Paul Sincic Photograph Collection, ca. 1898-1915
Scope and Contents
The following is a list of 478 glass plates made by H.C. Barley and other photographers between 1898 and 1915? which belonged to Paul Sincic of Douglas, Alaska. The glass plates were loaned to the library in September 1978 and copy negatives and prints were made from 186. Additional contact prints were produced from 105 plates (views 208 to 312.)
The collection includes views of Skagway, the people and the waterfront community, the Yukon Territory, W.P. and Y.R., Treadwell mines on Douglas Island, Alaska wild flowers and plants, and Copper River and Northwestern Railroad in the Valdez area. Of particular importance are the views of Dyea, Alaska, since photographs of this community are scarce. The collection includes many portraits of unidentified people who were probably in Skagway.
Other photographers represented in the collection include C.L. Andrews, Case and Draper, Louis H. Pedersen, T.P. Callarman, and E.A. Hegg. The collection includes copies of a manuscript honoring Heney's construction of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad. [See original at PCA 340.]
*Source: Information compiled by Roy Minter, former Vice President, W.P. and Y.R.
The starred (* and **) numbers indicate items described in this collection that we do not have photographs for.
Dates
- ca. 1898-1915
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 Note (Paul Sincic)
Paul Sincic worked as a cotton picker, telephone lineman, logger, night desk clerk at the Gastineau hotel in Juneau, with the Alaska Railroad. He attended darkroom school in New York and, after marrying Agnes, the couple took their four adopted children outside of Alaska while he earned a teaching degree. They returned to Juneau where he taught history at the high school and a year each in a logging camp and bush school. He seldom was without his camera and took thousands of photographs traveling through the U.S and Alaska. He even took a camera to the front lines during World War II. Paul Sincic died at age 84, leaving behind volumes of photographs and negatives, as well as numerous interviews about his life and work. [From: “Legacy of vision,” by Betsy Longenbaugh, Juneau Empire, Nov. 22, 1998.]
Extent
291 Photographic Prints : 291 photographs
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
The collection of 478 glass-plate negatives were loaned to the Historical Collections September 1978 for copying.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 001-007, 012-015, 018-020, 031, 043, 050, 059, 063, 067, 072, 080, 084-085, 103, 107, 115, 121, 124, 128-129, 131-132, 134, 144, 154, 160, 163, 176, 206, 279-282, 317, 347, 351, 409, 410-411, 416-417, 420, 422-423, 428, 431
Processing Information
Copy negatives and prints were made from 186 views. Additional contact prints were produced from 105 plates (views 208 to 312.) Photo numbers retained from original inventory.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Paul Sincic Photograph Collection, ca. 1898-1915
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Staff ; Revised: Sept. 2002 ; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen and Connie Hamann, Oct. 2019 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
- 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