Letters from Hudson Stuck to James Wickersham, 1909-1910 [manuscript].

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-1-10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The 1909 letter protests threatened withdrawal of mail service on the Yukon River, the hardship to those living in the region and need for maintaining the trail; also Stuck feels Frederick Cook's claimed ascent of Mt. McKinley was not possible as he described it. The 1910 letter presents the case of two natives who failed to receive payment from the government for moving a reindeer herd from Unalaklik to Bettles.

Dates

1909-1910

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

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 / Historical

Episcopal archdeacon at Metlakatla.

Extent

2 items (2 letters : 1 holograph and 1 typescript)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ruth Allman; 1978

General

Photocopies.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for Letters from Hudson Stuck to James Wickersham, 1909-1910 [manuscript].
Status: Completed
Author: Daniel Cornwall
Date: 2020 September
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English