William John Kerr Collection, ca. 1890s-1920s

Collection

Identifier: PCA 453

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

91 glass lantern slides, primarily commercial, landscape, Southeast Alaska. Also, Soapy Smith, Whitepass & Yukon Railway. Three articles photocopied from the Salvation Army’s newspaper, “The War Cry.” The articles can be found in a folder in the box containing PCA 454.

Dates

Majority of material found within ca. 1890's-1920's

EAD

PCA0453

Conditions Governing Access

The lantern slides are extremely fragile. Some were cracked in shipping. See the librarian to access.

Conditions Governing Use

: Request for permission to reproduce the slides should be discussed with the librarian.

Extent

91 Photographic Slides : 91 glass lantern slides, b&w, hand-tinted 3 articles

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

William G. Kerr donated the collection to the Alaska State Museum in Jan. 2005. It was transferred to the Historical Library Jan. 12, 2005. (Accession No. 2005-0003)

Processing Information

The slides are sleeved in archival envelopes and numbered. An inventory is available.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the William John Kerr Collection, ca. 1890s-1920s
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Laura Wood ; Sandy Johnston, Sept. 2005 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid and inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: July 2020
Description rules: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English