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John Wight Chapman Photograph Collection, ca. 1896-1920

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 86

Alaska's Digital Archives: John Wight Chapman Photograph Collection, ca. 1896-1920 . ASL-PCA-86

Scope and Contents

Anvik, Alaska, Yukon Valley, and Native culture views, ca. 1896-1920.

Dates

  • circa 1896-1920

EAD

PCA0086

Biographical Note

Reverend John Wight Chapman, an Episcopal missionary, arrived in Anvik in 1887 and in 1912 was presented a loving cup honoring his twenty-five years of service at that time. He lived at Anvik for 43 years until his retirement in 1930.2

While working in Alaska, Rev. Chapman photographed people of the Anvik area, including natives, prospectors, mail carriers and views showing various local activity. A portrait of Rev. Chapman and some of his photographs were published in his book A Camp On the Yukon. [Source: Spirit of Missions, Sept. 1912, p. 653-657, Chapman, John Wight. A Camp on the Yukon. Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y., Idlewild Press , 1948. viii.]

Extent

73 Photographic Prints : 1 box - original negatives combined in box with PCA 37 (Childs)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

These views, including 17 nitrate negatives, were donated to the Alaska Historical Library and Museum around 1958.

Existence and Location of Originals

INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES : Negatives stored in freezer in Vault

1 Box – #1-2, 4-19 [Combined in box with PCA 37(Childs)]

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 004, 056

Processing Information

Safety film negatives have been made of selective views.

Descriptions in brackets were probably taken from negative envelopes as a few envelopes were found and seem to match. Our current methodology uses brackets for supplied descriptions. Nos. 24 and 26 descriptions from envelopes were added on 11/20/01.

Digital Material

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding aid for the John Wight Chapman Photograph Collection, ca. 1896-1920
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Staff ; Revised by: GK, 11/20/2001 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Freya Anderson, May 2019 ; Inventory Added by: Connie Hamann
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

External Documents

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

https://library.alaska.gov/hist/
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