Frederick Sargent papers, 1860-1906

Collection

Identifier: MS 212

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence to and from Sargent and his family discussing daily life in Alaska, shipping, etc. Letter press book (ca. 100 pp.) regarding business at the Alaska Commercial Co., Fort Kodiak, 1868-1898. Records of fur trading with the Alaska Natives, weather, weather damage, provisions, interactions with surrounding inhabitants.

Dates

1860-1906

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical Note

Frederick Sargent was a trader who headed to Alaska after the transfer. He began work with Hutchinson-Kohl Company which became the Alaska Commercial Company. He settled in Kodiak in 1868 and died there 1911, age 83. [From Kodiak and Afognak life, 1868-1870, by E.L. Huggins, 1981.]