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Travel Club of Southern California

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 429

Scope and Contents

Alaska-Yukon Trips, 1962, 1966 : The black and white photographs were taken by Wilson D. Ellis of Berkeley. They document two tours of Alaska, Vancouver, and the Yukon Territory. The 1966 tour was taken by the Travel Club of Southern California. There are images of southeast communities as well as Fairbanks, Anchorage, Skagway, Yakutat, and Whitehorse, B.C. Many of the photos are captioned and some club members are identified.

Dates

  • 1962, 1966

Conditions Governing Access

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

Conditions Governing Use

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

Extent

231 Photographic Prints : 4 folders ; black and white images

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was transferred from the Berkeley Historical Society, Berkeley, California, in January of 1991. The collection was accessioned from the backlog in 2002. Acc. No. 2002-10.

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 005, 210

Related Materials

See also: PCA 474 and Acc. #1991-004)

Processing Information

The photographs were removed from three vinyl albums and sleeved in Mylar. The organization was retained. Subjects, locations, and people have been identified within each folder. 15 rolls of 35mm photograph negatives related to this collection (5 rolls 1962, 10 rolls 1966) were stored in a box and placed in room 227A in the vault (Acc. #1991-004).

Title
Finding aid for the Travel Club of Southern California
Status
In Progress
Author
Processed by: Laura Wood, May 2002 ; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen, Nov. 2018 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date
2019 July
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

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
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