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St. Mark’s Mission, Nenana Alaska [15 page booklet, with 9 black and white photographs, hand written and typed text. Cover is listed as page 1.]

 unspecified — Box: MS004-11-02
Identifier: MS004-11-02-Booklet

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

A small handmade booklet about St. Mark's Episcopal Mission and boarding school, Tortella Hall in Nenana, Alaska. Original photographs illustrate the booklet and hand written and typed notations explain the contents. The book describes the Mission's work and the school that housed and instructed twenty-eight children of varying ages. Among the Athabascan children and youth pictured is Walter Harper, who was with Archdeacon Hudson Stuck on the 1913 ascent of Mount McKinley, and for whom Harper Ridge is named.

Dates

  • circa 1900

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

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