George Cox Friend Photograph Collection, circa 1898-1952

Collection

Identifier: PCA 525-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

20 photographs showing Alaska mining claims of George Cox Friend. There is a newspaper article that tells the stories of some of the pre-gold rush Alaska sourdoughs, a letter to George Friend from D.E. Griffith asking for his early Alaska story, and an invitation to the reunion dinner of the Pioneers of Forty Mile, Alaska, 1922.

Dates

circa 1898-1952

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

George Cox Friend was born March 1, 1866 in Virginia. He went to Alaska in 1886 (pre gold rush) when he was 20 years old. He retired to the lower 48 states and married Mary Angeline Thompson Pender in 1917. She was a widow with 2 small children. The only child he had, a son, died in infancy. The donor, Lorraine Pender, is the wife of a son of Mary Pender. George Cox Friend died February 12, 1953 in San Jose, California.

Extent

1 boxes (1 Folder: 20 black and white photographs, 1 newspaper clipping, 1 letter, 1 invitation)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

The collection was donated by Lorraine Pender to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections August 1, 1977 and is accessioned as 2001-77.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. All items have been placed in Mylar and into a pH-neutral folder.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid to the George Cox Friend Photograph Collection, circa 1898-1952
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Alea Oien, May 2009 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann
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