Hjalmar Rutzebeck Original Manuscripts, c. 1916
Scope and Contents
This collection includes pages of original writings that may have been used in Hjalmar Rutzebeck’s publications about his time in Alaska. A letter to Rutzebeck regarding land in Haines he was interested in homesteading is also a part of this collection.
The pages in this collection are difficult to decipher. Two pages are only partial pages and written on the backs of Wanted posters. Some pages appear to be letters, and some appear to be stories.
Dates
- circa 1916
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is unrestricted.
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
Hjalmar Rutzebeck, an Alaskan author, wrote several books. The most well-known is Alaska Man’s Luck and Other Works. Rutzebeck’s publications describes his fierce and harrowed early life: as a common sailor in the legendary last days of sail-powered ships; as a migrant worker, beachcomber and jailbird on the Chilean coast, an I.W.W. activist in that organization's heyday in the Pacific Northwest, a U.S. Army soldier and renown Alaskan Outlaw and convict.
Extent
1 folders (9 pages ) : Typed and handwritten pages
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
This collection was donation by Sandra Hopper in March 2014. Acc. #2013-053.
Processing Information
This collection has been digitized. All pages placed in Mylar, and all items placed into a pH-neutral folder. Pages are fragile. Please see digital copy.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Hjalmar Rutzebeck Original Manuscripts, circa 1916
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Sara Bornstein, March 2014; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Kate Dunn ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Aug.2021
- 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
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
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asl.historical@alaska.gov