Heywood W. Seton-Karr Sketchbook, 1886, 1887

Collection

Identifier: MS 201

Staff Only

Alaska's Digital Archives: Heywood W. Seton-Karr Sketchbook, 1886, 1887 . ASL-MS-201

Dates

1886, 1887

Conditions Governing Access

The original is fragile and can be viewed only with the permission of the Chief Librarian. Sketches may not be photocopied. Digital images are available on Alaska’s Digital Archives.

Biographical / Historical

HW (Heywood Walter) Seton Karr, an officer in the Gordon Highlanders, was also an artist, traveler and big game hunter. During his lifetime he published several books on his travels. Those relating to Alaska include:

SHORES AND ALPS OF ALASKA (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington; Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1887)

TEN YEARS TRAVEL & SPORT IN FOREIGN LANDS, OR, TRAVELS IN THE EIGHTIES (London: Chapman & Hall, 1890)

BEAR-HUNTING IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS; OR, ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA REVISITED (London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1891)

Extent

1 Volumes (1 album) : 153 art originals

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Processing Information

Slides of several of the images are now available. Item-level inventory not available, however, many of the sketches are reproduced in Seton-Karr’s book titled Shores and Alps of Alaska.

Digital Material

Alaska's Digital Archives: Heywood W. Seton-Karr Sketchbook, 1886, 1887 . ASL-MS-201

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Heywood W. Seton-Karr Sketchbook, 1886, 1887
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Kay Shelton, September 2002. Revised: July 2007. ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Freya Anderson
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