Victor C. Rivers Family Collection, 1939-1959. [microform].

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Victor C. Rivers Family Collection, 1939-1959. [microform].

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Personal and business papers, correspondence, political papers, newsclippings and articles, ephemera and memorabilia all relating to Victor C. Rivers and his family members including Elleighfare Rivers, Julian Guy Rivers, Ralph Rivers, Virginia Proffitt, Russell Guy Rivers, Richard L. Rivers, and Fern Rivers. The political papers include information about Victor Rivers' tenure as a Territorial Senator and his involvement with the Alaska Constitutional Convention. World War II materials include documentation of Victor Rivers' work in the Aleutians and other Alaskan areas. Scrapbooks provide information on various issues in which Victor Rivers was involved and provide insight into his career as an engineer.

12 boxes.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7293607

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Rivers, Elleighfare.

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Rivers family.

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The Rivers family first arrived in Alaska in 1912, when Julian Guy Rivers brought his family from the Yukon Territory to Iditarod. Victor Rivers was born in Seattle, Washington on January 15, 1905. He attended school outside the Territory, studying at the University of Washington and Northwestern University. He received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the McKinley College of Engineering in 1930. Victor Rivers worked as an assistant engineer for the Alaska Road Commission and opened h...

Rivers, Ralph Julian, 1903-1976

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Ralph Julian Rivers was a lawyer who became Alaska's first U.S. Representative to Congress. He came to Alaska with his parents and younger brother, Victor C. Rivers, in 1906, and received his early schooling in the mining town of Flat. He was admitted to the bar in 1931 and practiced law at Fairbanks. He was elected Attorney General of Alaska, Mayor of Fairbanks, a member of the Alaska Territorial Senate, second Vice President of the Alaska Constitution Convention, and U.S. Representative-Elect ...

Rivers, Victor C. (Victor Claudius), 1905-1959

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Alaska. Constitutional Convention (1955-1956)

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The Alaska Constitutional Convention was called at the University of Alaska, November, 1955, to draft a constitution to be used upon Alaska's statehood. From the description of Papers of Alaska Constitutional Convention [microform], 1955-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 309411125 From the description of Records, 1955-1956. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42929694 ...