Dr. John H. Outland Alaska Big Game Hunt, 1919
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographic prints of travel through lower Southeast and Southwest Alaska, Orcas Island, and Metlakatla, 1889-1919. Native Alaskan villagers and villages, landscapes, glaciers, railroad, early automobile, hunting camp, moose, bear and big horn sheep, porcupine, walrus. Photographer or collector unknown.
Also included in the collection is the three part article “The Diary of An Alaskan Trip” by R.J. DeLano who was a member of the hunting trip to Alaska.
Dates
- 1919
EAD
PCA0425-17Conditions 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.
Historical
From: Thursday, October 9, 1919, Lawrence Daily Journal-World; Lawrence, Kansas, Ten pages, Part One, Volume LXIII, Number 242, Page 1.
“BACK FROM ALASKA. C. D. Bunker Brings Back Many New Specimens From the North.
C. D. Bunker, assistant curator in charge of birds and mammals in Dyche museum, returned last week from a hunting trip in Alaska, a party of six, four of whom were old K. U. men. Dr. John Outland of Kansas City, an old K. U. football man; Dr. James Masson, a K. U. man on the Mayo Brothers general staff at Rochester, Minn.; Dr. Raymond Teal [Teale] of Palco and Raymond DeLano of Kansas City, Mo., were the other members of the party.
A number of white sheep, moose and white and brown bear were killed and shipped back to Lawrence for the museum. Five barrels of skins, a large crate of moose heads and a box of skeletons and bones were secured by Mr. Bunker in the Mount McKinley region.”
Extent
102 Photographic Prints : 1 folder ; black and white prints + duplicates
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred by the University of Kansas Archives to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections October 24, 1991. The collection was originally sent to the University of Kansas Archives by the Kansas University Museum of Natural History. Accessioned February 27, 1992.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized & available for viewing via VILDA: 09, 20, 30-32, 40, 52, 56, 59, 84-85
Processing Information
This collection is described at the item level. All items were placed in mylar and a pH-neutral folder. Photos numbered: 17-19, 20-21 are very faded.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Dr. John H. Outland Alaska Big Game Hunt, 1919
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Ken Nail, Jr. ; Revised by: Alea Oien, Mar. 2009 ; Revised by: Anastasia Tarmann ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Feb. 2016 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
- Date
- 2020 June
- 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
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asl.historical@alaska.gov