Margaret Felder Holland Manuscript, 1977
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
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov