Sadlier-Olsen family collection [graphic], ca. 1898-2001 1898-1950.

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Sadlier-Olsen family collection [graphic], ca. 1898-2001 1898-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60885703

Photographs follow the Olsen and Sadlier families in Alaska from 1898-1990, primarily 1898 to the 1950s. Family snapshots as well as commercial photographs by various Alaskan photographers are included. Manuscript materials include Sadlier's field notes from his work in the General Land Office survey party, Ryus Drugstore (Ketchikan) notes, correspondence, poetry by Joe Sadlier, and other memorabilia. A taped interview with Joe Sadlier conducted by Marie Darlin, January 7, 2000 and a video of the return of the LST-325 are also included.

230 photographs : b&w, col. + video and manuscript materials.

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7789827

Alaska State Library

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Olsen family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h79jhn (family)

LST-325 (Ship)

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Sadlier family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p44z2 (family)

Alaska Gastineau Mining Company (Juneau, Alaska)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64791vh (corporateBody)

Mine located in Thane, Alaska, ca. 1911-1921. From the description of Alaska Gastineau Mining Company : Thane, Alaska, 1919. [manuscript] (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42928808 ...

Sadlier, Joseph B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq2p05 (person)

Joe Sadlier's grandparents, Edith and Byron Olsen, traveled to the Yukon from California (date unknown). It is said that Byron carried Crystal (Snow) Jenne over the Chilkoot Pass when she was about two years old. The Olsens were close friends of the Snow and Jenne families. Edith and Byron Olsen had five children and lived in a log cabin halfway between Skagway and Whitehorse (Yukon). Byron was a civil engineer for the railroad. The family moved to Thane around 1911 and Byron supervised construc...