Don Horter Photographs, B2014.016
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REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH REPOSITORY NAME: Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center 625 C Street Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: 907-929-9235 Fax: 907-929-9233 Email: [email protected] Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist TITLE: Don Horter Photographs COLLECTION NUMBER: B2014.016 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Dates: circa 1945-1966 Extent: 10 boxes; 4.6 linear feet Language and Scripts: The collection is in English. Name of creator(s): Don Horter, Eric Horter, Dawson Photographers, Muriel Hannah, Fred Milkie, Forde & Carter, Alfred S. Witter, J. Malcolm Greany, Jacobson’s Studio, Frank Dufresne, Steve McCutcheon, Ward Wells, Charles Lane Administrative/Biographical History: Don Horter was a professional photographer and filmmaker in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s, he did commercial photography and films for several Alaska-based companies and governmental agencies, including Alaska Freight Lines, Northern Consolidated Airlines, Pan American Airways, and Wien Airlines. He worked with pilot Ray Petersen and the National Park Service to popularize sport fishing in Alaska, primarily in Katmai National Park. His Alaskan films include Fish On (1948), Alaska (1952), Bulldog Convoy in the Arctic (1955), Wheels to the Arctic (1955), Alaska: our pioneer heritage (1956), and Angler's Paradise (1959). In 1959, Don and his son Eric started Don Horter Productions in Oregon. Don Horter died in 1971 in Eugene, Oregon. Scope and Content Description: The collection contains 2933 primarily black-and-white prints (some on contact sheets only; 10 color prints numbered .1592-.1601) and 750 color transparencies (4 x 5” and 2.25 x 2.25”) created or collected by Don Horter during his work around Alaska circa 1945-1966. The bulk of the material relates to fly-in fishing in Katmai National Park and to the convoy that ferried supplies north during construction of Distant Early Warning Line sites in Alaska and Canada. Also included are many images of Horter and other photographers taking photographs and shooting film around the state. For more information, see Detailed Description of Collection. Arrangement: Arranged by format. Original order maintained within prints, with original binder or folder titles noted. Transparencies arranged by location and subject. CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use. Physical Access: Original items in fair to good condition. Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials. Light box may be used to view transparencies. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation: Don Horter Photographs, Anchorage Museum, B2014.016 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Acquisition and Appraisal Information Donated by Eric Horter in June and July 2014. Processing Note Prints removed from binders; original order retained. Some transparencies removed from paper or glass mounts or from plastic sleeves. RELATED MATERIALS Don Horter Photographs, B2013.006 SUBJECTS Hammersly, Rufus Knox Needahbah, Chief Branham, Bud Petersen, Ray I., 1912-2008 Northern Consolidated Airlines Wien Consolidated Airlines Pan American World Airways, Inc. White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm) Bristol Bay Packing Co. Pacific American Fisheries, Inc. Columbia River Packers’ Association Fairbanks Exploration Company Shrine of St. Therese (Juneau, Alaska) DEW Line Airlines—Alaska Airplanes—Alaska Fishing—Alaska Fisheries—Alaska Canneries—Alaska Mines and mining—Alaska Railroads—Alaska Tourism—Alaska Glaciers—Alaska Transportation—Arctic regions Agriculture—Alaska Roads—Alaska Anchorage (Alaska) Aniak (Alaska) Bethel (Alaska) Bristol Bay Region (Alaska) Brooks River (Alaska) Candle (Alaska) Cantwell (Alaska) Cordova (Alaska) Eagle (Alaska) Eureka (Alaska) Fairbanks (Alaska) Fox (Alaska) Gambell (Alaska) Goodnews Bay (Alaska : Bay) Igiugig (Alaska) Iliamna (Alaska) Juneau (Alaska) Karluk (Alaska) Katmai National Park and Preserve (Alaska) Kenai (Alaska) Ketchikan (Alaska) Kiana (Alaska) Kodiak Island (Alaska) Kokhanok Village Kotzebue (Alaska) McGrath (Alaska) Naknek (Alaska) Nenana (Alaska) Nome (Alaska) Noorvik (Alaska) Nunapitchuk (Alaska) Oscarville (Alaska) Petersburg (Alaska) Platinum (Alaska) Rainy Pass (Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska) Seldovia (Alaska) Seward (Alaska) Sitka (Alaska) Skagway (Alaska) Sleetmute (Alaska) Ukivok (Alaska) Unalakleet (Alaska) Wood-Tikchik State Park (Alaska) Wrangell (Alaska) Yakutat (Alaska) Inside Passage Carcross (Yukon) Aklavik (N.W.T.) Detailed Description of the Collection Prints B1 F1 Alaska: Brooks River, Katmai, Kuskokwim, 1945-1951 .1 – Bill Hammersly’s cache at lower end, Kulik Lake, Alaska [log cache and fish drying rack with nets. Cf. .751] .2 – Bill Hammersly’s cache & doghouse, Kulik, Alaska [log cache and earthen kennel. Cf. .740] .3 – Chief Needahbah (Penobscot Indians) on Brooks River, Alaska [man wearing hip boots standing in river holding salmon and fishing rod] .4 – Chief Needahbah (Penobscots) fishing outlet at Hammersly’s [man wearing hip boots standing in river, angling] .5 – NCA Norseman at Hammersly’s [Northern Consolidated Airlines Noorduyn Norseman floatplane on river near log cache and drying racks, Chief Needahbah standing at right] .6 – Hammersly’s camp at Kulik outlet [similar to .5] .7 – Norseman & cache [floatplane next to log cache] .8 – Norseman & cache [floatplane next to log cache, with drying racks and barrels at right] .9 – Chief Needahbah & Bill Hammersly [two men standing in front of log cabin. Cf. .741-742] .10 – Cache [log cache] .11 – Chief Needahbah & Bill Hammersly [similar to .9] .12 – Bill Hammersly’s cabin [cabin constructed of logs, corrugated metal, tar paper, sod, and other materials, ladder propped against side of house. Cf. .750] .13 – Johnny Walatka, Bill Hammersly & Chief Needahbah [Walatka standing on airplane floats, Hammersly holding lace-up boot, Needahbah holding fishing rod, dog sitting nearby. Cf. .746] .14 – Chief Needahbah fishing slough at camp [man angling from grassy bank, walled tent in background] .15 – Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [man standing in river, fishing next to falls. Cf. .518-533] .16 – Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [similar to .15] .17 – Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [similar to .15] .18 – Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [similar to .15] .19 – Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [similar to .15] .20 – [salmon jumping, probably Brooks Falls] .21 – Chief Needahbah, Brooks River, Alaska [man standing in river, holding salmon and fishing rod, Brooks Falls in background] .22 – [similar to .20] .23 – Aerial, Brooks River Inlet to Naknek Lake .24 – Chief Needahbah, Brooks River, Alaska [similar to .21] .25 – Aerial, Brooks River .26 – Aerial, NCA original camp, Brooks River [walled tents on river] .27 – Aerial, Battle Camp, NCA .28 – Battle Lake & outlet, NCA camp [distant view of floatplane near camp at left, mountains in background] .29 – Norseman at NCA Battle Camp [floatplane and skiff at left near walled tents, man standing on gravel beach] .30 – Aerial, Battle Camp .31 – Chief Needahbah at Kulik outlet [man angling in river, bending over to drink water or rinse face, mountains in background. Cf. .745] .32 – Sockeye salmon leaping, Brooks Falls .33 – Sockeye salmon leaping, Brooks Falls .34 – Chief Needahbah on Brooks River [man standing in rapids, mountains in background] .35 – Chief Needahbah on Brooks River [man standing in river, casting] .36 – Chief Needahbah on Brooks River [similar to .34] .37 – Chief Needahbah on Brooks River [similar to .35] .38 – Bob Phinney, John Walker & Slim on Kulik River [three men in skiff] .39 – Carpenters, John Walatka, Chief Needahbah, me, NCA PR man, Kulik Camp, Katmai [six men standing next to building under construction, Don Horter second from right wearing hip boots and camera on strap. Cf. .743] .40 – Chief Needahbah [man standing in grass tying flies] .41 – Magnificent Worthington Glacier, bordering the highway above Anchorage, main base of Northern Consolidated Airlines [gravel road in foreground] .42 – Mountain lake surrounded by rugged peaks, another of Alaska’s endless scenic wonders, viewed on Northern Consolidated Airlines routes [man and two women standing on dirt road along lake shore, mountains in background. Photo published in Alaska Sportsman August 1951 issue, with caption identifying location as Eklutna Lake] .43 – Typical glacier stream pouring down between rugged peaks near Anchorage, principal Northern Consolidated Airlines base [gravel riverbed, mountains in background] .44 – Lake Clark, looking toward pass and Mt. Redoubt, en route to Katmai National Monument, via Northern Consolidated Airlines [aerial of mountains] .45 – Air-view of Fairbanks showing the business center and fames [famous] Chen [Chena] Slough. Fairbanks is a terminal base of Northern Consolidated Airlines, serving the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers and the Bering Sea .46 – [salmon jumping, probably Brooks Falls. cf. 20] .47 – The daily