Harold and Leila Waffle Photograph Collection, 1912 – 1918

Collection

Identifier: PCA 281

Staff Only

Alaska's Digital Archives: Harold and Leila Waffle Photograph Collection, ca. 1912-1918. ASL-PCA-281

Scope and Contents

Views of Ruby, Pedro Creek, Dikeman, Fairbanks, Chena, Dome Creek, Flat, Iditarod, Kaltag, Long City, Fort Discovery City, and St. Michael. Subjects also include dog sled racing, riverboats and gold mining operations in Alaska. Basil Clemons took the most of the photographs; other photographers are unidentified.

Other Basil Clemons collections include PCA 68, PCA 236 and PCA 373.

Dates

1912-1918

EAD

PCA0281

Biographical / Historical

Harold Waffle’s cousin, Pearl Slayton (birth name), who may have been married to Basil Clemons [a.k.a. Clemmons], gave the photographs to the Waffle family. She is in several of the photographs according to the donor, however, she is not identified. She was known as an “adventuresome woman for her day” and may have been married to Clemons.

Basil Edwin Clemons (1887-1964) came to Alaska in 1909 and photographed gold mining camps, Alaska Natives, sled dog racing, riverboats and other scenes. He joined the Army in Alaska and trained at Fort Liscum, also serving as the post photographer (PCA 276). He established a photography studio in Seattle after discharge, eventually moving to Texas. Clemons used techniques largely unknown to the photographic business and refused an offer from Eastman Kodak for his color developing processes. Basil Clemons died June 22, 1964, in Breckenridge.

Extent

120 Photographic Prints : black and white

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

The photographs may be viewed however they may not be photocopied. Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 010-011d, 053-054, 062-066, 073-074, 080-083, 090-091, 096-097, 102-104, 106-107

Processing Information

The photographs are sleeved in Mylar and stored in acid-neutral folders.

Digital Material

Alaska's Digital Archives: Harold and Leila Waffle Photograph Collection, ca. 1912-1918. ASL-PCA-281

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Harold and Leila Waffle Photograph Collection, 1912 – 1918
Status: In Progress
Author: ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 April
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English