Ms 107 Wickersham Historic Site Manuscript Collection draft alaska State Library
Old Yukon by James Wickersham (1938). Inscription on front leaf: “This is my book. James Wickersham, Juneau Alaska, Aug. 24, 1938” Book jacket tattered and ripped
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Old Yukon by James Wickersham (1938). Inscription on front leaf: “This is my book. James Wickersham, Juneau Alaska, Aug. 24, 1938” Book jacket tattered and ripped.Bibliography of Alaskan Literature 1724-1924 by James Wickersham (1927). Sticker on front cover reads “Work Book.” A note dated Dec. 27, 1936 found on the end papers reads: “Grace and I count 6010 [?] items marked “OK” and on hand in my library at this date, but that does not include all in the library—many are omitted. J. Wickersham Many have been also received since the book was printed and for that reason are not marked OK.” Book is in poor condition with tapes holding end boards together. The Box of Daylight by William Hurd Hillyer, drawings by Erick Berry. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Geography. Note inserted in front of book: “Geography-1835: This school book used in Patoka, Illinois by James Wickersham.” The “Heckman” Floating Trap; the only successful Floating Trap Ever Built.” 8 p. brochure. “How to Use Lemons,” issued by the Diamond Fruit Co., Nome, Alaska [1905?] “National Championship Awards to Big Game Hunters,” Programs, 1936, 1938 Catalog Number Twelve: Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. College, Alaska, March 1934. DENALI, 1939, University of Alaska yearbook, with a clipping re: Mrs. Grace Wickersham’s tenure on the Board of Regents. CANOTLE RANNAGA KELEKAK : DELOCHET ROKA. Winnepeg: Free Press no-rodeneletekleyar, 1904. 54 pages printed Ingalik Language text with a written page inserted between each printed page containing translation in English. [Wickersham #1043]. Catholic Church hymnal and catechism. BOX 82CASH Ledger for unidentified store, probably in Wrangell, 1920-1923 Election posters: Delegate to Congress (1914, 1912, 1910) James Wickersham THE PACIFIC COAST ELK, September, 1923. (Vol. XII, Number 9) Articles on Juneau, “The Great Heart Center of Alaska” (cover missing) Membership in Arctic Brotherhood, Camp Fairbanks No. 16. (Pasted on acidic board, 13 ¾ x 10 ½ --trimmed) House of Wickersham advertisement by Ruth Allman. (11” x 17”) 4 copies Sydney Laurence print Citizenship paper - Daniel Vrooman Resolution by Common Council of the City of Juneau awarded to James Wickersham for role as Delegate to Congress and passage of Home Rule for Alaska, passed and approved April 26th, 1912. (16 ½ x 10 ¾, hand printed with color illustrations) Bathymetric Map of the Arctic Basin by Fridtjof Nansen, revised to 1927, “The Polar Regions and Their Problems,” American Geographic Society Special Publication, No. 7, Pl. 1. Sheet Music: “Honeymoon Isle” – words by Agnes L. Reinert; music by Jack Mahoney, 1932. Inscription “With my Best Wishes to Mrs. Wickersham. Agnes L. Reinert, Ketchikan, Alaska. THE WAR CRY, Coronation Number, Toronto, May 15, 1937, No. 2743 Legal Binder with “Resolutions” handwritten on cover; contains typed excerpts from various sources, several regarding Nome and Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 1. THE ALASKA LEGIONNAIRE, vol. XXXV, Nos., 1 & 2 (Jan-Feb., 1956) Souvenir program: Hoochinoo ‘n Hotcakes, 1962 Pen and ink drawing of Wickersham House, 1963 Sample of Woodpulp: “Manufactured by Alaska Pulp and Paper Company, Speel River, Near Juneau, Alaska, from Alaska (Sitka) Spruce, February, 1921,” Alaska Commercial Association. Size: 8 ¼” x 3 ¾” SUNSET, May 1916. Contains “Interesting Westerners…W. T. Lopp” by Colin D. Clements (p.30) and “A Sleeping Porch in Alaska” by Grace Eton Davis (p.43). single issue SATURDAY EVENING POST, December 22, 1956, clipping and cover page only: “I was a Bride of the Arctic,” by Klondy Nelson as told to Corey Ford SATURDAY EVENING POST, December 24, 1955 (Vol. 228, No. 26), contains “I was a Daughter of the Gold Rush,” by Klondy Nelson, as told to Corey Ford, p.11+ BOX 83Addition – Material transferred from the Alaska & Polar Regions Collections , Archives & Manuscripts, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, received May 2008 Folder 1 Alaskan Newspapers and Periodicals Folder 2 Articles and Addresses by Wickersham Folder 3 Outline of History of Alaskan Literature, 1724-1924 Folder 4 Correspondence with Andrew J. Balliet, 1900-1901 Folder 5 Newspaper clippings concerning Wickersham’s death, 1939 Christmas Extra Wickersham Edition; Dec. 25, 1959 and Dec. 25, 1967 Folder 6 Bibliography of U.S. Government Public Documents relating to Alaska, etc. Folder 7 Correspondence to Clyde A. Thompson, 1920 Folder 8 Telegrams, correspondence, 1904-31 Folder 9 Correspondence to his mother from Circle City, Alaska; Aug. 25, 1900 Folder 10 Correspondence to his mother from Eagle City, Alaska; June 10, 1901 Folder 11 Correspondence to his mother from Nome, Alaska; June 8, 1902 Folder 12 “A National Park in the Olympics…1890” by James Wickersham in The Living Wilderness, Summer-Fall, 1961. Folder 13 Miscellaneous correspondence Folder 14 Correspondence to Ed Matthews from Washington D.C.; June 14, 1909 Folder 15 “The Shakers and Indian Shakers” by Darryl Thompson in The Shaker Messenger, May 1995
Rev. 2004 APPENDIX 1 LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS IN BOXES 8, 14, 28, 60, 65, 66 AND 73 [Not included are correspondents from Boxes 27, 29, 31, 34, 35, 41, 47, 48, 50, 56, 61, and 75] [*Letter not addressed to Wickersham]
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