Luther C. and Harriet B. Hess papers, ca. 1895-1942.

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Luther C. and Harriet B. Hess papers, ca. 1895-1942.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42064756

The Luther C. and Harriet B. Hess Papers consist of records of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, of which Luther Hess was a board member; a scrapbook documenting the life of Harriet Hess, compiled by P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter B, Alaska, of which Harriet was a founding member; a small amount of Luther's correspondence; a small number of family photographs; and several of Luther's and Harriet's diplomas.

1.35 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443788

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation

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P.E.O. Sisterhood

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P.E.O.was founded in 1869 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on the Iowa Wesleyan campus for the purpose of furthering women's education. From the description of P.E.O. records, 1892-1978. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 64396034 ...

Hess, Luther C.

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Luther Constantine Hess (1865-1954), born on a farm near Milton, Illinois, joined the Klondike stampede to Dawson via the Dyea trail in 1898. He married Harriet Belle Trimmer in Dawson, Yukon, in 1911. A lawyer by training, he was licensed to practice law in Alaska in 1901. He was assistant district attorney in Fairbanks, Alaska (1902-1905), organizer, employee, and director of the First National Bank of Fairbanks (1905-1950s), and a member of the board of directors of the Alaska Ru...

Hess, Harriet B.

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Matanuska Valley Colony (Alaska)

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The organization was established in 1935 under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration's program of organizing rural rehabilitation organizations in the United States. It was the administrative agency over the Matanuska Valley Colony in Palmer and was responsible for providing land and houses for the colonists, and for governing the colony. From the description of Photograph album, 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42926795 ...