Sketch of the life of Erinia Pavaloff Cherosky Callahan, ca. 1936

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-14-17

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Erinia Callahan's autobiographical sketch was probably written for Judge James Wickersham.

Includes information about various people: Kosevnikoff, Cherosky, Jack McQuesten, Arthur Harper, Al Mayo, Pat Kinneally, Jack Gregor, John Bremner, and Charley Colombe.

Includes places: Koyukuk River, Yukon River, St. Michael, Eagle, Old Station, Forty Line, Forty Mile, Circle City, Old Portage, Rampart, Birch Creek, Mason Creek, Ruby, Pitkas Bar, and Nulato.

Dates

ca. 1936

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

Erinia Pavaloff was born to Evan Pavaloff and Malanka (surname not provided) at Nulato in 1863. Her brothers are John Manook [Minook], and Pitka Pavaloff. She was married to Cherosky (given name not provided), ca. 1879 and had four children: Saska, Sam, Axinia, and Helen. She married Dan Callahan at Circle in 1904. Adopted Jimmy Funchion's son Richard (Dick). Dan Callahan died at Sitka in 1935. Erinia Callahan died at Fairbanks on July 12, 1955.

Extent

1 folders (22 p. : holograph)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Al Johnson | Accession Number: 2002-128 | Accession Date: 12/26/2002

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for Sketch of the life of Erinia Pavaloff Cherosky Callahan, ca. 1936
Status: Completed
Author: Daniel Cornwall
Date: 2021 April
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin