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William Werner Shorthill Photograph Collection, ca. 1898

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 389

Alaska's Digital Archives: William Werner Shorthill Photograph Collection, ca. 1898. ASL-PCA-389

Scope and Contents

An album of Case and Draper, Hegg, Hirschfeld and Blankenburg photographs of Dyea , Skagway, gold mines and mining. Includes an image of Soapy Smith on horseback, Frank Reid in the hospital (?), the Treadwell Gloryhole.

Dates

  • ca. 1898

EAD

PCA0389

Conditions Governing Access

The photos may be viewed. However the images may not be photocopied.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

Biographical

William Werner Shorthill was born October 6, 1870 in Rockford Illinois to Thomas Andrew Shorthill and Sarah Elizabeth Werner. He operated the Olympic News Company in Dyea, Alaska and was Secretary of the White Pass and Yukon Railway in Skagway; he also served as Secretary to Alaska Governor’s Walter E. Clark (1909-1913) and John F.A. Strong (1913-1918). Shorthill died on July 26, 1948.

Extent

90 Photographic Prints : 1 album

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The photographs were donated in 1998 by Howard Shorthill, Sr. of Orangeville, Utah.

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 05, 07, 10, 16-19, 26-27, 29, 31, 44-45, 55, 58, 61, 67, 69, 71, 83-84

Processing Information

The photos are numbered. A finding aid is available.

Digital Material

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding aid for the William Werner Shorthill Photograph Collection, ca. 1898
Status
In Progress
Author
Processed by: Debbie Finley, India Spartz, and Ann Doyle 7/98 ; ArchiveSpace 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

External Documents

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

https://library.alaska.gov/hist/
Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
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