The Olof H. Lindblom Papers consist primarily of 52 photographs. Subjects include Erik Olof Lindblom, who was the first to discover gold at Nome, Alaska; Lindblom's partners John Brynteson and Jafet Lindeberg and their Pioneer Mining Company; and scenes of gold miners and gold mining in the vicinity of Nome, Alaska, in the period 1900-1902. While many of the images are familiar, the copies in this collection include identifications of some of the people and places as provided by Erik Lindblom's son, Olof H. Lindblom. The collection also contains a photocopy of the book "The New Gold Fields at Cape Nome, Their History, Location and Output, Written from Personal Observation," by Ivan Brostrom, with sections pertaining to Erik Lindblom clearly marked; a typescript of the marked passages; and a brief typed description of Erik Lindblom's encounter with members of the "Soapy" Smith gang.
