J.A.M. (Just About Me)/J.A.U. (Just About Us), 1870-1938. [manuscript]

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-1-8

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Just About Me/Just About Us, Volumes I, II, III, are Bertrand Wilbur’s compiled memoirs. Volume II includes the period between 1894 and 1901, when Dr. Wilbur was employed by Sheldon Jackson Training School in Sitka. The volume includes significant content relating to Dr. Wilbur’s friendship with Rudolph Walton. Rudolph Walton lived in “The Cottages” adjacent to the school campus, and became widely known as a master Tlingit artist.

Happy Days and Special Events of the Wilbur Family, 1898-1980 and Early Days in Sitka: a talk about Governor John Brady are also included in this collection.

Dates

1870-1938

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted. This copy has been donated for research and historical purposes by Carolyn Wilbur Treadway on behalf of her father, the late Dr. Ross T. Wilbur, son of Dr. BK Wilbur.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Biographical

Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur was a medical missionary to Sitka, 1894-1901.

Extent

6 Volumes : 6 folders ; 4 v. digital files

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Volumes I, II, III were donated by Carolyn Wilbur Treadway, Bertrand K. Wilbur’s granddaughter. They are additions to the portion of the document Just About Me, previously held in the collection (see folder 2). Acc. # 2017-002.

Processing Information

The volumes I, II, III are the compiled work of Dr. Wilbur. They were scanned and provided to the library by the donor.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the J.A.M. (Just About Me)/J.A.U. (Just About Us), 1870-1938. [manuscript]
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Jim Simard, March 2017 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, May 2018 ; 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