Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

Mr. Olive writes that this is a story told to him by William Ogilvie. It is about a young man named Pam who took the Dyea trail to the Klondike, his partner Sir Beaujoy Longchamps died enroute. He finds a purse on the trail and returns it to its owner. Later, in Dawson, Pam meets a dance hall girl who sends her earnings to her brother for college. It turns out that she is the person, disguised as a boy, whom he had helped on the trail.

Dates

1898-1899

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Biographical

W.H. Olive was a steamboat captain of the “Flora,” “Dora,” and “Nora” on the Yukon in 1898-1899.

Extent

3 Leaves : Handwritten (original)

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for Surprise
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Gladi Kulp ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2019 August
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English