Ms 107 Wickersham Historic Site Manuscript Collection draft alaska State Library

PRELIMINARY INVENTORY

Daily entries mentioning appointments, views on events, correspondence, travel accounts, court activity, etc. Entries are of variable length. The diary dated May 16, 1903 through Sept. 17, 1903, describes Wickersham's mountain climbing trip to Mount McKinley. The last diary entry in 1939 is written by Grace Wickersham upon the death of James Wickersham.

1 Jan. 1, 1900 through Dec. 31, 1900

2. Jan. 1, 1901 through Sept. 29, 1901

3. Sept. 30, 1901 through Feb. 12, 1902

4. Feb. 12, 1902 through Dec. 31, 1902

5. Jan. 1, 1903 through May 15, 1903

6. May 16, 1903 through Sept. 17, 1903

7. Sept. 17, 1903 through July 29, 1904

8. July 31, 1904 through Feb. 20, 1905
BOX 2

9. Feb. 21, 1905 through Nov. 24, 1905

10. Dec. 4, 1905 through June 22, 1906

11. June 22, 1906 through Feb. 7, 1907

12. Feb. 8, 1907 through Aug. 1, 1907

13. Aug. 1, 1907 through Feb. 13, 1908

14. Feb. 14, 1908 through Oct. 12, 1908

15. Oct. 14, 1908 through May 20, 1909

16. May 21, 1909 through Feb. 7, 1910
BOX 3

17. Feb. 8, 1910 through Aug. 28, 1910

18. Aug. 29, 1910 through Apr. 19, 1911

19. Apr. 20, 1911 through Oct. 18, 1911

20. Oct. 19, 1911 through May 22, 1912

21. May 23, 1912 through Sept. 30, 1912

22. Oct. 1, 1912 through June 8, 1913
BOX 4

23. June 9, 1913 through Dec. 31, 1913

24. Jan. 1, 1914 through Dec. 31, 1914

25. Jan. 1, 1915 through Dec. 31, 1915

26. Jan. 1, 1916 through July 22, 1916

27. July 23, 1916 through March 4, 1917

28. 
    March 5, 1917 through Oct. 7, 1917
    

BOX 5

30. Aug. 23, 1918 through Jan. 3, 1919

31. Jan. 4, 1919 through Nov. 4, 1919

32. Nov. 10, 1919 through Dec. 1, 1920

33. Dec. 2, 1920 through Jan. 1, 1922

34. Jan. 1, 1922 through May 16, 1923

35. May 17, 1923 through Feb. 17, 1925

36. Feb. 18, 1925 through Aug. 24, 1926

37. Aug. 24, 1926 through July 5, 1927

38. July 6, 1927 through Oct. 1, 1928

39. Oct. 1, 1928 through May 15, 1930

40. May 16, 1930 through Dec. 31, 1931
BOX 7

41. Jan. 1, 1932 through Dec. 31, 1932

42. Jan. 1, 1933 through Oct. 15, 1933

43. Oct. 16, 1933 through July 10, 1935

44. July 11, 1935 through Feb. 12, 1936

45. Feb. 11, 1936 through Sept. 27, 1937

46. Sept 27, 1937 through Apr. 26, 1939

47. April 27, 1939 through Oct. 24, 1939

This correspondence is primarily in chronological order by the date of Wickersham's copy letter or date of letter received that may not have a reply on file. However, Wickersham would sometimes group his correspondence with an individual together, so the date sequence is then irregular. Various documents and legal papers are often filed with correspondence. There are overlapping files of correspondence in binders and the unfiled correspondence has been placed in folders in Box 8. When correspondence was removed from binders in Boxes 9-14, items were numbered per Wickersham order. Subject files were established for correspondence concerning politics and elections; Alaska home rule; Alaska railroads; Alaska freight and passenger tariffs, rate cases and investigations and other topics.

See Appendix 1 for the Alphabetical List of Correspondents including Box 8.

Folder 1. 9 Mar 1900 - 6 Nov. 1900. 56 letters/items.

Court-related.
Folder 2. 3 Jan. 1901 - 19 Dec. 1901. 52 letters/items.

Court-related.

#1 is a court item, actual date Oct. 13, 1903. #7 is a letter sent by Wickersham to John L. McGinn (Deputy Dist. Attorney, Nome), dated April 25, with a list of questions he answered and returned.

Court-related.

Court-related and personal.

Folder 1. 1 Jan. 1903 - 27 Jan. 1903. letters/items 1-50.

Court-related and personal.

#2 letter of Wickersham.

Court-related and personal.

Court-related and personal.

Court-related and personal.

Verso of #242 includes note of Wickersham dated Jan. 20, 1904, in support of Charles N. Crary re-appointment as Valdez postmaster.
BOX 11. Letters received. 1904. 299 items.

Folder 1. 3 Jan. 1904 - 31 March 1904. letter/items 1-57.

Court-related and personal.

#8 (Feb. 9, 1904) letter of William H. Dall re status of Alaska natives under 1867 treaty with Russia.

Court-related and personal.

Court-related.

#113 is a letter by Wickersham to John Rustgard, Nome.
Folder 4. Sept. - 31 Oct. 1904. letters/items 156-201.

Court-related. #162 Wickersham telegram to Abe Spring, Dawson.

Court-related appointments.

Folder 1. 1 Jan. 1905 - 28 Feb. 1905. letters/items 1-69.

Court-related.
Folder 2. 2 Mar. 1905 - 30 Apr. 1905. letters/items 70-140

Court-related.

#101 letter of Wickersham to the President regarding appointment of Charles P. Sullivan.
Folder 3. 1 May 1905 - 28 June 1905. letters/items 141-218.

Court-related and personal.

#214 letter of Wickersham to Sen. T.M. Patterson, Denver.
Folder 4. 1 July 1905 - 27 Sept. 1905. letters/items 219-288.

Folder 5. 1 Oct. 1905 - 30 Nov. 1905. letters/items 289-366.

Court-related and personal.

#366 letter of Wickersham dated Nov. 30, Tacoma to John L. McGinn, Washington, D.C.

Court-related and personal.

#396 letter of Wickersham to William Sheffield, Alaska Club, Seattle; #398 to Stephen Birch, N.Y.; #402 undated note; #404 G.T. Emmon's letter dated December regarding saloon at Copper Center and effect on the natives. #424-425 letters of Wickersham to Ed S. Orr, Dawson and A.C. Frost, Tacoma; #428 letter of Wickersham to Abe Spring, Fairbanks; #430 letter of Wickersham to William M. Sheffield, Tacoma. #431-434 letters of Wickersham to Julius Thompson (Cape Yaktag), J.E. Chilberg (Seattle), E.M. Carr (Fairbanks), John L. McGinn (Wash., D.C.), #445-446 telegrams of Wickersham to E.A. Henderson (Fairbanks), #450 letter of Wickersham to John L. McGinn (Wash., D.C.), #452 letter of Wickersham to Francis W. Cushman (Wash., D.C.).
BOX 13. Letters received/sent. 1906. 585 letters/items.

Folder 1. 1 Jan. 1906 - 31 Jan. 1906. letters/items 1-76.

Court-related and personal.

#6 letter of Wickersham to C.W. Ide, Collector of Customs (Port Townsend), #13 note of Wickersham to Abe Spring (Valdez), #17 letter of Wickersham to R.M. Kinnear (Seattle), #20 letter of Wickersham to W.M. Sheffield (Seattle), #21 note of Wickersham to John L. McGinn (Wash., D.C.), #27 letter of Wickersham to C.W. Ide (Port Townsend), #43 letter of Wickersham to John L. McGinn (Wash., D.C.), #44 letter of Wickersham to William A. Davis (Unalaska), #48 letter of Wickersham to R.M. Kinnear (Seattle), #49 letter of Wickersham to C.W. Ide (Port Townsend), #55-56 notes of Wickersham to John L. McGinn (Wash., D.C.), #72 telegram of Wickersham to Walter Christian (Tacoma).

#88 letter of Wickersham to Nicholl, Anable, & Lindsay (N.Y.),

#94 telegram of Wickersham to N.V. Harlan (Valdez), #95 telegram of Wickersham to E.A. Henderson (Fairbanks), #107 telegram of Wickersham to R.J. McChesney (Seattle), #109 telegram of Wickersham to Falcon Joslin (New York), #115 telegram of Wickersham to M.L. Sullivan (Fairbanks), #123 telegram of Wickersham to James Ralph (New York), #126-127 telegrams of Wickersham to William A. Day (New York), #131 telegram of

Wickersham to John P. Clum (New York), #133 letter of Wickersham to W. Aubrey Thomas (Wash., D.C.), #134 telegram of Wickersham to Campbell, Metson & Campbell (N.Y.), #145-147 telegrams of Wickersham to James W. Ralph (N.Y.), William A. Day (N.Y.), Louis P. Shackleford (Boston), #150 telegram of Wickersham to N.V. Harlan (Valdez), #157-158 telegram of Wickersham to James W. Ralph (N.Y.), L.P. Shackleford and William A. Day. #165 telegram of Wickersham to Walter Christian (Tacoma).

Court-related. Congressional review of Wickersham's reappointment as judge, personal.

#175 telegram of Wickersham to Northern Pacific Railroad. #178 telegram of Wickersham to W.H. Metzon (San Francisco), #187 telegram of Wickersham to Alfred B. Iles (N.Y.), #190 telegram of Wickersham to U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (San Francisco), #193-196 letter of Wickersham to Knute Nelson (Wash., D.C.); William A. Day (N.Y.); Cabell Whitehead (N.Y.); #200-202 telegrams of Wickersham to Robert McChesney (Fairbanks), #206 John H. McGraw (Seattle), Abe Spring (Seattle), #208 letter of Wickersham to Clarence D. Clarke (Wash., D.C.), #213 telegram of Wickersham to William A. Day (N.Y.), #220 telegram of Wickersham to James H. Ralph (N.Y.), #221 letter of Wickersham to (?) Sulzer, #223 letter of Wickersham to C.D. Clarke (Wash., D.C.).
Folder 4. 1 May 1906 - 30 June 1906. letters/items 227-291.

#240 telegram of Wickersham to (?) Sties (Fairbanks), #243 telegram of Wickersham to Mrs. E. Monroe (Fairbanks), #247 telegram of Wickersham to W.H. Parsons (Fairbanks), #249 telegram of Wickersham to A. Henderson (Fairbanks), #253 telegram of Wickersham to Falcon Joslin (Wash., D.C.), #261 telegram of Wickersham to Francis Fitch (N.Y.), #263 telegram of Wickersham to Ridgway-Thayer Co. (N.Y.), #271 letter of Wickersham to Norman Schultz (N.Y.). Wants to meet with Rex Beach to discuss the sequel to his Alaska novels on Nome. #282 telegram to Norman Schultz (N.Y.).

Court-related and personal.

Letters of Wickersham #294-297, 299, 314 (C.H. Clegg, Seward), 322, 325-327, 337. Telegrams of Wickersham #301, 340-341
Folder 6. 1 Sept. 1906 - 31 Oct. 1906. letters/items 385-472.

Court-related and personal.

Letters of Wickersham #400-401, 404-405, 409, 422, 467-472. Telegrams of Wickersham #407-408, 410, 413, 416, 421, 424, 447-448, 454, 456, 458, 460.
Folder 7. Nov. 1906 - 13 Dec. 1906. letters/items 473-585.

Court-related and personal.

Letters of Wickersham #473-477, 479, 481-482, 533-534, 537-539, 541-544, 549, 561-566, 573-574, 576, 584. Telegrams of Wickersham #489-491, 499, 504, 507, 525, 546-548, 575, 581.
Folder 8. Petitions and documents sent to Judge Wickersham.

1. Endorsement petition of the King County Republican Central Committee, Seattle, dated Jan. 23, 1906 supporting John Frances McLean for a position as U.S. Commissioner, District of Alaska.

2. 
   Endorsement of the Seattle City, Central Republican Committee, dated Jan. 6, 1906 for the appointment of J.F. McLean as a U.S. Commissioner, District of Alaska.
   

3. Recommendation of the Bar of Seattle, Washington, undated, for appointment of J.F. McLean.

See Appendix 1 for the Alphabetical List of Correspondents including Box 14.

Court-related and personal.

Letters of Wickersham #11, 15, 24, 28-29, 31. Telegrams of Wickersham #6, 33.
Folder 2. 3 Mar. 1907 - 21 Dec. 1907. letters/items 41-86.

Court-related and personal.

Letters of Wickersham #45, 59, 66, 73, 78-79, 81, 83.
Folder 3. 1 Jan. 1908 - 1 July 30, 1908. letters/items 87-135.

Letters of varying dates by a correspondent are sometimes grouped together including some 1907 letters. Includes letters concerning party delegates and political candidates. Also letters about Wickersham running for Delegate to Congress. Letters of Wickersham #89, 93, 105, 114, 118. Telegrams of Wickersham #101, 103, 109, 111, 130, 133.

Letters of varying dates grouped by correspondent. File largely devoted to Wickersham campaign and election as Delegate to Congress. Letters of Wickersham #176, 178, 181, 188-189, 194, 199, 215. Telegrams of Wickersham #148, 150, 157, 160, 161-165, 191, 207-208.

Delegate business, mining claims. Letters of Wickersham #218, 220. Telegrams of Wickersham #227-228, 233-242.

Mining claim material including items dated 1903, personal and political affairs. Letters of Wickersham #249, 251, 258, 260, 269, 272, 274, 277.

This binder of correspondence is primarily Delegate to Congress-related business. Letters received were usually assigned a number which likely designated the major subject. This binder contains varied numbers. There are some copies of letters written by Wickersham in the file.

Delegate to Congress business files with assigned number designation on receipt. Includes copies of letters written by Wickersham.

Binder 2. Jan. - Dec. 1912.

BOX 16. Letters received/sent. 1913.

Delegate to Congress business files with assigned number designation on receipt. Includes copies of letters written by Wickersham. File includes a 14 page report with map by James B. Adams, dated Sept. 4, 1913, on the proposed site for the town of Craig on Prince of Wales Island.

Delegate to Congress business files with assigned number designation on receipt. Includes copies of letters written by Wickersham.

Binder 2. Jan. - Dec. 1915.

Delegate to Congress business files including some number designation on receipt. Includes copies of letters written by Wickersham. There is a photo showing several public buildings and plat map of Fairbanks with April 13-14, 1916 correspondence.

Binder 2. Jan. - Mar. 1917

Folder 1. 1920

Folder 2. 1921

Folder 3. 1921. S. Hall Young (Presbyterian missionary)

Folder 4. 1922

Folder 5. 1923

Folder 6. 1924

Folder 7. 1925

Folder 8. 1926

Folder 9. 1927

Folder 10. 1928

Folder 11. 1929

Folder 12. 1930

Folder 13. Florence Barrett Willoughby (Alaska author).

8 letters by Willoughby; 6 by Wickersham.

Folder 14. 1931. Partial contents: June 6 letter of Fred Bradley

(mining) and June 6 of Irving Berlin (composer).
BOX 20. Letters received/sent. 1932

Folder 1. Jan. - April

Folder 2. May - June

Folder 3. July

Folder 4. August

Folder 5. September

Folder 6. October

Folder 7. Nov. - Dec.

Folder 8. Undated/incomplete
BOX 21. Letters received/sent. 1933-1940.

Includes letters to Grace Wickersham.

Folder 1. 1933

Folder 2. 1934

Folder 3. 1935

Folder 4. 1936

Folder 5. 1937

Folder 6. 1938

Folder 7. 1939

Folder 8. 1940

Folder 9. 1950's-1960's; undated and incomplete
LETTERPRESS BOOKS
This file of 16 volumes includes an index to names of individuals to whom Wickersham wrote letters. The copy letters are handwritten and typescript on tissue and quality of reproduction is variable. The years 1884-1900 are primarily letters written from Tacoma, Washington with v. 8 and v. 11 containing letters sent from Eagle, Alaska. Volume 9 includes copies of Wickersham's ethnographic studies on the American Indians and writings on the Shaker religion of the Washington Indians. Articles were sent to various magazines and include accompanying letters. Some letterpress books have overlapping dates.
BOX 22.

(v. 1) 1884 March - 1886 May 500 p.

(v. 2) 1886 June - 1887 Sept. 297 p.

(v. 3) 1887 Oct. - 1888 Aug. 296 p.

(v. 4) 1887 Aug. - 1889 Nov. 500 p.

(v. 5) 1889 April - 1891 Mar. 500 p.

(v. 6) 1890 June - 1892 Jan. 496 p.

(v. 7) 1890 April - 1892 Dec. 498 p.

(v. 8) 1892 Dec. - 1901 July (Tacoma/Eagle) 645 p.

(v. 9) 1893 May - 1900 Jan. (Tacoma) 505 p.

This volume is in poor condition. It includes correspondence and copies of Wickersham writings.

Contents (in part) with page references:
Page

reference
31 TSCHAD DAM OR SHAKER RELIGION. 1893. 23 p.

Historical sketch on the religion adopted by various Indians in Western Washington. Sent to the Smithsonian Institution.

Paper also used as a speech.

Sent to SCIENCE.

Sent to CALIFORNIAN on Nov. 27, 1893.

(v. 11) 1900 Aug. - 1901 July (Eagle) 135 p.

(v. 12) 1901 Sept. - 1903 July (Alaska) 492 p.

BOX 24.

(v. 14) 1905 Mar. - 1906 Oct. (Alaska) 500 p.

(v. 15) 1906 Oct. - 1907 Dec. (Alaska) 460 p.

(v. 16) 1908 Jan. - 1908 Nov. (Alaska) 499 p.

(v. 17) 1908 Nov. - 1909 Feb. (Alaska) 154 p.
SUBJECT FILES
BOX 25. U.S. District Judge, Alaska. 1900-1907.

A service record containing correspondence regarding Judge Wickersham's appointment, confirmation and resignation as a U.S. District Judge in Alaska.

Folder 1-2.

Typescript of letters and testimony regarding Judge Wickersham's re-appointment as district judge. 1902-1907. 451 p.
BOX 26. Politics and elections. 1906-1919.

Correspondence and papers regarding Wickersham's election as Delegate to Congress and his 1916-1919 contested election suit for the seat. These files were titled by Wickersham; but folders need review and files overlap subject matter.

Folder 1. Early elections. 1906-1913.

Folder 2. Original contest papers and roster of soldiers. 1919.

Folder 3. Contested elections. 1919.

Folder 4. Contested elections. 1919. Ketchikan frauds.

Folder 5. Contested elections. 1919.

Correspondence and newspaper articles.

Folder 6. Petition for contest. 1918-1919.

Folder 7. Contested elections. 1918-1919.

Jack Wade to Steel Creek (voting districts)

Folder 8. Contested elections. 1919.

Folder 9. Evidence of Canvassing Board Proceedings and record of returns.

Folder 10: Speech of the Hon. Charles A. Sulzer, Delegate, in Juneau, November, 1917. (Typescript in binder)

BOX 27. Politics and elections. 1907-1915. 3 binders

(File code #301)

Includes correspondence of Wickersham and copies of letters sent to Wickersham. These binders organized by Wickersham include political party platforms, convention proceedings and candidate material.

File in part includes correspondence and the Proceedings of the Committee on Credentials of the Republican Convention, Ketchikan, May 12, 1908; Juneau Convention, Nov. 15, 1907; Minutes of the Republican Primary Meeting, Nome, 1908; Platform of the Republican Party Adopted at the Territorial Convention, Juneau, June 30, 1910/convention proceedings.

Correspondence. Also includes a notarized affidavit of O.P. Hubbard, Jack Dalton and James Wickersham dated June 4, 1912, Wash. D.C. It discusses delegate election problems at the 1907 Republican Territorial Convention at Juneau; and results of May 29, 1912 convention at Valdez.

Correspondence: affidavit of D.J. Prendergast at Valdez, Sept. 21, 1914, regarding a conversation he overheard between Joe Baxter, Alaska Democratic Committee Chairman; Mr. Eckhern, manager of the Valdez Trust Co., and Dr. E.C. Dalton regarding political efforts to defeat Wickersham; address given at Haines and Skagway, S.E. Alaska, by Mary A.C. Gibson, Independent Candidate for Representative to the Legislature from S.E. Alaska, 1914.

(File code no. 301)

See Appendix 1 for the Alphabetical List of Correspondents including Box 28.
BOX 29. Politics and elections. 1909-1934.

Folder 1. Delegate to Congress declaration of candidacy and filing

papers.

Includes Francis Connolly, Anchorage, filing Feb. 9, 1918 (Socialist Party); James Wickersham, Juneau, filing Jan. 6, 1932 (Republican Party).

to Key Pittman, Chairman, Senate Committee on Territories.

This hand-written letter is a copy made by Elliott of his comments relative to the appointment of Thomas Riggs, Jr. as Governor of Alaska. Includes a WASHINGTON HERALD (April 7, 1918) newspaper clipping on Riggs.
Folder 3. Correspondence, 1907-1930.

Primarily with Daniel A. Sutherland. Includes letters received 1921-1930 by Sutherland, Alaska's Delegate to Congress, from various Congressional committees regarding appointments to offices in Alaska.

Thomas Marquam and other candidates for office or political party leadership in Alaska. 1920-1921.

including his election as Republican National Committeeman for Alaska. 1922-1926.

and national election of 1927-1928.

Includes Minutes of the Republican Club Meeting held at Nenana, Jan. 13, 1921; Contributions to Democratic Campaign, 1932 election, Territory of Alaska; Platform of Democratic Party, 1st Div., Alaska, 1934.

ALASKA LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN, nos. 1-2 (1925).

The Optimist; Iditarod, Alaska; Friday, July 29^th, 1910; No. 5; Wickersham Edition

The Optimist; Iditarod, Alaska; Monday, August 8^th, 1910; No. 6; Wickersham Edition
BOX 30. Keystone Canyon riot, 1907. 1 binder

Typescript of court case testimony.

"Alaska delegate on lawlessness of Guggenheims," THE WORLD,

May 23, 1911, p. 6. 6 items.
Folder 4. U.S.A. vs. Edward C. Hasey. 1 item.

Extract from Criminal Journal B, Juneau. Transcript from Valdez.

Northwestern Railway Co., a corporation and Edward C. Hasey, defendents, no. 369. Bill of exceptions. 1 item.

Includes correspondence regarding political activity, conflicts, collusion and investigations with much on the Guggenheim Alaska Syndicate. Includes court proceedings relative to cases regarding Capt. D.H. Jarvis of the Alaska Syndicate, John H. Bullock, Edward C. Hasey case, U.S. Marshal Daniel A. Sutherland, U.S. District Attorney John J. Boyce, U.S. Marshal H.L. Faulkner, U.S. District Attorney John Rustgard, Edward C. Russel and others.

(File code #287)

Typescripts of legislation establishing the Alaska Road Commission; correspondence including complaints about roads and administration of the commission. There is an extensive draft and typescript letter dated Feb. 12, 1910, written by Wickersham to J.M. Dickinson, Sec. of War, following up correspondence asking that Mayor W.P. Richardson be relieved from duty in Washington and ordered back to duties in Alaska or the Army. Wickersham felt Richardson should not be lobbying and voiced concerns about conflict of interests. There is considerable material on the 1911 court martial of Lt. Sam C. Orchard for embezzlement of commission funds.
[Sitka Hot Springs Ownership, 1907-1916]. 1 folder

File contains twelve items concerning Dr. F.L. Goddard and Dr. E.J. Brooks' efforts to clarify and establish their claim to land located at Sitka Hot Springs, Baranof Island. On Nov. 24, 1915 and March 8, 1916, F.L. Goddard wrote Wickersham seeking assistance and enclosed letters and material written or received from various individuals/agencies including Representative Thomas Cale. A blueprint map of U.S. Survey no. 308 of the U.S. Hot Springs Reserve is in the file.

(File code #5)

This file contains correspondence, endorsements of Alaska organizations for securing a Territorial form of government for Alaska, resolutions and material concerning legislative efforts. The correspondence includes letters with Alaskans regarding home rule, letters of comment on the legislation, and Wickersham's letters fo Congressional members thanking them for support of the legislation. On Aug. 20, 1912, Wickersham sent telegrams to Alaska newspapers advising corrected Home Rule Bill passed both houses and the President will approve it.
Binder 1. 1907-1910.
Binder 2. 1911-1912.
Folder. Legislation to establish an Alaska Legislative Assembly.

1909-1911.

File includes Congressional bills H.R. 10418, S. 5436 and Wickersham's working copy of H.R. 38.
BOX 34. Alaska Railroads. 1907-1920.

(File code #489)

Binder: Includes correspondence; also Feb. 1907 Report upon the feasibility of a railway from Haines Mission to the International boundary near the head waters of the White River; extract from A.W. Greeley report titled, "The Valdez-Yukon Railroad as an enterprise of national importance"; maps; Congressional legislation and copy of CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Feb. 18, 1914

(v. 51, no. 54) with passage of Alaska Railway Bill.

Responses to Wickersham's letter to Congressional members for copies of their speeches on the Alaska Railway Bill. Includes a list of names of persons contacted.

Includes document titled ORGANIZATION OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD WORK, dated March 26, 1915; general specifications for a railroad from Chitina to Fairbanks and a branch...; Alaska Government Railroad progress map prepared by Alaska Bureau Seattle Chamber of Commerce (Nov. 30, 1916).

(File code #435)

Correspondence regarding site acquisition problems and efforts to construct a capitol building and governor's residence in Juneau; legislation for public buildings at several Alaska locations. Includes correspondence with Juneau Mayor Emory Valentine regarding his property at the capitol building location.
Correspondence regarding Alaska Legislature, Laws and Printing. 1912-1915. 1 binder

(File code #785)

Correspondence with members of the Alaska legislature on both territorial and federal legislative matters. There are several letters concerning the deficiency in the mileage allowance for legislators and printing expenses for the Alaska Senate and House Journals.

BOX 36.

(File codes #964 and 287)

Copies of Congressional legislation including draft and published copies introduced by J. Wickersham and others. Correspondence concerning schools and copies of letters written by J. Wickersham inviting various officials to the cornerstone laying ceremony for the college established at Fairbanks.
[Nome Harbor bill correspondence] 1912-1916. 1 folder

(File code #632)

Includes a typescript copy of a 1904 House Report no. 2730 on

S. 3844 to authorize the Nome Improvement Company to open and improve the mouth of Snake River at Nome. Some 1915 correspondence is with A. Polet, Nome, who is president of an organization to gather data on Nome Harbor for a survey.

(File code #450)

Primarily correspondence with the U.S. Office of the Attorney General regarding the purpose of detention hospitals for the insane, possible misuse of the facility at Fairbanks. There are letters concerning hospitals at Nome and Morningside in Oregon; also a detailed report on the insane from Alaska at Morningside from 1904-1916.
BOX 37.

Alaska Pension Cases. 1909-1916. 1 binder

(File code #39)

Includes form responses from the U.S. Bureau of Pensions to J. Wickersham advising status of pension claims. The form gives claimants name, rank, address, certificate number and amount of pension. The file includes correspondence with those seeking pensions or increases and related material.
Prohibition Bill. Alaska. 1916-1917. 1 binder

(File code #995)

Correspondence for and against prohibition including letters from various temperance organizations in Alaska. A typescript and marked copy of a printed bill (H.R. 19188) introduced by J. Wickersham to prohibit manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquors in Alaska. Prepared in 1916 in response to the referendum vote in Alaska favoring prohibition. Also hearing on H.R. 20361 on prohibition published in 1917 is in this file.

An additional folder contains address given by Anna A. Gordon and sent to Wickersham entitled: “The Path of Patriotism is the Path of Prohibition.” Contains a mention of his Alaska bill.

(File code #60)

Includes correspondence; coal land claims; hearing dated Mar. 9, 1909 on coal situation in Alaska; Alaska Coal Leasing Bill (S. 9955) objections and criticisms. Proposed amendments. Resolution dated March 3, 1914 by a Knik Citizens' Committee; Resolution of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo no. 1 at Nome and other items.
Fisheries. 1908-1917. 1 binder

(File code #11)

Includes correspondence, documents, newspaper clippings and articles, such as "Abolition of fish traps" from COAST SEAMEN'S JOURNAL (v. 21, no. 17, Jan. 15, 1908) and fishery legislation.
Tanana Chiefs Council, 1915, and native related material. 4 folders

1. "Indian Talk"/Proceedings of July 5, 1915 council meeting at Fairbanks; photo of group; letters received, 1910-1915.

no. 574); a letter and certification dated March 11, 1920 from the U.S. General Land Office providing documents; notes of Wickersham and listing naturalized Tlingit Indians.

Folder 1. Correspondence, 1909-1917. (File code #216, 228)

Includes transportation co. officials, attorneys, the Interstate Commerce Commission and other government officials.
Folder 2. Correspondence and rate cases, 1906-1917. (In binder)

Includes shipping bills charged Alaska businesses, freight classification documents, notes, briefs before Interstate Commerce Commission.

(In binder)

Includes correspondence, copies of documents, legislation

(H.R. 5609 hearing and bill).

Alaska rate investigation. Hearing at Juneau, May 20, 1918.

p. 204-206. Carbon copy of typescript copy letters of Wickersham to media and Chamber of Commerce about hearings.
Folder 5. Freight and passenger tariffs, 1908-1916. (In binder).

Includes published rates for Alaska Steamship Co., American Yukon Navigation Co., Copper River and Northwestern Railway Co., Northern Navigation Co., Northwestern Steamship Co., Pacific Alaska Navigation Co., Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Co., Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Tanana Valley Railroad Co.

Folder 1. Alaska transportation data. 1917-1920.

Clippings and miscellaneous. Includes letters, published rates, exceptions to tentative report on Alaska Rate Investigation by

J. Wickersham.

Correspondence and material regarding the history with introduction of book by Wickersham.

Auction catalogs of C.M. Lampson & Co. of salted fur seal skins.

1. Correspondence, 1919, with Alfred Fraser, N.Y., requesting catalogs.
2. Catalogs. 1893-1906, 1911, 1915. 18 items.
BOX 42. Book trade orders and requests. 1912-1937.

Binder: Letters about books. 1912-1917. Includes bills and accounts with bookstores; correspondence relative to Wickersham's acquisition of books, etc. for his library.

Folder 2. 1917-1925.

Folder 3. 1926-1929.

Folder 4. 1930-1937.

Folder 5. Morice, A.C.

Letter from Morice, Marieval, Sask., dated Aug. 10, 1923, about his writings; reply of Wickersham dated Aug. 30.

Folder 6. Library of Congress. 1924-1925.

This file contains correspondence regarding Wickersham's efforts to help the Library of Congress obtain Territorial Alaska documents.

Folder 7. Loman and Hanford Co. 1930-1936.

Folder 8. Wilberforce Eames (New York Public Library), 1914; 1925.

This series includes records relating to Wickersham's law practice, mining claims and various property.

1. Day Book-Journal. 5 March 1884-4 Jan. 1900. 1 v.

Relating to legal business of James Wickersham, Attorney at Law, in Tacoma, Washington Territory. Includes name of client, reference to case or activity and fee charged.
2. Lawyer Docket. 7 Nov. 1916-14 June 1927. 1 v.

Docket record of the firm of Wickersham and Kehoe at Juneau. Includes: case number, name and location of court, cause of action, name of plaintiff and defendant, cash account, date and proceedings note.

3. Lawyer docket. 5 April 1927-8 Nov. 1938. 1 v.

Docket record of James Wickersham, Juneau.

Wickersham and Kehoe ledger showing date, source, money received, money paid to client, net return Wickersham, net return Kehoe, permanent improvements, expense, costs received (from client), costs paid (to court, marshal, disbursements, etc.)

Wickersham and Kehoe. Record of expenses and payments received from clients. In back of book is a record of Wickersham's expenses on home and two lots.

Folder 1. Copper River & Northwestern Railway abandonment Case. Notes and documents. 1917-1935.

Juneau, on Dec. 23, 1928 in a mining accident while employed at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.

firm of Wickersham and Kehoe to provide legal advice to John G. Grant, guardian of the estate and property of three minors (Matheson children).

(herring plant). 1938.

Mines Co.). 1923-1925.

Newspapers re. Alaska Railroad case; notes and working papers.

Folders 1-6. Fairbanks Mining District claims on Cleary Creek, Ester

Creek and Wolf Creek. Includes Discovery Bench and Daly Bench claim registrations, maps, correspondence, etc.
Folder 7. Admiralty Coal Co. 1928-1929.

Minutes of 1st meeting, Feb. 1, 1928 of Juneau. James Wickersham is a member of the Board of Directors. Includes list of stockholders, June 1929 report of Amos Slater, maps, photos, correspondence.

Notices of location and lists of claims belonging to Lloyd, Taylor, Heilig, Tozier and Wickersham. Includes map.

Folder 10. Land matters in Seattle and Tacoma.

Plat map and correspondence. Includes Power-of-Attorney of Darrell Wickersham to act as agent for his father. See also related material in Box 47, Folder 1.
Folder 11. Land matters in Seattle and Tacoma.

Tax assessments, etc., 1923-1936.

Documents concerning title history of the home and lots 7-8, Block 28 and Bill of Sale for personal property purchased by Wickersham, July 13, 1930.

Deeds, location notice, correspondence and declaration of ownership for home, lots 7-8, Block 28, Juneau. 1887-1953.

purchase from Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lamb, Seldovia. 1920-1928.]

FAMILY/PERSONAL FILES. 2 boxes

A varied group of material including certificates and memberships, lists of several collections developed by J. Wickersham, invitations and other items relating to Mr. and Mrs. Wickersham and Ruth Allman; also miscellaneous items.
BOX 46.

Folder 1. Certificates and other documents of J. Wickersham.

1. Allyn Land Company of Tacoma, Wash. stock certificate no. 23

for 110 shares assigned to J. Wickersham, Jan. 5, 1891.

June 26, 1928, 1 v.

Includes signatures of guests.
Folder 3. Correspondence and membership rosters.

James Wickersham belonged to Tacoma Lodge no. 22, F. & A.M.; Sons of the American Revolution; Tacoma Chapter no. 4, R.A.M.

Wickersham’s certificate of membership (February, 21, 1925) verifying descent from Thomas Sims. [Located in MS X-Oversize Map Case in Vault]

Grace Wickersham belonged to Mary Washington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; Juneau Chapter no. 7, Order of the Eastern Star; National Retired Teachers' Association.

A listing with brief description of 556 items collected from 1880-1900.

Loan acknowledgements in 1925-1926 and list of papers when collection was stored at the University of Washington.

A list of books and publications sold outside Alaska.

The first spike was driven on June 1, 1905 on the railroad line between Chena and Fairbanks. A sworn court statement by Charles Moriarty, Supt. of Construction, attests that this is that spike. A letter of award is signed by Falcon Joslin, Manager, on July 17, 1905, to Wickersham who was the speaker at the ceremony for driving the last spike.

Correspondence, brochures and photos.

Newspaper clippings, May-Oct. 1968, concerning purchase of Swedish ferry BRITANNICA that was renamed WICKERSHAM. Includes information on the State's efforts to change the Jones Act which restricted vessel use. Articles include information on James Wickersham.

Correspondence relative to the dedication of the Hall and plaque honoring the Judge and Mrs. Wickersham, Jan. 12, 1958.

Guest register at the women's residence hall dedication, Jan. 12, 1958. The Hall plaque honors James and Grace Wickersham. Includes articles and clippings.

Clippings regarding home moved to Alaskaland and miscellaneous.

Folder 14. Commemorative Geographic Names. 11 items.

Letter of James Wickersham dated Jan. 3, 1916 to A.H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey concerning Wickersham's naming of Mt. Deborah around 1907, for his wife and concern for name changes. Letter of Brooks, dated Jan. 8, 1916, with reply dated Jan. 10, 1916.

Letters and newspaper clippings relative to the efforts of Ruth Allman and others to have the Postmaster General approve a Wickersham stamp to honor the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Includes Wickersham Day-Aug. 24 (S.B. 57, 1949); acquisition of Wickersham Collection (H.C. Resolution no. 52, 1960); recognition of Judge James Wickersham during the Alaska Purchase Centennial year

(S. Resol. no. 18, 1966).
Folder 17. Biographical material on Wickersham.

Primarily newspaper clippings. Contents (in part):

1939-1953.

Includes probate of James Wickersham estate, 1939; letter of Darrell Wickersham, Nov. 15, 1939; last will and testament of Grace Wickersham, Sept. 4, 1953 (copy).
Folder 19. Grace Wickersham and Vrooman/Bishop family material.

Abstract of title to Homestead Park land, Seattle; family genealogy references.

Partial contents:

Folder 1. Wickersham family letters. 1925-1927.

Primarily correspondence of Debbie, James, Darrell and Jennie Hannson (sister of James). Comments on activities, people and much on Debbie's failing health and treatment. File includes hospital bills. File contains a copy of an undated letter written by Darrell to the Rockefeller Foundation regarding a project for writing a history of Alaska and his father's abilities.
Folder 2. Wickersham family letters. 1899; 1919; 1926-1937.

Correspondence and documents concerning mother, brothers and sisters of James Wickersham; also son, Darrell. Property and personal maters.

Correspondence with cousins and other relatives. Includes some geneaological data and photos.

Includes book: BI-CENTENNIAL OF OLD KENNETT MEEHAY HOUSE, 1910-1910 with 1920 reunion material in back; 2d-4th reunion booklets.

File includes letter dated Sept. 11, 1928 from the Superior Court, Tacoma, providing copy of the document.

Partial contents: Banquet of the Genesee County Republican Club, Feb. 20, 1914 at Flint [program listing Wickersham as a speaker]; Fifth Annual Banquet Advertising Club of Baltimore, Feb. 26, 1914 [program speaker]; Menu, Congress Hall Hotel, Wash., D.C.,

March 17, 1914 listing Alaska guests, Alaska Railroad bill, Congressional leaders of the Senate and House Committee of the Territories.
Folder 8. White House Invitations, 1909-1916. 1 binder
WRITINGS

This series includes original manuscripts of Wickersham's publications, unpublished writings, and some correspondence related to these writing endeavors. File also includes speeches and one article by Grace Wickersham.

ALASKA REPORTS. 1 folder

Correspondence regarding, 1913-1917, 1936.
OLD YUKON. 1 binder; 2 folders.

Folders include advertisements and correspondence, 1928-1934 and Memo of Agreement with Washington Law Book Co. (shows year 1938 with Wickersham signature).

The binder includes some correspondence dated 1958-1960, in response to Ruth Allman's inquiries about copyright renewal and interest in reprinting OLD YUKON. The file includes some letters on other topics.
BOX 49.

OLD YUKON. 4 binders

Typescripts and carbon copies of the original working manuscript. Title variations: 1. OLD YUKON TRAILS: A STORY OF GOLDEN DAYS IN THE YUKON BASIN. 1928. 2. OLD YUKON TRAILS; STRAY NOTES FROM A JUDGE'S DOCKET. 1934. 3. OLD YUKON TRAILS. 1st chapter (Genesis of an Alaskan Court).

BOX 50.

Correspondence regarding its development and completed work. Some folders have an alphabetical arrangement started by Wickersham.

Provided card references and did extensive research at the Library of Congress, assisting on bibliography. 1922-1927.

Assisted on preparation of material for the bibliography.

Includes list of Nelson's Alaska writings and other natural history writings.

Correspondence with Press associates regarding the bibliography including comments the Press obtained from Wilberforce Eames and editorial suggestions from M. Edmund Speare. The Press expressed admiration of the work, but declined its publication because of costs and other commitments.

Includes "Library and Bibliography" - excerpts from Wickersham's diaries on his projects. Date Book with itemized statement showing distribution of the BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALASKA. Wickersham had 400 personal copies and gives date and name of recipient.

BOX 51.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALASKAN LITERATURE, 1724-1924. 3 binders Includes typescript working copy of the manuscript in two parts; also a listing of early Alaska papers and other material for the bibliography.

Includes correspondence 1903, 1923-1925. Manuscript in typescript with hand-written notations.

Manuscript with typescript and hand-written sections.

One binder includes an 80 page typescript. The second binder contains an 86 page typescript plus several pages on Chief Kowee of the Auks and a hand-written version of the manuscript.

Working copy typescript and hand-written copy. Not on Alaska.

Includes a 15 page hand-written section on the Hudson Bay Company and a 16 page typescript on the potlatch. There is a reference that this article titled, "The Hudson Bay Company," was published in the NORTHWEST SCHOOL JOURNAL, v. 3, no. 2, Oct. 1900 (Ellensburg, Wash., School Journal Publ. Co.). A copy of the issue is in the file.

Feb. 6, 1893. 1 binder

A typescript with hand-written notations; also a signed statement by several Indians on the Puyallup Reservation, dated Feb. 1, 1893.
[Historical Data: Olympic Peninsula.] 1 binder

Mostly typescript and hand-written.

Contents (in part):
1. [Judge's trip.]

2. Notes About Japanese wreck in Dec. 1832 or 1833. Obtained from an old Osette Indian in Nov. 1897.

3. "Nusqually Mythology: studies of the Washington Indians," by James Wickersham. OVERLAND, Oct. 1898, p. 345-351. ill.

4. Some Relics of the Stone Age from Puget Sound.

5. Aztlan: The Ancient Aztec Home on Puget Sound and the Columbia River.

6. Spanish Explorations upon the Northwest Coast.

7. The Pueblo of "Kaduckubt."

8. "The Mongol-Mayan Calendar."

9. Keelapie or the Baby's Return, by Judge Hanford. Typescript

10. The Aboriginal Inhabitants of Washington.

11. Some Notes on the Indians of Washington.

12. Geographical features, currents and climate of the North Pacific region.

13. Classification of Mankind. The Mongolian Race.

14. Indian vocabularies.

15. The Asiatic origin of the American Indian.
Mongol-Mayan Calendar System [and] other Mongol-Mayan topics.] 1 binder

Mostly hand-written notes; also a typescript on the Mongol-Mayan constitution.

English-Eskimo vocabulary lists gathered and hand-written by Wickersham. Beginning on p. 100, the notebook also contains "Eskimo Dance House at Cape Prince of Wales," with a sketch of the koz-ge; also data on migrations. On p. 201 is a song titled, "When the Sun Comes up at Midnight," written by Lt. Scott of the U.S. Revenue Cutter BEAR, 1901. (Tune: "On the Road to Mandalay").

Items originally folded in notebook. Includes numbers [1]-13, 15 and three sheets with Gulkana Roadhouse letterhead.

File includes biographical information on Charles Warren Fairbanks, by James P. Hornaday.

Includes an 8 p. typescript, 2 tinted portrait photos of an Eskimo man from Barrow with ivory labrets and a woman from Nunivak Island with labrets through a pierced lip. The binder also includes a typescript copy of the article, "The Social Life of the Stone Age," by Dr. Daniel S. Neuman on the Kosga from THE ESKIMO, v. 1, no. 7, March 1917.

A letter dated Feb. 22, 1935, to Gov. John W. Troy and others concerning the exemption from taxes of some Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Co. land (drafts of letter and Wickersham takes exception to the exemption).

BOX 55.
Folder 1. AN APPEAL TO THE VOTERS OF ALASKA TO DEFEND THEIR FULL TERRITORIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT. (Juneau, Jan. 1938). 10 p.

Includes hand-written draft, typescript and printed copy of bill H.R. 13978. A typescript of Wickersham's comments before the U.S. House of Representatives on this bill is in one binder.

Includes hand-written copy of the bill, revised working copy of printed bill and copy of H.R. 6056. Evolution of the legislation, 1909-1915.

RESEARCH FILES

Includes requests and data on mineral resources, transportation, commerce, education, etc. in Alaska.

The department's letter of March 8, 1912 provides information on administrative costs and justice data. A March 16, 1912 letter transmits lists of names and service dates of judges, attorneys and other department employees in Alaska.

Correspondence and notes.

Correspondence, notes and publications.

Correspondence and data.

Correspondence and Henry W. Elliott manuscript.

Notes and published material.

Typescript with hand-written additions/changes to chapters on the fur seal.

Correspondence and data.

Correspondence, statistical and descriptive data.

Correspondence, data and publications.

Correspondence and data on U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. War Dept. operations, military posts and personnel in Alaska.

SCRAPBOOKS

Includes clippings on Indians, reminiscences of settler-Indian relations, potlatch, Rev. Myron Eells and others, proposal for Olympia National Park, early settlement of Oregon and Washington Territory.

Includes clippings on Judge Wickersham's and various court cases; Alaska politics and elections.