Alaska Livestock and Trading Company records

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Alaska Livestock and Trading Company
Title: Alaska Livestock and Trading Company records
Dates: 1927-1977 (inclusive)
19271977
Quantity: 7.62 cubic feet, (6 paige cartons; 2 legal document cases; 1 card file box (12x3x5); 1 flat box (11x14))
Collection Number: Mss 2385
Summary: Correspondence and records of the Alaska Livestock and Trading Company, which operated a sheep and cattle ranch on Unalaska Island, Alaska. The company had previously been the Western Pacific Livestock Company before Roy T. Bishop (1881-1950) of Portland, Oregon, purchased a controlling share in 1936 at the behest of the Western Pacific Livestock Company's founder, Dr. Adam C. Smith. After Roy T. Bishop's death, the company was managed by his sons Thomas B. Bishop and William H. Bishop until the 1970s.
Repository: Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Historical Note

In 1936, Dr. Adam C. Smith (1856-1943), a physician in Portland, Oregon, approached Roy T. Bishop (1881-1950), president of the Oregon Worsted Company. Smith suggested that Bishop purchase a controlling share in the Western Pacific Livestock Company, a sheep-ranching enterprise in Alaska that Smith had founded. The enterprise had fallen on hard times and was in receivership. Bishop followed Smith's advice and purchased 51% ownership of the firm, which he renamed the Alaska Livestock and Trading Company. The Alaska Livestock and Trading Company operated a ranch at Chernofski Harbor on Unalaska Island, Alaska, that raised sheep and cattle. After Roy T. Bishop died, his sons Thomas B. Bishop (1915-1981) and William H. Bishop (1922-) operated the business. The company was liquidated during a period from 1965 to 1977.

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Content Description

The collection consists of the correspondence and records of the Alaska Livestock and Trading Company, which was based in Portland, Oregon, and operated a sheep and cattle ranch on Unalaska Island, Alaska. Correspondence includes letters to and from legal counsel James Cole and ranchers H. D. Catron, Arthur J. Harris, Jack Handley, Milton Holmes, and W. A. McLaughlin. Additional correspondence pertains to topics such as legislation about a mail boat service, radio installations on Unalaska, and the company's fishing vessel, "Maud." Records include financial documents, work reports, inventories, and documents relating to boats and equipment. Memorabilia and ephemera include historical data about the company and wool samples. Photographs primarily consist of prints and negatives depicting the ranch on Unalaska and its operations. Some materials in the collection predate the incorporation of the Alaska Livestock and Trading Company, and may relate to its predecessor firm, the Western Pacific Livestock Company.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Alaska Livestock and Trading Company records, Mss 2385, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in three series: Series 1. Correspondence and related records; Series 2. Business records; Series 3. Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia.

Acquisition Information

Gifts of William H. Bishop made between 1975 and 1980 (Lib. Acc. 13662, Lib. Acc. 14118, and Lib. Acc. 14990).

Preservation Note

Panoramic photograph in Box 9 requires assistance to view. Negatives are not available for direct access. Contact library staff for assistance.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975
- Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with I. M. C. Anderson and related records
    
    Dates: 1957-1974
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1-4
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Dick Browning
    
    Dates: 1958-1961
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with H. D. Catron
    
    Dates: 1943-1949
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6-11
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with James Cole
    
    Dates: 1936-1960
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12-37
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with and about John Dushkin and Lavera Dushkin
    
    Dates: 1954-1965
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 38-39
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Carlyle C. Eubank, president of Aleutian Livestock Company, and related records
    
    Dates: 1936-1940
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 40-42
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with and about Jack L. Graham
    
    Dates: 1949-1952
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Donald Green
    
    Dates: 1940-1943
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Arthur J. Harris
    
    Dates: 1936-1940
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3-7
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with and about Jack Hanley
    
    Dates: 1951-1960
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8-14
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Milton Holmes and Beverly Holmes
    
    Dates: 1950-1972
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15-24
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with and about Frank Irick
    
    Dates: 1951-1952
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with E. M. Johnson and Judy Johnson
    
    Dates: 1951-1958
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26-28
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Ed Kimbrell, president of Lawrence-Kimbrell Transportation, Inc., and related records
    
    Dates: 1955-1963
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with William A. McLaughlin and Millie McLaughlin
    
    Dates: 1957-1965
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2-4
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Richard L. McRoberts
    
    Dates: 1962
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Jesse Masters and Brenda Masters
    
    Dates: 1959
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with J. Roland Parker
    
    Dates: 1952-1956
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Charles H. Platt
    
    Dates: 1956-1957
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Frank E. Richmond
    
    Dates: 1952-1953
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Verne Robinson
    
    Dates: 1952-1963
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 10
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Clinton E. Specht
    
    Dates: 1960
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 11
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
  - Description: Correspondence with Don C. Wright
    
    Dates: 1958-1962
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 12
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974
- Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with Alaska Steamship Company and related schedules
    
    Dates: 1937-1941; 1956-1957
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 13
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with Aleutian Marine Transport
    
    Dates: 1954-1963
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 14
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with banks
    
    Dates: 1964
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 15
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with Barnett, Sedig & Co.
    
    Dates: 1951-1959
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 16
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with Northern Commercial Company
    
    Dates: 1950-1957
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 17
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with Northern Electric Company about radio station
    
    Dates: 1953-1964
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 18
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with Reeve Aleutian Airways
    
    Dates: 1952-1964
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 19
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with Umnak Company
    
    Dates: 1956-1962
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 20
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district engineer about property lease and sale of surplus
    
    Dates: 1951-1952
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 21
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
    
    Dates: 1951-1964
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 22
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
  - Description: Correspondence with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about fox control
    
    Dates: 1957-1958
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 23
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964
- Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence and related records about fishing vessel "Maud"
    
    Dates: 1962-1969
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 24-26
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence about light at Cutter Point, Chernofski Harbor
    
    Dates: 1961-1964
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 27
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence about mail boat service proposals and legislation
    
    Dates: 1948-1964
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 28-30
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence about marine lifts and boats
    
    Dates: 1957-1960
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 31
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence and inquiries about mutton canning
    
    Dates: 1938
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 32
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence and related records about radio station in Chernofski, Alaska
    
    Dates: 1940-1947
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 33
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence about ranch radio equipment
    
    Dates: 1952-1954
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 34
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence about slaughterhouse
    
    Dates: 1963-1965
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 35
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence and inquiries about sheep pellets
    
    Dates: 1956-1957
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 36
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence about shipping and supplies
    
    Dates: 1944-1949
    
    Container: Box 3, Folder 37-38
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Correspondence about shipping and supplies
    
    Dates: 1950-1963
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1-2
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
  - Description: Miscellaneous correspondence
    
    Dates: 1936-1975
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 3-19
    
    Location: Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975 / Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975
Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977
- Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Applications for employment on the ranch
    
    Dates: 1956-1962
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 20
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Corporate records
    
    Dates: 1936-1975
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 21-23
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Court records, Alaska Livestock and Trading Company v. Aleutian Marine Transport, Inc.
    
    Dates: 1962
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 24
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Climatological data for Alaska
    
    Dates: 1934-1937
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 25
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Legal records including agreement resolutions, leases, and articles of incorporation
    
    Dates: 1927-1957
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 26-28
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Legislation authorizing the postmaster general to contract a boat for mail service in Alaska
    
    Dates: 1959
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 29
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Maps of ranch and Alaska
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 30
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Regulations and information about livestock and produce
    
    Dates: 1951-1957
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 31
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Regulations
    
    Dates: 1928-1960
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 32
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Records of Roy T. Bishop's visit to Alaska ranch
    
    Dates: 1944
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 33
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Records of Thomas B. Bishop's visits to Alaska ranch
    
    Dates: 1951; 1953
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 34
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
  - Description: Wool incentive program records
    
    Dates: 1955-1964
    
    Container: Box 4, Folder 35
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975
- Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Equipment catalogs and rate lists
    
    Dates: 1957-1963; undated
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 1
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Equipment and supply catalogs and brochures
    
    Dates: 1957-1964; undated
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 2-3
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Notes and information on equipment
    
    Dates: 1958; undated
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 4
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Electric power generators
    
    Dates: 1951-1957
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 5
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Diesel marine engine from Lister Blackstone Marine Limited
    
    Dates: 1957
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 6
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Gasoline engine parts from Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
    
    Dates: 1951-1962
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 7
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Pacific Stove and Foundry Co. products and price lists
    
    Dates: 1960
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 8
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Information on universal marine engines
    
    Dates: 1965-1961
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 9
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Inventories
    
    Dates: 1932; 1940-1966
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 10
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
  - Description: Supply orders
    
    Dates: 1936-1940
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 11
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966
- Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Accounts payable
    
    Dates: 1951-1960
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 12-69
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Cash book
    
    Dates: 1957; 1960-1961
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 70
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Cash ledgers
    
    Dates: 1950-1964
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 1-3
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Insurance and workers' compensation records
    
    Dates: 1950-1964
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 71-73
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Disbursements
    
    Dates: 1965-1975
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 74
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Liquidation figures
    
    Dates: 1965-1977
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 75
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Financial reports and statements
    
    Dates: 1936-1958
    
    Container: Box 5, Folder 76-79
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Financial reports and statements
    
    Dates: 1958-1975
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 1-2
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Sale contracts and receipts
    
    Dates: 1936; 1957; 1964
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 3
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Tax records
    
    Dates: 1951-1975
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 4-7
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Vouchers
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 8
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Vouchers
    
    Dates: 1937-1963
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 9-48
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Vouchers
    
    Dates: 1964; 1969
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 49
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
  - Description: Financial worksheets
    
    Dates: 1950-1961
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 50
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977
- Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Cattle and sheep reports
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 51
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Chernofski Harbor and Unalaska Island operations reports
    
    Dates: 1941; undated
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 52
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Grazing reports for U.S. Bureau of Land Management
    
    Dates: 1950-1964
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 53
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Alaska predator and rodent control reports
    
    Dates: 1958-1962
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 54
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Sheep, cattle, and wool reports
    
    Dates: 1937-1964
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 55
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Soil analysis of Unalaska Island
    
    Dates: 1945-1952
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 56
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Work reports
    
    Dates: 1939-1949
    
    Container: Box 6, Folder 57
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
  - Description: Work reports
    
    Dates: 1950-1974
    
    Container: Box 7, Folder 1-5
    
    Location: Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977 / Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974
Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Copies of The Alaska Farmer and other publications
  
  Dates: 1951-1953; 1958
  
  Container: Box 7, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Historical information and articles about Alaska Livestock and Trading Company
  
  Dates: 1945-1952
  
  Container: Box 7, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Newspaper clippings
  
  Dates: 1936-1965
  
  Container: Box 7, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Wool samples
  
  Dates: 1960
  
  Container: Box 7, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Photographs, boats and equipment
  
  Dates: 1941-1966
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 1-2
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Photographs, livestock and buildings
  
  Dates: 1944-1969
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 3-5
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Photographs, people and scenery
  
  Dates: 1937-1964
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 6-7
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Panoramic photograph of Unalaska
  
  Dates: 1937
  
  Container: Box 9
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Postcards
  
  Dates: 1937; undated
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Black and white negatives
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969
- Description: Color negatives
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969

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Subject Terms

Livestock--Alaska
Ranching--Alaska
Sheep farming--Alaska

Personal Names

Bishop, Roy T., 1881-1950
Bishop, Thomas B. (Thomas Bur), 1915-1981
Bishop, William H. (William Henry), 1922-

Corporate Names

Alaska Livestock and Trading Company

Form or Genre Terms

administrative records
correspondence
financial records

Alaska Livestock and Trading Company records, 1927-1977

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Preservation Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Correspondence and related records, 1936-1975

Subseries 1: Correspondence by individual's surname, 1936-1974

Subseries 2: Correspondence by name of business or agency, 1937-1964

Subseries 3: Correspondence by subject, 1936-1975

Series 2: Business records, 1927-1977

Subseries 1: General records, 1927-1975

Subseries 2: Equipment and supplies, 1932-1966

Subseries 3: Financial records, 1936-1977

Subseries 5: Reports, 1937-1974

Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia, 1936-1969

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