[Letters from Richard Henry Geoghegan, of Fairbanks, Alaska, dated March 24, 1926 and April 27, 1926, to the Reverend A.P. Kashevaroff, Curator of the Alaska Territorial Library & Museum, Juneau, Alaska, discussing artifacts].

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[Letters from Richard Henry Geoghegan, of Fairbanks, Alaska, dated March 24, 1926 and April 27, 1926, to the Reverend A.P. Kashevaroff, Curator of the Alaska Territorial Library & Museum, Juneau, Alaska, discussing artifacts].

2 letters (8 leaves) ; 33 cm.

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Geoghegan, Richard Henry, 1866-1943

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Linguist. From the description of Alaska language translations, translations of Russian works, vocabulary studies of Alaska Native languages, with related correspondence, 1903-1937. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42928932 Richard Henry Geoghegan (1866-1943), of Irish descent, was born in Birkenhead, England. Extraordinarily gifted at mastering foreign languages, he studied Chinese at Oxford and, in his spare time, attained facility in a number of other tongues f...

Kashevaroff, A. P. (Andrew P.), 1863-1940

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Archpriest, curator, writer. Born in Kodiak in 1863, married Martha Bolshanin of Sitka and had 6 children. Ordained a priest by the Russian Orthodox Church, he attained the rank of Archpriest and served the church for 60 years at Sitka, Nutchek, Kodiak, Killisnoo, Unalaska, and Juneau. He came to Juneau in 1912 and was appointed curator of the Alaska Territorial Library and Museum from 1920 until his death. He wrote many articles on Alaska's history and ethnology. ...