Kiana and White Mountain Photograph Collection, ca. 1949-1959
Scope and Contents
306 black and white photographic print images and 532 color slide images of Kiana and White Mountain, Juneau, Sitka, Point Hope, Kotzebue and other areas of Alaska from 1949-1959, with the bulk from 1950-1955. In addition, personal postcards and newspaper clippings in the collection provide information about scenery, education in Alaska at the time, TB, and families featured in the images. The collection also includes digital copies of photographs and newspaper clippings featured in the collection.
Kodachrome transparency color slides are mainly of the Kiana and White Mountain area, Juneau, Sitka, and Mount Edgecumbe, with some of Kanakanak and Whitehorse, Point Hope and Kotzebue.
Dates
- Circa 1949-1959
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.
BIOGRAPHICAL
In fall of 1949, Clifford and Myrtle Hall went to teach in Kiana with their two sons Eugene (Gene) and Theodore (Ted or Teddy). Clifford became ill and the family returned to the United States on April 5th, 1951. Clifford died on May 26, 1951. After Clifford’s death, Myrtle, Theodore, and Eugene returned to White Mountain for two years. Later they lived in Sitka, where Myrtle worked at Mt. Edgecumbe in the TB sanatorium for approximately six years. In June of 1958, Myrtle married Rex King who adopted her sons, and changed their names from Hall to King. The family left Alaska in 1959. The slide images were taken and described mostly by Myrtle. She died October 28, 2012, just before her 94th Birthday.
Extent
2 boxes
4 items (4 folders) : 306 black and white photographs ; 8 color photographs ; 6 clippings ; 7 postcards ; 1 CD, 330 digital images
3 items (3 Metal Kodaslide compartment files) : 524 color slides ; 1 CD of digitized slide images
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Eugene K. King, son of Myrtle L. (Hall) King.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 012, 077, 109, 117, 142, 144, 171, 247, 250, 282
Processing Information
This collection has been described at the item level. Photo images were placed in Mylar sleeves and pH-neutral folders, then housed in an archival box. Slides were retained in original metal Kodaslide boxes. Kodaslide boxes and encased CD are housed in an archival box. Digitized images in online storage.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Kiana and White Mountain Photograph Collection, circa 1949-1959
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by Victoria Daniels, February 2014 ; Revised by Anastasia Tarmann ; Additions by Anastasia Tarmann, June 2015 ; Revised by Jacki Swearingen, August 2015.
- Date
- 2014 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov