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Byron Roherty Scrapbook, 1959

 Collection
Identifier: MS 218

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains memorabilia of Byron Roherty's trip to Alaska on Alaska Cruise Line's Cruise Tour no.5, on the S. S. Yukon Star between May 26 and June 18, 1959. The collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, brochures, tickets and an itinerary for the trip.

Included are newspaper accounts of travel in Alaska, including several written by Betty Dudley, a fellow passenger on Tour no. 5 in 1959.

Places visited include Ketchikan, Juneau, Haines, Whitehorse, Tok, Fairbanks, the Tanana River, McKinley National Park, Anchorage, the Matanuska Valley, and the Portage Glacier.

The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the Travel section of the Chicago Tribune and the Vista Interstate, feature magazine of the Beliot Daily News. The four Vista Interstate articles, written by Dr. Martin T. Bergsjo, are called Bergsjo’s Alaska, and document Dr. Bergsjo’s 1966 trip to Alaska.

Dates

  • 1959

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Byron Roherty's scrapbook was donated by Dennis and Sally Crabtree in 2006, Acc. no. 2006-045. Sally Crabtree is the niece of Mr. Roherty.

Processing Information

The album is in fragile condition. Some album pages are loose. Loose newspaper articles were photocopied on acid free paper and discarded.

Title
Finding aid for the Byron Roherty Scrapbook, 1959
Status
In Progress
Author
Processed by: James Simard 9/18/2006 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date
2019 July
Description rules
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Language of description
Undetermined
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

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

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