Nora E. Kreps Photograph Album, ca. 1908-1910

Collection

Identifier: PCA 411

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection includes photographs of Nora Kreps’ high school classmates and school activities. She also took photos around Fort Davis and on her various trips in Alaska. The album was probably assembled ca. 1908-1910. Photographers include: Lomen Brothers, Goetze, Simmer, Dobbs, and Nowell. Places mentioned include: Bering Sea, Cape Prince of Wales, Copper River, Dutch Harbor, Fort Davis, Fort Egbert, Fort Gibbon, Fort Liscum, Fort Seward, Holy Cross Mission, Nome, Point Barrow, Point Hope, Port Clarence, St. Michael’s, Solomon, St. Lawrence Bay (Siberia), Unalaska, Valdez, and Yukon River.

Dates

circa 1908-1910

Conditions Governing Access

The photos may be viewed, however, the images may not be photocopied.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical Note

Nora Elizabeth Kreps lived at Fort Davis in Nome during her high school years. She took several trips and made a photograph album of pictures from her trips. In 1908 she took a trip through the Inside Passage, Prince William Sound, and into the Bering Sea. From 1909-1910 she collected and photographed images of Nome, Fort Davis and vicinity.

Extent

202 Photographic Prints (202 photographs, postcards)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

Lindsay Pitt of Tucson, AZ donated the slides to the Alaska State Library in May 2000; acc. no. 00-21.

Processing Information

The photographs in the album were numbered; a partial inventory was done.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for the Nora E. Kreps Photograph Album, ca. 1908-1910
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Kay Shelton and Gladi Kulp, May-June 2000 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann
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