Clyda Schott Greely Photograph Collection, ca. 1887-1926
Scope and Contents
The photographs in this collection were accumulated during the years Louis Schott lived in Alaska. They include views of Alaska Packers Association canneries where Louis Schott worked and many photographs by J.E. Thwaites.
Clyda Schott Greely received a number of photographs from J.E. Thwaites, a family friend. Notes from Thwaites are on some of the photographs sent to her, and he also made suggestions to her regarding her own photography efforts.
The collection includes views with the following photographer/identification: J.E. Thwaites, P.S. Hunt, J.E. Worden, Lomen, Winter and Pond, Cheney, George Cantwell, W.H. Case, Basil Clemons, B.B. Dobbs, and Phil Richardson.
Also included is an album titled A BIG GAME HUNT IN ALASKA, 1918 by L. J. Petit and Dr. A.T. Holbrook. The album provides 60 views of their hunting trip up the Stikine River.
Two folders, located in Box 3, contain typescript copies of poems signed by Pat O'Cotter (Frank J. Cotter), newspaper clippings, marine engineers contract of the APA, Masonic degree certificates and eulogy for Louis Schott.
Major topics include: Alaska Packers vessels and other ships, Alaska Packers Association canneries and fishing operation, community views of Nushagak, Karluk, Seldovia, Seward, Unalaska, Dutch Harbor, Chignik, Valdez, Kodiak, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, etc., Mt. Katmai eruption, individual and group portraits of family friends, ship crews, and scenics.
Dates
- circa 1887-1926
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.
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
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schott and daughter Clyda lived many years in Alaska. Louis went to Wrangell in 1887 to operate R.D. Hume's Cannery with Bob Bell. When the Alaska Packer's Association organized in 1890 or 1891, Louis Schott went to work for them and was superintendent at Karluk, Alaska, until 1908, Alitak on Kodiak Island until 1911, and then he returned to Wrangell as superintendent of the Point Highfield Cannery. He worked for APA until his death in Wrangell in 1926.
Extent
3 boxes : 846 black and white photographs, 17 documents
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
This collection was acquired from J. Harves Richardson of Marysville, California by "The Alaska Journal" and was given to the Alaska Historical Library, with his permission, by R.N. DeArmond. Mr. Richardson is a nephew of Clyda Schott Greely and the administrator of her estate. Acc. #1976-006.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: (11-2-)006; 159-160, 171, 209, 212, 221, 231, 309-316, 348-351, 363-364, 366, 368-369, 371-372, 391, 568, 584, 657, 753-754, 779
General
Additional information from Charles A. Bencik, a researcher who visited the Historical Collections in August 1990, was added to the descriptions for some items in the inventory.
Additional information for some image descriptions in the inventory was submitted by John Branson, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve historian, October 2006.
Processing Information
The two photograph albums were disassembled. Each of the album pages, with their attached photographs, were placed in Mylar. The loose photographs were attached to archival paper, placed in Mylar, and then placed in acid free folders. Three archival boxes were used for storage of the collection.
Subject Index
Akutan - 229 Chignik - 246, 314, 341 Cordova - 118, 119 Dryer Bay - 217 Dutch Harbor - 219, 730 Homer - 215 Iditarod - 731 Juneau - 146, 594, 595, 599, 600, 603, 605, 733, 735, 736 Karluk - 186, 362, 747 Ketchikan - 83, 181, 209, 288, 360 Kodiak - 102, 216, 257, 280, 327, 328, 379, 555, 566, 744, 748, 752 Landlock Bay - 293 Latouche - 745 Nushagak - 220, 228, 230, 527, 586, 746 Port Graham - 212, 316 Sand Point - 243 Seldovia - 99, 278, 419, 753 Seward - 123, 130, 226, 294, 295, 302, 322, 353, 376, 422, 583 Ship Creek (Anchorage) - 259, 268, 269, 282 Sitka - 734 Skagway - 710 Uganuk - 749 Unalaska - 192, 245, 321, 338, 340, 737 Unga and Unga Island - 100, 137, 163, 233, 234 Uyak - 359, 740 Valdez - 96, 223, 224, 279, 296, 421, 738 Wrangell - 84, 86, 189, 286, 429, 436, 509, 520, 546, 704, 708, 709, 717, 719, 723-728
II. DOGS AND DOG TEAMS
107, 109, 141, 205-207, 226, 329
III. FISH AND FISHING
1. Canneries--Identified: Alitak - 159 Chignik - 256 Karluk - 186, 247?, 287?, 747 Lisanski - 751 Ugak - 281 Wrangell - 754
2. Canneries--Unidentified 61, 63, 157, 248, 315, 409, 410, 439, 500, 588, 695, 729, 743, 750, 755
3. Sport Fishing 111, 154, 155, 430, 432, 442-444, 456, 519, 541, 690
IV. HUNTING
140, 142, 178, 180, 183, 274-276
V. MINES AND MINING
292, 440, 732
VI. MISCELLANEOUS: Unidentified towns, building, caches, churches, cemeteries, etc.
88, 89, 105-106, 108, 110, 112-113, 129, 131, 135, 143, 145, 158, 170, 174, 177, 182, 190, 263, 285, 285B, 342, 363, 369, 380, 414, 431, 439, 446-448, 455, 460, 465, 469, 473, 503, 570-571, 592, 604, 606, 610, 643, 654, 686-687, 693-694, 696-697, 707-708, 710, 715, 721, 742, 768, 782, 826
VII. PARADES
67-72, 130, 144, 595
VIII. PORTRAITS
1. Groups--Identified Crew: S.S. FARALLON - 389 Pedersen, Capt. - 809 Officers: SS DORA - 833, 843 Schott, Mr. and Mrs. Louis - 814, 815 Thwaites, J.E. and Jack - 799
2. Groups--Unidentified
66, 75, 77, 87, 95, 104, 116-117, 122, 124, 126, 128, 137, 161, 167, 184, 208, 221, 225, 249, 252-254, 267, 270, 300, 304-305, 307-308, 310, 312, 324-325, 331-332, 335, 392, 396, 418, 437, 450-454, 468, 470, 476-477, 479, 481-482, 484-493, 497, 504-506, 524-526, 529-532, 534-535, 539, 551, 560, 573, 607, 611, 726, 728, 731, 773, 775-776, 778,780, 783-784, 792, 794-796, 802-803, 806-807, 809-813, 817-818, 820-822, 825, 827, 831, 835, 838-841, 844
3. Individuals--Identified
Cotter, Frank J. - 845 Frazer, James - 824 Kashavaroff, Rev. - 391 "Medicine Man, Wrangell" - 779 Newarluk - 407 O'Cotter, Pat - see Cotter, Frank J. "Old Mary," Orca, AK - 777 Schott, Clyda? - 828 Schott, Louis - 804, 836-837
4. Individuals--Unidentified
62, 79-80, 179, 250, 285A, 285C, 298, 303, 306, 311, 328B, 330, 401, 408, 434, 459, 464, 471, 474-475, 478, 480, 494-496, 498-499, 501, 508, 522, 536-538, 540, 542-545, 557-559, 561, 589, 608, 774, 776, 785, 793, 797-798, 800-801, 805-806, 823, 829-830, 832, 842
IX. SCENICS
91, 93-94, 97, 136, 139, 148, 149-153, 164-165, 175-176, 185, 193-197, 210-211, 213-214, 231-232, 235-236, 238, 260, 262, 265-266, 277, 283-284, 299, 317-318, 323, 326, 333-334, 336, 365-366, 371-375, 377, 381-382, 393-394, 399-400, 404, 415-416, 425-428, 441, 445, 449, 452, 457, 462-463, 466-467, 483, 502, 528-529, 531-533, 547-549, 556, 567-569, 572, 574-582, 584-585, 587, 590, 609, 670, 699, 714, 718, 722, 757-767, 769, 770, 772
X SHIPS
1. Identified
ADMIRAL EVANS - 615, 637 ADMIRAL FARRAGUT - 640 ADIIIRAL WATSON - 635 AFOGNAK - 619 ALAMEDA - 121, 203, 614, 628 ALICE (Str.) - 630 ALICE (yacht) - 261 ALITACK - 364, 417 ALLEN A. - 680 BLUE JAY - 652-653 CITY OF SEATTLE - 626 CITY OF TOPEKA - 601 COLUMBIA - 387 CORDOVA - 383-384 CYPRESS (yacht) - 636 DETROIT - 597 DISPATCH - 627 DORA - 168, 171-172, 253, 301, 383-386, 403, 592, 618, 642-643, 657 EQUADOR (tug) - 417 EXPLORER - 168-169 FARALLON - 390, 613, 617, 620-621 GEORGE W. ELDER - 596 GUY C. GOSS - 191 HAZEL B.-no. 2 - 716 HELEN (gas boat) - 655 JACKSON (gas boat) - 689 JOHN F. MILLER - 218, 258 LUITH - 271 MCCULLOUGH - 598 MANNING - 423 MARIPOSA – 76, 138, 383-384, 627, 636-637 MARYLAND - 348 MORMAN (gas boat) - 350 NORA (tug) - 349 NORTH STAR - 101 NORTHWESTERN - 123, 127, 202, 320, 616, 631 NUSHAGAK - 162 OLYMPIA - 345-346 PATTERSON - 175, 199 PORT SIMPSON - 92,515 PRINCE GEORC-E - 201 PRINCESS TIAY - 624 PRINCESS SOPHIA - 625 QUADRA (gas boat - 673 SANNAK (tug) - 358 SANTA CLARA - 173, 846 SERVIA - 612 SHELLIKOFF - 198 SPOKANE - 641 STAR OF ALASKA - 255, 417, 644, 675, 688 STAR OF GREENLAND - 664-666, 678, 682 STAR OF ICELAND - 361 STARR - 627 TAHOMA - 200, 297 THISTLE (gas boat) - 602 YUKON - 388
2. Unidentified
64, 115, 120, 132-134, 160, 166, 227, 244, 309, 337, 344, 347, 351, 395, 397-398, 411, 413, 424, 458, 510-513, 516517, 521, 523, 622, 632, 638, 645, 647-651, 656, 658-660, 662-663, 667-672, 674, 676-677, 679, 681, 683-685, 698
XI. TOTEMS
65, 73, 74, 82, 85-86, 90, 187-188, 239-242, 264, 272-273, 701-703, 705-706, 719-720, 725, 786-797
XII. VOLCANOS AND VOLCANIC ASH
114, 156, 237, 257, 291, 319, 352, 354-357, 367-368, 370, 378, 435, 461, 554-555, 562-566, 739, 741, 763
XIII. WILDLIFE
Bears - 251 Birds - 98, 147, 433, 553, 591 Moose - 771 Mountain Goats - 756 Owls - 300 Seals - 204 Whales - 522
XIV. NON-PICTORIAL ITEMS
1. Poems by Pat O'Cotter (Frank J. Cotter) 2. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings 3. Marine Engineer's contract, Alaska Packers Association 4. Masonic degree certificates 5. Eulogy for Louis Schott
XV. LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH PHOTOGRAPH NUMBERS (List may not be conclusive.)
1. Cantwell - 333-334, 758 2. Case, W.H. - 533, 549-550, 556 3. Cheney, F.D. - 326, 441, 541, 645 4. Clemons - 731 5. Dobbs, B.B. - 109 6. Heney, _______ - 457 7. Horner, M. - 368, 370 8. Hunt, P.S. - 253, 349, 352, 354-356, 527, 562-566, 748, 752 9. Lomen Bros. - 107, 204, 207, 407 10. Richardson, P.M. - 591 11. Simons, A. - 771 12. Thwaites, J.E. - 83-84, 86, 93, 95-99, 101-103, 114, 116, 123, 134-138, 147-149, 156, 162-166, 168-169, 171-172, 181, 187-188, 190, 192-196, 198, 200-203, 205-207, 209, 212-214, 216-220, 222-224, 226-234, 236-246, 251, 255-262, 268-271, 281-284, 288, 291, 292-295, 296-297, 299, 301, 302, 316, 319, 321, 327, 328, 338, 343, 345-346, 348, 350, 351, 353, 357-367, 369, 371, 374-387, 390-393, 403-405, 408, 411-413, 416-418, 420, 421, 423, 433, 435, 461, 464, 521, 552, 554-555, 568, 569, 572, 574, 576, 579, 581 -584, 586, 590, 613, 615, 617, 620-623, 627, 632-637, 640-643, 657, 661, 674, 676, 680, 730, 736, 738-740, 743, 745, 760-762, 766, 784, 795, 799, 826, 831 13. Winter and Pond Co. - 440, 624-625, 630-631, 734-735 14. Worden, J.E. - 61, 63, 91, 92, 286, 425, 427, 726, 728, 756, 769
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Clyda Schott Greely Photograph Collection, ca. 1887-1926
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Anne Laura Wood, July 2001 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Nov. 2014 ; Inventory by: Sandy Johnston, Oct. 2020 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
- Date
- 2019 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
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