The variables communication skills, state anxiety, communication apprehension, and level of integration are studied in relation to the assimilation of Alaskan Natives into a western-culture university. Specifically, the differences in communication skills between the two cultures and their effects on course grades are addressed. Results of the statistical analyses (ANOVA, MANOVA, discriminant function analysis, multiple regression) were not significant, most likely due to the small Alaskan Native sample size. The most significant relationship appeared between situational communication apprehension and the ethnicity of the interaction partner. Other results were directional, indicating that variables may be related to assimilation of Native students into a western university environment. Further research and replication is warranted, using an adequate sample of Alaskan Natives.

Photograph of Will Rogers, Leonard Seppela, Wiley Post, and Joe Cresson, Fairbanks, AK, August 15, 1935.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Holiday vistiors in the state are Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Wein, Fairbanks, Alaska and children, Ken and Gail Wein. They have been houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Oliver, 1500 Wilshire, and will visit in other Oklahoma cities before returning home thursday. Ken will return to the University of Miami, Corla Gables, Fla., where he is a student. Mrs. Wein is an aunt of Mrs. Oliver."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Letter from Robert H. Alvis to Truett Latimer describing life for himself stationed at an Air Force base in Alaska and inquiring about Truett's political career back in Texas.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Moose in Alaska.

From abstract: Suspended-sediment and bedload-transport rates for the Tanana River near Fairbanks, Alaska, can be related to water discharge, and annual sediment loads can be computed using these relations.

From abstract: Suspended-sediment and bedload-transport rates for the Tanana River near Fairbanks can be related to water discharge and annual sediment loads can be computed using these relations. For a site at Fairbanks the annual loads in 1982 were 26.1 million tons of suspended sediment and 227,000 metric tons of bedload. Data collected at five other sites within a 40-kilometer reach of the river indicate very similar suspended-sediment-transport relations but bedload-transport relations varied from site to site. For all sites bedload is on the order of 1 percent of suspended-sediment load.

From introduction: The objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the direction of ground-water flow and seasonal fluctuations of the water table; and (2) to assess the water quality in developed and undeveloped areas.

Photograph of a Hare Robe, in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum.

Photograph of the Chamber of Commerce Building, in Fairbanks, AK.

Photograph of the William F. Duckering Building, in Fairbanks, AK.

Photograph of household equipment, in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum.

Photograph of a Gut Parka, in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum.

Photograph of the Fairbanks Airport.

Letter from Celia Hunter to Alberta Head remembering Avenger Field, encouraging her to stay in Camp Denali the next time she comes to Alaska, and to go to Mykonos, Greece.

Letter from Celia to Alberta Head discussing Sally Carrigher's travels and whereabouts as well as those of other friends.

Newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.

Newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.

Newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.

Letters from Norman L. Phillips, Jr. to the commissioners of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) opposing the realignment of Eielson Air Force Base. Includes contact information for board members and a resolution from the Chamber of Commerce that lists several points opposing the realignment.

Photograph of Joe Cresson, Inez Gustafson, Will Rogers, and Wiley Post at Cleary Hill Mine, Fairbanks, AK, August 13, 1935.