Grace and Fred Peterson papers, 1933-1952.

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Grace and Fred Peterson papers, 1933-1952.

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The Grace and Fred Peterson Papers consist of the Petersons' obituaries; biographical information on Grace provided by her sister; Grace's handwritten reminiscences about the American Pacific Whaling Co. station at Port Hobron, Alaska, in 1933/34 and mink farming in the Anchorage, Alaska, region in the late 1930s; a small number of newspaper clippings mentioning Grace and her husband; and 133 photographs. Subjects of the photographs include buildings, personnel, and whale butchering at Port Hobron in 1933; the Petersons' mink farm; friends and family; and scenes of Anchorage, Knik, Eklutna, and other places in Alaska taken between the late 1930s and 1952.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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American Pacific Whaling Co.

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Peterson, Grace.

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Grace Peterson (1894-1982) was born to William and Ida Waugh in Darby, Montana, and raised in Hamilton, Montana. In 1913 she married Elwood Boucher, with whom she had a son, Frank. The marriage ended in divorce. Grace first came to Alaska in the spring of 1933. Though a beautician by training, she took the job of housekeeper for the manager of the American Pacific Whaling Company station at Port Hobron, Alaska. She remained there only one season (1933/34), but was soon ready to give...

Peterson, Fred C. J.

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