Fox Farms in Southeast Alaska Photograph Collection, ca. 1927
Scope and Contents
The photographs include fur and fox farming scenes from Brothers Island, Sumner Island, Behrs Island [Chain Is.?], Donkey Bay, Kake Cannery, Pybus Bay and Monte Carlo Fox Farm. There are also images along the Inside Passage, including Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan, and Kake. Names mentioned include: Charlie Zimmerman, Mrs. Zimmerman, Nellie Lutro, Peres, John Hadlund, the Hadlund family, Skok-ish-Tin (Wrangell), the Gomoll family and others.
Note per Paul Converse: Behr’s Island is probably Chain Island at the south end of Rocky Pass, south of Kake. Skiff Island is in the same area, along with the Conclusion Island and Monte Carlo Island ranches.
Dates
- ca. 1927
EAD
PCA0331Biographical / Historical
The owner/photographer of the album is unknown.
Extent
206 Photographic Prints : 1 album
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 001-005, 008-107, 122-204
General
The photographs may be viewed. However, because the photographs are fragile, they may not be photocopied.
General
Short article: “The True Story of Koo Koo Kook the Beloved Pest” by Mrs. Ernest Gomoll of Sumner Island Fur Farm, Petersburg, Alaska- located between photos 70 and 71.
Processing Information
The photographs are numbered. An item level inventory is available. Each album leaf includes hand-written descriptive notes. Notes from Paul Converse, of Auke Bay, further describe some of the images. Acid free interleaving tissue has been placed between each album page. The album has been placed in Mylar and into an archival box.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Fox Farms in Southeast Alaska Photograph Collection, ca. 1927
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: India Spartz, July 1994 ; Updated by: Sandy Johnston, May 2014 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, May 2014 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
- Date
- 2020 June
- 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
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asl.historical@alaska.gov