Jacob Keffeler Letters and Family History, ca. 1911-1917

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-37-22

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains 9 letters written by Jacob Keffeler while living in Alaska during and after the Klondike Gold Rush. Included are family history documents put together by descendents of Jacob Keffeler.

Dates

Majority of material found within ca. 1911-1917

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. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical

Jacob Keffeler (1850-1916) left Luxembourg at age five. He grew up in Iowa and Michigan. He married Emma Haas in 1881. They had 2 children: Herbert Oswald Keffeler and Meta Nora Keffeler. Jacob traveled to the Black Hills of South Dakota to search for gold. While there he was a miner, merchant and rancher. In 1898 he moved on to Alaska with his son and participated in the Klondike Gold Rush. He lived in Anchorage until just before his death. He died in Sitka at the Pioneer Home, according to an Anchorage Daily Times Obituary (4/20/1917 p.5).

Extent

1 Volumes : 1 folder ; 9 letters ; Family history documents

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated by Lois J. Grummer to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections 7/31/2001 and is accessioned as 2001-52 and 2001-101.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the folder level. All items have been placed in mylar and into pH-neutral folders.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Jacob Keffeler Letters and Family History, ca. 1911-1917
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Alea Oien April 2009 ; Revised by: Anastasia Tarmann ; 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