Lennie Robert Thompson Photograph Collection, ca. 1938-1939

Collection

Identifier: PCA 420

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs primarily of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska region. There are photographs of whale butchering, native Alaskans in Savoonga and Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. There are also photos of King Island, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shosco in Juneau, and a few postcards including one of the Post-Rogers airplane disaster. Thompson was probably in Alaska in 1938-1939.

Dates

circa 1938-1939

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs 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

Lennie Thompson was head of a Coast Guard Station, place unknown. He came to Alaska in 1938-1939 on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shosco, possibly to investigate the crash of the Wiley Post-Will Rogers airplane in 1935. Thompson died in 1976 at age 70.

Extent

35 Photographic Prints (1 Box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

The collection was donated by Shirley Thompson, May 2001, Acc. #2001-41. She delivered the photographs for the Thompson family while on a cruise ship tour through Southeast Alaska. Acc. #2001-57 was added in August 2001.

Processing Information

The photographs were numbered by staff and housed in mylar. There was no original order to the collection; a few photographs have descriptions written on the back. Accession # 2001-57 was added to the end of the collection.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Lennie Robert Thompson Photograph Collection, ca. 1938-1939
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Gladi Kulp, June 2001 ; Revised by: Staff, August 2001 ; 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