E. Tappan Adney Papers, 1893-1913.

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E. Tappan Adney Papers, 1893-1913.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664030768

Artist, writer, photographer and the man credited with saving the art of birchbark canoe construction. Authored a book, The Klondike Stampede about the Klondike Gold Rush. Collection contains correspondence, material on North American Indian languages, drawings, and photographs.

88 boxes, 1 folio (44 linear feet).

Peabody Essex Museum

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Adney, Tappan, 1868-1950

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Edwin Tappan Adney was born in Athens, Ohio in 1868. He attended the New York Art Student's League in 1883 and later studied independently. In 1887 Adney began drawing bark canoes and built his first model. Between 1897 and 1900 Adney traveled Alaska as a correspondent covering the Klondike Gold Rush. His work appeared in a variety of publications--Harper's Weekly, The London Chronicle, and Collier's Weekly--and he published a book based on these experiences, The Klondike Stampede. With the onse...