Perry Moore Photograph Collection, 1900-1903
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the Nome area, 1900-1903, Eskimos and Alaskan scenics. Some of the photographs were taken by Perry Moore. Others are commercially prepared; some by O.D. Goetze. NOTE: Included are several photographs of a visit by U.S. Senators. These are possibly Senator W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, Senator H. E. Burnham, of New Hampshire, Senator Knut Nelson of Minnesota and Senator E. M. Patterson of Colorado. Also included in that party were Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; Col. Ramsdell; Lt. Andrews, of the U.S. Army; Dr. Willcox, U.SA; Mr. John McLane {McLain}, Ed. Minneapolis Journal & Mr. Brill, of the Associated Press. (see diary of Judge James Wickersham, July 22, 1903.)
Dates
- 1900-1903
EAD
PCA0487Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
Biographical
Perry Moore was born in Mears, Oceana County, Michigan, January 31, 1866. His first wife Mate Farmer and their daughter Sibyl died in the Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago in 1903. Moore traveled to the Nome area in about 1900 where he lived with his second wife Lovey Jane Moore until at least 1909, when they were enumerated in the census of that year.
Family tradition holds that Moore “froze his lungs in Alaska,” a possible reference to Tuberculosis. The 1920 census shows Perry and Lovey both as patients in a sanatorium in Arizona. Perry died in the summer of 1921.
Extent
74 Photographic Prints : 1 folder ; black and white
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photographs donated by Nancy S. Hawks, great grand niece of Perry Moore, to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 47, 57-58
Processing Information
The 74 photographs of this collection have been sleeved, re-numbered and described.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Perry Moore Photograph Collection, 1900-1903
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Prepared by: Ken Nail, Jr., Jim Simard ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 June ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
- Date
- 2020 April
- 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
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov