Papers of Samuel Archer

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-22-14

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Two unpublished manuscripts.

Contents: -- A shipwrecked sourdough: an adventure of Nome gold rush days (introduction and addenda by Minnie Lee Archer) -- Recollections

Partial contents: Recollections: -- VIII. Klondike gold stampede, Skagway Trail, Miners' meeting, Dead-Horse Hill, We make the boat "Rue-Lillian, " -- IX. Storm on Lake Bennett, Down the Yukon, Shooting White Horse Rapids, Old Fort Selkirk, -- X. Dawson and the gold fields, Cabin "Hillrest, " Locate claims, Official corruption, Bribery, "Tex" Rickard, -- XI. Go "outside over the ice" with get-rich quick plan, Fortune unconsciously turned down, Annals of the trail, Over Chilkoot Pass.

Dates

ca. 1897-1900

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

Samuel Archer was born in Holiday Cove, W. Virginia, May 31, 1868. He went to Nome in 1897 and opened Archer & Ewing, a mercantile store. Archer remained in Alaska 12 years. He died August 10?, 1936 on Bainbridge Island, Washington.