Doris Rhodes Slides, B1993.020
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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: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist TITLE: Doris Rhodes Slides COLLECTION NUMBER: B1993.020 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Dates: 1943-1985 Extent: 4 boxes; 4 linear feet Language and Scripts: The collection is in English. Name of creator(s): Doris Nye Rhodes, Thurston M. Nye, Vida Nye, Griffin’s, Malcolm Lockwood, Vic Hessler, Arctic Circle Enterprises, Robinson Studios, Steve McCutcheon, Cecil Rhode, Robert A. Hall, B. Hulm, Jim Shives, Meston’s, Vacation Films Administrative/Biographical History: Vida Nye arrived in Anchorage in 1942 with her husband, Thurston Nye. The couple had been living in Toledo, Oregon, where Thurston worked at the sawmill. The two spent three months establishing residency in Alaska before being allowed to work; Thurston spent the three months working for alcohol supplier Milt Odom. Vida soon found work at Ft. Richardson in hangar D-47, where materiel for the war in the Aleutians was received and shipped out. Vida and Thurston stayed in Anchorage until 1946, when they drove out the Alaska Highway. The couple returned in 1955 and died in Anchorage, Vida in January 1978 and Thurston in August 1979. Doris Nye Rhodes and Glen Rhodes co-owned a sawmill on the Oregon coast for eight years, then shipped the mill to Anchorage in 1955. In Alaska, they opened Bird Creek Sawmill on Turnagain Arm with Thurston Nye. After selling the sawmill, Glen found employment with the Anchorage School District, where he worked for more than 20 years at the school bus garage, retiring as foreman. He drove over the Alaska Highway many times, delivering school buses to Anchorage. Doris worked for the Bureau of Land Management for many years. Glen and Doris had three children: Glenda, Karen Sue, and Mark. Scope and Content Description: The collection consists of 3797 personal and commercially produced 35mm color slides of Alaskan life. The Rhodes traveled around the state to communities both on and off the road system. Several road trips are documented, including a trip up the Dempster Highway to Inuvik in 1981. The long time period and Doris Rhodes’ particular interest in documenting both new and old buildings, infrastructure, and culture helps illustrate the growth of Alaska and of Anchorage in particular. Notable events documented include the Statehood celebration in 1958, Pope John Paul II’s visit to Anchorage in 1981, and Anchorage’s annual Fur Rendezvous winter festival. Arrangement: Originally accessioned with minimal subject arrangement (1-1975). First and second addenda arranged chronologically, with commercial slides placed at end. Third addendum (3671-3797) arranged chronologically. See Processing Note. CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use. Physical Access: Original items in good condition. Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials. 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: Doris Rhodes Slides, Anchorage Museum, B1993.020 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Acquisition and Appraisal Information Donated by Doris Rhodes in 1993. Processing Note Slides originally numbered in sequence (1-1975), then distributed to slide files. Removed from slide files in 2010-2011 and reordered in accession number order. Several boxes of unnumbered slides located in backlog and added as addendum with continuous numbering in 2013. A second batch was located in the backlog after numbering had begun on the first accrual; a second chronological series was created for the second addendum. Third addendum found in mislabeled box in August 2013 and added at end. Many slide labels coming loose in 2013; accession numbers added in pencil on most slide housings. Many early accession numbers duplicated; individuated with addition of letters during renumbering in 2013. Several numbers missing at the time of processing; it is unknown whether these represent missing slides or errors in accessioning. Note Rhodes often used FAA airport codes to designate locations. RELATED MATERIALS Eielson Panorama, B1991.037 Nye-Rhodes Photograph Collection, B1992.032 Doris Rhodes-Vida Nye Collection, B2008.033 Thurston M. Nye Letter, B2010.019 Doris Rhodes Scrapbooks, B2011.011 SUBJECTS Rhodes, Doris Rhodes, Glen, 1917-2000 Nye, Vida, d. 1978 Dimond, Anthony Joseph, 1881-1953 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Railroad White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm) Alaska State Fair Fur Rendezvous (Anchorage, Alaska) Alaska 67 Exposition (Fairbanks, Alaska) Iditarod (Race) Nenana Ice Classic (Alaska) Frontier and pioneer life—Alaska Agriculture—Alaska Plants—Alaska Hot springs—Alaska Camps—Alaska Ships—Alaska Ferries—Alaska Mines and mining—Alaska Amusement parks—Alaska Petroleum industry and trade—Alaska Aeronautics—Alaska Buildings—Alaska Roadhouses—Alaska Roads—Alaska Roads—Yukon Shopping malls—Alaska—Anchorage Log buildings—Alaska Alaska Native art Aleutian Islands (Alaska) Alyeska, Mount (Alaska) Anchorage (Alaska) Atka (Alaska) Big Lake (Alaska) Chena (Alaska) Chitina (Alaska) Circle (Alaska) Clam Gulch (Alaska) Clear (Alaska) Delta Junction (Alaska) Dyea (Alaska) Eklutna (Alaska) Fairbanks (Alaska) Fort Richardson (Alaska) Haines (Alaska) Healy (Alaska) Homer (Alaska) Hope (Alaska) Juneau (Alaska) Kenai (Alaska) Kenai Peninsula (Alaska) Klukwan (Alaska) Kodiak (Alaska) Kotzebue (Alaska) Livengood (Alaska) Manley Hot Springs (Alaska) Matanuska River Valley (Alaska) Nenana (Alaska) Newhalen (Alaska) Ninilchik (Alaska) Nome (Alaska) North Pole (Alaska) Northway (Alaska) Palmer (Alaska) Paxson (Alaska) Petersburg (Alaska) Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) Seldovia (Alaska) Seward (Alaska) Sitka (Alaska) Skagway (Alaska) Soldotna (Alaska) Talkeetna (Alaska) Togiak (Alaska) Wasilla (Alaska) Willow (Alaska) Wrangell (Alaska) Glenn Highway (Alaska) Richardson Highway (Alaska) Denali Highway (Alaska) Taylor Highway (Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska) Alaska Highway Carcross (Yukon) Dawson (Yukon) Fort McPherson (N.W.T.) Inuvik (N.W.T.) Whitehorse (Yukon) Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: 1992 Accession B1/B1 .1 – Hope [gravel road, houses, fall foliage, mountains behind; print date Oct 1967] .2 – Hope, lane [gravel road, houses, fall foliage, Turnagain Arm in distance, print date Oct 1967] .3 – Hope, barn & horses [print date Oct 1967] .4 – Horses at Hope [similar to .3; print date Oct 1967] .5 – Hope barn [similar to .3-.4, with wagon wheels in front of barn; print date Oct 1967] .6 – Resurrection Creek at Hope, Mark Rhodes [print date Oct 1967] .7 – Hope main st. [with Hope General Store, sign for Porcupine Campground on left, Turnagain Arm in distance; print date Oct 1967] .8 – Hope log house [print date Oct 1967] .9 – Nearhouse store at Hope [Iver Nearhouse General Mdse, Hope General Store; print date Oct 1967] .10 – Hope, AK [log building, wooden fencing, Turnagain Arm in distance; print date Oct 1967] .11 – Bird Valley from Hope [view across Turnagain Arm; print date Oct 1967] .12 – Bird Valley, Hope side [view across Arm, wood plank building in foreground; print date Oct 1967] .13 – Soldatna [sic] oil drill bits [fence made of oil drill bits outside a liquor store in Soldotna; print date Oct 1971] .14 – Clam Gulch cars [cars parked along Sterling Highway, 1956; print date June 1972] .15 – Clam Gulch cars [cars parked along Sterling Highway, 1956; print date June 1972] .16 – Clam Gulch fish shacks, 1956 [Jeep, boats on dirt road next to two shacks, Cook Inlet in background] .17 – Fish trap, 1956 [on mud flats at low tide; Cook Inlet?] .18 – New Russian Orthodox church, Eklutna [print date August 1979] .19 – Eklutna, inside old church, 8-79 .20 – Old church alter [sic], Eklutna [print date August 1979] .21 – Eklutna church in winter, Jan. 68 [cemetery in foreground] .22 – Mark at spa [Chena Hot Springs; print date Sep 68] .23 – Chena Hot Springs [outdoor pool; print date Sep 69] .24 – Circle H.S. pool outside [print date Jul 67] .25 – Tanana River at Manley H.S. [anglers standing on bank] .26 – Manley Hot Springs [slough at Manley with abandoned buildings; print date Jul 67] .27 – Air fld at Manley [small airplanes on airstrip, 1967] .28 – N.C. Store, Manley H.S., AK [Northern Commercial Co. in corrugated metal building, 1967] .29 – Camp at Manley Hot Springs, Alaska [man next to tent, picnic table, automobile, with bridge in background, 1967] .30 – Manley Hotel [Manley Lodge, 1967] .31 – Manley H.S. P. Office [flagpole outside Manley post office, 1967] .32 – Slough at Manley Hot Springs [1967] .33 – Healy coal mines [mine buildings in river valley] .34 – Healy coal elec. generator plant [print date Jul 67] .35 – Healy coal seam from train , 1968 .36 – Matanuska homestead, 1945 or 46 [farm buildings with mountain in back] .37 – Palmer, Colony barn, Sept. 77, Ardut farm .38 – Palmer pea harvest, Sept 77 [tractor pulling Green Pea Combine] .39 – Jonesville Coal Mine, 7/59 .40 – Jonesville Mine,