William R. Sherwin papers, 1898-ca. 1955.

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William R. Sherwin papers, 1898-ca. 1955.

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The William R. Sherwin Papers consist primarily of correspondence and photographs. Much of the correspondence is in the form of love letters between Sherwin and the young widow Blanche Rich in the period 1929-1930. Besides sentiments, Sherwin's letters contain information on daily life and noteworthy events in Fairbanks, such as local anxiety over the search for Earl Borland and Ben Eielson. The photographs, which are arranged by topic, include images of Dawson, Yukon, in 1898; Fairbanks, Alaska; gold mining at Fox, Alaska, in 1924; Alaskan barges, riverboats, ships, and shipwrecks; and family and friends. The collection also includes receipts related to Sherwin's business activities as miner and woodcutter, minutes of the Republican Territorial Convention held at Juneau, Alaska, in November 1903, a small number of news clippings from Fairbanks newspapers, and more than 80 postcards from the early 1900s with images of Yukon Territory; Montana; Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio; Lincoln, Nebraska; Niagra Falls; and other places.

0.95 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Eielson, Carl Benjamin, 1897-1929

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Aviator. From the description of Papers, 1919-1930. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17732861 Arctic aviator from Hatton, N.D. Died in Siberia, Soviet Union. From the description of Collection of papers, 1924-1986. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28470592 ...

Sherwin, William R.

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William Royce Sherwin (1878-1967) was born in Ailsa Craig, Ontario, and arrived in Skagway, Alaska, in June of 1898. He hiked over White Pass and from there to Lake Bennett and proceeded to the Klondike, where he mined for a number of years around Dawson, Yukon. From Dawson, he went to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1905 and proceeded to the Iditarod. He partnered with Jack Dailey in a mining operation on Flat Creek. After the Iditarod strike he returned to Fairbanks, where he was naturalized in 1914. He...