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James Stephen Photographs Alaska and Mexico, 1898-1908
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- James Stephen Photographs Alaska and Mexico
- Dates
- 1898-1908 (inclusive)18981908
- Quantity
- 1 container, (0.25 linear feet), (Approximate 38 items)
- Collection Number
- PC 15
- Summary
- The collection includes 21 glass negatives of Alaska showing churches, priests, Eskimos, and scenery and 17 original prints taken on a trip to Mexico in 1908, showing various churches with a few prints of the ruins at Mitla and of people.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
James Stephen was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1858. He was a cabinet maker, carpenter, photographer, and architect. He was architect for the Administration Building at Washington State University in 1893, Stevens Hall in 1895, and also many Seattle public schools. In 1898, the year of the Klondike Gold Rush, he left architecture and, according to his son, worked for about one year with the Moran Brothers Shipbuilders as a carpenter. While with Moran Brothers he helped to build a stern wheeler for the Yukon River; then dismantle it and ship it to Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island, and reassemble it, after which it steamed to St. Michael, the deep water port for the Yukon trade. He took a trip to Mexico in 1908. He died in Seattle in 1938.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
I. 4x5 glass negatives of Alaska showing churches, priests, Eskimos, and scenery. Recent prints have been made of a few and a container list compiled. (21 items)
II. Original prints taken on a trip to Mexico in 1908, showing various churches with a few prints of the ruins at Mitla and of people. (17 items)
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Glass Negatives Return to Top
| Description |
|---|
1: St. Michaels Church |
2: St. Michaels Church -- interior |
3: Unalaska |
4: Unalaska Church |
5: Unalaska Church -- interior |
6: Head Land Unalaska |
7: Dutch Harbor |
8: Dutch Harbor land side |
9: Presbyterian Mission Girls |
10: Mission Boys |
11: Esquimoux Boys |
12: Doctors Family |
13: ? Family |
14: Peter and Family in Style |
15: Peter in Furs |
16: Father Jakob Corshinsky |
17: Father Orloff |
18: Crater Crest |
19: Cemetery |
20: Midnight |
21: Dogs |
II: Prints Return to Top
| Description | Dates |
|---|---|
Mexico Trip |
circa 1908 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Alaska û Photographs. Mexico û Photographs. Mitla, Mexico (Oaxaca).
Processed by David Smestad in March, 1978.
2012
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