Charles A. and Anna (Karlsson) Sutherling Correspondence, 1902-1904
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 36 translated letters written between Anna Karlsson and Charles Sutherling from 1902-1904. Also available, in digital form only, are 18 letters in Swedish from Anna Karlsson (later Mrs. Sutherling) to Charles Sutherling. Anna’s letters were translated and are part of the 36 translated letters.
15 photoprints of Charles Sutherling, Anna Karlsson (Sutherling), and the Nome area are also contained in this collection. Photographers include E.A. Hegg and Sciaroni and Hammond.
Dates
- 1902-1904
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
These 36 letters, from 1902 to 1904, were written in Swedish, between Swedish immigrants Anna Carlston and Charles Sutherling (Anna Karlsson and Carl Adolf Söderling spelled in Swedish) before they were married on July 12, 1904.
The letters were written while Charles Sutherling (called Charly in Annie’s letters) was in Nome, Alaska, during the Nome Gold Rush and Anna Sutherling (called Annie in Charly’s letters) was either in Seattle or Bothell, Washington, or The Dalles, Oregon, working as a domestic servant or au pair.
The family Annie worked for then was the Arthur Dunn family. Arthur G. Dunn Sr. (1861-1945) made his first fortune in the Northwest fish cannery industry, and then made another by investing in real estate in the Seattle area. One property was Seattle’s Pier 70. Ainsworth and Dunn is still on the building’s face.
These letters are from a time unlike today. A letter signified that the writer was still alive. If letters did not arrive, worry set in. This happened once for Annie and Charly as you will read in the letters. Another concern was over health. Nearly every letter begins with Må gott! or Be Well!
Information from Chuck Holland
Extent
2 Volumes : 2 folders: translated letters, photocopies photographs.
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Len Ceder and Chuck Holland, grandsons of Charles and Anna Sutherling, loaned the letters and photographs in this collection to the Alaska Historical Collections library for copying. Acc. #2012-043.
Existence and Location of Copies
Both the 36 translated letters and Anna’s 18 letters in Swedish may be viewed at the Alaska’s Digital Archives.
Processing Information
The letters and photographs in this collection were copied and returned to the donor. This collection has been inventoried at an item level. Items have been placed in archival folders and an archival box.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Charles A. and Anna (Karlsson) Sutherling Correspondence, 1902-1904
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Staff, 2017 ; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen, Nov. 2017 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
- 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
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov