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Robert Dunn Photograph Collection, ca. 1910

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 273

Scope and Contents

This collection contains views of Robert and Hilda, their friends, school children, Thane and the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company mill. There are also interior views of the Treadwell mines, including the cyanide plant.

Dates

  • circa 1910

EAD

PCA0273

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.

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

Robert Dunn graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in about 1906 as a civil engineer. It is unknown when he arrived in Alaska, however, he worked in the Juneau mines around 1910. His wife, Hilda (nee Axelson) taught school in Thane.

Extent

1 folders (24 black and white photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition

Albert F. Hill, Jr., a grand nephew of Mr. Dunn, donated the collection in 1986.

Existence and Location of Originals

INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES

Negatives stored in freezer in vault

1 Box: Negatives #3-24

Processing Information

The photographs are numbered and sleeved in Mylar. An item-level inventory is available. Information supplied by the processor is in brackets.

Title
Finding Aid for the Robert Dunn Photograph Collection, ca., 1910
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Staff ; Revised by: Staff, Apr. 2004 ; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen, July 2019 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen, July 2019 ; Inventory added by: Jacki Swearingen
Date
2021 October
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)