Scrapbook of George S. Kostrometinoff, 1879-1908

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-6-6

Staff Only

Alaska Digital Archives : Scrapbook of George S. Kostrometinoff, 1879-1908

Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper clippings of Alaska events, activities of the Kostrometinoff family and correspondence including a "skookum paper" letter written for George Kostrometinoff; also includes information on the Baranof Castle fire and the ships Neva and Thetis.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1879-1908

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

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 / Historical

Interpreter and Deputy U.S. Marshall; active in the Russian Church, buried under the Russian Orthodox Church at Sitka.

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

Also available in microfilm, MfMs 13.

General

Cover: "Scrap-book, belonged to George Kostrometinoff ('Father Sergius') who was in the employ of the Russian gov't. and also the United States gov't.in the early days."

Note from card catalog: "A.A. Baranov, armor presented to Smithsonian Institution, 1906."