Clarence L. Andrews Photograph Collection, circa 1892-1940
Content Description
The C.L. Andrews collection includes photographs from many places in Alaska, circa 1892-1940 and reflect the time he spent in Sitka, Skagway, Eagle on the Yukon River, and in the arctic while working for the School and Reindeer Service. Mr. Andrews' photographic collection includes his own photographs in Alaska and also photographs he collected by fellow photographers. A variety of subjects, i.e., bidarkas, fisheries, glaciers, Tlingit Indian arts, totems, as well as portraits of individuals and groups, are included in the collection.
Dates
- circa 1892-1940
EAD
PCA0045Conditions Governing Access
The photographs may be viewed, however, the images 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
C.L. (Clarence Leroy) Andrews (1862-1948) was born and lived on a farm at Ashtabula, Ohio, until the age of two when his parents went westward to Oregon where they settled in Linn County near Brownsville. He attended United Brethren College and graduated in Business in 1882. He spent the next 17 years between Seattle and parts of Oregon working at various jobs, as a county clerk, auditor and farmer. Then in 1897 Andrews came to Alaska with the Luigi Expedition, as a bearer or camp hand, to climb Mount St. Elias on the Alaska-Canada border. Until 1940 he lived, worked and photographed in Alaska. He spent one year in Sitka, 5 years in Skagway during the gold rush, then 1904-1909 in Eagle on the Yukon as a customs agent, and 1922-1929 in the Arctic working for the School and Reindeer Service.
Andrews wrote several books and numerous articles on Alaska, and edited and published a tabloid THE ESKIMO from 1936 until 1947. Andrews moved back to the "mainland" in 1940 and lived with his sister in Eugene, Oregon until 1948 when he died at the age of 85.
The biographical information above was taken from "Clarence Leroy Andrews and Alaska," by Nicolette Ann Bromberg in ALASKA JOURNAL, v.6, no.2, Spring, 1976, p.66-77. The article includes a partial bibliography of Andrews' writings.
Extent
4 boxes : 1720 photographs (3 boxes) ; 34 positive or negative Glass plates (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES
Nitrate Negatives stored in freezer in Vault
Box 1 of 1:
20, 24, 31, 35, 38, 45, 94, 100, 115, 124, 158-211, 646, 681, 683, 699, 700, 703, 706, 708, 710, 713, 716, 724, 725, 728, 729, 740, 750C, 864, 931, 1014, 1016A, 1018A, 1019b, 1019c,
1142 c.2, 1150, 1153 c.1, 1165, 1193 c.2, 1194, 1221 c.2, 1225, 1272, 1314, 1316, 1325-1328, 1329a, 1330, 1669, 1694, 1695, 1696-1, 1696-2, 1696-3, 1696-4
INVENTORY OF GLASS PLATES
Stored in Metal Cabinet in Vault
BOX 1 OF 1: #304 ; Series I: #1-33
Existence and Location of Copies
Some photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.
Inventory Note
Most of the information in this inventory is taken from the notes on the verso of the photographs unless otherwise noted. Photographs are by C.L. Andrews unless indicated otherwise. Librarian’s notes are in brackets.
Processing Information
The photos were numbered and housed in Mylar. There is an item-level inventory of the photographs as well as a subject, place, and person index for photographs # 1-1330. The 33 glass plates were grouped as Series I. They were placed in archival sleeves, into an archival box, and stored in the metal cabinets in the vault.
INDEX of SUBJECTS for photographs # 1-1330
ANCHORAGE 1-9. no negs
AKUTAN 10-18 (including whaling scene)
BARROW 19-44 (Eskimo). negs. #20,24,31,35,38,45
CAPE PRINCE OF WALES see WALES
CHENA 44-A
CIRCLE CITY 45. neg #45
COPPER RIVER see RIVERS COPPER
CORDOVA 46-48. no neg
DEERING 49-59. no neg
DIOMEDE ISLANDS 60-81. no neg
DOUGLAS see JUNEAU-DOUGLAS
DUTCH HARBOR 82-85. no neg
DYEA 86. no neg
EAGLE 87-114-A. #94 neg
FORT EGBERT 114-B
FAIRBANKS 115-123. #115 neg including the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail
FUNTER BAY 124. #124 neg
HOONAH see Totems -- HOONAH
HOWKAN see Totems -- HOWKAN
JUNEAU 125-155 including Douglas and some gold mining in area - for Totems- see TOTEMS -- JUNEAU
KAKE see TOTEMS -- KAKE
KASAAN see TOTEMS -- KASAAN.
KETCHIKAN 156-157 for Totems see TOTEMS -- KETCHIKAN
KIVALINA 158-226. negs #158-209
KODIAK 227-228
KOTZEBUE 229-232
METLAKAHTLA 233
MOOSE CREEK 234-235
NOME 236-257
NOORVIK 258-265
POINT HOPE 266-275 (also known as Tiagara or Tigera)
RAMPART 276-277
ST. MICHAEL 278-281
ST. PAUL 282-293
SELDOVIA 294
SENTINEL ISLAND 295
SEWARD 296-297
SHISHMAREF 298-29
SITKA 300-317. #304 glass plate- for Totems see TOTEMS -- SITKA
SKAGWAY 318-328
STEBBINS 329
SUKKWAN see TOTEMS -- SUKKWAN
TELLER 330-334
TIAGARA - see POINT HOPE
TUXEKAN see TOTEMS -- TUXEKAN
UNALASKA 335-353
UNALASKA ISLAND 354-368
VALDEZ 369-375
VILLAGE ISLAND see TOTEMS -- VILLAGE ISLAND
WAINWRIGHT 376-393
WALES 394-398
WRANGELL 399-404 for Totems see TOTEMS – WRANGELL
CANADA Atlin Lake 405-407, Lake Bennett 408-410, Lake LaBerge 411-412, Middle Lake 413,
SIBERIA 414-422
SUBJECTS
BIDARKAS see SHIPS
CANOES see SHIPS
DOGS 423-464. no negs
FISHERIES 465-482 includes fishtraps and fishwheels. 465 neg
GLACIERS including Bard, Columbia, Mendenhall, and Muir. no negs
HUNTING 516-537 see also WILDLIFE
LUMBERING 538-542. no negs
MINING 543-552
OOMIAKS see SHIPS and TRANSPORTATION
RAILROADS 553-568 including the Alaskan, the Copper River, and the White Pass
REINDEER 569-595
RIVERCRAFT see SHIPS
RIVERS 596-607 includes, Copper, Kobuk, and Yukon
SHIPS 608-667 includes BIDARKAS, CANOES, OOMIAKS, and RIVERCRAFT
TLINGIT INDIAN ARTS and ARTIFACTS 668-676
TOTEMS 677-750. negs 681, 683, 697, 699, 700, 703, 706, 708, 713, 716, 724, 725, 728, 729-, 740 Hoonah-677-680, Howkan-681-683, Juneau-684-686, Kake-687-688, Kasaan (old and new)- 689-699, Ketchikan-700-705, Klinguan-706-708, Sitka-709-715, Sukkwan-716-717, Tuxekan-718-723, Wrangell (old and new)-724-749, Unknown-750
WILD FLOWERS 751-783. no negs
WILDLIFE 784-803
PORTRAITS
ALEUT 804
ATHABASCAN 805-810
ESKIMO-ALASKAN 811-842
ESKIMO-SIBERIAN 843
TLINGIT 844-846
OTHER 847-877
GROUPS
ALEUT none
ATHABASCAN 878-882
ESKIMO-ALASKAN 883-916
ESKIMO-SIBERIAN 917-923
TLINGIT 924-927
OTHER 928-973
C.L. ANDREWS 974-1019. neg 1018
PHOTOS BY OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS:
PLACES:
CITIES and COMMUNITITES 1020-1093
CANADA- CITIES and COMMUNITIES 1094-1096
SCENICS 1097-1114
SUBJECTS
DOGS 1115-1118
GLACIERS and VOLCANOES 1119-1128
MINING 1129-1133
REINDEER 1134-1141
TLINGIT ART/ARTIFACTS 1142-1149. neg 1142
TOTEMS 1150-1167. neg 1150
TRANSPORTATION 1168-1193. neg 1193
WILDLIFE 1194-1213. neg 1194
MISCELLANEOUS 1214-1227. negs 1221, 1225
PORTRAITS (INCLUDES GROUPS) Aleut 1228-1229, Athabascan 1230-1232, Eskimo 1233- 1271, Tlingit 1272-1287, Others 1288- . negs 1272, 1316
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Clarence L. Andrews Photograph Collection, circa 1892-1940
- Subtitle
- Andrews, Clarence Leroy, 1862-1948
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Gladi Kulp and Loraine Spear; Revised by: Gladi Kulp, May 2000 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Melissa Scriven, April 2019 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, May 2020 ; Inventory added by: Connie Hamann, May 2020 ; Revised by: Freya Anderson, March 2021. Revised by Freya Anderson.
- 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
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