tout) was the first person to
enroll in the Faith in Alaska during the first Seven Year Plan.

4 (Letter No. 4) Janet Whitenack (Stout) had secured a school teaching
position in the village of Tuluksak on the Kuskokwim River.

5 (Letter No. 5) Melba Call (King) was the first Eskimo to become a
Baha'i. While she was born and raised in Alaska, she was residing in
New Mexico when she heard of the Faith and became a Baha'i.

6 (Letter No. 17) Based on these directions from the Guardian, the
first Haziratu'l-Quds was purchased inside the City limits at
810-8th Avenue. At that time (1955) the population of Anchorage was
less than 25,000 concentrated around what is now downtown Anchorage.
Following the earthquake in 1964, it was necessary to abandon the
original Haziratu'l-Quds. The property was sold for $20,000 and a
diligent year-long effort was made to find a suitable replacement.
Nothing appropriate could be found inside the city limits within the
price range. Guidance was requested from the Universal House of
Justice. In a letter dated May 11, 1965, they stated the following,
"...we feel that it is more important that you should acquire a
national Haziratu'l-Quds for Alaska without delay. Preferably is
should be within the civic limits of Anchorage but if you cannot
find a suitable building which can be purchased for the $20,000
which you have available, you should look for a location in the
immediate suburbs of Anchorage...."

7 (Letter No. 27) Mrs. Sarah Mary ("Granny") Roberts was 87 years old
when she became a Baha'i.

8 (Letter No. 27) Joyce Anderson Combs was the first Tlingit Indian to
become a Baha'i in Alaska. The first Alaskan Native to become a
Baha'i while living in Alaska was Agnes Parent (Harrison).

9 (Letter No. 29) Joyce Campbell (Baldwin).

10 (Letter No. 35) Martha Brown (Reed).

11 (Letter No. 44) Arthur and Wilma Gregory and Vern and Evelyn
Huffman.

12 (Letter No. 50) This ringstone was given by the Greatest Holy Leaf
to Mrs. Marie Lowell of Santa Barbara, California who gave it to
Frances Wells. Mrs. Wells gave it to the Alaska National Archives.

13 (Letter No. 57) Miss Honor Kempton served in Luxembourg after
leaving Alaska.

14 (Letter No. 57) Miss Dagmar Dole came to Alaska shortly after the