Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

The letters transcripted here were written by Carl Trappe to his wife, Emma, while he was in Skagway during the Klondike gold rush, 1898-1899. The original letters were written in German; the translation was done by James M. Trappe. The letters remain in the possession of the family.

Leslie L. Bradley worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on St. George and St. Paul Islands. This file of letters, covering several years, were written to B. Irene Barrett, Leslie’s sister, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Primarily letters of John M. Vanderbilt and Edward DeGroff.

The three letters, February through May, 1898, from Seattle, Washington; Copper City [Old Valdez], Alaska; and Lake Tasnuna, Alaska, respectively, were written to the editor of the Freeport, Illinois, newspaper, The Freeport Journal. Members of the party included Lute Guiteau, Philo Snow, William Becker, and Ed Kingsley.

George E. Pilz letters and photocopies. Reminiscences of the oldest pioneer miner in Alaska [a letter written to James Wickersham], 1922. --Pilz manuscript: letter to Alfred H. Brooks, 1920 or 1921.

Letters received by the Chief of the Stikine or Wrangell tribe, 1879-1900.

Letters written to Alaska territorial officials regarding administration of justice and law enforcement in Alaska; correspondents include Governor John G. Brady.

Two letters written to Arthur K. Delaney from Vladimir, bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, regarding a suit to regain church property; includes correspondence from Russian consulate general in San Francisco regarding cession treaty [Sitka], 1885-1889.

Includes typescript of diary, photographs, and map sketches.