Letter from Stillman Lewis, Wrangel [Wrangell], to his niece, Helen Lewis Anthony, Cincinnati, 1880 March 25

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-14-18

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letter to his niece describing his life in Wrangell and his observations of the Tlingit Indians. Photograph of Helen Lewis Anthony, John Gould Anthony – niece and nephew of Stillman Lewis, ca. 1880s.

Dates

1880 March 25

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

Stillman Lewis, from Cincinnati, Harvard professor of archaeology, was in Wrangell scouting for a new mining district. Later he founded the Juneau Water Works.

Extent

1 folders (3 p. : holograph.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor:Mary Hopkins | Accession Number and date accessioned:2003-005, 2/11/2003 (Letter) | 2003-029, 6/16/2003 (Photograph)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for Letter from Stillman Lewis, Wrangel [Wrangell], to his niece, Helen Lewis Anthony, Cincinnati, 1880 March 25
Status: Completed
Author: Daniel Cornwall
Date: 2021 April
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin