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Clarence Leroy Andrews papers, 1894-1965
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Andrews, Clarence Leroy, 1862-1948
- Title
- Clarence Leroy Andrews papers
- Dates
- 1894-1965 (inclusive)18941965
- Quantity
- approximately 1.48 cubic feet (4 boxes, 2 folders, and digital material)
- Collection Number
- 4797
- Summary
- Papers by and about a historian, author, pioneer of Washington, Oregon and Alaska
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Clarence Leroy Andrews moved to Seattle in 1890, where he spent the next 7 years as a deputy in the King County auditor's office and also owned a small printing business. He left for Alaska in 1897 to join the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition to scale Mount Saint Elias on the Alaska-Canada border. It was on this trip that he learned the rudiments of photography. Although he planned to return to Seattle, he stopped briefly in Sitka and remained there for a year working for the Customs office. For more than a decade, beginning in 1898, he continued his work in Sitka, Skagway and Eagle before returning once again to Seattle. He made repeated trips to Alaska in the following years serving as newsman and photographer for the Juneau newspaper Empire and also as a surveyor for the School and Reindeer Service for the Alaska Bureau of Education. The later years of Andrew's life were devoted to writing about Alaska and the Eskimo and he contributed many articles on aspects of Alaskan life and culture to magazines and newspapers. He died in Oregon in 1948.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and notes created by and about Clarence Leroy Andrews.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 3 accessions.
- Accession No. 4797-001, Clarence Leroy Andrews manuscript,
- Accession No. 4797-002, Clarence Leroy Andrews correspondence, 1894-1895
- Accession No. 4797-003, Clarence Leroy Andrews papers, 1897-1965
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 4797-001: Clarence Leroy Andrews manuscript, Return to Top
Scope and Content: Manuscript "Mountaineering on Mt. St. Elias", no date.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Accession No. 4797-002: Clarence Leroy Andrews correspondence, 1894-1895Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence.
Digital Content/Other Formats: View selections from this collection in digital format.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries
Acquisition Info: Acquired from C.B. Bagley?
Accession No. 4797-003: Clarence Leroy Andrews papers, 1897-1965Return to Top
Scope and Content: Published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, and notes created by and about Clarence Leroy Andrews. Contents include correspondence and congressional transcripts related to the Alaska reindeer (1931-1938) and indexes of Andrews' photograph negatives and personal library. The records were likely collected and donated by Hazel Niendorff (nee Wood), a friend of Andrews. She and her husband Fred Niendorff (reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer) maintained records surrounding maritime history and Alaskan exploration, and remotely supported Andrews with research while he was in Alaska.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Acquisition Info: Items likely collected by Hazel Niendorff (nee Wood), friend of Clarence L. Andrews. Index cards include additional custodial note indicating Andrews' friend D.L. Abrams stored them at some point.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Series 1: Biographical files and correspondence |
1922-1959 | ||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 2/8 | 4797-003 | Biographical file |
June 1947-April 1948 |
| 2/9 | 4797-003 | C.L. Andrews obituaries |
1948 |
| 2/10 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with Hazel and Fred
Niendorff |
1928-1948 |
| 2/11 | 4797-003 | Hazel Niendorff Records and Correspondence Regarding
Shipment of Andrews Collection to Sitka, Alaska |
June 1955-January 1959 |
| 2/12 | 4797-003 | Correspondence Re: Placement of C.L. Andrews works
distribution, placement, and translation |
December 1929- May 1938 |
| 2/13 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with L.V. McWhorter, including
discussion of Mourning Dove |
December 1930 to March 1932 |
| 2/14 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with Allie E. Reinl |
May 1935 to February 1938 |
| 2/15 | 4797-003 | Miscellaneous correspondence |
December 1922-January 1934 |
Series 2: Reindeer Controversy of 1931-1938 |
1926-1939 | ||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/1 | 4797-003 | Series Label Removed from Files
General Notes: Ephemera. Files in this series were wrapped with string; this
label was removed from string.
|
approximately 1938 |
| 1/2 | 4797-003 | U.S. Congressional Record Speech Transcripts Regarding
Fisheries, Railroad, and Reindeer in Alaska |
January 1926-July 1927 |
| 1/3 | 4797-003 | U.S House of Representatives Congressional Record Vol.
84, No. 49 |
March 1939 |
| 1/4 | 4797-003 | U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee
Hearing Transcript |
February 19, 1931 |
| 1/5 | 4797-003 | U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee
Hearing Transcript |
February 26, 1931 |
| 1/6 | 4797-003 | U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee
Hearing Transcript |
March 9, 1931 |
| 1/7 | 4797-003 | U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee
Hearing Transcript |
March 14, 1931 |
| 1/8 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association
|
May 1930-March 1932 |
| 1/9 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association
|
March 1932-May 1932 |
| 1/10 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association
|
April 1932-September 1932 |
| 1/11 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association
|
October 1932-March 1933 |
| 2/1 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association
|
January 1938-April 1938 |
| 2/2 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with Community in Buckland,
Alaska |
April 1931-September 1931 |
| 2/3 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with Andrew J. Montgomery |
May 1932-September 1932 |
| 2/4 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with Agent Roy Nash |
May 1933-December 1933 |
| 2/5 | 4797-003 | Correspondence with DC officials, particularly the
Hon. Don Sutherland |
December 1929-December 1935 |
| 2/6 | 4797-003 | Correspondence and Memoranda Regarding Senate
Committee |
August 1931-June 1936 |
| 2/7 | 4797-003 | Copy of Correspondence and Notes Surrounding June 22,
1931 Reindeer Council Meeting (removed from folder, 7/14) |
April 1931-July 1931 |
Series 3: Writings |
1897-1941 | ||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 3/1 | 4797-003 | Manuscript - "The Eskimo and His Reindeer" and
handwritten notes 2 versions
|
Undated |
| 3/2 | 4797-003 | Unpublished Manuscript - "The Eskimo and His Reindeer"
and note from Hazel Niendorff |
1939 |
| 3/3 | 4797-003 | Manuscript - "Alaska Historical Sketches"
Scope and Content: Includes on original photographic print of miners in
Alaska
|
approximately 1897 -1916 |
| 3/4 | 4797-003 | Manuscripts - "Corporate Aggression" and "The Reindeer
Question"
Scope and Content: Includes letter giving background of petition on behalf of
Indigenous reindeer owners
|
1930 |
| 3/5 | 4797-003 | Unpublished manuscript - "Alexander Andreevich
Baranof: First Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company" |
approximately June 1941 |
| 3/6 | 4797-003 | Annotated manuscript - "The-People-Who-Smile" and
handwritten note |
Undated |
| 3/7 | 4797-003 | Manuscript - "Reindeer Drives in the Northwest"
|
Undated |
| 3/8 | 4797-003 | Manuscript - "Reindeer Drives of America" |
Undated |
| 3/9 | 4797-003 | Annotated manuscript - "The Laplanders" |
Undated |
| 3/10 | 4797-003 | Untitled manuscripts, annotated |
Undated |
| 3/11 | 4797-003 | Articles - "Our Northern Outpost" and "Pioneer
Newspapers of the Northland" by C.L. Andrews |
1930, 1940 |
| 3/12 | 4797-003 | Bibliography of Andrews' writings |
1941 |
Series 4: Clippings and ephemera |
1926-1965 | ||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 3/13 | 4797-003 | Alaska News Clippings |
1939-1957 |
| 3/14 | 4797-003 | "Alaska" Report by Alaska Department of Seattle
Chamber of Commerce |
approximately 1926 |
| 4/1 | 4797-003 | Inventory of negatives given to the University of
Washington in 1942 |
approximately 1942 |
| 4/2-3 | 4797-003 | Inventories of photo negatives, photography subjects,
and lantern slides 2 folders
|
approximately 1942 |
| 4/4 | 4797-003 | Inventory - Alaska Library of C.L. Andrews |
June 1939 |
| 4/5 | 4797-003 | Draft inventory of C.L. Andrews library? |
Undated |
| 4/6 | 4797-003 | List of Volumes in Library of C.L. Andrews (Bound)
|
June 1939 |
| 4/7 | 4797-003 | Monograph catalog featuring Andrews' "The Story of
Alaska" |
March 1938 |
| 4/8 | 4797-003 | List of Magazine Articles saved by C.L. Andrews and
some biographical notes |
Undated |
| 4/9 | 4797-003 | Niendorff's research on E.C. Hawkins |
1965 |
| 4/10 | 4797-003 | C.L. Andrews Notes left with D.C. Andrews, friend
General Notes: Index cards with handwritten research notes; first index card
includes custodial notes, left by Hazel Niendorff
|
January 1949 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mountaineers--Northwest, Pacific
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Andrews, Clarence Leroy, 1862-1948--Archives
- Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847
Corporate Names
- Mountaineers (Society)
Geographical Names
- Alaska
- Oregon
- Saint Elias, Mount (Alaska and Yukon)
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Price, A. R (creator)
- Warren, Eliza Spalding, 1837-1919 (creator)
