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Collection
Identifier: MS 140
Content Description
Harry D. Colp came to Wrangell in l898. In 1900, with three others he prospected for gold in an area near Thomas Bay, which became known as the"Devil's Country" in his story. He settled in Petersburg, Alaska, working for various companies and continuing to prospect for gold. His story, “The Strangest Story Ever Told,”written in 1925, was first published posthumously in 1953.Collection includes Kolp’s original, handwritten manuscript; a typescript by Evan Hill and photocopies of...
Dates:
1925
Collection
Identifier: PCA 425-8
Scope and Contents
Family photographs. Strawberry Point, now Gustavus, Alaska, 1914-1917.
Dates:
1914-1917
Collection
Identifier: PCA 524
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Arctic City, Holy Cross and Bergman, Alaska, 1899. The photos were probably collected by John Alexander in approximately 1911.
Dates:
1899-1911
Collection
Identifier: MS 4-1-10
Scope and Contents
The 1909 letter protests threatened withdrawal of mail service on the Yukon River, the hardship to those living in the region and need for maintaining the trail; also Stuck feels Frederick Cook's claimed ascent of Mt. McKinley was not possible as he described it. The 1910 letter presents the case of two natives who failed to receive payment from the government for moving a reindeer herd from Unalaklik to Bettles.
Dates:
1909-1910
Collection
Identifier: PCA 540
Scope and Contents
Nondalton and Igiugig Photograph Project, 1978-1979
Dates:
1978-1979
Collection
Identifier: PCA 27
Scope and Contents
Gov. Swineford collected the photographs during his 1888 voyage aboard the Thetis. Included are views of the Thetis and its crew, Eskimos, seal harvesters, the Jane Grey, Orthodox Eastern Churches in Alaska, King Island, St. Paul Island and other Alaskan villages along the coast. The collection includes 26 duplicate photographs, mounted on Bristol board, captioned in ink. Since some of the captions differ from and provide more information than the image in the album, the information has been...
Dates:
1888
Collection
Identifier: PCA 174
Scope and Contents
Eskimo drawings.
The prints are copies from her sketch book; the originals are oil or water color.
Dates:
circa 1944-1980
Collection
Identifier: MS 4-29-8
Scope and Contents
Mr. Olive writes that this is a story told to him by William Ogilvie. It is about a young man named Pam who took the Dyea trail to the Klondike, his partner Sir Beaujoy Longchamps died enroute. He finds a purse on the trail and returns it to its owner. Later, in Dawson, Pam meets a dance hall girl who sends her earnings to her brother for college. It turns out that she is the person, disguised as a boy, whom he had helped on the trail.
Dates:
1898-1899
Collection
Identifier: MS 188
Scope and Contents
The manuscript collection includes four log and work books kept by surveyors probably during the construction of a short rail line with the initials A.P.R.T. Co. -- Alaska-Pacific Railway and Terminal; Company. The books mention going in and out of Juneau as well as Whale Island and Lake Kustaka; Catalla [Katalla] is also mentioned. The notes are mostly property boundary surveys and a few tonnage calculations.According to Howard Clifford in Rails North, "The APRandT Co. was...
Dates:
1902-1907
Collection
Identifier: MS 301
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 36 translated letters written between Anna Karlsson and Charles Sutherling from 1902-1904. Also available, in digital form only, are 18 letters in Swedish from Anna Karlsson (later Mrs. Sutherling) to Charles Sutherling. Anna’s letters were translated and are part of the 36 translated letters. 15 photoprints of Charles Sutherling, Anna Karlsson (Sutherling), and the Nome area are also contained in this collection. Photographers include E.A. Hegg and...
Dates:
1902-1904
