Wanamaker, William, Sr.

Dates:
Active 1906
Active 1910

Biographical notes:

William Wanamaker Sr. (grandfather of donor) spoke Slavonic Russian, Tagalog, Serbian, Tlingit, French and English. He was choir director of St. Michael's Church in Sitka and later St. Nicholas in Juneau where he was a Reader. He came to Juneau in 1933 to work in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine. He died of Black Lung disease in about 1945. In the late 1950's Amos Wallace, the donor's father, became choir director. Amos and Dorothy Wallace were lifelong members of the Russian Orthodox Church.

From the description of William Wanamaker Sr. photographs, 1906-1910 [graphic]. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 489116962

William Wanamaker Sr. (grandfather of the donor) spoke Slavonic Russian, Tagalog, Serbian, Tlingit, French and English. He was choir director of St. Michael's Church in Sitka and later St. Nicholas in Juneau where he was a Reader. He came to Juneau in 1933 to work in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine. He died of Black Lung disease about 1945. In the late 1950's Amos Wallace, the donor's father, became choir director. Amos and Dorothy Wallace were lifelong members of the Russian Orthodox Church.

From the description of William Wanamaker, Sr. papers, 1850-1940s. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 298133694

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Subjects:

  • Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied
  • Church music
  • Hymns, Church Slavic

Occupations:

not available for this record

Places:

  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)
  • Sitka (Alaska) (as recorded)