Don Draper papers, ca. 1920-ca. 1989.

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Don Draper papers, ca. 1920-ca. 1989.

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The Don Draper Papers consist of photographs and slides, notebooks and diaries, small amounts of personal correspondence and personal papers, and various clippings and brochures. The photographs, most of which have no identifying information, depict hunting and trapping catches, Alaskan scenery, family and friends, and non-Alaskan scenes. Among the photos and slides are some well-identified commercially produced images of Alaskan scenes, landmarks, and wildlife. The notebooks and diaries date primarily to the 1960s-1980s. Some contain Draper's detailed observations of wildlife, wildlife behavior, and vegetation in the Chatanika River region. Others contain personal memoranda, as well as scraps of information, sayings, and conversations such as a writer would collect in a writer's notebook. Two earlier diaries appear to have been collected by Draper, but not authored by him. One is a typed transcription of a diary written by an unidentified North West Mounted Policeman in 1927-1931, descibing a journey he and his wife took and their four years near Dawson, Yukon. The other, written by an unidentified person (possibly Park Reed) somewhere near Circle, Alaska, records local events over the period 1 April 1936 through 8 March 1937.

2.25 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7584535

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Royal North West Mounted Police (Canada)

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Draper, Don

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Don (Harry Dewey) Draper (1899-1989), the twelfth of thirteen children of James and Mary E. Draper, was born and raised in Maryland. He earned a civil engineering degree from Tri-State College of Engineering, Angola, Indiana, in 1926, and worked as an engineer in Alaska, for the Fairbanks Exploration Company, the Alaska Road Commission, and others, from the late 1920s until his retirement in the early 1960s. In retirement he was a guide and trapper and kept meticulous notes on the wildlife and n...