Letters from A.J. Davis to his daughter, Mary E. in Harrisburg, PA, 1885-1902

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-11-11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letters describing his trip to Sitka in 1885, comments on teaching, the school, life in Sitka, hunting, and the people; includes a letter from F.L. Moore, a Tlingit Indian, to Pres. Cleveland, 2/26/1893, recommending A.J. Davis for governor of Alaska.

Dates

1885-1902

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.

Biographical / Historical

Head of Presbyterian Mission School in Sitka after Sheldon Jackson left.

Extent

1 folders ((6 items) : holograph.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of: Louise Platt, Woodrow Wilson Center of Smithsonian Institution Bldg., Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 1979

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Letters from A.J. Davis to his daughter, Mary E. in Harrisburg, PA, 1885-1902.
Status: Completed
Author: Daniel Cornwall
Date: 2021 January
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin