Letter regarding Horse Creek Mary

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-37-13

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A letter dated April 1925 from Caspar Malmberg, Eklutna, Alaska, to Miss Nita Johnstone, Cordova, Alaska, regarding biographical information about Horse Creek Mary.

Dates

1925 April

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.

Biographical Note

At the time this letter was written, April 1925, Casper Malmberg, had helped build the Eklutna Industrial School for Native Children, where orphaned children were schooled. His wife was a teacher at the school.

Horse Creek Mary was born at Tarral, Alaska. Her father was a Russian trader. Her mother was a native of the Copper River Valley. Mary lived on Horse Creek most of her life and died in Eklutna, Alaska, in 1923. By Malmberg’s estimation, Mary lived to be about 85 years old. She was buried near Chitina, Alaska. She was the mother of 4 children who reached adulthood, but preceded her in death. “She was a favorite subject for paintings by both Jules Dalagher [Dahlager] and E. Ziegler.”- Quoted from a donation letter written by John Grainger February 6, 1979.

Extent

1 items (1 folder) : 1 letter

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated by John H. Grainger to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections, February 6, 1979. It has not been accessioned but is #41 of Kay’s “T” files.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. The letter has been placed in Mylar and into a pH-neutral folder.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Letter regarding Horse Creek Mary
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Alea Oien and Anastasia Tarmann, April 2009. ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Freya Anderson
Date: 2019 June
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English