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Dr. John H. Outland Alaska Big Game Hunt, 1919

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 425-17

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

PCA0425-17

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.

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

Related Materials

Folder 2 contains a three part article “The Diary of an Alaskan Trip” by R.J. DeLano. The article describes the 1919 hunting expedition, on the Kenai Peninsula, for specimens to be gathered for the museum of natural history at the University of Kansas.

This article relates to the photographs in this collection.

“The Diary of an Alaskan Trip” Part I by R.J. DeLano. Outers’ Recreation [Outdoors Recreation], November 1920, Volume 63, Number 5, pages 342-344, 404, 405.

“The Diary of an Alaskan Trip” Part II by R.J. DeLano. Outers’ Recreation [Outdoors Recreation], December 1920, Volume 63, Number 6, pages 431-434.

“The Diary of an Alaskan Trip” Part III by R.J. DeLano. Outers’ Recreation [Outdoors Recreation], January 1921, Volume 64, Number 1, pages 30-32.

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

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