Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of diaries; describes trip from Ontario to the Klondike with his brother, Andrew, boat trip, packing from Skagway, boatbuilding, filing claims at Dawson for working on Bonanza, cabin construction, daily activities, and diagram of prospect location and mining work.

Dates

1898-1901

Conditions Governing Access

Collection 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

Prospector who travelled to the Klondike in 1898.

Extent

1 folders (2 v.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of : Fred Burton donated the original diary to the National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway. Jay E. Cable and Robert Spude, of the National Park Service, donated a photocopy of the dairy to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections; 1999.