Papers of Helen D. Blair, 1938-1973

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-4-13

Staff Only

Content Description

MS 4-4-13 includes correspondence, manuscripts, poems, newspaper clippings and photographs. Correspondents include: Marie Drake, Father F.M. Menager, James Ryan, Margaret Harrais, Gov. Ernest Gruening, Lurline Wilkins, C. "Rusty" Huerlin, and others.

Dates

1938-1973

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Access

Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

Biographical Note

Helen Smith came to Alaska in 1936 to teach school. She married George Blair and lived in Alaska from 1936-1966. George Blair of Talkeetna was a trapper and big game guide. Many of the slides show hunting and mining activity in the Talkeetna area and across the Susitna River where he had claims on Dutch Creek in the foothills of Mount McKinley. There are views of people, scenics, activities, etc. at Talkeetna, Hope, Fairbanks, Valdez, Chitina, Nome, etc. George Blair died in 1952 in Juneau, where he is buried.

Helen Blair taught in a number of villages, and the collection includes photographs taken by her of the schools and children at Aniak, Fort Yukon, Glennallen, Crooked Creek, and other locations.

Images form a separate collection, PCA 152.

Extent

2 Volumes (1 box for PCA 152. Unspecified for MS 4-4-13)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to the library in the Fall of 1978 by Helen D. Blair of Clarksdale, Arizona. Photographs form a separate collection, PCA 152 (Acc. No. 1978-021).