Terris Moore and Katrina Hincks Moore papers, 1908-1995.

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Terris Moore and Katrina Hincks Moore papers, 1908-1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42064555

The Terris Moore Papers consist of records documenting both his personal and professional lives. Materials include family papers and photographs; correspondence and photographs from his service as President at University of Alaska from 1949-1953; research notes, drafts, and manuscripts of his articles and publications; and correspondence, photographs, and writings pertaining to his many mountaineering and aviation expeditions in Alaska and around the world. The Katrina Hincks Moore papers consist of notes, drafts, correspondence, and clippings pertaining to her translations, published articles as well as her biography about Terris Moore titled "Borestone to Bering Strait". The major writing project represented in the collection consists of a series of translations dealing with the coastal exploration of Alaska by Spain in the period 1775-1796. Her other writings include a translation of Emile Petitot's description of the Yukon River in 1870, various articles about traveling through northern regions, as well as a variety of other topics. Her papers also include a few photographs and portions of her diaries, the most complete of which chronicles a trip to Spain and England in the summer of 1922 when she was thirteen.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443715

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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