Papers. 1897-1907.

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Papers. 1897-1907.

Artist and staff correspondent for Harper's Weekly at Klondike, 1897-1898 and of Collier's Weekly at Cape Nome, 1900; correspondence with John J. Healy and others outlining plans for various railroad ventures; unpublished biography of Healy; notes, sketches, maps and newspaper clippings on the Klondike gold rush.

3 boxes : ill., maps (2 col.), photos. ; 26 x 39 x 13 cm. or smaller.

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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...

Healy, John J., 1840-1909.

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