This collection documents the Burford, Spickett, and Caro families of Juneau, all connected by marriage. Three sisters, Josephine “Lottie” Clark, Laura B. Clark, and Lillie Bee Clark, moved to Juneau and married for a period in their lives. Lottie married John Spickett. Laura married Jules B. Caro. Lillie married Jack (George) Burford, and later married Charles Hooker. As the material was donated by the Burford line of the family, the majority of the material documents the life of Jack Burford and his second wife, Mabel Monson. Mabel moved to Juneau for a teaching position and Jack owned an office supply store, J. B. Burford Co. and they lived above the store in an apartment they named Topsides. This building was on the current location of the Dimond court house. Later they owned and operated charter boats, the Donjac, Majac, and Katinka, and lived in Auke Bay. The local businesses owned and worked in by the various families are well documented with photographs and pamphlets. John Spickett owned Spickett’s Post Office Store, and later the Palace Theater, the two Orpheum Theaters, and then the Hotel Franklin. Jules Caro owned a dry goods store, J. B. Caro and Associates. Lottie and Lillie worked for Mrs. Hayes Curio Shop. Charles Hooker worked as a druggist for Harry Race Drugs. The photographs also show Juneau as it was during this time. It is evident from the photographs that the Spickett, Caro, and Burford cousins spent much of their childhood together.

Family Tree: Jane Clark --m.-- ? Josephine “Lottie” C. Clark (1869-1944) --m.-- John T. Spickett (1857-1932) Calvin Spickett (Step-son of Lottie) Laura B. Clark --m.-- ? Frances Georgia Frances Caro (Step-daughter of Jules) --m.-- Jules B. Caro --m.-- (Laura left Alaska after 6 or 7 years and remarried) --m.-- (Jules remarried and had a son named Bert. Bert married a girl named Pete) Lillie Bee Clark --m.-- Jack (George) Burford Jack Burford --m.-- Elizabeth “Betty” Jack Burford Donald Burford --m.—Elizabeth “Beth” Ian Burford Heather (Adopted) Sharon Burford Robert (Adopted)

--m. Mabel M. Monson Ben Burford --m.-- Margaret? --m.-- Alice? --m. Charles Hooker Wilbur “Berf” Burford (Jack (George) Burford’s brother) --m.-- Pearl Wilbur Jr. Burford --m.-- Belle Norma Burford --m.-- Fournie