347 [Amos Burg took the first recorded trip by inflatable raft down the Colorado River in 1938. Source: Juneau Empire Obituary, June 13, 1986. Photo by Mildred Capron].

1348 [Amos Burg took the first recorded trip by inflatable raft down the Colorado River in 1938. Source: Juneau Empire Obituary, June 13, 1986. Photo by Mildred Capron].

Reprint of Article: “Exploration of Cape Horn Region, 1934,” by Amos Burg, in National Geographic.

Folder 208 Obituaries / Eulogy / Interview Questions

Undated article about Amos Burg, Sr. – identifies family members.

“Amos Burg, Jr.” – undated.

“Famous Local Adventurer Dies Wednesday at age 84,” Juneau Empire, p. 2, June 13, 1986.

“Obituary: Amos Burg,” undated, no attribution of newspaper.Eulogy: “The Last Voyageur” (3 copies)

Article: “Encounter with a Brown Bear,” by Amos Burg; November 18, 1978.

Interview Questions for July 11, 1985.

Death Certificate for Amos Burg; July 9, 1986.

Folder 209 Photographs / Negatives / Clippings / Post Cards

Negative: “Whole crew on the Wakiki taken in Fort Talbot.”

1349 “Mrs. Amos Burg, Jr.” n.d.

1350 [Two women, 1 man at dinner, n.d.]

178



1351 “Wedding Picture, 1958; Amos and Carolyn Burg.”

1352 Slide – Amos Burg (n.d.)

1353 “Josephine Crumrine, 1980 (?)”

Post Card: August 17, 1926, from Amos Burg, to Mother.

Post Card: n.d., “A Lake and Canyon Voyage: Camera Edplorations with Amos Burg”

1354 – 1355 Group picture with Amos Burg in front row of each.

1356 [Two men in kayak, n.d.]

1357 [Five people (2 men, 3 women) at restaurant table; n.d.] [L to R: Unknown, Sally Polley, Ernie Polley, Mamie Jensen, Marcus Jensen; information provided by patron 3/2012]

1358 [Amos Burg paddling a canoe, n.d.]

1359 [Unidentified man and 2 women, n.d.]

Post Card: n.d., from Amos Burg, to Mother.

1360 [Unidentified hill side.]

1361 “The top, level space of land before the plunge down below, which is shown on the other side. We started pulling the alders out until someone told us to leave them in for nourishment of the soil.”

1362 – 1363 [Carolyn Burg at campfire., n.d.]

Clipping: “He rides the white water in the river,” by Stanton H. Patty, in The Seattle Times, September 24, 1978,

Folder 210 Letters to Carolyn Burg 1965-1971; Negatives; Micro-cassette

Letter: November 5, 1971, from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.


Letter: April 14, 1965, from Carolyn Burg, to Amos Burg.

Letter: July 17, 1968, from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.

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Letter: n.d. (Port Simpson) from Amos Burg, to Carolyn Burg.


Note: June 1st.

Notes, n.d.

Letter: February 13, 1966, from Ed, Nancy, & Max Ferrell, to Carolyn Burg.

Unidentified negatives (6).

Micro-cassette, July 1985 – interview with Amos Burg. Interviewed by Nancy Ferrell (Note: 2 digital access copies on CD filed immediately after microcassette. Transferred at Alaska Historical Collections by Sean M. Lanksbury, February, 2008).

Folder 211 Photographs, 1925 and 1938

1364 [Dancing children – Kandy, Ceylon]

1365 “Amos Burgt & John Mullins in Hell’s Canyon October 1925; Snake River” [“Goes with Kissel Article”]

1366 “Burg left; Buzz [Holstrom] right – 1st rubber craft to navigate Grand Canyon 1938.]

1367 [the Dorjun, Burg’s boat, n.d.]

1368 “The North Star,” n.d.

Folder 212 Diary 1918 (one of 2)Date Book For 1918: Beaver, Manoa, Ventura, Katia

Folder 213 Diary 1918 (two of 2)Katia, Patria

Box 13 Contents

Folder 214 FO – Photos #3 / Binder

1369 [Three women, three men in western costume, n.d.]

1370 [Two women, 1 man in western costume, n.d.]

1371 – 1772 & 1374 Young girl with stuffed Panda.

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1372 “Deering, Alaska: Dog team tied to stake for the summer. In some villages dogs run loose and must forage for themselves”

1373 [Meeting, n.d., Department of Fish & Game]

1375 [Fish, Rod & Reel, n.d.]

1376 – 1377 [Man, Woman and Dog]

1378 [Skins on runway beside plane #N47570, n.d.]

1379 [Man, woman, four children seated at diner counter., n.d.]

1380 “Two Dawson baby-sitters take their charges for an airing in the sun where the temperature was 89 degrees; May 11, 1953”

1381 “Between Whitehorse and Dawson. Looking down from his wheelhouse 35 feet above the water the pilot had a clear view all around. From such a high elevation he could read the river like a book to determine the route of the most mater and the deepest channels.”

1382 [Skins on runway beside plane #N47570, n.d.]

1383 [Man and woman with big fish, n.d.]

1384 [Large herd of moose crossing unientified river., n.d.]

1385 [Skins drying] [n.d.]

1386 – 1387 “Resolution” [n.d.]

1388 [Unidentified family from India., n.d.]

1389 [Closeup of Moose, n.d.]

1390 [Bear wading in stream, n.d.]1391 [Contact sheet showing 3 views of the Endeavour, Burg’s boat; n.d.]

Folder 215 FO – Photos / Binder

1392 – 1394 [Moose crossing a river, n.d.]

1395 [Native Alaskan woman with large fish, n.d.]

1396 [Sea otter, n.d.]

181



1397 [Rookery, n.d.]

1398 [Man at desk, n.d.]

1399 – 1403 [Meeting of Department of Fish & Game, n.d.]

1404 [Closeup of Moose, n.d.]

1405 [Contact sheet: 2 views of Endeavour, one larger ship and a coastal Alaska city, n.d.]

1406 [Man holding two large crabs, n.d.]

1407 – 1410 [Meeting of Department of Fish & Game, n.d.]

1411 [Governor Egan presenting something to an unidentified man; n.d.]

1412 [Meeting of Department of Fish & Game, n.d.]

1413 [Presentation of Certificate from National Rifle Association to Governor Egan, n.d.]

141;4 [Man with antlers, n.d.]

1415 – 1420 [Sea Otters, n.d.]

1421 [Three men ?]

1422 [Sea Otter]

1423 [Moose]


1424 [Moose herd; n.d.]

1425 – 1426 [Man, Woman, three children in boat; n.d.]

1427 [Man with chart stands next to stuffed eagle, n.d.]

1428 [Unidentifried young man; n.d.]

1429 [Governor Egan receives plaque from National Rifle Association; n.d.]

1430 [Governor Egan with two men; n.d.]

182



1431 [Governor Egan with woman and young man; n.d.]

1432 [Governor Egan presenting something to an unidentified man; n.d.]

1433 [Governor Egan receives plaque from National Rifle Association; n.d.]

1434 [Unidentified man and woman, handling money; n.d.]

1435 [Walrus, n.d.]

1436 [Walrus, n.d.]

1437 – 1438 [Brown bear, n.d.]

1439 [Moose in river, n.d.]

1440 [Bear with fish in a stream; n.d.]

1441 – 1442 [Group picture with young Amos Burg in front row; n.d.]

1443 [Young Asian girl on tricycle; n.d.]

1444 [Man with young Asian girl on her tricycle; n.d.]


1445 [Unidentified group of seated women; n.d.]

1446 [Band from unidentified school; n.d.]

1447 [Six men and a dog seated on or standing by a pile of logs, n.d.]

1448 [Steamer “Casca;” n.d.]

1449 [Two women, 1 man in clothing with Native Alaskan images]

1450 [Native Alaskan children; n.d.]

1451 “The lower part of Whitehorse Rapids. The great white breakers have been likened to the leaping white manes of gallopoing horses; May 11, 1953]

1452 “During the gold rush days bulletin boards announced the sailings for steamboats leaving almost daily for Whitehorse and St. Michael. Now the few remaining steamboats operate only between Dawson and Whitehorse.”

183



1453 “Ukivok. Umiaks unloading tons of supplies on the beach of King Island. Longshoring under difficulties is no problem for the Eskimos. King Island, Alaska.”

1454 [Bake sale, n.d.]

1455 “The huge wheel on the stern of a Yukon steamboat in the shipyard at Whitehorse…along the Klondike Trail; May 11, 1953”

1456 “Near Whitepass portions of the old Trail of the Stampeders over Whitepass Summit can still be seen. Up this historic trail thousands of men carried their packs in ’98 and ’99 headed for the summit to where they could embark on the headwaters of theYukon for the journey downstream to Dawson; May 11, 1953”

1457 “Eskimo boy and little sister; March 1952”

1458 “Tanunak, Alaska; an Alaskan Native Service nurse purchases a Tanunak basket; March 1952”


1460 Ukivok, King Island. Eskimos being landed on barge alongside the North Star for transfer to the umiak that will take them ashore.

1461 “Schoolteachers at Kivalina have members of the North Star’s crew for luncheon. For some time before the North Star’s arrival they had been out of staples and lived mainly on moose and bear meat supplied them by the Eskimos; March 1952.”

1462 [Two unidentified men; n.d.]

1463 “In the Fog. A Gloucester fishing schooner is seen slinking through the clammy, gray fog, whose fingers slide through men’s clothing to chill flesh and bone, in this oil painting by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Hunter Wood, U.S. Coast Guard combat artist. Many of these schooners are now in the Coast Guard, doing patrol work. Inscription: ‘To Amos Burg, A friend of Dwight’s is a friend of mine. Good lunch Sailor. Hunter A. Wood ‘43’”

1464 [Two men with fish in a boat., n.d.]

1465 [Opening an oyster; n.d.]

1466 [Two men passing a check from one to the other, n.d,]

1467 [Unidentified fisherman., n.d.]

1468 [Man measuring a moose skull, n.d.]

184



1469 [Boats gathered on beach, n.d.]

1470 [Native Alaskan in front of drying skins; n.d.]

1471 [Two deer on beach; n.d.]

1472 [Walrus, n.d.]

1473 [Two fishermen and catch; n.d.]

1474 [Seal on ice; n.d.]

1475 [Young woman holds large crab; n.d.]

1476 [Three bears eating fish on the beach; n.d.]

1477 [Moose calves being brought ashore from ferry; n.d.]


1478 [Mountain goat; n.d.]

1479 [Bear on hillside with cameraman, n.d.]

1480 – 1484 [Seals on beach, n.d.]

1485 [Moose calf, n.d]

1486 [Elk, n.d.]

1487 [Elk herd on hillside; n.d.]

1488 [Man holding Elk antlers; n.d.]

1489 [Unidentified fisherman and his catch, n.d.]

1490 [Mountain goat, n.d.]

1491 [Birds eating fish, n.d.]

1492 [Bird drinking water, n.d.]

1493 [Moose, n.d.]

1494 [Birds feeding chicks, n.d.]

185



1495 [Fish & Game Dept. Meeting, n.d.]

1496 – 1498 [Black bear, n.d.]

1499 [Herd of mountain goats, n.d.]

1500 – 1501 [August 31, 1950, northern most town in Alaska (Barrow). Population 1000. An influx of Eskimos from villages on the Arctic coast to work on a government oil project has swelled the population from 300 to 1000 Eskimos. Large wages have enabled them to build these wooden houses above the ground. The mud holes are caused by tractors digging into the permanent ground frost and melting the ice. At this time of year (Sept. 1), there is apparently little vaporation by the sun. Rainfall is only four inches. March 1952]

Folder 220 Camargo Photographs / Binder

1502 “Yacht Camargo in the Hamilton Harbor, Bermuda.”

1503 “Bangkok, Siam.”

1504 “Kandy, Ceylon”

1505 “Arctic Circle on Yukon River: This picture was taken from the Steamboat Yukon in 1928 when Fred Hill and I made a trip from Circle to Fort Yukon “hitch hiking our canoe. This was through the Yukon Flat lands where the river is divided into many channels. The portion of the Yukon of which Ft. Yukon lies on the apex is the only section above the arctic circle.” [n.d.]

1506 “Weaving mats – Ceylon village.” [n.d.]

1507 “Desert Well, Aden Arabia” [n.d.]

1508 “Ankor” [n.d.]

1509 “Kandy, Ceylon” [n.d.]

1510 “It is said that the Spanish explorer who named this Bay had aq sense of humor. Women swam out to the ships in schools to make love to the crews with wild abandon; the population of the marquesas has dropped from 150,000 (estimated) to a miserable remnant. Bay of Virgins, Marqesas.” [n.d.]

1511 “Bali” [n.d.]

1512 “Colombo” [n.d.]

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Folder 221 Loose Photographs / Ray Pepper (?) / Davidson Mountains

1513 [Three men stand in front of airplane with a pile of furs to their left; n.d.]

1514 [Two unidentified men walking through a jungle; n.d.]

1515 [Man and woman, two young girls; n.d.]

1516 [Crowd gathered to listen to speaker, n.d.]

1517 – 1531 [Various views of Holmstrom and Burg on their Colorado River expedition; 1938.]


1533 [Unidentified man on boat, closeup, n.d.]

1534 “Crossing Davidson Mouintains, Polar Slope from Mackenzie River Basin to Yukon Watershed. Taken August 28 --, 400 miles above Arctic Circle.” [n.d.]

Folder 222 Photos / Negatives /n.d.


Negatives

1536 [House, n.d.]

1537 [Two women standing in front of house, see # 1536, n.d.]

1538 Contact strip – Carolyn Burg, two of another woman, n.d.

1539 Contract strip – three photos of two children, n.d.

1540 Contact print – three young women sitting in front of fireplace, n.d..

1541 [Woman on horseback, n.d.]1542 [Two men crossing logs in creek, n.d.]

1543 “Resurrection Creek, June 3, 1962.”

1544 [Carolyn Burg at campfire, n.d.]

Negatives

Folder 223 Articles / Photos / n.d.

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Article: “Brooke: Still In the Game,” Newsweek article about former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke. n.d.

Clipping: “Beaufort Battle: Eskimos Carry On Battle to Halt Beaufort Sea Oil Lease Sale,” Southeast Alaska Empire, Nov. 28, 1979, p. 9.

Stationery: “Linea Argentina de Navigacion a Vapor” (5 sheets)

Inpatient Discharge Questionnaire – University Hospital, Seattle.

Letter: March 12, 1975, from Marilyn Baker (Smith-Victor Sales Corporation), to Amos Burg.

Brochure: Eastman Ektachrome Commercial Film 7252 (16mm).

1545 Contact Prints [Three views of children at Christmas, n.d.]

1546 “April 1959” [Unidentified man with coat and hat standing on lawn]

1547 [Carolyn Burg looking at photo of young boy, n.d.]

1548 [Meeting of unidentified persons, microphone on conference table, n.d.]

1549 [Unidentified man in plaid shirt, n.d.]

1550 [Young woman named Hope; inscription is made to Amos [Burg] and dated June 23, 1938.]

1551 [Man on boat with tattoo on right forearm, color, n.d.]

1552 [Unidentifiede young couple, n.d.]

1553 [Man feeding pigeons, color]

1554 [Man in madras shirt eating cake, n.d.]

1555 [Man and three women sitting at a table, n.d. – see # 1554]

1556 [Baby portrait, Jeffrey 11 ½ months; n.d.]

1557 [Unidentified newlyweds; n.d.]

1558 [Unidentified man in office – ca 1930s]

1559 [Group photo of unidentified persons in an office setting, n.d.]

188



1560 [Docked vessel: “Charles R. McCormick” – lumber on dock, n.d.]

1561 [Docked vessel: “Munami” – lumber on dock, n.d.]

1562 Photo of map of Alaska: “Canada Geese and Black Brant Nesting Areas, n.d.]

1563 Photo of Map showing flight paths of Alaskan ducks to lower 48 states, n.d.]

1564 [Ships docked at Union Pacific pier, n.d.]

1565 [Asian woman and child, n.d.]

1566 [Nancy Ferrell in front of totem pole, n.d.]

1567 – 1568 [Nancy Ferrell with birthday cake, n.d.]

1569 Contact Prints – [women in boat, n.d.]

1570 - 1573 Contact Prints – [Island in river – women on island, n.d. – See # 1569, 1572 and 1573]

1574 – 1578 Duplicate contact prints of 1570 – 1573.

1579 [Group photo – unidentified, n.d.]

1580 [Two unidentified babies on a mat, n.d.]

1581 [Unidentified baby in carrying seat, n.d.]

1582 [Nancy Ferrell holding baby, n.d.]

1583 [Two young boys, n.d.]

1584 [Preston Richardson Monument, n.d.]

1585 [Man holding baby, n.d.]1586 [Two spotted eggs, n.d.]

1587 [Black cat sitting on table, n.d.]

1588 [Amos and Carolyn Burg wedding photo, 1958 – damaged.]

1589 [Tree, n.d.]

1590 [Amos Burg examining an instrument.]

189



1591 [Unoccupied and unidentified room, n.d.]

1592 [Snow covered building by a lake, n.d.]

1593 [Unidentified buildings near a lake,n.d.]

1594 [Unidentified man, closeup, n.d.]

Box 14 Contents

Folder 224 From Trip on North Star / National Geographic 1952 & 1953

1595 [Eskimos sewing skins, n.d.]

1596 [Eskimo craftsman, n.d.]

1597 [Carving ivory, n.d.]

1598 [Working with fishing nets, n.d.]

1599j [Building kayak, n.d.]

1600 [Preparing a meal, n.d.]

1601 [Same as 1596, n.d.]

1602 [Eskimo woman cutting meat with an ulu, n.d.]

1603 [Same as 1595, n.d.]

1604 [Drying skins; n.d.]

1605 [Carving ivory, n.d.]

1606 “Eskimo Sod Hut, Arctic Coast,” n.d.1607 [Drying skins on outdoor rack, n.d.]

1608 [Drying fish, n.d.]

1609 [Processing skin, n.d.]

1610 [Drying fish, n.d.]

1611 [Walrus heads with tusks, n.d.]

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1612 [Eskimo woman, n.d.]

Folder 225 Fish & Game, n.d.

1613 [Two women and a dog on a hillside, n.d.]

1614 [Amos Burg in front of Endeavour; n.d. – poor condition]

1615 [Governor William A. Egan surrounded at his desk by 8 unidentified men, n.d.]

1616 [Unidentified man holding two binders joined by a ribbon, n.d.]

1617 [Unidentified meeting; n.d.]

1618 [Wolf skin held by two unidentified men, n.d.]

1619 [Legislative meeting, n.d.]

1620 [Unidentified meeting, n.d.]

1621 [Two crab fishermen, n.d.]

1622 [Two crab fishermen, n.d.]

1623 [Three men standing in front of a small airplane, n.d.]

1624 [Native Alaskan ice fishing, n.d.]

1625 [ANB meeting; photo by Yalth Shawn, n.d.]

1626 [Two divers each holding a crab, n.d.]

1627 [Governor Hickel and Native Alaskan boy, n.d.]

1628 [Examining a document, Senator Ted Stevens and another unidentified man, n.d.]

1629 “Alaska Fisheries,” n.d.

1630 “Upstream view of the downstream weir at the outlet of Kitor Lake, n.d.]

1631 “Tanana River Valley in Interior Alaska, n.d.]

1632 “Tanana River Valley Sportsmen receiving instructions from a biologist prior to the rehabilitation of Deadman Lake; n .d.]

191



1633 “Sportsmen loading the planting truck at the Fire Lake Hatchery, n.d.]

1634 “Fire Lake Hatchery Intake dam, n.d.]

1635 “Smallfish trap, Mink Bay, June 1954”

1636 [Unidentified waterfall/rapids, n.d.]

1637 “School of migrating red salmon fingerlings off trap lead at Laura Lake,” n.d.

1638 [Two fish, a cap and a rifle (?), n.d.]

1639 [Unidentified couple in front of a house; suitcase at feet of woman; n.d.]

1640 [Woman seated in lawn chair in front of house, July 3, 1949.]

Folder 226 Cape Horn Pilot Books

“How the S. A. M.S. Began.” [South American Missionary Society], n.d.]

“1901 Addenda for the Fifth Edition of Findlay’s Directory for th Navigation of the Pacific Ocean,” n.d.

“Chapter III: Rio Negro to Cape Virgins”

“Chapter IV: The Falkland Islands”

“Chapter V: South Georgia, Sandwich Group, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, and Adjacent Antarctica”

“Chapter VI: Magellan Strait And the Waters Northward Of It”

Folder 227 Voyage of the Beagle #4

“Chapter X: Tierra Del Fuego”

Folder 228 Non-Alaska / Miscellaneous Material

1641 [Preparing a meal, n.d.]

1642 [Powered canoe, n.d.]

1643 “Snows of California: Jo & Nelly Robinson” n.d.

1644 [Two men and a hog, n.d.]

192



1645 [Three men loading freight; airplane in background, n.d.]

1646 “Voyaging through the Straits of Magellan,” n.d.

1647 “Our camp at Boat Encampment; Miles 186 on Columbia River,” n.d.

1648 [Preston Richardson monument, n.d.]

1649 [Preston Richard monument, closeup, n.d.]

1650 [Silver City sign, n.d.]

1651 [Cache next to sign of elk; n.d.]

1652 [Native woman and others; n.d.]

1653 [Planting rice, n.d.]

1654 “Japanese trawler attached to Gyokuei Maru”, n.d.

1655 “Alcaleel (?) Patagonian Channels”

1656 [Burg in canoe, n.d.]

1657 [Man in water, n.d.]

1658 [Capsized canoe, n.d.]

1659 [Man in canoe – in rapids, n.d.]

1660 Contact prints – no description

1661 Contact prints – no description

1662 “Franklin Car…”, n.d.

1663 [Amos Burg – passport photo (?), n.d.]1664 [Amos Burg in front of car; n.d.]

1665 Photo of Map showing flight paths of Alaskan ducks to lower 48 states, n.d.]

Folder 229 Family and other Photographs; ca. 1982

1666 [Carolyn and Amos Burg, n.d.]

1667 “Anniversary with Lynn and R. T. Wallen in attendance.”

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Note: July 19, 1982, from Lynn [Wallen?], to Amos and Carolyn Burg.

1668 [Carolyn and Amos Burg, 1980]

1669 [Lynn Wallen, n.d.]

1670 [Unidentified young man; n.d.]

1671 [Two women, 1 man aboard a boat – “Petrel”(?), n.d.]

1672 [Five varieties of salmon: sockeye, pink, Chinook, silver and chum]

1673 [Young man and woman, n.d.]

1674 [Portrait of unidentified woman, n.d.]


1676 [Group of 13 men, women and children aboard a boat, n.d,]

1677 [Engine being lifted aboard a boat, man attending, n.d.]

1678 [Two women, four men, two boys, n.d.]

1679 [Man and boy; n.d.]

1680 [Alaska Native at lean-to with rifle, n.d.]

1681 [Portrait of Amos Burg, ca. 1980s.]

1682 [Two unidentified men in canoe on river rapids, n.d.]

1683 [Two unidentified men in canoe on river rapids, n.d.]

1684 [Unidentified man rowing a canoe, n.d.]

1685 [Amos Burg (?) in inflatable boat on rapids, n.d.]

1686 [Burg and Holstrom on Columbia River bank, n.d.]

1687 [Man with mountain goat – photo by Jadk Rendell.]

1687a

1688 [Portrait of Amos Burg – 1 of 3]

194





1691 [Sailing vessel – “Dorjun.”, n.d.]

Folder 230 Owyher Dam / Native Americans; n.d.

1692 – 1694 [Native Americans; n.d.]

1695 [Church, n.d.]

1696 – 1698 [Native Americans, n.d.]

1699 [Cove, n.d.]

1700 [Woman, child & dog on front lawn of house, n.d.]

1701 [Unidentified river, n.d.]


1703 [Unidentified river; n.d.]

1704 [Wildflowers, n.d.]


1706 [River, n.d.]

1707 [Unidentified valley, n.d.]

1708 [Waterfall; at some distance; n.d.]

1709 [Waterfall, n.d.]

1710 [Canyon, n.d.]

1711 [Waterfall, seen from railroad tracks above and in foreground, n.d.]

1712 [Waterfall – ten men at various locations in front of the waterfall, n.d.]

1713 [Unidentified valley, n.d.]

1714 [Mountain view across lake, n.d.]

195



1715 [Waterfall, at some distance, n.d.]

1716 [Unidentified lake with mountains in background, island in lake, n.d.]

1717 [Unidentified valley with mountains in background, n.d.]

1718 [Ranch at foot of unidentified mountains; n.d.]

1719 [Lake surrounded by mountains, n.d.]

1720 [Floral display, n.d.]

1721 [Split-rail fence, n.d.]

1722 [Monument in wooded area; n.d.]

1723 [Cattle at river; n.d.]

1724 “Owyhee Dam,” n.d.

Folder 231 Slides: Family / Fishing / n.d.

There are 153 slides in the folder and few, if any of the slides have descriptions.

Folder 232 Fishing / Contact Prints, n.d.

1724 Contact Prints – unidentified young woman, n.d.

1725 [Russian fishing trawler, n.d.]

1726 [Longboat aside unidentified boat, n.d.]

1727 [Fishing trawler, n.d.]

1728 [Longboat; see #1726]

1729 [Russian trawler “Vsevolod sibirzev”, n.d.]

1730 [Russian trawler, n.d.]

1731 [Group photo – New Year’s Eve Party – State Laundry Co., n.d.]

1732 [Woman and child, n.d.]

1733 [Native Alaskan with three birds, n.d.]

196



1734 [Governor William A. Egan at desk, surrounded by 8 men.]

1735 [Walruses near rocky coast, n.d.]

1736 [Walruses near rocky coast, n.d.]

1737 [Man measures a fish, n.d.]

1738 [Fish kill, n.d.]

1739 [Three beluga whales on beach, n.d.]

1740 [Unidentified man at meeting; probably Fish & Game, n.d.]

1741 [Netting fish (?) near beach; n.d.]

1742 Contact Prints – feature boat: “Cheryl Ann.”

1743 Contact Prints [fishing]

1744 Contact Prints [miscellaneous subjects; n.d.]

1745 Contact Prints [miscellaneous subjects; n.d.]

1746 Contact Prints [miscellaneous subjects – photos of wildlife, n.d.]

1747 [Paying out nets; two unidentified men on fishing vessel, n.d.]

1748 [Crab catch on ship; n.d.]

1749 [Fish catch being brought aboard unnamed vessel, n.d.]

1750 [Numerous unnamed fishing vessels, n.d.]

1751 [Looking down on unidentified valley from hillside; n.d.]

1752 [Fishing trawler, n.d.]

1753 [Meeting – six men around conference table, n.d.]

1754 [Woman with bundle of straw, n.d.]

1755 [Three men in field heading away from camera; n.d.]

1756 [Contact prints of Fish & Game meeting (?); n.d.]

197



1757 [Three men seated around conference table in a courtroom; n.d.]

1758 [Native Alaskan women cutting up beluga whale with ulus; n.d.]

1759 [Woman looks out toward bay filled with numerous fishing vessels, n.d]

1760 [Native Alaskan woman and child; n.d.]

1761 [House, perhaps owned by Amos Burg; n.d.]

1762 [Governor William A. Egan signs card for man standing next to him at desk; n.d.]

1763 [Portrait of unidentified man; n.d.]

1764 [Man and woman seated together on couch; n.d.]

1765 [Retirement Party (?); Governor Egan and unidentified persons in attendance; n.d.]

1766 [Governor Egan speaks to people gathered for function shown in #1765].

1767 Governor William A. Egan signs card for man standing next to him at desk; n.d.]

1768 [Man and woman seated together on couch; n.d.]

1769 [Woman seated on couch in home setting; n.d.]

1770 [Man seated on striped chair in home setting, n.d.]

Folder 233 Wildlife, Fishing, Contact Prints , n.d.

Folder 234 Wildlife, Fishing, Contact Prints , n.d.

Box 15 Contents

Folder 235 Photographs/Fish & Game , n.d.

Folder 236 Photographs/Fishing, n.d.

Folder 237 Photographs/Fishing & Yukon slides 1981

Folder 238 Photographs/Slides/Yukon

Folder 239 Photographs/Slides/n.d.

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Folder 240 Photographs/n.d.

Folder 241 Photographs/Beluga Whales

Folder 242 England [Possible lists of captions for photographs]

Folder 243 Postcards/Native Alaskans/Photos

Folder 244 Autobiographical Essay, n.d.

Folder 245 Essay – 1929

Folder 246 Notes/ 1967

Folder 247 Letters from Carolyn – 1957

Folder 248 Letters from Carolyn/Amos – 1957

Folder 249 Photographs – People/From Binder

Box 16 Contents

Folder 250 Slides/North Star – 1950

Folder 251 Slides/North Star – 1950

Folder 252 Slides/S.E. Alaska, North Slope, Juneau

Folder 253 Slides/S.E. Alaska, North Slope, Juneau

Folder 254 Slides/Yukon Pepper’s, Jensen Game, Spahn Island, Dick Taylor, James Wycoff, Good Lad

Folder 255 Letters to the Family

Folder 256 Amos Burg Correspondence

Folder 257 General Correspondence

Folder 258 Letter Copies

Folder 259 Correspondence/Carolyn

Folder 260 Letter, pamphlet, program

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Folder 261 Letters – 1949

Box 17 Contents

Folder 262 Family photographs, n.d.

Folder 263 Wildlife photographs

Folder 264 Negatives - Miles Canyon, “Queen”, Skagway, Cape Prince of Wales, King Island, St. Michael, Russian Mission, Matt[Copy prints with description notes can be found in folder]

Folder 265 Negatives - Spok, Lake Laberge, “Yukon”, Annex Creek, Chilkoot Inlet[Copy prints with description notes can be found in folder]

Folder 266 Negatives – From trip starting in 1928 down the Yukon River to the Bering Sea with Fred “Spokane” Hill. Burg wrote about the trip for National Geographic in 1930 (See Chapter 3 of The Last Voyageur by Vince Welch). Photos include Lake Marsh, Dawson, Yukon Flats, Selkirk, Whitehorse, and possibly Nunivak. Burg’s photo descriptions are not bracketed. [Copy prints with description notes can be found in folder]

1 Man at nozzle of placer hose spouting water, Dawson-.

2 Sour-faced Indian with smoked glasses at Moosehide-[sic].

3 [Older woman interacting playfully with two boys and a man as they stand at entrance to log structure. An aluminum basin of water is near the entrance.]

4 Typical fish camp below Dawson- [Drying/ storage structure elevated on stilts, at shore, canoes, and cabin]

5 Porcupine brisling his back down at Roquette rock on the day before we struck the boundary.

6 I eat raspberries at Boundary-

7 Three old Crow Indians at woodpile in Yukon Flats-. [Three smiling young women wearing coats, stockings, and perhaps uniforms].

8 Yukon Flats.- [Men loading fuel wood onto a wooden cart].

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9 A typical Yukon fish camp- [Drying/ storage structure elevated on stilts, at shore, canoes, cabin]

10 Men at work at the Whitehose [sic] boatyard showing the ways-

11 Fox farmer with Reynard on shoulder at Rampart-

12 Mrs. Ptack and fox-

13 Boat being built on the ways at Whitehorse-

14 Selkirk waterfront-

15 From Regina hotel by [wooden] cart at Whitehorse-

16 Spok and ex-telegraph operator at Swede Creek [in canoes]

17 Paddling up the inlet at Sullivan Island-

18 Spok at corner of cabin mouth of White River-

19 [Contact print, photographer’s no. 185. Group of 23 children of various ages, clothed in skin, fur, and cloth].

20 [Same group of children as in no. 19]

21 [Sawing. Sod house in background?]

22 [Boys playing in an old airplane wreckage. From the 1920s?]

23 [Geography lesson. Teacher and students in a classroom with a globe]

24 [Mother and daughter washing with or collecting water at wetlands/ grasslands pond]

25 [Three girls by umiak frames. At fish camp.]

26 [Mother, child, and older woman wearing skins and cloth.]

27 [Woman and man and dog outside underground storage or house entrance. Laundry hangs on the line and the man is barefoot.]

28 [Villagers examining the float plane that brought Amos Burg?)

29 [Detail of no. 28]

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30 [Detail of no. 25]

31 [Drying fish]

32 [Circle game?]

33 [Game]

34 [Girl carrying sibling? on back]

35 [Similar to no. 34]

36 [Woman and two girls cleaning fish on the grass]

37 [Camp, dogs, laundry lines, petrol barrel]

38 [Children walking up grass hill, some carrying sacks. Two wooden structures in background]

39 [Woman and four children in front of house with sod roof]

40 [Woman and seven children inside a house]

41 [Working on or near sod house]

42 [In the men’s house]

43 [Children walking toward crate, some with sacks on backs. Similar to no. 38?]

44 [Woman and girl cleaning fish on the grass]

45 [Two children in skin clothing in front of fishing net.]

46 [Woman walking with wood on shoulder, axe in hand, in camp.]

47 [Two girls, one carrying an infant, likely a sibling]

48 [View of fish camp from above]

49 [Two girls, one holding infant]

50 [Horizontal view of camp]

51 [Six children with umiak? on rack above]

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52 [Coast guard officers and crew, and puppies aboard the Bering Sea Patrol Force boat, Hermes.]

53 [Children wearing beads]

54 [Coast Guard Bering Sea Patrol officers and crew, and puppies on the Hermes.]

55 [One officer, two crew, and five puppies, U.S. Coast Guard Bering Sea Patrol boat, Hermes.]

56 [Coast Guard officer, three puppies, Bering Sea Patrol boat, Hermes.]

57 [Close up of image similar to no. 40]

58 [Two boys at entrance to sod house]

59 [Two men and a woman on a sail boat]

60 [Two men and two women on a sail boat]

61 [Portrait of a girl wearing cloth kuspik]

62 [Close-up of girl wearing a cloth kuspik]

63 [View from shore]

64 [View of sail boat interior front]

65 [Man with small outboard motor boat]

66 [View of water from above]

67 [River, view from above?]

68 [Boys with a jeep? motor near wood pile]

69 [Boys playing on an old 1920s? airplane]

70 [Villagers on shore, watching float plane]

71 [View of village from water]

72 [Portrait of Amos Burg and Fred “Spokane” Hill at boat rail with life preserver.]

73 [Man gutting a fish]

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74 [View of peninsula and village from water]

75 Conference on the bank near the Loo at Carmacks-

76 “Song O’ the Winds” battered beyond repair. Caption from: Burg, Amos. To-day on the Yukon Trail of 1898. National Geographic Magazine, July 1930, pg. 121. [Hauling a canoe up to shore]

77 [Caribou herd swimming close to shoreline]

78 [Men at loading dock]

79 [Spok Fred “Spokane Hill? Rowing canoe]

80 Spok cooking lunch behind stump in our camp where the river Lake Marsh-

Folder 267 Undated correspondences (1950s?), Publications

Folder 268 Correspondence – 1948, 1950-52

Folder 269 Correspondence – Jan to May 1953

Folder 270 Correspondence – June to July 1953

Folder 271 Correspondence – Aug to Nov 1953

Box 18 Contents

Folder 272 Letters to & from Carolyn 1955

Folder 273 Letters to Carolyn 1955 &1956

Folder 274 Letters to & from Carolyn 1956


Folder 276 Letters – 1947 & 1948


Folder 278 Misc. Clippings

Folder 279 Letters – 1941, 1944

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Folder 280 Letter – 1931, “Trapping In Alaska” by Amos Burg

Folder 281 Cards – “On the Colorado River 1938”

Folder 282 Letter (USO) & Notes – ca. 1942

Folder 283 Letters w/envelopes – 1948

Folder 284 Brooks Range, Grandma Nataruck

Folder 285 Book – Section II Chapter 1 “The Strait of Magalhaens”

Folder 286 Notebook – Portland, May 1-19, 1936

Box 19 Contents

Folder 287 Articles/Typescripts

Folder 288 Endeavour Log 1947 – Typescripts

Folder 289 Notes, Article - “Campfire Reflections”, Notebook

Folder 290 Misc. Docs – Letters, Clippings 1943, 1944 & 1949

Folder 291 Letters/Lists/Addresses ca. 1929

Folder 292 Maps

Folder 293 Maps

Folder 294 Maps – MacKenzie

Box 20 Contents

Folder 295-305 Correspondence

Folder 306 Notes – partial

Folder 307 Asia 1941 (?)

Folder 308 Notepad 1940 (?)

Folder 309 Misc. Notes

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Folder 310 Correspondence 1939-1940

Folder 311 Fish & Game ca. 1969

Folder 312 Telegrams

Folder 313 Brazil

Folder 314 National Geographic Society

Folder 315 Keeling Island

Folder 316 Clippings

Folder 317 The Nushagak District Alaska, Geological Survey Bulletin 903

Folder 318 Newspapers/Facsmimilies/Clippings

Folder 319 Correspondence – Miscellaneous

Folder 320 Campfire Reflections – “Down to the Sea in Ships” by Amos Burg

Folder 321 Clippings 1928

Box 21 Contents

Folder 322 Misc. Images

Folder 323 Photos – Gr. Canyon

Folder 324 Photo – Yukon R.

Folder 325 Postcards

Folder 326 Photographs, n.d.

Folder 327 Photographs, n.d.

Folder 327a 1 Glass Plate Negative – Amos Burg’s taken 1912

Box 22 Contents

Folder 328 United States vs Charles Davenport 1912

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Folder 329 United States vs N. Bozokoff 1912

Folder 330 In re: Inquest of Felix Depew 1909

Folder 331 Letter regarding liquor sales to Indians 1914

Folder 332 George N. Astrup 1912

Folder 333 Complaint of E.M. Callahan 1913

Folder 334 U.S. vs S.R. Calvin

Folder 335 U.S. vs Andrew (an Indian) and John Doe (an Indian) 1904

Folder 336 Dah Ton – In Matter of Inquest Upon the Body of… 1907

Folder 337 U.S. vs James Albert 1909

Folder 338 “Alki” S.S. Forfeiture Matter - Violation Sec. 2867, R.S., U.S.

Folder 339 Account of Disbursements re controversy of the dispute of Alaskan Boundary 1903-1905

Folder 340 U.S. vs Mary Bernhoffer 1912

Folder 341 Notes about various locations – McLeod Bay, Kaigani etc.; newspaper article

Folder 342 Autobiographical notes

Folder 343 [2 color pictures of Polynesian(?) women/girls]

Box 23 Contents

Folder 344 Logs

Folder 345 Misc. articles

Folder 346 Invoices 1950-51

Folder 347 Notes/Partial Docs

Folder 348 Photographs

Folder 349 Photographs

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Folder 350 Christmas Cards

Box 24 Contents Loose notebooks

Folder 351 Loose notebook – 1965

Folder 352 Loose notebooks – 1957, 1958, 1963

Folder 353 Notebook – 1966

Folder 354 Log of Amos Burg – 1967

Folder 355 Small Spiral Notebook (some pages difficult to read)

Folder 356 Notebook

Folder 357 Small Spiral Notebook – 1961

Box 25 Contents

Folder 358 Loose notebook pages – 1940, 1941

Folder 359 Notebook – 1931, 1932, 1933

Folder 360 Loose Notebook pages – 1931, 1932

Folder 361 Loose Notebook pages – 1931





Folder 366 “On the Colorado River 1938” 5 x 7 cards mapping Colorado River trip.5 x 7 Postcards dated Friday, Aug. 26, 1938 to Thursday, November 3,1938 from Amos Burg to A.W. Mendenhall describing trip on the Colorado River.

Folder 367 Loose Notebook pages

Folder 368 Loose Notebook pages – 1948, 1953-55, 1957-59 (not in order)

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Folder 369 Notebook



Box 26 Contents

Folder 372 Loose Notebook pages – June 2nd – Dec. 29th, 1958

Folder 373 Loose Notebook pages – 1962, 1963, 1964


Folder 375 Business cards

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Box 29-32 (Moved to High Density area, may become a PCA)

Box 29 Contents

Variety of photographs – most 3 ½ x 4 ½

Box 30 Contents – Removed from collection (per js and jas 12/13/16)

Charts

Box 31 Contents

Photographs - 2 folders (photographs have some curling)

Box 32 Contents

Photographs (photographs have some curling)

INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES

Glass plates stored in Metal Cabinet in Vault

Box 1 of 1MS 236-74-589 [Man in canoe, n.d.]MS 236-327a-1 [Ruby, Alaska, 1912]

Negatives stored in freezer in Vault

4 BoxesBox 1 - Negatives from Folder 264: 1 to 48Box 2 - Negatives from Folder 265: 1 to 46Box 3 - Negatives from Folder 266: 1 to 39Box 4 - Negatives from Folder 266: 40 to 80

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