William Wanamaker Sr. Papers, 1850-1940s
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a published book of music in the Russian Language, with two notebooks containing transliterations of text. The text contained in the notebooks seems to correspond to the songs in the published book of music.
Dates
- 1850-1940s
Conditions Governing Access
Open to research according to the policies of the Alaska State Library
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
William Wanamaker Sr. (grandfather of donor) spoke Slavonic Russian, Tagalog, Serbian, Tlingit, French and English. He was choir director of St. Michael's Church in Sitka and later St. Nicholas in Juneau where he was a Reader. He came to Juneau in 1933 to work in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine. He died of Black Lung disease in about 1945. In the late 1950's Amos Wallace, the donor's father, became choir director. Amos and Dorothy Wallace were lifelong members of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Extent
5 items : 3 monographs (song book, commemorative volume) ; 3 notebooks
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection is the gift of Brian Wallace.
Processing Information
Processed at an item level.
- Title
- Finding aid for the William Wanamaker Sr. Papers, 1850-1940s
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Jim Simard and Anastasia Tarmann December 3, 2008; March 23, 2009 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
- Date
- 2019 June
- 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