Memorabilia of Dr. Ralph B. Williams, circa 1940s-1970s

Collection

Identifier: MS 213

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection includes ornithology research, field notes, bird lists, correspondence, photographs, and a stamp collection containing Alaskan first issues and cancelled postmarks.

Dates

circa 1940s - 1970s

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

Dr. Ralph B. Williams was born in Salt Lake City Utah August 19, 1910 to Freeman Royal Williams and Laura Brown/Bullock. He married Ione Fallentine August 16, 1933. They had two daughters: Constance (Johnson) and Katherine.

Dr. Williams arrived in Juneau, Alaska on July 10, 1944 to take a position with the Territory as Director of Public Health Laboratories. He held this position until he retired in the late 1960s. By avocation he was a noted ornithologist, avid stamp and coin collector and photographer. He died October 5, 2001.

From: Connie Johnson notes, May 2005

Extent

4 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

The collection was donated by Constance Williams Johnson, daughter of Ralph Williams, via Robert Weber. Accession #2005-33.

Processing Information

The collection material was placed in archival boxes and described at the folder level.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for Memorabilia of Dr. Ralph B. Williams, circa 1940s-1970s
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Gladi Kulp / Laura Wood, 2005 ; Completed by: Jacki Swearingen, Dec. 2012 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
Date: 2019 November
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English