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Margaret Felder Holland Manuscript, 1977

 Collection
Identifier: MS 4-37-5

Scope and Contents

The Margaret Felder Holland manuscript is a draft copy of a manuscript for a book titled Yukhta and the Littlest Sourdough, 1977. It is a story of Margaret's life growing up in Bethel, Alaska, and her family history based on memory and family letters and diaries. Margaret’s father left the family farm in Illinois in 1903. From California he went to Bethel in 1908 to run a company trading post in Bethel. Included in the manuscript are descriptions of people, schools, and living conditions in the Bethel area, prospectors in remote areas of Alaska in the early twentieth century, and descriptions of Eskimo customs.

Dates

  • 1977

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical Note

Margaret Felder Holland was born in Seward, Alaska and grew up in Bethel, Alaska until the age of 12.

Extent

1 Volumes (1 folder ) : 1 Manuscript: 104 pages

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition

This collection has no provenance. It was labeled as #1 from Kay Shelton’s “T” files.

Inventory

Folder 1 of 1

Manuscript titled Yukhta and the Littlest Sourdough

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. Item was placed into a pH-neutral folder.

Title
Finding Aid for the Margaret Felder Holland Manuscript, 1977
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Alea Oien, April 2009 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann, August 2019 ; Minor Revisions by: Connie Hamann
Date
2023 August
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

Contact:
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Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
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