John Morrow Jones and Susan Deupree Jones Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1898
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 46 lantern slides from the 1890s, depicting mining and prospecting activities in Alaska.
Dates
- circa 1898
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
Neal D. Benedict left Seattle for the gold fields of Alaska on February 9, 1898 aboard the schooner MOONLIGHT. The ship reached Valdez Bay in March of that year. Mr. Benedict and other miners unloaded supplies and transported them over the Valdez Glacier to Twelve-Mile Camp in the Klutina River Valley. The miners also worked in the Copper River Valley.
Extent
2 boxes : 46 glass lantern slides
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
This collection was donated by John Morrow Jones and Susan Deupree Jones in June 2013. They acquired the lantern slides in Ann Arbor Michigan during the late 1960s or early 1970s. No further information is available about the provenance of the slides. Acc. #2013-037.
Existence and Location of Originals
INVENTORY OF GLASS LANTERN SLIDES
Stored in cabinet in vault
Box 1: (25 slides)-
Series 1: #10 – 109 (not consecutive)
Box 2: (21 slides)-
Series 1: #134 – 155 (not consecutive);
Series 2: #1 - 10
Processing Information
Most of the images in this slide collection match the photographs by Neal Benedict in PCA 201, which were also used in a manuscript monograph, The Valdes and Copper River Trail, Alaska, MS 66. Series 1 of the slides in PCA 591 were numbered to conform with the numbers given to the images in PCA 201 and MS 66. Series 2 of these slides do not match the images from PCA 201 or MS 66.
The slides were sandwiched in glass as needed to protect the emulsion, and sleeved in archival paper housing.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the John Morrow Jones and Susan Deupree Jones Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1898
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Jim Simard, June 2015 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Jan. 2016 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
- Date
- 2019 July
- 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