Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

Scope and Contents The majority of the papers in this folder document three subjects, the first is Leslie Yaw’s removal from his position at the Sitka Pioneers Home. The second, the objections of the Sitka Pioneers Home staff to Bill #74. This bill was introduced to double the stipend the Pioneers living in the home receive each month. The staff objected on the basis that certain Pioneers used their entire stipend each month to buy alcohol which then caused hardship to the staff and other Pioneers...

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Views in this collection include the E.W. Young's cabin and Glacier Creek Commercial Store in Girdwood, the E.W. Young home at Kenai, and his Seward Commercial Co. store. Case & Draper views of Seldovia, views of Taylor and Tyonic [Tyonek], Alaska, and views of the S. S. Portland are also included in the collection.

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Unpublished manuscript about working in the salmon industry during the early 1950s.

Scope and Contents The personal papers and photographs consist of correspondence, writings, images, and general files of S. Hall Young. The collection is housed in seven boxes total: six boxes of papers (MS 203) and 1 box of photographs (PCA443). The collection is arranged as follows:MS 203: Papers (6 boxes)Series 1: Correspondence (Letters Sent and Received): MS 203, Boxes 1, 2, 2a (Box 2 and 2a=reference photocopies of letters found in box 1) Series 2: Writings: MS 203, Boxes 3 and...

Scope and Contents The personal papers and photographs consist of correspondence, writings, images, and general files of S. Hall Young. The collection is housed in seven boxes total: six boxes of papers (MS 203) and 1 box of photographs (PCA443). The collection is arranged as follows:MS 203: Papers (6 boxes)Series 1: Correspondence (Letters Sent and Received): MS 203, Boxes 1, 2, 2a (Box 2 and 2a=reference photocopies of letters found in box 1) Series 2: Writings: MS 203, Boxes 3...

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The albums record the trip up the Taku River by canoe; Tlingit Indian villages, fish camps, and communities from Ketchikan to Skagway. The collection contains images of the expedition members as well as Taku Chief Annatlas, Tlingit Indian camp Hoochinoo No. 1, fish camps, Nakana River, Inklin River, Juneau churches and buildings, Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Skagway.

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The holograph records are most likely the Yukon Territory’s 1901 census, salvaged from the S. S. ISLANDER after the steamer sank twelve miles south of Juneau on August 15, 1901. On one sheet the name of enumerator, Coutts, is visible. Parts of the records are illegible.

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Lorain Roberts Zacharias collected photographs from several locations with views primarily of mining activities in Dawson and Chisana (also known as Shushana, Shushanna, or Qhisina), family views, and scenics. Photographers represented in the collection include Winter & Pond, Case & Draper, Wolfe, L.H. Smith, and J. Doody. The collection also contains a mining claim location notice, notes with penciled drawing from her husband, and other papers.

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Historical review of the bottling and use of Zarembo Island, Alaska, mineral water by the Zarembo Mineral Springs Co. of Seattle, the business people, and companies that had a connection; Zarembo mineral water won a gold medal at the 1904 Lewis & Clark Centennial and had a major display at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.

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Alfred Loy Zenger Jr. Family History Collection contains a family history manuscript “The Zenger Families in Bavaria and the United States” by Alfred Zenger, Jr., 1997 and 25 black and white photographs of early Juneau, Alaska family members and early area scenes