Reed Family papers, 1885-1968.

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Reed Family papers, 1885-1968.

The Reed Family papers consist of business and personal records and correspondence, diaries, notebooks, other writings, and photographs of Irving McKenny Reed, his wife Eleanor, and his father Thomas Milburne Reed. Also included are a large number of mineral survey forms with field notes and maps from Irving McKenny Reed's engineering work around Alaska.

34.65 cu.ft.

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Thomas Milburne Reed (1857-1928), a lawyer by training, participated in the Nome gold rush. He subsequently served as a U.S. commissioner, clerk of the district court, clerk of the Alaska Territorial Senate, and as U.S. District Judge in the First Judicial Division in Juneau, Alaska. His son, Irving McKenny Reed (1889-1968), both a highway engineer and a mining engineer, did field work throughout Alaska. He was also municipal project engineer in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he served as city council...

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Irving McKenny Reed (1889-1968), both a highway engineer and a mining engineer, did field work throughout Alaska. He was also municipal project engineer in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he served as city councilman for eight years. Reed was Alaska's first fire warden and held the office of Territorial Game Commissioner for twelve years. He made the first report on the discovery of platinum at Goodnews Bay for the Alaska Territorial Department of Mines,and helped to develop production there. ...

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Sutherland, Daniel Alexander, 1869-1955

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Bone, Scott C. (Scott Cardelle), 1860-1936

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Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Governor, Alaska Territory 1921-1925 From the description of Scott C. Bone papers, 1909-1932 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123949144 ...