Fish Trap and Cannery Location Maps, 1919-1961
Scope and Contents
24 maps detailing fish traps and cannery locations, 1919-1994. Prepared by Hubbell & Waller Engineering Corp. and Deep Sea Salmon Company. Southeastern and Southwestern, Alaska locations which include: Corea Bend Beach, Cape Kasilof Gold Gulch, Cook Inlet, Salamato Beach, Kenai River Mouth, Granite Point, Bristol Bay, Cape Edward, Margaret Creek, Port Althorp, Chichagof Island, Ninilchik Beach.
Dates
- 1919-1961
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
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 / Historical
The State of Alaska banned fish traps in 1959, at the time of statehood, and the ban took effect in 1960. For further information, the library has books on the history of the Pacific American Fisheries company and about salmon fisheries from the mid-1800s to mid-1960s. See also the Pacific American Fisheries Records 1875-1994, Western Washington University, Center for NorthWest Studies, and the Hubbell & Waller Records 1908-1976, University of Fairbanks, Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives for further background information and related collections.
Extent
24 items (1 folder located in MS X-Oversize Map Case in Vault.) : Maps/charts
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Maps transferred from Alaska State Archives, August 2012. No provenance. Accession #2012-034.
Existence and Location of Copies
Items from the collection that have been digitized: # 2, 21
Processing Information
The Charts were flattened and placed into a map folder. The folder is located in the MS X-Oversize Map Case in Vault.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Fish Trap and Cannery Location Maps, 1919-1961
- Subtitle
- Hubbell & Waller Engineering Corporation
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Sara Bornstein and Anastasia Tarmann, September 2012; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
- 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