Little Sammy and Big Sophie and family, September 1962

Item — Box: PCA 303

Identifier: ASL-P303-28

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Actually only Hudson (on the right) was their child in this group. The oldest young woman, Elma Jean was a daughter of Sidney and Angela Huntington who had been "given" to them as an infant when Angela was very sick. The young boy and the girl in front of Big Sophie were the children of their daughter Julia Wholecheese who had died. The third girl was another granddaughter, daughter of Tony and Emily Sam, who had also been given to them as an infant. Sons, Bergman and Wilson are not pictured.

Dates

September 1962

Biographical / Historical

Slides #15 – 38 are of family groups around Huslia in September of 1962. The young people who were the first group of students to go to high school were getting ready to leave town and we wanted pictures of them with their families so everyone could have a copy of the photos. This was a very traumatic as well as exciting time for the families. Life would never be the same for any of them and they knew it. It was a time of mourning for many parents. I have arranged the families alphabetically as the most useful way to organize them.