Frank Richardson Pierce photograph collection, 1910-1950
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Pierce, Frank Richardson, 1887-1966
- Title
- Frank Richardson Pierce photograph collection
- Dates
- 1910-1950 (inclusive)
- Quantity
- .98 cubic feet, (2 boxes, 1 folder; 782 photographic prints; 198 negatives)
- Collection Number
- PH0529
- Summary
- Photographs of Pierce and his family and friends; Pierce's travels in Wasinogton, Alaska and California, including motorcycle trips; hunting and fishing; and Navy activities
- 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
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Frank Richardson Pierce (1887-1966) graduated from the University of Washington Law School. He worked for a short time in a mental institution, but was best known as an author who often wrote under the pen name "Seth Ranger." He began writing northwest articles for various motorcycle trade journals and later progressed to short story writing and was published in various periodicals and over fifty pulp magazines. He specialized in stories with Alaskan backgrounds having made fourteen trips to Alaska after story material.
Content Description
The collection consists of 781 black and white snapshots and photographic postcards of primarily unidentified material sorted into the following categories: F.R. Pierce portraits; family and friends; travel in Alaska, Washington and California; motorcycles and motorcycle trips taken by F.R. Pierce and others; hunting and fishing activities (unidentified locations); naval activities reflecting Pierce's time spent in the Navy; and miscellaneous. There are also 198 nitrate negatives which depict activities such as motorcycling and skiing, in addition to unidentified Alaska locations.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by Mrs. Frank Pierce, 2/23/1966.
Related Materials
Frank Richardson Pierce papers (MSS Coll 0594)
Separated Materials
Transferred to PH900.GER3: 1 photograph. Panoramic view of motorcycle club picnic, May 20, 1918
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Snapshots and formal portraits of Frank Richardson Pierce.44 black and white photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Families with children. Unidentified.117 black and white photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Snapshots depicting family and friends engaging in various social activities, perhaps on trips or vacations.Dates: Approximately 1910Container: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Photographs of Southeast Alaska (probably Tlingit) totem poles including Shakes and Kadashan totems.Container: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Native jeweler, Wrangell, Alaska. Photo by J.E. Worden.4 black and white photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: "Curly Smith's dog team." [Dogsled team, Alaska?]1 black and white photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, undated. Photo by J.E. Worden.1 black and white photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Scenic views in British Columbia including 4 of the Stikine River. Some photographed by J.E. Worden.1 black and white photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Virginia Lake (Mill Lake), Alaska.6 black and white photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Gillnetters under sail, Bristol Bay, Alaska.1 black and white photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Alaska: scenes along the Yukon River (some in vicinity of Circle City) including Native Americans, homesteaders and offices of the North American Transportation and Trading Co. (circa 1909) ; Nakeen Cannery; Kodiak Trading company; death of "Soapy Smith," Rescue Camp on Middle Lake Skagway Trail (Hegg Photo); packtrain, Mount Snettles.1 black and white photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Alaska: Kodiak, Mt. Edgecombe, scenes along the C. R. & N. W. Ry. , Perserverance Mine, Mt. McKinley, Chilkoot Pass (Hegg photo), Valdez, Skagway (1898), dogsleds, Eskimo kayaks and seal hunting, Alaska prospectors and backpackers, White Pass international boundary marker between Alaska and British Columbia.53 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Thwaites 2567: Greek laborers. Early days. Anchorage.27 photographic postcards and 1 photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Thwaites 4060: After the storm. S.S. Northwestern in Alaskan waters.Container: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Thwaites 3108: S.S. Mariposa. October 8, 1915.Container: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Thwaites 1368: In Resurrection Bay. Seward, Alaska.Container: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Washington, British Columbia, ColoradoContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: W.P. & Y. Ry., Bennett, B.1 photographic postcardContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: View of Ironton, Colorado1 Black and white photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Seattle Public Library1 Photographic postcardDates: February 2, 1916Container: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Near Della Lake, interior Vancouver Island.1 Photographic postcardContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Forestry Building, AYP.1 PhotographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: On the Bothell Road. Boys on bicycles.1 PhotographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Snoqualmie Falls.1 PhotographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Death Valley and vicinity of a trip possibly taken by F.R. Pierce.48 photographic postcards and photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: South California State Hospital at Patton, California1 photographContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Unidentified historic event, vicinity of Mazatlan, Mexico.12 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Unidentified locations70 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: Motorcycles and motorcycle trips made by F.R. Pierce and friends. Localities and dates unknown.128 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: Images of hunting and fishing including moose, bear, mountain goat, duck, and pheasant.32 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: Images of naval vessels, submarines, and sailors, F.R. Pierce's time spent in the Navy.31 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: Ships and airplanesContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: "Prince Rupert" stranded 1917, "S.S. Watson" landing at Valdez, "Princess May" wrecked 1910, riverboat "Swanee" restored at Dearborn, Michigan5 photographic postcardsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: Unidentified boats and ships.6 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper4 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: MiscellaneousContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: Work in quarry, 1940s airplane, bar scene, travelling landscape painter, Al Hostak automobile service station (1950s), Al Hostak (middleweight champion of the world), carte de visite photograph of wedding cake, erecting Monument to the 3000 pack mules killed during the Goldrush 1897-1898. White Pass Railroad, Alaska, miscellaneous animals/pets.31 photographsContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: "Largest log entrance of nature in the world taken from a dream built by Loring A. Wood. Sutherlin, Oregon, 1932"1 Photographic postcardContainer: Box PH0529 Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: Negatives 1 - 100Container: Box PH0529 Box 3
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Description: Negatives 101 - 198Container: Box PH0529 Box 4
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