Mollie Ward Greist Photograph Collection, 1921-1964

Collection

Identifier: PCA 90

Staff Only

Alaska's Digital Archives: Mollie Ward Greist Photograph Collection, 1921-1964. ASL-PCA-90

Scope and Contents

Barrow and Point Hope, Alaska views and Eskimo culture, 1921-1937, 1964.

Dates

1921-1964

EAD

PCA0090

Extent

110 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 001-003, 005-022, 050, 062-063, 101, 107

General

Mollie Ward Greist was a missionary nurse at Point Hope and Barrow, Alaska, from 1921 to 1937, where she lived with her husband, Dr. Henry Greist. They had a son, David. She donated photographs of the villages and people to the Alaska State Museum. Some photographs were taken on a return trip to Barrow in 1964. Also includes several non-Alaska views. Some of the photos were taken by Fred Hopson. Notes pertaining to the photographs may have been made by different people.

Other Greist photographs may be found in the Terza Hopson Photograph Collection at the Inupiat History, Language and Culture Division, Planning Department of the North Slope Borough and the Alaska and Polar Regions Archives of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rasmuson Library.

Digital Material

Alaska's Digital Archives: Mollie Ward Greist Photograph Collection, 1921-1964. ASL-PCA-90

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Mollie Ward Greist Photograph Collection, 1921-1964
Status: In Progress
Author: ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May; ArchivesSpace inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 March
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English