Kodiak Island (Alaska)

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The correspondence includes letters between members of the Anderson family written in 1889. Correspondence includes a 32-page letter written by Mary Hannah "Minnie" Tolman (nee Anderson) that describes her experiences in Kodiak, Alaska. Letters describe interactions with wildlife, cold weather, disease, and Alaska Native people. The collection includes letters from Lena Phillips (nee Anderson) of Ida, Montana.

Scope and Contents The collection includes letters from Mary Hannah "Minnie" Tolman (nee Anderson), Crit Tolman, and Dora Elizabeth Wight (nee Anderson) written from Kodiak, Alaska, in 1890, and an invitation to the wedding of Ms. Abbie Goodyear and Mr. Frank Lennart of Ashland, Oregon. Addressees of letters include George Anderson, Sarah "Sada" Evaline Burrell (nee Anderson), Anna Belle Anderson, and parents Eli Knight and Elizabeth Nissly Anderson (nee Myer). The letters discuss family matters,...

Scope and Contents The 1892 correspondence includes letters from Dora Wight in Kodiak, Alaska, to her brother George Anderson of Talent, Oregon. Letters refer to the arrival of a schooner to Kodiak Island. The collection has a letter from Joseph A. Wilson of Portland to Miss Anderson (name not given) with an invitation and advertisement from the Oregonian newspaper (photocopy) to attend the "Great Exposition of 1892" in Portland. One letter includes a poem from Mr. M. McCluney of Ashland, Oregon to Anna...

Scope and Contents The collection from 1893 includes correspondence between various Anderson family members. The letters are from George Anderson to his sister Dora Anne Wight (nee Anderson), from Lena Phillips (nee Anderson) of Kodiak, Alaska to her sister Mary Hannah "Minnie" Anderson, and a letter from E.K. Anderson of Ashland, Oregon to his son G.N. Anderson of Copley California. The E.K. Anderson letter discusses recent gold findings by prospectors in streams on his land and arbitration on the proceeds...

Scope and Contents Two letters comprise the 1912 correspondence. One is from Chester Tolman to Crit Tolman, both sons of John Crit Tolman and Mary Hannah "Minnie" Tolman (nee Phillips). The letter describes Chester Tolman's experiences in Port Moller Bay, Alaska, surveying locations for a cannery. This letter includes the story of a bear attack he survived while hunting. The second is from L.C. Wishard, proprietor of The Club Cigar Store of Klamath Falls, Oregon, to Fred Mortimer "Nick" Carter Junior...

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The Anderson-Phillips family papers consist of personal correspondence between family members. The letters cover topics such as daily life, mining in Kodiak, Vetabelle Carter's invention, World War I, and the Great Depression.