Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

Collection

Identifier: PCA 300

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Alaska's Digital Archives: Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

Content Description

Captain Whitney's career with the Inspection Service took him to many Alaskan ports. The collection of 184 photographs covers numerous coastal communities from Ketchikan to Golovnin Bay, including many views from the Aleutian Islands. There are also views of the Tanana River, hunting and fishing, canneries, ships, Russian Orthodox churches, a voyage on the S.S. DORA in 1907, and totem poles.

Dates

1886-1910

EAD

PCA0300

Biographical / Historical

Captain George H. Whitney was born in New Brunswick, Canada on October 22, 1858 and went to sea at a young age. He came to Alaska from San Francisco in 1898 when he was transferred to the Sitka office of the Steamboat Inspection Service. In 1912 the office moved to Juneau and Whitney was placed in charge as Local Inspector of Hulls, from which post he retired in 1928. During his 16 years in Juneau, he was also active with the Scottish Rite Masons and as director of First National Bank there. Captain Whitney also had interests in Ketchikan Power and Light Co., a pulp and paper plant on the Speel River, and chrome mining in southcentral Alaska. He died in California on January 5, 1936.

Extent

281 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 039, 042-043, 046-049, 053, 056, 076, 87 (detail), 122

Materials Specific Details

Numbers 185-282 are postcards.

Digital Material

Alaska's Digital Archives: Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910
Status: In Progress
Author: ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 May
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English