Talmage Family Collection, ca. 1890s-1940
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs and commercial postcards of Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Kasaan, Tokeen, and Wrangell. Photographers represented in the collection include F.W. Carlyon, Cheney & Johnston, F.O. Cheney, J.E. Worden, Elite Studio, J.E. Thwaites, Winter & Pond, W.H. Case, Ordway and others. Also includes "Alaska View Book, " photograph pamphlet produced by C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle.
Dates
- circa 1890s-1940
Conditions Governing Access
The photos may be viewed. However, because of their fragile condition, they may not be photocopied.
Biographical / Historical
Kenyon Cleveland Talmage, "Captain Ken," was born July 23, 1888, in Tacoma, Washington. He moved to Wrangell in 1906 and went to sea in 1908 as a seaman aboard the S.S. Alaska. Until 1921 he served on various vessels including the S.S. Alaska, the S.S. Dart, the M.S. Vermont, the M.S. Marguerite and the Uncle Dan, a riverboat carrying mail, freight and passengers up and down the Stikine River. He married Leona Theresa Lindman of Wrangell on Dec. 20, 1916, and they made their home in Wrangell and Juneau. They had four children, Ruth Florence, Willis Abraham, John ("Jack") Kenyon and Charles Edward. From 1921 until his death, he worked for the U.S. Biological Survey. His son, Jack, was captain of the vessel, Sea Otter. Captain Ken died in 1942 at age 54 in Juneau. [Source: Ruth Talmage, Captain Kenyon Cleveland Talmage, 1888-1942.]
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes) : 927 mostly black and white photographs contained in 9 folders, 1 large photograph album, 6 small photograph albums, 1 Alaska View booklet.
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 4, 6, 399, 441, 443-446
General
Notes made by John Talmage to describe an image in the inventory are followed by (JT).
Processing Information
The photographs were retained in their original order. Photographs #1- 488 were removed from paper sheets in two 3-ring binders, treated to remove rubber cement, sleeved in Mylar and placed in folders. The remaining photographs were left intact in the albums. An incomplete inventory is available.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Talmage Family Collection, ca. 1890s-1940
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Marilyn Kwock, Sept. 1992-1993; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
- Date
- 2019 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov