Tom Anderson Photograph Collection, 1932
Scope and Contents
This collection contains black and white photographs and slides of Tom Anderson’s 1932 journey from San Francisco to the Kuskokwim River area in Alaska aboard the schooner Lottie Bennett. Many of the photographs were used in Tom Anderson’s book, Shiyak! published in 1987.
Also, included in this collection are black and white photographs from the San Francisco area related to the Wander Bird, ships around the Bay, and Bay bridge a-buildings.
Dates
- 1932
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is unrestricted.
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 Note
Tom Anderson was a professional writer/editor for newspapers and magazines for more than 30 years before he wrote Shiyak!, his first book-length work. Shiyak! recounts Mr. Anderson’s 1932 sea adventure from San Francisco to the Bering Sea region of Alaska aboard the wind powered schooner Lottie Bennett.
Extent
1 boxes : ~131 b&w photographic prints, 24 b&w photographic slides
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
The collection was donated by Kristin Anderson, daughter of Tom Anderson, in July 2006. Acc. # 2006-25.
Existence and Location of Originals
INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES
Negatives stored in freezer in vault
V notches on film indicate negatives are nitrate. jas 1/17/18
4 x 5 and 1¾ x 2¾ negatives
Envelope:
Series I: PCA 512-I-1 ; PCA 512-I-2
Box:
Series I: PCA 512-I-3 to PCA 512-I-52 ; PCA 512-I-54 to PCA 512-I-59
Series III: PCA 512-III-2 to PCA 512-III-8 ; PCA 512-III-11 to PCA 512-III-19
Unidentified:
[View over water of portion of Kodiak Island?] (see page 65 in Shiyak!)
[Men on Lottie Bennett working on fishing nets] (see page 130 in Shiyak!)
[Two men in kayaks alongside ship]
[Scenic; beach, cove, mountain]
Processing Information
This collection has been described at the item level. Some items have been placed in Mylar. All items have been placed in acid free folders and then into an archival box. The negatives and slides arrived sleeved and all items arrived in an archival quality box. Photo stills are possibly secondhand images taken of film shots. The negatives were resleeved and placed in frozen storage. The slides were resleeved in Mylar.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Tom Anderson Photograph Collection, 1932
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Anastasia Tarmann, June 2009 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Jan. 2017 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
- Date
- 2019 July
- 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