Joseph Hewitt Diary – Southeast Alaska Census Taking, 1910

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-37-19

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Manuscript describing Joseph Hewitt’s travels by steamer to settlements in Southeast Alaska as a census taker, 1909-1910.

Dates

1910

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical

Joseph Hewitt (1848-1923) was born in Indiana, and married his spouse, Mary, there in 1879. He moved to Ohio and Kansas City, Mo. He worked as an art glass maker in a business owned by a family member of his wife.

Joseph and Mary Hewitt went to Southeast Alaska in the fall of 1908 to visit their two daughters. Dorothy Hewitt was a government teacher in Hoonah and Helen Hewitt was teaching at Klawock. In the summer of 1909 Joseph, Mary, and Dorothy camped over 500 miles of Southeast Alaska, returning to Kansas City in the spring of 1910. In 1913 Joseph and Mary moved to Los Angeles, CA.

Extent

3 items : 1 folder ; 1 original diary (manuscript) ; 1 transcription of manuscript

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated by Mary Stegeman, great granddaughter of Joseph Hewitt, and granddaughter of Helen Hewitt. The original manuscript was donated to the Alaska State Museum and transferred to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections August 9, 1989. The typewritten transcription of the manuscript was received by the Alaska State Library Historical Collections in October of 1989.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. The original diary and transcription have been placed in a pH-neutral folder.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Joseph Hewitt Diary – Southeast Alaska Census Taking, 1910
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Alea Oien, May 2009 ; Revised by: Anastasia Tarmann, Apr. 2014 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, June 2014 ; 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