Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

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

Additional Description

Related Materials

Related photographs form a separate collection, PCA 153.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

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