Charlie J. Patton Collection, ca. 1915-1957

Collection

Identifier: PCA 195

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection includes Alaska photographs of the Yukon River area, Tanana, Ruby, Fort Gibbon, Fort Liscum, Cordova, Tonsina. Also included are images of road houses, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, Copper River and Northwestern Railroad, Alaskan Native culture, and portraits. An album (Vol. II) contains snapshots of family and activities. Many of the photographs are captioned in ink.

An oversize scrapbook contains both clippings and photographs from around Alaska, various subject. The collection also includes articles and newspaper clippings on Alaska and the Pacific Northwest-related events. In addition to the photographs, the collection includes articles and newspaper clippings on Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. These items were transferred to file folders arranged by subject.

Dates

ca. 1915-1957

Conditions Governing Access

The photographs may be viewed, however, they may not be photocopied.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish or reproduce from the collection may be discussed with the Librarian.

Biographical

Mr. Patton was born in 1889 in Vader, Washington. He worked at the Pacific Coast Steel Co. in Seattle from 1903-1910, went to Alaska in 1911 and served in the Army in World War I. He lived in Cordova from 1915 to 1936 and in Fairbanks from 1936-1957. During his life he was a soldier, truck driver, cannery and steel worker, and was in the hardware and grocery business.

Extent

313 Photographic Prints : 1 oversize scrapbook (106 photographs, black and white, plus clippings ; 1 photograph album (256 photographs, black and white, cyanotype) 7 folders (newspaper clippings)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was purchased in January, 1982, from Shorey Book Company in Seattle. Acc. No. 1982-002.

Processing Information

The loose photographs are sleeved in Mylar. Vol. II album is intact and the pages (containing cyanotype photographs) are interleaved with tissue. Vol. III album is stored in oversize; it is intact. The clippings are filed in folders, arranged by subject; no conservation measures have been taken.