Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Digital Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s first World’s Fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, made Seattle a Pacific Rim gateway. View materials from SPL and the Museum of History and Industry in this collection.
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Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: message from the President of the United States, 1911
Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the United States Government Board of Managers of the government participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. From page 3, "To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, the report of the United States Government board of managers of the Government participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held at Seattle, Wash., June 1 to October 16, 1909, inclusive, and call the attention of the Congress to the recommendation of the board as to printing the report. Wm. H. Taft. The White House, December 7, 1910." Report includes descriptions of the government buildings and department exhibits as well as the exhibits of Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippines. 100 pages (not including illustrated plates), 29 x 23 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_895585
Date: 1911
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"United States Navy Department at A.-Y.-P.," The Coast, July 1909
A brief article describing the exhibit of the United States Navy Department. Includes a description of the location within the Government Building and descriptions of various models of U.S. Navy ships such as the U.S.S. Connecticut. Also described are other features of the exhibit including guns, models of anchors, maps and navigation charts and special displays like an improvised sextant used by surviving members of the U.S.S. Saginaw, etc. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 23-26, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_23
Date: 1909-07
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Program of special days at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Printed list of special days dedicated to various events, cities and causes detailed on every day of the exposition.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2553092
Date: 1909
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"United States Government Exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," The Coast, July 1909
An article extensively describing the United States Government Exhibit at the A.Y.P.E. From page 13, it is "the most complete, most interesting, most instructive display ever gotten together by the United States government." Describes the physical appearance of the building and the various departments on exhibit such as the Treasury, the Department of Agriculture, the Navy Department, the War Department, the Department of State, and other government bodies including the Mint, the Assay Office, the Public Health and Marine Hospital, the Artillery Corps, the Signal Corps, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Entomology, et. al. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 13-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_13
Date: 1909-07
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: speech of Hon. Samuel H. Piles of Washington in the Senate of the United States: Monday, February 3, 1908
Printed version of speech given by Washington State Senator Samuel Henry Piles to the U.S. Senate on 3 February 1908. Senator Piles makes the speech for the purposes of calling the attention of the Senate to a bill requesting the participation of the government in the A.Y.P.E. Speech includes summaries of the purpose of the exposition, the benefits to the country of promoting the resources of the West (specifically those of Alaska) and a statement regarding the importance of the West to the rest of the nation. Includes appendix of climatological conditions of Alaska. 28 pages, 22 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_557576
Date: 1908-02-03
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"The Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition," The Coast, December 1906
An article containing two parts; the first part is a transcript of an essay/address by J. E. Chilberg on the purpose and scope of the A.Y.P.E. In it he notes "the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will have for its prime motive the exploitation of the resources of the Pacific with Alaska as a center" (p. 289). The second part of the article concludes with a description of Alaska and other Pacific states and comments on the suitability of the University of Washington for an exhibition of this kind. Coast 12.6 (December 1906): 289-92 illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_dec1906
Date: 1906-12
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Corrections and additions: program of special days, May 11, 1909
Printed list of corrections to the list of special days. Dated May 11, 1909, the list includes special events in June through September that have been changed since the "program of special days" was released.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2553093
Date: 1909-05-11
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Invitation from the Arctic Brotherhood to the opening of the Arctic Brotherhood Building, June 2, 1909
Printed invitation to the event to be held from 9:00 until 2:00. Signed by Grand Arctic Chief and Grand Arctic Recorder.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.16
Date: 1909-06-02
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List of conventions to meet in Seattle, 1909
Printed alphabetical list of conventions to occur in the months of June through September.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2553090
Date: 1909
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Coupon ticket book of S. J. Bartholomew, 1909
Coupon ticket book inscribed with bearer’s name, S. J. Bartholomew, and photograph of bearer attached inside front cover, embossed with signature of Charles R. Collins, treasurer, and A. D. Bannall, chief of Bureau of Admissions, A.Y.P.E.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.50.5
Date: 1909
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