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Hjalmar Rutzebeck Original Manuscripts, c. 1916

 Collection
Identifier: MS 282

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.

Related Materials

Alaska Man's Luck and Other Works (F905.R982 1988)

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

Contact:
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Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
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