Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

Manuscript includes descriptions of various Kuskokwim region villages, Eskimos, mortuary customs, clothing, food, shamans, traders and reference by Brother Hartman and Weinland on starting a mission; includes map of village of Kolmakof.

Dates

1884

Conditions Governing Access

Manuscript 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.

Extent

123 Leaves (typescript)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Originals

Original of manuscript in Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PA.

General

Typescript prepared by Wendell Oswalt, Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PA.

Library also has microfilm of: Caroline Weinland diaries, 1885-1887. Wm. Henry Weinland diaries, 1884-1887. Rock family Alaska correspondence, 1911-1916, MFMS 21, of the originals in the Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.