Alaska Historical Society Photograph Collection, circa 1898
Content Description
Views in this collection include the church and graveyard at St. Michael, store and buildings at Nulato, Athapascan Indians, steamboats AURORA, JENNIE M, RESEARCH, SUNFLOWER; dog teams , groups of people, and interior views of cabins and their occupants, as well as fish camps and scenics along the river. We did not receive all of the images in this series. We do not have copies of any numbers not listed here. The full series of glass plate negatives is located at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dates
- circa summer of 1898
EAD
PCA0009Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copies of photographs can be ordered from the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701.
Historical Note
Comments by R. N. De Armond: “These pictures seem to have been taken by a member of a party of goldseekers bound up the Yukon River, probably for Dawson and probably in the summer of 1898. It is surmised that they owned or traveled on the steamboat JENNIE M., since she is the vessel most often shown in the pictures. They wintered at some point along the river. It was hoped, in examining the pictures, that they might be numbered serially from the start to the end of the Yukon trip, but this does not seem to be so. Identification of most of the pictures is difficult. An individual thoroughly familiar with the Yukon River, and particularly with the section of it below the Tanana, might very well be able to identify some of the locations. I have made comments on individual pictures - by the number on the picture -- only when I could offer some identification or when there is something about the picture that seems worthy of comment.”
Extent
2 folders : 142 black and white photoprints
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
In 1975 Robbie Collins donated the glass plate negatives from which these prints were made; the donation was made to the Alaska Historical Society, which has 134 prints. We believe the images were printed for the Historical Collections by UAF. Accession No. 1976-003.
Existence and Location of Originals
The glass-plate negatives from which these photoprints were made are located at the Elmer Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. There is some additional information on the views; that information should be included with the collection at University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Alaska Historical Society Photograph Collection, circa 1898
- Subtitle
- Yukon River scenery, settlements and vessels, circa 1898
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by: Staff. ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Ginny Jacobs, May 9, 2019. Revised by: Connie Hamann and Jacki Swearingen, March 2020 ; Inventory added to ArchivesSpace by: Connie Hamann, September 2020 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid Revised by: Connie Hamann
- Date
- 2021 July
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov