The photographs are various sizes, from approx. 6.5x6.5 to 25.5x23 cm. In addition, there are a few letters, postcards, greeting cards, etc. Also, there are 16 original pencil drawings by Alaskan children and teenagers, with descriptions on the back which give the name and age of the young artists, evidently done for a school lesson. 126 of the photographs are housed in plastic sleeves in a modern binder, the remainder are loose in a recent metal box. Significant archive of original photographs, most candid snapshots, primarily of Alaska scenes and native peoples in daily activities, many of their dogs, their domiciles, boats, and much more, with a number of Levine himself and various friends and acquaintance. Dr. Victory E. Levine, spent time in Alaska over several decades, studying medical conditions and social mores among the native population (concluding in 1934 that Eskimo girls and Jewish men marry frequently in Alaska). He passed away in 1961 at the age of 71, having been for the latter years of his life a professor of biochemistry at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. The archive provides a rich panoply of Alaska in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
The photographs are various sizes, from approx. 6.5x6.5 to 25.5x23 cm. In addition, there are a few letters, postcards, greeting cards, etc. Also, there are 16 original pencil drawings by Alaskan children and teenagers, with descriptions on the back which give the name and age of the young artists, evidently done for a school lesson. 126 of the photographs are housed in plastic sleeves in a modern binder, the remainder are loose in a recent metal box. Significant archive of original photographs, most candid snapshots, primarily of Alaska scenes and native peoples in daily activities, many of their dogs, their domiciles, boats, and much more, with a number of Levine himself and various friends and acquaintance. Dr. Victory E. Levine, spent time in Alaska over several decades, studying medical conditions and social mores among the native population (concluding in 1934 that Eskimo girls and Jewish men marry frequently in Alaska). He passed away in 1961 at the age of 71, having been for the latter years of his life a professor of biochemistry at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. The archive provides a rich panoply of Alaska in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
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