Records of the Radio Wireless and Weather Station at Radioville, Alaska (near Chichagof Island), 1930-1938

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-23

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The records include telegrams sent and received; also weather reports kept by Joseph T. Bauer (a former member of the U.S. Army Signal Corp.) who operated the station supported by contracts with the mining companies on Chichagof Island.

Major correspondence for the Chichagof Gold Mining Company, Chichagof, Alaska, was addressed to Nick Bez (company official outside Alaska), Arthur Rust, and James L. Freeman (official in charge at the mining camp).

Major correspondence for the Hirst-Chichagof Gold Mining Company, Radioville, Alaska, was addressed to Lew G. Kay (company official outside Alaska), and D. J. Williams (official in charge at the mining camp).

Dates

1930-1938

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.

Extent

1 boxes : 0.4 linear ft.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These records were donated to the library by the Wrangell Historical Society in February 1983.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Records of the Radio Wireless and Weather Station at Radioville, Alaska (near Chichagof Island), 1930-1938
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Staff ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
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