H.A. (Heath Arlo) Ives Photograph Collection, ca. 1910-1940s
Content Description
The collection contains photos primarily of southeast Alaska, ca. 1910-1940s. It includes photos of the Cordova and Hyder areas, Alaskan sled dogs, a few British Columbia scenes and various other areas of Alaska. There are panoramas of the Hoonah Packing Company cannery and the Chilkat Oil Company’s refinery near Katalla. The collection also includes photos of glaciers, rivers, and scenics.
Dates
- ca. 1910-1940s
EAD
PCA0419Conditions 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
H.A. (Heath Arlo) Ives was born in 1890 in Minneapolis. He lived on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and in Bellingham, WA. In 1907 he came to Katalla, Alaska to work as an engineer on a gas boat that ferried supplies for the Alaska Railroad. He quit after a dispute with a railroad foreman and walked 60 miles to the village of Eyak, now Cordova. While there, his left arm was crippled by a shotgun in a hunting accident.
At Cordova he started a small gasoline engine repair business; he also learned photography. It was during this time he acquired the nickname “Gasoline Red.”
In 1923 he moved to Hyder, Alaska. Here he set up business as a commercial photographer and sold his photos as postcards of the area. After his mother died in 1941 at Hyder, Ives moved to Wrangell for one year and then to Petersburg. He worked as a photographer, small engine repairman, and gunsmith until his retirement. Ives died in Petersburg, December 16, 1972.
[Information from: Petersburg Press, December 21, 1972, p. 8.]
Extent
56 Photographic Prints (50 glass plates and 6 nitrate negatives)
60 Photographic Prints (60 photographs (13 panoramas))
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
The Alaska State Library purchased the collection (50 glass plate and 6 nitrate negatives) from Brian Wilson, Penticton, B.C. Acc. no. 2000-18. Ron Klein, Juneau, delivered the negatives to the Alaska State Library in February 2000. PCA 419-57 was not part of the original purchase; added May 13, 2002. An additional gift (Acc. #2004-55) of Bonnie L. Husman of Salinas, CA, in memory of her husband, Robert George Husman, who was the nephew to George Arthur Lemmons, prospector and trapper in Ketchikan, Alaska, includes 4 panoramas and twelve 10 ½ x 6 ½ damaged prints and is numbered PCA 419-58 through 419-73.
Existence and Location of Originals
INVENTORY OF GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES
Stored in metal cabinet in vault
1 metal container:
Glass plates #1 – 48
INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES
Negatives stored in freezer in vault
1 Box:
Rolled Panoramas - #49-56
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 49-54, 56-61, 63-66, 68, 70-73
Processing Information
There was no original order to the collection. Some descriptions are taken from the front of the photographs. Many include supplied information indicated by brackets. Photographer’s numbers, when noted, are in parentheses at the end of descriptions. Photographs were developed directly from glass plate negatives by Ron Klein, Juneau. Panoramic photos were developed from nitrate negatives, also by Ron Klein. The photos were numbered by staff and housed in Mylar. Nitrate negatives (6 panoramas) are housed in cold storage.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the H.A. (Heath Arlo) Ives Photograph Collection, ca. 1910-1940s
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Gladi Kulp, May 2001; Revised by: K. Shelton, Oct. 2004; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Melissa Scriven, April 2019 ; Inventory added by: Jacki Swearingen
- Date
- 2022 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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