Guide to the Bill Bacon photograph files
1941-2004
Collection number: HMC-0991.
Creator: Bacon, William W., III
Title: Bill Bacon photograph files.
Dates: 1941-2004.
Volume of collection: 6.0 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Photographs, color slides, and subject files of Alaskan photographer and filmmaker.
Biographical note:
Bill Bacon, born in 1926, worked as a photographer and filmmaker for more than 60 years. He produced, directed, and filmed documentaries and photographed diverse subjects such as wildlife, environment, oil industry, and travel. As a photographer, he documented life in Alaska, the United States, and all over the world. He worked as a freelance photographer working with newspapers, travel magazines, stock footage companies, and commercial organizations, like ARCO.
Collection description:
The collection contains materials produced and collected by Bill Bacon as a photographer. The subject files contain negatives, photographs, notes, correspondence, and research files created for varying projects and assignments from 1956-2004. The photographic slides date from 1954-2000. Slides from Alaska and a majority of the subject files document places and people all over the state of Alaska. Subjects and locations include Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Chefornak, Kongiganak , Alaska’s politicians, dog sled racing, oil, mining, aviation, Alaskan cities and regions, Alaska Natives, glaciers, art in Alaska, military (such as DEW Line), World War II and more. Slides from outside of Alaska include images of places and people from different parts of the world. This includes such locations as Washington state, Montana, China, Russian, Greenland, and Mexico; and subjects such as Blackfoot Indians, logging, and geological formations.
Arrangement: The series is divided into the following series:
Series 1: Subject files; 1941-2004
Series 2: Slides; 1954-2000
Subseries 2a: Alaska related slides; 1954-1995
Subseries 2b: Outside Alaska slides; 1958-2000
Digitized copies: Selected items from the collection have been digitized and can be viewed on Alaska’s Digital Archives. For information about obtaining copies please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Bill Bacon waived copyright of materials to which he owned copyright. Copyright restrictions apply to collection materials not produced by Bill Bacon.
Preferred citation: Bill Bacon photograph files, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory:
White Eagle. “The producer. Cinematography: William Bacon III Bill Bacon Productions.” White Eagle and the Whirling Rainbow Foundation. http://www.whirlingrainbow.com/producers.htm (accessed August 2, 2010).
Swenson Media Group: Vision, sound & story. “William Bacon Productions: Producer, director of photography and cinematography, cinematographer.” http://www.swensonmediagroup.com/William_Bacon_Productions.doc (accessed August 2, 2010).
Acquisition note: The collection was given to the Archives by Bill Bacon in March 2008. Additional materials were added in June 2008.
Processing information: This collection was described by Mariecris Gatlabayan in 2010. Collection materials came in no discernable order. Groupings in which the materials arrived and their descriptions were retained. Photograph prints, negatives, and slides were rehoused in archival safe folders. Descriptions on folder titles, envelopes, and negative enclosures were transcribed or attached to the corresponding photographic materials. Archivist provided description when no description was attached.
Container list:
Series 1: Subject files; 1941-2004. 3.0 cubic feet.
This series relates to Bill Bacon’s projects, research, and photography assignments. Most photographs were taken in Alaska. Subjects covered in this series are diverse and include dog sledding, Alaskan cities, Alaska Natives, mining, oil drilling, aviation, the environment, geology, the U.S. military, and scientific exploration. A majority of this series is photographs, negatives, color transparencies, and slides. Mixed in with the visual materials are articles, brochures, correspondence, and Bill Bacon’s notes. The first sentence of each description was taken from labels written on envelopes and boxes. Succeeding description was added by archivists to provide more information about the contents of folder. When there was no description attached to archival materials, an archivist provided description. Files are in no particular order.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 1/1 | Dog mushing: 12 mi. race | 1962 January 14, February 4 |
| 1/2 | Golden Heart publications Dog mushing related publications | 1941-1956 |
| 1/3 | Iditarod publications | 1991-1992 |
| 1/4-15 | North American sled dog race | 1957 |
| 1/16 | Kuskokwim 300, Jan. 24: Jerry Austin | ? January 24 |
| 1/17-19 | North American | 1961 |
| 1/20-21 | Women’s race-North American | 1961 |
| 1/22-23 | Junior races | 1961 |
| 1/24 | Old man’s race | 1961 |
| 1/25 | Mutt parade: March 25, 1961 | 1961 March 25 |
| 1/26-28 | Golden Days [and] Eskimo Olympics | 1961 |
| 1/29 | Dog related articles | undated |
| 1/30 | Leonard Seppala | 1961 |
| 1/31-35 | Sled dog races of the past | 1957 |
| 1/36-39 | Alaskan people. Includes photographs, negatives, and newspapers articles | 1955-1988 |
| 1/40 | Alaska’s Natives articles | 1992-1993 |
| 1/41-42 | Jo Crumrine | 1958-1978 |
| 1/43-45 | People-photos and negatives. Includes images of William Banff, James H. Barker, Muktuk Marston, Senator Mike Gravel, Jack Ryan, Eva McGowan, Bill and Jerry Sheldon, and Mike Stepovich | undated |
| 1/46-50 | Nome. Includes images of George Thiel [Gurde?] and Claude [Coltra?] | 1958-1961, undated |
| 1/51 | Alaskan towns and cities. Includes images of Circle Hot Springs, McGrath, Umiat, and Bethel | 1961 |
| 1/52-53 | Anchorage-Fur Rendezvous | 1957, 1978 |
| 1/54 | Anchorage ’79 | 1979 |
| 1/55 | Big Delta, Boundary, Copper Creek Center, cabin caches | 1955, undated |
| 1/56-57 | Cripple Creek | 1961 |
| 1/58-61 | Fairbanks air shots and buildings | 1961-1962 |
| 1/62-63 | Fairbanks cold weather | 1961 December |
| 1/64 | Fairbanks fires | 1956-1961 |
| 1/65-72 | Fairbanks street scenes, commercial photos, fires, nightclubs, and construction | 1955-1957, undated |
| 1/73-2/1 | University of Alaska Fairbanks. Includes aerial views of the campus and images of buildings and classes on campus | 1957, 1962, undated |
| 2/2 | Fort Yukon. Includes images of the village, church, hospital, stores, an “Indian school,” Melville’s Roadhouse, gravesites, and aerial shots of the Fort Yukon | 1957, 1961, undated |
| 2/3-4 | Gambell. Images of unidentified Alaska Native family gathering | undated |
| 2/5 | Kotzebue. Images of Alaska Native dancing and Quaker church | circa 1961 |
| 2/6 | Livengood Pioneer Roadhouse | 1956 |
| 2/7 | Matanuska Valley | undated |
| 2/8-11 | Nenana: dock and barge fire in August 3, 1957 and the Nenana Ice Pool. Includes correspondence and notes Bill Bacon wrote to accompany selected images he sent to Life magazine in 1956 | 1956, 1957 |
| 2/12 | Pribilof Islands related articles | 1985-1988 |
| 2/13 | Seward Peninsula: Nome articles | 1980-2003 |
| 2/14-15 | Southeast files. Includes photographs of Juneau in 1963 and articles and booklets about Sitka and Alaska Native masks created in Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Canada | 1963, 1986-1988 |
| 2/16 | Alaska mining article | undated |
| 2/17 | F.E. Company mining: “underwater mining” | undated |
| 2/18-24 | Gold mining series: Fairbanks F.E. Company | circa 1956-1970 |
| 2/25-28 | F.E. mining: Fairbanks. Includes Bacon’s notes | circa 1960 |
| 2/29-30 | Hiways [highways]: Tok, Gakona, and Paxson | 1957,1961 |
| 2/31 | Valdez | undated |
| 2/32-33 | Prince William Sound oil spill articles and Bacon’s shot list and notes | 1989 |
| 2/34-35 | Oil spill EXXON Valdez articles | 1983-2004 |
| 2/36 | D-2 Land/Oil reports and articles | 1978-1979 |
| 2/37 | Gas Pipeline: “Big John Gas Pipeline” | undated |
| 2/38-39 | ARCO publications | 1980-1981, undated |
| 2/40 | Canada-to-Kenai gas line article clippings | 1993 |
| 2/41-42 | Prudhoe Bay | 1969-1985 |
| 2/43-49 | Alaska oil and oil pipeline | 1970-2002 |
| 2/50 | Other oil basins newspaper clippings | 1984-1993 |
| 2/51-52 | Diaper Field: sale 71 newspaper clippings and informational packet | 1982 |
| 2/53-63 | Dan Prince oil rig | circa 1980-1982 |
| 2/64-66 | Hover Barge: ACT-100 Mukluk Island | 1989-1990 |
| 2/67 | ACT-100 with helicopter and rollagon: images of Sohio’s hover barge test in Prudhoe Bay | 1982 |
| 2/68 | S-61 helicopter | 1983 |
| 2/69-75 | Sohio hover barge tests. Includes informational packet and William Bacon Productions invoice | 1982 |
| 2/76-80 | Jeff-A Mukluk group shot insert. Includes commemorative envelopes that were “carried on the first Arctic open ice run to Mukluk Island, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska” | 1983-1984 |
| 2/81 | Kuparuk. Includes article featuring Bill Bacon’s photographs | 1980 |
| 2/82-83 | Valdez Terminal. Includes informational packet | 1976-1979 |
| 2/84-85 | Alyeska pipeline and animals article and photographs | 1977 |
| 2/86 | Semi submersibles off-shore drill rigs: Ocean Odyssey | circa 1980-1990 |
| 2/87 | Drilling Islands: CIDS [Concrete Island Drilling System] articles | 1985 |
| 2/88-3/5 | Global Marine Development photographs, negatives, and papers related to the production of the film, C.I.D.S. Includes images of Exxon’s Ice Island in 1979, C.I.D.S. script, invoice, and Bacon’s research files | circa 1979-1984 |
| 3/6 | Drilling Islands | 1979 |
| 3/7-10 | Alyeska Pipeline publications and notes | circa 1970-1976 |
| 3/11 | Petroleum related articles | 1962-1982, undated |
| 3/12-14 | Amoco Belcher prospect | circa 1988 |
| 3/15-23 | ARCO PR. Includes images of drilling in the North Slope and an ARCO ship in Valdez | 1968-1969, undated |
| 3/24 | Oil: Prudhoe Bay and Kenai | 1969, 1972, undated |
| 3/25-26 | ARCO’s Norton Sound Project information project. Includes images of people at Little Diomede and Gambell | circa 1982 |
| 3/27-32 | Oil. Prudhoe Bay notes, correspondence, and related articles that featured Bacon’s photographs | circa 1962-1980 |
| 3/33 | Archaeology and astrology related articles that are annotated | circa 1950-1999 |
| 3/34 | Aurora Borealis | 1961, 1980 |
| 3/35 | Permafrost related articles | 1972, undated |
| 3/36-38 | Agriculture in Alaska. Includes images of cat skinner and Paul Elbert in Happy Valley | 1956-2004 |
| 3/39-40 | Defense: Air Force Army, clear Distant Early Warning (D.E.W.) Line, and U.S. Air. Includes images of D.E.W. Line in Barrow | 1962, undated |
| 3/41-42 | Geological formations: Glaciers and Alaska mountain range. Includes photographs of Mount Rainer | undated |
| 3/43 | Art: “Resty and Fred” photographs that include photographs of Ruth Koehler’s artwork | 1962 |
| 3/44 | Art: “Rusty and Sandy.” Contains negatives and photographs of paintings. The name “Rusty” may be referring to Rusty Herulin (Magnus Colcord Heurlin) | undated |
| 3/45 | Art: Fred Machetanz ice shots. Photographs of Machetanz paintings and ice cakes | undated |
| 3/46 | Aviation: Wein Airlines, Pilatus Porter, Fort Yukon strip | 1950-1965 |
| 3/47 | Aviation related articles. Includes brochures and estimates to charter plane | circa 1972 to 1991, undated |
| 3/48 | Aviation: Apache [plane]. Photographs made for Jess Bachner | 1957 |
| 3/49 | Aviation: Scandinavian Airlines Fairbanks International Airport | 1957 |
| 3/50 | Aviation: Photographs. Includes articles related to history of Aviation in Alaska | circa 1961 |
| 3/51-53 | Bureau of Land Management: Fires. Photographs, color transparencies, negatives, and articles related to BLM helicopters fighting fires | circa 1957, 1994, undated |
| 3/54-60 | Riverboat Discovery tour and Captain Brinkley | circa 1962 |
| 3/61 | Captain Jim and Mary Brinkley’s the Discovery | 1962 |
| 3/62 | Riverboat Nenana photographs taken from Nenana to Fairbanks | circa 1954-1955 |
| 3/63 | Boats: outboard and boat races | 1956, undated |
| 3/64 | Boats: Russian fishing fleet | 1975 |
| 3/65 | World War II: Japan and atomic bomb articles. Includes 1945 U.S.S. Connor Press News | 1945-1985 |
| 3/66-68 | ARLIS II (Arctic Research Laboratory Ice Station) near North Pole. Contains images of researchers working and living on ice station | 1962 |
| 4/1 | ARLIS II | 1962 |
| 4/2-4 | ARLIS II-March 1962. Includes list of photograph descriptions, letter regarding his March 1962 trip, and articles | 1962-1975 |
| 4/5 | Oil field stickers | undated |
Series 2: Slides; 1954-2000. 3.0 cubic feet.
This series is composed of color slides taken by Bill Bacon. It is divided into two subseries: Alaska related slides and slides of places outside of Alaska. Descriptions come from descriptions on slide boxes and slide enclosure and relate to the city/region/state, topic, or event he was photographing. Within each subseries, slides are organized in alphabetical order according to Bill Bacon’s descriptions.
Series 2: Slides. Subseries 2a: Alaska related slides; 1954-1995. 2.0 cubic feet.
Slides are described by geographical location, topic, or event photographed. Slides are in alphabetical order by description.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 4/6 | $200,000.00 Gold & Cash | undated |
| 4/7 | 3rd Miner’s Day, Talkeetna | 1983 |
| 4/8 | Alaska Railroad | 1985 |
| 4/9 | Alaska Towns/Villages | 1954 |
| 4/10 | Alaskan filmers [filmmakers] | 1978 May |
| 4/11 | Alcan Highway | 1960, 1961, 1975 |
| 4/12 | Aleutian Islands Unimak Island Isanotski | 1976 |
| 4/13 | Alyeska area | 1985 |
| 4/14 | Alyeska Pipeline work camps | 1976 |
| 4/15-16 | Anchorage | 1978-1984 |
| 4/17 | Anchorage area tourist spots | 1985 |
| 4/18 | Anchorage-Airshots | 1980 |
| 4/19 | April in Paris Captain Cook | 1983 |
| 4/20 | Army Corps Engineers Chena Lakes Flood | 1977 |
| 4/21 | Art-Alaska State Council on the Arts | 1979 October-November |
| 4/22 | Bethel | 1981 |
| 4/23 | Bethel Waterfront Barge Freight | 1981 |
| 4/24 | BIMA, Nome | 1986 |
| 4/25 | Brevig Mission, Nome | 1980 |
| 4/26 | Brooks Range | 1981 |
| 4/27 | Chefornak | 1981 |
| 4/28 | Chevak | 1981 |
| 4/29 | Chitna | 1981 |
| 4/30 | Circle Theater construction | 1981 |
| 4/31 | Cloud formations | 1974 |
| 4/32 | Columbia Glacier | 1981 |
| 4/33 | Construction | 1980 |
| 4/34 | Cordova Million Dollar Bridge & railroad trams | 1985 |
| 4/35 | D.E.W. [Distant Early Warning Line] | 1975 |
| 4/36 | Denali–The Great One | 1983 |
| 4/37 | Dillingham Alaska commercial fishing | 1982 |
| 4/38 | Dillingham docks | 1982 |
| 4/39 | Dyea Alyeska | 1986 |
| 4/40 | ECL Alaska | 1987 |
| 4/31 | Eek | 1981 |
| 4/42 | Eklutna | 1981 |
| 4/43 | Elim | 1980 |
| 4/44 | Eskimos/Indians Spirit Days | 1985 |
| 4/45 | Executive Explorer, Glacier Bay | 1986 |
| 4/46 | Fairbanks–Mining U.S. Smelting Refining and Mining Company | 1956-1957 |
| 4/47 | Fairbanks “1955-56-57” | 1954-1977 |
| 4/48 | Farms Alaska–Old farms in the 1950s | 1961 |
| 4/49 | Fish–Salmon process | 1982 |
| 4/50 | Forest Fires Alaska–Big “D” | 1954 |
| 4/51 | Forest Fires Alaska–Central Switch Creek | 1954 |
| 4/52 | Forest Fires Alaska–Minto | Undated |
| 4/53 | Forest Fires Alaska-Montana Creek | 1954 |
| 4/54 | Forest Fires Alaska–Salcha River Fire | 1957 |
| 4/55 | Forest Fires Alaska–Sheenjack River | 1954 |
| 4/56 | Fur Rondy | 1982 |
| 4/57 | Gambell | 1980 |
| 4/58 | Glaciers: Exit Glacier (August 30, 1993) and Riggs Glacier (June 22,1992) | 1992, 1993 |
| 4/59 | Glacier Bay Grand Pacific Glacier | 1981 |
| 4/60 | Golovin | 1980 |
| 4/61 | Goodnews | 1981 |
| 4/62 | Governor Bill Sheffield TV Spot Running for Office | 1986 |
| 4/63 | Gustavus | 1981 |
| 4/64 | Haines | 1985 |
| 4/65 | Halibut Fishing I | 1982 |
| 4/66 | Halibut Fishing II | 1984 |
| 4/67 | Hatcher Pass | 1983 |
| 4/68 | Haul road scenes | 1983 |
| 4/69 | Healy Electric Power Plant and coal beds | 1984 |
| 4/70 | Helmrick’s Home | 1983 |
| 4/71 | Herbie Nayokpuk | 1980 |
| 4/72 | Highway accidents | 1984 |
| 4/73 | Homer | 1976-1984 |
| 4/74 | Homer Land | 1984 |
| 4/75 | Hoonah | 1979 |
| 4/76 | Hooper Bay | 1981 |
| 4/77 | Hope | 1982 |
| 4/78 | Hubbard Glacier, Yakutat | 1973 |
| 4/79 | Hubbard Misty [Tracy?] Arm | 1987 |
| 4/80 | Hyder + Road to | 1986 |
| 4/81 | Ice & Snow–Ice XLS | 1962 |
| 4/82 | Ice & Snow–Sastrugi | 1962 |
| 4/83 | Ice & Snow Formations–Arctic Ice | 1979 |
| 4/84 | Ice & Snow Formations–Grounded Ice Shore Barrow | 1975 |
| 4/85 | Ice & Snow Formations–The Lead Opening | 1970 |
| 4/86 | Ice & Snow Formations–Pressure Ridges | 1979 |
| 4/87 | Ice & Snow Formations–Rafting | 1979 |
| 4/88 | Ice Road | 1982 |
| 4/89 | Independence Mine Hatcher’s Pass | 1981 |
| 4/90 | Inter Tie Denali Linemen Cantwell | 1984 |
| 4/91 | Juneau | 1986 |
| 4/92 | Juneau Ice Field | 1979 |
| 4/93 | Kaktovik | 1981 |
| 4/94 | Kantishna R. | Undated |
| 4/95 | Katmai | 1970 |
| 4/97-97 | Kenai | 1977-1993 |
| 4/98 | Ketchikan, Saxman | 1986 |
| 4/99 | Kiana | 1981 |
| 4/100 | Kipnuk | 1981 |
| 4/101 | Kobuk River, Arrigetch Peaks | 1992 |
| 4/102 | Kongiganak | 1981 |
| 4/103 | Kotzebue | 1981 |
| 4/104 | Koyuk | 1980 |
| 4/105 | Kwethluk | 1981 |
| 5/1 | Little Diomede | 1980 |
| 5/2 | Maps AK-USA | Undated |
| 5/3 | Matanuska Valley | 1977-1984 |
| 5/4 | McCarthy | Undated |
| 5/5 | Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island | 1979-1981 |
| 5/6 | Mendenhall Glacier | 1986 |
| 5/7 | Moose at 40 below (possibly Fairbanks) | undated, before 1959 |
| 5/8 | Moses Point | 1980 |
| 5/9 | Mt. Augustine, cabin, helicopter-crash | 1976 |
| 5/10 | Mt. McKinley | 1980 |
| 5/11 | Mt. McKinley climb, KOMO-TV | 1974, March-April |
| 5/12 | Mt. Sanford | 1981 |
| 5/13 | Nancy Lake | 1983 |
| 5/14 | Napakiak | 1981 |
| 5/15 | Napaskiak | 1981 |
| 5/16 | Native baskets | 1984 |
| 5/17 | Nenana | 1956, 1981 |
| 5/18 | Nightmute | 1981 |
| 5/19 | Ninilchik | 1982 |
| 5/20 | Nome | 1955-1981 |
| 5/21 | Nome-Reindeer herding and herder Larry Davis | 1980 |
| 5/22 | North American-dog sled race | 1961 |
| 5/23 | Norton Sound | 1980 |
| 5/24 | Nova D-2 land issue | 1978 |
| 5/25 | Oil pipe line views no snow | 1981 |
| 5/26 | Paxson Area | 1983 |
| 5/27 | People Alaska–Jo Crumrine | 1985 |
| 5/28 | Permafrost | 1977 |
| 5/29 | Petersburg-Bill Greinier shrimping | 1986 |
| 5/30 | Petersburg | 1986 |
| 5/31 | Platinum | 1981 |
| 5/32 | Pollution-California, Washington, Fairbanks | 1967-1972 |
| 5/33 | Pope John, Fairbanks | 1984 May |
| 5/34 | Port of Anchorage, Alaska | 1977 |
| 5/35 | Portage-Cooper Landing | 1984-1985 |
| 5/36 | Portage Glacer. Includes slides of Childs Glacier in Cordova, Worthington Glacier, glacier in Thole area, Crow Foot Glacier in Canada, and Matanuska Glacier | 1984 |
| 5/37 | Prudhoe-Harrison Bay seise | 1982 |
| 5/38 | Quinhagak | 1981 |
| 5/39 | Rafting–McKinley Park | 1981 |
| 5/40 | Rainbows | 1985 |
| 5/41 | Reid Glacier | 1992 |
| 5/42 | Renaissance Fair | 1980 |
| 5/43 | Riggs Glacier | 1992 |
| 5/44 | River boats | 1961 |
| 5/45 | River break-up | 1995 |
| 5/46 | Saint George | 1984 |
| 5/47 | Saint Michael | 1980 |
| 5/48 | Saint Paul | 1984 |
| 5/49 | Saint Paul Halibut Dock Boats | 1984 |
| 5/50 | Saint Paul Halibut Dock Boats, Unload | 1985 |
| 5/51 | Salmon Fishing-Sport | 1982 |
| 5/52 | Savoonga | 1980, |
| 5/53 | Scammon Bay | 1981 |
| 5/54 | Seldovia | 1970 |
| 5/55 | Seward | 1981-1982 |
| 5/56 | Shaktoolik | 1980 |
| 5/57 | Shishmaref | 1980 |
| 5/58 | Sindy/Jim-Round Island | 1982 |
| 5/59 | Sitka | 1981-1987 |
| 5/60 | Sled dogs; dog mushing, Smokey [sled dog]. Includes slides of sled dog racers, trappers, and sled dogs | 1961-1978 |
| 5/61 | Sleeping Lady | 1981 |
| 5/62 | Solar energy use | 1982 |
| 5/63 | Spirit Houses, Eklutna | 1991 |
| 5/64 | Stebbins | 1980 |
| 5/65 | Stephan Lake Lodge | 1982 |
| 5/66 | Sunsets | 1982 |
| 5/67 | Teller | 1980 |
| 5/68 | Toksook Bay | 1981 |
| 5/69 | Truck tanker oil spill-haul road | 1981 |
| 5/70 | Tuntutuliak | 1981 |
| 5/71 | Tununak | 1981 |
| 5/72 | Turnagain-smelt fishing, dip netting | 1982 |
| 5/73 | Tyonek Flats | 1985 |
| 5/74 | Unalakleet | 1980-1982 |
| 5/75 | Unalaska | 1982-1983 |
| 5/76 | University of Alaska [Fairbanks] | 1955-1957 |
| 5/77 | Valdez | 1978-1984 |
| 5/78 | Views along the haul road–Dietrich Bridge | 1983 |
| 5/79 | Views along the haul road–FBKS [Fairbanks] North | 1981 |
| 5/80 | Wasilla | 1981 |
| 5/81 | Whales | 1980 |
| 5/82 | White Mountain | 1980 |
| 5/83 | Whittier | 1985 |
| 5/84 | Winter Carnival & North American dog sled race | 1957 |
| 5/85 | Winter Scenes-Alaska and Eastern Washington | 1973 |
| 5/86 | World War II–I: slides of unidentified veteran | 1985 |
| 5/87 | World War II–II: slides of unidentified veteran | 1985 |
| 5/88 | World War II: [Attu?] and Amchitka site | 1985 |
| 5/89 | World War II: Unalaska and Dutch Harbor veterans and sites | 1985 |
| 5/90 | Wrangell | 1985 |
| 5/91 | Yakutat | 1969-1983 |
Series 2: Slides. Subseries 2b: Outside Alaska slides; 1958-2000. 1.0 cubic foot.
Descriptions are of geographical locations, topics, or events photographed. Slides are in alphabetical order by description.
| Box/Folder | Description | Date |
| 6/1 | Arizona | 1960 |
| 6/2 | Athens Greece 1985 | 1985 |
| 6/3 | California | 1963 |
| 6/4 | Canada – Alberta | 1960 |
| 6/5 | Canada–B.C. | 1986 |
| 6/6 | Canada–Banff National Park | 1958-1968 |
| 6/7 | Canada – Calgary | 1959 |
| 6/8 | Canada–Northwest Territories | 1973-1980 |
| 6/9 | Canada–Totem Poles / Indian Graves | 1962 |
| 6/10 | Canada–Vancouver Islands | 1989 |
| 6/11 | Canada – Yukon | 1970, 1974 |
| 6/12 | Carcross, Yukon Territory | 1986 |
| 6/13 | Caribbean | 1994 |
| 6/14 | CASA [plane] | 1985 |
| 6/15-16 | China | 1987-1993 |
| 6/17 | Ethiopia | 1985 |
| 6/18 | Geological formations | 1967 |
| 6/19 | Glacier National Park, Montana | 1960 |
| 6/20 | Grønland [Greenland]: Eskimo villages, glaciers, and ice caps | 1973, 1980 |
| 6/21 | Iceland-island farms | 1973 |
| 6/22 | Iceland-geyser area volcano | 1973 |
| 6/23 | Iceland-Hverageroi | 1973 |
| 6/24 | Iceland-Reykjavik | 1973 |
| 6/25 | Idaho | 1972 |
| 6/26 | India–hunger strike [Tibetan Youth Congress] | 1998 |
| 6/27 | Indians-Blackfoot | 1958 |
| 6/28 | Kenya | 1985 |
| 6/29 | Logging-Weyerhauser, helicopter pesticide spray, and Port Angeles and Sequim area | 1965, 1989 |
| 6/30 | London, England | 1985 |
| 6/31 | Mexico | 1986 |
| 6/32 | Mexico-Ixtapa + Zehuatenejo (reconstruction) | 1986 |
| 6/33 | Multi-places (Deception Pass, Skagit, Elwha River, La Push, Cape Flattery, Point of Arches, San Juan Islands) | 1963-1975 |
| 6/34 | Nepal | 1998 |
| 6/35 | New Mexico | 1986 |
| 6/36 | Norway | 1979 |
| 6/37 | Nuuk, Greenland–Inuit Circumpolar Conference | 1980 |
| 6/38 | Oregon | 1963-1988 |
| 6/39 | Panama–Locks – Starship | 1987 |
| 6/40 | Parthenon-Zehuateneo [Zihuatanejo] | 1986 |
| 5/31 | Pollution-California, Washington, Fairbanks | 1967-1972 |
| 6/41 | Rivers Inlet–Vancouver Island and Victoria | 1971 |
| 6/42 | Russia | 2000 July 5-13 |
| 6/43 | South Dakota | 1984 |
| 6/44 | Sweden | 1993 |
| 6/45 | Washington state | 1964-1987 |
| 6/46 | Washington D.C. | 1953-1954 |
| 5/84 | Winter scenes-Alaska and Eastern Washington | 1973 |
| 6/47 | Western rivers–river rafting camera one | 1989 June |
| 6/48 | Yellowhead Circle Tour 1969 | 1969 June 5-11 |
| 6/49 | Zehuatenejc [Zihuatenjo]-misc. | 1986 |