Walter Harper fourth from left: “Harper Ridge” on Mt. McKinley named for him. [next sticker:] Walter was on 1913 ascent of McKinley in [next sticker:] party led by Archdeacon Stuck [sepia toned photo of 8 native boys, the initials W.H. with an arrow pointing to the 4th boy from the left. Text from typed stickers below photo.]
Scope and Contents
[The photograph is surrounded and partly covered by more typed labels, reading:] Archdeacon Stuck, booklet re: “St. Mark’s Episcopal Mission” near Nenana, Alaska; “Tortella Hall”, a boarding school for some 28 children. The Archdeacon died in 1920 at Fort Yukon; his [next sticker:] labours with the Indians began about 1904. He ascended Mt. McKinley 1913. [next sticker:] The Rev. Hudson Stuck, archdeacon of the Yukon, see obit. in NEW YORK TIMES Oct. 13, 1920, p. 15. [next sticker:] See letter to editor, NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1932… [this is page 3 of booklet: St. Mark’s Mission, Nenana Alaska; photograph is described in part of text on page 2] [another sticker indicates neg # 01-2252]
Dates
- circa 1900
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is unrestricted.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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