His annual Alaskan expeditions featured scientific observations, thrills and adventure, wonder and liturgies. By 1940, Hubbard's films were shown in movie houses across America. Hubbard is buried in Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. For years, they lived and worked as gold miners on a Bering Sea beach near Nome, Alaska. The exhibition, drawn entirely from the photographs, artifacts and letters of the McDaniel Family Collection, provides an intimate portrait of life on the new frontier.
Admission is free.
The member-supported, privately funded institution operated by SCU has been accredited by the American Association of Museums since 1979. Santa Clara University is a 7,700-student, Catholic, Jesuit university that celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. Photos by Scott Hess. Will and Ed McDaniel climb to the summit of a peak on Amaknak Island, in the Aleurian chain, during a layover on the way to their Alaskan gold claim. Hubbard began everyday with Mass, no matter where he was.