Alaska Villages, 1937-1941
Content Description
Alaska villages, 1937-1941. [58 villages described by students]
Dates
- 1937-1941
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Paul E. Thompson went to Cordova in 1931 as warden for U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (seasonal). He returned to Cordova each year through 1937 as a seasonal fish warden. During the summer of 1933, he made stream surveys on the upper Copper River. In the Fall of 1937, Mr. Thompson went to Eklutna Vocational School as a teacher and spent summers at the Knik Arm fish camp for the school. In the Spring of 1941 he went to Juneau as district chief for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service until February 1942 when he transferred to Washington, D.C. as assistant chief for the Division of Alaska Fisheries.
Mr. Thompson retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Chief of Fishery Research in March 1971 and resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
Extent
96 Sheets (96 p: typescript.)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Finding Aid for Alaska Villages Manuscript, 1937-1941
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by Staff; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Melissa Scriven, April 2019
- Date
- 2019 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
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