A Tribute to My Sister, Elizabeth Roland deCourcy Annis, 1925-2011

Collection

Identifier: MS 281

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a scanned copy of selected materials concerning the life of Elizabeth deCourcy Annis. With the manuscript is a copy of a Gastineau Heritage News publication, Volume 17, No.1, January 20, 2014. This issue is dedicated to a biography of Betty Annis: “Betty Annis in Her Own Words: Life at the Empire, 1955-1957,” and a couple of the articles she wrote for the Daily Alaska Empire: “War Buddies” and “The Hub of the City” (about the opening of the Baranof Hotel in Juneau in 1939).

Dates

1925-2011

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical Note

Elizabeth (Betty) deCourcy Annis arrived in Juneau, Alaska in 1955 and almost immediately got herself a job as proofreader for the Daily Alaska Empire (now the Juneau Empire). Betty worked for the Empire in various positions from 1955-1957. After leaving the Empire she worked for The Independent for a year, a weekly Juneau paper. Later she served as a secretary at Holy Trinity Church and worked for Clark Gruening, while he was a member of the State House of Representatives, in the 1970s. After Betty stopped writing for the paper, she continued to write letters to the editors of Alaskan papers. This manuscript is a compilation of her writings.

Biographical information from Gastineau Heritage News article “Betty Annis in Her Own Words, Life at the Empire, 1955-1957,” Vol. 17, No. 1, Jan. 20, 2014.

Extent

7 folders : Correspondence, essays, writings ; Photocopies of photographs

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

Donated by Patricia Barlow, sister of Elizabeth (Betty) deCourcy Annis, via Virginia Breeze. Acc. # 2014-009.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the folder level. Original order maintained. All items placed into pH-neutral folders.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the A Tribute to My Sister, Elizabeth Roland deCourcy Annis, 1925-2011
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Sara Bornstein, March 2014 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Dec. 2017 ; 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: Eng