Alaskan pioneers project : oral history, 1959-1962.

Scope and Contents

This project gathers the reminiscences of pioneer settlers in Alaska, providing accounts of gold prospecting, mining, cattle driving, homesteading, and travel by trail and river. Included are descriptions of the social life of the pioneers, as well as accounts of the depression of 1893 and the Klondike strike. Participants and pagination: Jack Brooks, 7; Nat Browne, 33; Edward Crawford, 57; George Gasser, 23; Bobby Sheldon, 36; William R. Sherwin, 40; Sam White, 39; Oscar Winchell, 159.

Subjects

• Alaska--History--1867-1959.
• Alaska--Social life and customs.
• Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.
• Gold mines and mining--Alaska.
• Interviews.
• Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries.
• Oral histories.
• Pioneers--Alaska--Interviews.

Access Conditions

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