Donald D. Duhaime Alaska Photograph Collection, MSS-019

The Ward M. Canaday Center

for Special Collections

The University of Toledo

Finding Aid

Donald D. Duhaime Alaska Photograph Collection, 1943-1944

MSS-019

Size: 3 inches (396 items)

Provenance: Gift of Donald Duhaime in 1953

Access: Open

Collection Summary: An album containing personal photographs and professional postcards. The images in this collection primarily document the time Duhaime spent in Alaska between 1943 and 1944, although the dates on the postcards range from 1887 to 1919. It is an eclectic collection of landscapes, wildlife, sled dogs, natives, soldiers, celebrities, architecture, and culture (religion, fishing, village life).

Subjects: Collectors and Collecting, War, Soldiers, and Veterans.

Processing Note: The organization of this collection follows exactly how Mr. Duhaime arranged the photographs in the album. While some of the photographs are arranged by subject matter, there appears to be no specific organization to the majority of the items. Additionally, when photographs have been identified with certainty as postcards, it has been indicated in the Inventory.

Copyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion.

Completed by: Sara Mouch, July 28, 2009; last updated: June 2014.

Biographical Sketch

Donald D. Duhaime is a local collector and UT Alumnus. He graduated from UT in 1940, and shortly thereafter joined the Air Force. He spent the next five years in Anchorage, Alaska, where he collected a variety of photographs and commercial images of Alaskan life, landscape, and architecture.

Scope and Content Note

The Donald D. Duhaime Alaska Photograph Collection is made up of 396 items comprised of personal photographs and commercial postcards. Postcard photographers and publishers include Alaska Photo Supply, Winter & Pond, WP Co., HW Steward, and Sawyers. The photographs have been compiled by Mr. Duhaime into a leather bound scrapbook/album, depicting an eagle on the cover.
The images primarily document the time period Mr. Duhaime was in Alaska, between 1943 and 1944, although the dates on the postcards range from 1887 to 1919. It is an eclectic collection of landscapes, wildlife, sled dogs, natives, soldiers, celebrities, architecture, and culture (religion, fishing, village life).

Inventory

Item No.	Description
1	Simeon Oliver and wife, 5/19/44 (loose photo)
2	U.S.O. Club, Anchorage, Alaska, 5/30/43 (loose photo)
3	Yehudi Menuhin and accompanist, Anchorage, Alaska, March 1944 (loose photo)
4	Duplicate of Item 3 (loose photo)
5	Northern Seattle from Ft. Lawton, May 1944 (loose photo)
6	Olivia DeHavilland, Anchorage, Alaska, 1944 (loose photo)
7	Postcard: Bridal Veil Falls, #104 (loose item)
8	Postcard: University of Alaska, #B-13 (loose item)
9	Postcard: Eskimo Blubber, #P-1621 (loose item)
10	Postcard: Lake Eluktna, Anchorage, Alaska, #P1597 (loose item)
11	Postcard: Reindeer, St. Paul Island, #24 (loose item)
12	Postcard: A.J. Mine, Juneau, #28 (loose item)
13	Postcard: Alaska Fish Cannery, #29 (loose item)
14	Postcard: Governor’s Residence, Juneau, #30 (loose item)
15	Postcard: Alaska Brown Bear, #392
16	Postcard: Baranoff Castle, Sitka, Alaska, June 1887
17	Postcard: Airplane View of S.S. Alaska at Columbia Glacier, #570
18	Postcard: Ice cave, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, #337
19	Postcard: An Indian War Canoe, Sitka, Alaska, #170
20	Postcard: Russian Trading House, Sitka, Alaska, #66
21	Russian Orthodox Burial
22	View of glaciers, mountains, and lake
23	Group of soldiers on Attu Island, 1943
24	Three soldiers posing on Attu Island, 1943
25	Two soldiers posing on Attu Island, 1943
26	Soldier on skis on Attu Island, 1943
27	Soldiers and airplanes on Attu Island, 1943
28	Three soldiers outside tent on Attu Island, 1943
29	Soldier on skis on Attu Island, 1943
30	Two soldiers posing on Attu Island, 1943
31	Flight Sergeant Rockhill Birmingham
32	View of mountains and trees
33	Field view with two men towards the foreground
34	U.S.O Club, Anchorage
35	Dining hall
36	Postcard: Latouche #2, #68
37	Postcard: Latouche #3, #6?
38	Postcard: Two soldiers fishing with a dog
39	Ptarmigan
40	Dead mountain goat
41	Railroad tracks
42	Postcard: Snowy farm scene
43	Postcard: Hotel Parsons, Anchorage, #P-101
44	Postcard: Cabin in the woods
45	Postcard: Seaside town
46	Airplane in flight
47	River valley
48	View over the mountains, possibly at dusk
49	Train at a stop
50	McKinley Park Hotel
51	Sled dogs
52	Man “harvesting” ice worms, #13
53	Glacier, #15
54	Fish farm, #12
55	Farmstead with mountains as backdrop
56	Mountain view
57	Lounge at McKinley Park Hotel
58	Another view of the McKinley Lounge
59	Aerial of land, river, and mountains, #35
60	Marker for Stephen Tyng Mather, #26
61	Aerial of land
62	View of tree line
63	View land and hills
64	View of trees
65	View of tree line
66	View of land, trees, and mountains
67	Postcard: Giant Spider Crab, Alaska, #615
68	Kashim Club
69	Sled dogs and sled driver
70	Root vegetables
71	Rocky river shore
72	Tree-lined road
73	Raven Bird Totem, Ketchikan
74	Lake and mountains
75	Teklanika River
76	Postcard: Yak (Arctic Musk Ox), #631
77	Norris Glacier, #2
78	Postcard: Eskimo Dogs, #613
79	Postcard: Governor’s Mansion, Juneau, #1
80	Postcard: Columbia Glacier, #14
81	Kenai Lake
82	Postcard: Princess May wrecked on Sentinel Island, Alaska, August 5, 1910, #394
83	Postcard: $7,000 pan of selected gold nuggets from Quartz Creek, #410
84	Postcard: U.S. Treasury Warrant & Agreement for Sale of Alaska, #375
85	Postcard: Hotel Anchorage
86	McKinley Park
87	Cooper’s Landing Store, 50 miles NW of Seward
88	Fourth Avenue Seward
89	Postcard: Mt. McKinley Park, A.R.R. Hotel, #P21
90	Postcard: Fish wheel, Yukon River, #P-267-1
91	Postcard: City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska
92	Postcard: Lake and mountains
93	Covered bridge three miles north of Seward
94	Raised shed, possibly a hunter’s stand
95	Postcard: Spencer Glacier
96	Black wolf
97	Postcard: Cook Inlet
98	Taku Glacier, #9
99	Female modeling a fur coat, hood up
100	Modeling fur coat, hood down
101	Postcard: Wright Whale Taken at Kodiak Island, #629
102	Native fisherman looking through spyglass
103	Landscape with trees
104	“Northwestern” ship
105	Kenai Lake near Seward
106	“Alaska Nellie’s”, Awing, Alaska, on Kenai Lake
107	Postcard: Episcopal Church in Winter, Valdez, #P-725
108	Portrait of a native man
109	Postcard: Wild gray wolf at Paxon’s Road House, #624
110	Sled dog team
111	Sled dog team
112	Moose Pass Store, 30 miles north of Seward
113	Postcard: Ice Floes, Anchorage, Alaska, #5
114	Old cabin with mountains in background
115	View of Hope, Alaska
116	Postcard: Aerial view of Anchorage, #P443
117	View of Sunrise, Alaska
118	Main Street, Kodiak
119	Bank of Kodiak
120	Lake view
121	Lake view
122	Lake and trees
123	Postcard: Barris Bear, #P573
124	Postcard: Eskimos drilling ivory and making mukluks, #P626
125	Postcard: Natives fishing, #P658
126	Postcard: July 4, 1919, Anchorage, #71
127	Fishing Fleet, Ketchikan
128	Totem Poles, Ketchikan
129	Totem Poles, Ketchikan
130	City park, Ketchikan
131	Cabin
132	Postcard: Fur seal at play, #614
133	Postcard: Sour-Dough’s cabin near Anchorage, #31
134	Postcard: Building a reindeer corral, #P659
135	Postcard: Fighting Moose, Locked Horns, Death by Starvation, #406
136	Water tower
137	McKinley Park
138	Postcard: Klondike River, 1914
139	Postcard: The Mouth of Ship Creek, Anchorage, #55
140	Postcard: Dog Team, Anchorage, #16
141	Postcard: Eklutna Glacier, #52
142	Postcard: Eskimo and his kayak, #P1400
143	Postcard: Far Northern Eskimo family, #P1399
144	Postcard: Four Eskimos with sled and reindeer, #P1395
145	Postcard: Two hunters with a dead bear between them
146	Postcard: Steamboat
147	Men in a canoe
148	Cabin with mountains in background
149	Mountains and trees
150	Lake and trees with house in background
151	Lake shore
152	Trees dotting mountainous landscape
153	Sled team and driver
154	Mountains
155	Lake, glacier, and mountains
156	Lake, forest, and mountains
157	Cemetery
158	Trees and mountains
159	Mountain goats
160	Deer
161	Glaciers
162	Waterfall
163	Glacier
164	Unidentifiable image
165	Rail Bridge
166	Mountains and trees
167	Mountains
168	Mountains and lake
169	Mountains and trees
170	Mountains and lake
171	Ox
172	Mountains
173	Mountains and lake
174	Deer
175	Postcard: Providence Hospital
176	Postcard: Providence Hospital, Anchorage, #P139
177	Postcard: Deep snow drifts, possibly at dusk
178	Postcard: Man hosing off a rock
179	Postcard: Matanuska Valley
180	Postcard: Alaska R.R. near Anchorage
181	Postcard: Spencer Glacier
182	Fourth Avenue, Anchorage
183	Postcard: Kenai Lake near Anchorage
184	Postcard: Street Scene, Anchorage
185	Postcard: Providence Hospital, Anchorage
186	Postcard: Street Scene, Anchorage
187	Postcard: Court House, Anchorage
188	Postcard: Mt. McKinley
189	Postcard: Indian Village, Howkan, Alaska, #8
190	Postcard: Three Indian woman and infant, #7
191	Landscape
192	Postcard: Fishing at sunset, #6
193	View of mountains and trees reflected on lake
194	Fort Richardson
195	Fort Richardson
196	Wrangell Narrows, Inside Passage
197	Postcard: U.S. Government Hospital, Anchorage, 1916, #34
198	Fishing boat
199	Aska R.R. Station, Anchorage
200	Fourth Avenue, Anchorage
201	Postcard: Alaskan Winter, #W-1
202	Postcard: Gurry Hotel, #B-1
203	Postcard: University of Alaska, #B-13
204	Town, lake, and mountains near Seward
205	Rocky terrain, lake, and mountains near Seward
206	Seward, Alaska
207	Valdez, Alaska
208	Seldovia, Alaska
209	Total Eclipse of the Sun, Anchorage, February 4, 1943
210	Wiley Post
211	Will Rogers
212	Cabin on a cliff
213	Postcard: “The Trail of ‘98” Klondikers Ascending Chilkoot Pass, #5
214	Postcard: Capitol, Juneau, #3
215	Postcard: Sled team
216	Postcard: Taku Glacier, #4
217	Distant view of building
218	Tree fallen over river
219	View of trees, lake, and mountains
220	View of bare trees reflected in lake or river
221	Waterfall
222	Bear climbing up porch post
223	View of mountains beyond a cabin
224	Cabin in winter
225	View of a snowy path carved between mountains
226	Cemetery
227	View of lake between two trees
228	Cabin with trees and mountains in the background
229	View of mountains and lake
230	Portrait of a sled dog
231	Seal “sunning” on a rock
232	Husky puppy
233	View of a road winding through mountains
234	View of mountains and trees
235	View of lake, trees, and small cabin
236	Sled team and driver
237	View of snowy land and trees
238	View of trees and mountains
239	View of trees and leaves framing a lake and mountains
240	Snowy mountainside
241	View of mountains reflected in a lake
242	View of bare trees and mountains
243	Group photo of Indians in their village
244	View of mountains reflected in a lake
245	Close view of mountains
246	Fox
247	Mountain goat
248	View of mountains
249	Flowers
250	View of trees and mountains
251	View of glaciers
252	Seal pups
253	Distant shot of a mountain goat
254	Postcard: An Alaskan Gold Dredge, #M-11
255	Postcard: Along an Alaskan “Hiway”, #L-38
256	Postcard: Sea Gulls in Search of Food, Alaska, #622
257	Groundhog
258	Portrait of a sled dog
259	Postcard: Road leading to cabin hidden by trees with mountain in background
260	Cache
261	View of lake, trees, and mountains
262	Sunset on tree and lake
263	View of lake and mountains
264	View of trees
265	View of snowy land and mountains
266	Reindeer herd
267	Distant view of bear
268	View of road, appears to end at mountain
269	View of harsh-looking, rocky mountains
270	Seal colony
271	Husky puppy
272	View of fence and mountains
273	View of mountains
274	Sunset view of lake and mountains
275	Sled dog team
276	Sunset view of trees
277	View of snow-covered mountains
278	Cabin and cache in the woods
279	Snowy road leading to the mountains
280	Postcard: Alaskan Husky, #P-627
281	Postcard: “Kobuk” Tame Alaska Wolf, #A-18
283	Postcard: Famous Alaska Husky, #P-643
284	Caged polar bear
285	Cache
286	View of snowy hillside and trees
287	Reindeer
288	View of trees framing lake and mountains
289	View of lake and mountains
290	View of snowy mountains
291	View of lake and mountains
292	View of snowy road, trees, and mountains
293	Postcard: Matanuska Valley
294	View of road and mountains
295	Postcard: Siberian Sled Dogs, #D-11
296	View just beyond plane propellers
297	View of snowy mountains with what appears to be snowshoes sticking out of the snow
298	Sled dog team
299	Distant view of sled dog team
300	Husky puppy
301	Waterfall
302	View of mountain, appears to be a geyser bursting from top
303	Rocky river and trees
304	View of bare trees and mountains
305	Reindeer roundup
306	Postcard: Siberian Sled Dog, #D-2
307	Barracks, Fort Richardson, Anchorage
308	Street Scene, Fort Richardson
309	Street Scene, Fort Richardson
310	Alaska Greyhound Bus, Anchorage
311	Postcard: Wild Mountain Sheep, #626
312	Service Club, Fort Richardson
313	Postcard: Sleeping fawn
314	Theater, Fort Richardson
315	Street Scene, Fort Richardson
316	Portrait of a sled dog
317	Portrait of an adult dog and two puppies
318	Snowy cabin scene
319	King Island Native and infant
320	Grey wolf on chain
321	View of snowy hillside and lake or river
322	Sled dog team
323	Snow leopard
324	View of lake and mountains
325	View of trees, lake, and mountains
326	View of snowy mountains
327	Portrait of a white puppy
328	View of lake and mountains
329	View of lake and mountains
330	Ox
331	Bear
332	View of snowy hillside and lake or river
333	View of trees, cabin, and mountains
334	Sunset view of lake and mountains
335	View of trees framing lake and mountains
336	Moose
337	Sunset view of lake
338	Sled dog
339	View of lake and trees
340	View of trees
341	View of mountains beyond a stone cabin
342	Postcard: Wild Alaskan Wolf, #A-19
343	Postcard: Alaska Eskimo Family, #P-625
344	Postcard: Eskimo Child, #E-7
345	View of trees, lake, and mountains
346	View of lake and harsh, rocky mountains
347	Seal colony
348	View of sky and mountains reflected in lake
349	Four husky puppies
350	Aerial view of mountains
351	Polar bear cub
352	Cabin
353	Reindeer
354	Postcard: Two month-old Kodiak bear, #P-479
355	Postcard: Reindeer Herd grazing on Tundra, #P-1398
356	Postcard: “Railway Station” McKinley Park, #34
357	View of lake and mountains
358	View of mountains
359	Russian church at Sitka
360	View of snowy trees
361	Cache
362	Ox herd
363	View of trees and mountains
364	View of lake and mountains
365	View of trees framing lake and mountains
366	Two caged polar bears
367	Moose
368	Distant view of snowy bridge leading to cabin
369	View of snowy mountains
370	View of trees and mountains
371	View of cloud-covered mountains
372	Postcard: “Ice Breakup Curry”, #33
373	Postcard: University of Alaska, #B-12
374	View of trees, lake, and mountains
375	View of trees and sky
376	Sled dog team
377	Sunset view of mountains and sky
378	Sunset view of lake and sky
379	Cabin in the mountains
380	View of trees and mountains
381	Seal colony
382	View of sled path and mountains
383	C.A.A. Building, Merrill Field
384	Merrill Field
385	Merrill Field
386	Merrill Field
387	Merrill Field
388	View of snowy land and mountains
389	View of snowy land and mountains, with snow shoes sticking out of snow
390	View of lake and sky
391	Bears at play in lake
392	Alaskan ice fisherman
393	View of mountains
394	Sled dog team
395	Distant view of farm and mountains
396	Seal colony