George Gay Blackmer Photograph Collection, 1912-1913

Collection

Identifier: PCA 144

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

International Boundary Survey of Chitna Valley

Dates

1912-1913

EAD

PCA0144

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

Biographical

George Gay Blackmer was born January 1, 1879, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was reared in Boston and attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During 1912 and 1913 George Blackmer was a member of the International Boundary Surveys between Canada and Alaska. In 1915 he married Hannah Lauretta Spittle and moved to Juneau, where he worked as an engineer for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. and the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company until 1917. The Blackmers lived in the Cliff Apartments on Front Street. George Blackmer died Dec. 28, 1949, in Pasadena, California.

Extent

39 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated by George Blackmer's daughter, Mary Meyer, of San Juan Capistrano, California, in August 1979.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the George Gay Blackmer Photograph Collection, 1912-1913
Status: In Progress
Author: ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 July ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 May
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English