Twin Hills School Letters Collection, 1971

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-38-8

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between the school teachers Jim and Geri Baenen and Mary Harris between early October, 1971 and mid-March, 1972. Topics about village life include child rearing, salmon fishing and preservation, and village activities.

Dates

1971

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.

Biographical

Mary Harris and her Girl Scout troop in Washington State chose to send letters and Christmas gifts to Twin Hills village school located six miles from Togiak, Alaska.

Extent

6 items : 4 letters ; 2 color photographs

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated by Mary Harris April 3, 2001 to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections and is accessioned as 2009-71.

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 Twin Hills School Letters Collection, 1971
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Anastasia Tarmann, 12/29/2009 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2019 August
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English