Stories told by a settler of the Klondike, 1925

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-32-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Recounts a story told to her family during their 1925 trip to the Yukon by Pat Connor of Whitehorse, as he drove them around to see the sights. Connor tells of his gold-seeking trip to the Klondike in 1898, and reflects on the end of the gold rush era. The family then visited Mrs. Pullen in Skagway. Partially fiction. Exact notes from two days in Diack's diary appear at end of story.

Dates

1925

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing; materials may not be photocopied.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

Biographical

Frances Novy Diack and her family took a trip to Alaska in 1925, when she was a teenager. She subsequently wrote a paper for her high school English class. Mrs. Diack married Arch W. Diack and has lived in Portland since 1937.

Extent

1 Volumes : (8 leaves) ; Typescript (photocopy)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection is a gift of Frances N. Diack, given on Dec. 7, 1991. Acc.# 1991-068.

Processing Information

Typewritten copy of manuscript placed in archival folder.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Stories told by a settler of the Klondike, 1925
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Staff ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, May 2014 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2019 July
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English