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A catalog and memoir combining photographs, analytical descriptions, and the author's anecdotes about the artists represented in her collection of arctic art, now part of the University of Alaska's Museum. The catalog covers the spectrum of Eskimo painting, graphic art, basketry, wood carving, skin and cloth sewing, dolls, engraved ivory from 1866
Text includes ill. of the entire Lowie Museum collection.
This comprehensive and illustrated volume is both a rich history of the Catholic Church in Alaska, and the autobiography of Fr. Louis Renner, S.J., who was a dedicated missionary in Alaska for 40 years. He tells here a compelling story of a full and fascinating life in service of the people and the Church of Alaska amid the incredible natural beauties, challenging elements and vast regions of the Great Land. Beautifully interweaving the history of the people and Church in Alaska, Fr. Renner tells his story of a dedicated missionary priest who loved the people he served. A scholar, a teacher, and always a Jesuit priest, he taught German and Latin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, edited ...
Details of missionary work in Alaska's Seward Peninsula from 1903 to 1947.
Catalogue of an exhibition entitled "Setting it free", which traces the historical development of Alaskan Eskimo ivory carving from the 1850's to the present.
Collection of articles, some of which have been previously published, on the history and culture of Inuit in the Bering Strait area of Alaska. Includes account of the Vasil'ev-Shishmareii expedition of 1819-22.
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Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.