Elva Bedford Photograph Collection, ca. 1940s

Collection

Identifier: PCA 425-4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Eleven photographs taken between 1941 and 1946 by Elva Bedford and others, and used as postcards. The negatives (presumably copy negatives) were made by Glen McCreary who was temporarily stationed in Nome in 1944. These images depict scenes of daily life in Pt. Hope.

Dates

ca. 1940s

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Biographical

Elva Bedford ran a post card business in Nome during the 1940s. Her daughter, Shirley Wells, is the donor of this collection.

Extent

11 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

A large group of negatives was donated by Shirley Wells, of Everett WA to the Resurrection Bay Historical Society in Seward Alaska. The images not depicting Seward were transferred to the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum on Nome. The eleven negatives depicting Point Hope were transferred to the Alaska State Library in November of 2002. Accession # 2007-002.

Processing Information

Contact prints were made of the negatives.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Elva Bedford Photograph Collection, ca. 1940s
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by James Simard January 2007 ; 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