WAUAndrewsClarenceLeroy4797.xml Guide to the Clarence Leroy Andrews Papers 1894-1965 Andrews (Clarence Leroy) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 3/25/2024)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-28. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Clarence Leroy Andrews papers Andrews, Clarence Leroy, 1862-1948 4797 1.48 cubic feet 4 boxes, 2 folders, and digital material 1894-1965 Papers by and about a historian, author, pioneer of Washington, Oregon and Alaska Collection materials are in English.

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.

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

Manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and notes created by and about Clarence Leroy Andrews.

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Clarence Leroy Andrews photographs, 1893-1929

Andrews, Clarence Leroy, 1862-1948--Archives Price, A. R Warren, Eliza Spalding, 1837-1919 Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847 Mountaineers (Society) Saint Elias, Mount (Alaska and Yukon) Alaska Oregon Washington (State) Oregon Alaska Mountaineers--Northwest, Pacific Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Pioneers Accession No. 4797-001: Clarence Leroy Andrews manuscript 1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Manuscript "Mountaineering on Mt. St. Elias", no date.

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 "Mountaineering on Mt. St. Elias" manuscript 4797-001 VF0419 Accession No. 4797-002: Clarence Leroy Andrews correspondence, 1894-1895 3 items

Scope and Content: Correspondence.

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Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Acquired from C.B. Bagley?

 Correspondence 4797-002 VF0027 Accession No. 4797-003: Clarence Leroy Andrews papers, 1897-1965 1.48 cubic feet (4 boxes)

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.

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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.

 Biographical files and correspondence Series 1 Series 1 1922-1959 Biographical file June 1947-April 1948 4797-003 Box 2 8 C.L. Andrews obituaries 1948 4797-003 Box 2 9 Correspondence with Hazel and Fred Niendorff 1928-1948 4797-003 Box 2 10 Hazel Niendorff Records and Correspondence Regarding Shipment of Andrews Collection to Sitka, Alaska June 1955-January 1959 4797-003 Box 2 11 Correspondence Re: Placement of C.L. Andrews works distribution, placement, and translation December 1929- May 1938 4797-003 Box 2 12 Correspondence with L.V. McWhorter, including discussion of Mourning Dove December 1930 to March 1932 4797-003 Box 2 13 Correspondence with Allie E. Reinl May 1935 to February 1938 4797-003 Box 2 14 Miscellaneous correspondence December 1922-January 1934 4797-003 Box 2 15 Reindeer Controversy of 1931-1938 Series 2 Series 2 1926-1939 Series Label Removed from Files approximately 1938 4797-003 Box 1 1

General Notes: Ephemera. Files in this series were wrapped with string; this label was removed from string.

 U.S. Congressional Record Speech Transcripts Regarding Fisheries, Railroad, and Reindeer in Alaska January 1926-July 1927 4797-003 Box 1 2 U.S House of Representatives Congressional Record Vol. 84, No. 49 March 1939 4797-003 Box 1 3 U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee Hearing Transcript February 19, 1931 4797-003 Box 1 4 U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee Hearing Transcript February 26, 1931 4797-003 Box 1 5 U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee Hearing Transcript March 9, 1931 4797-003 Box 1 6 U.S. Department of the Interior Reindeer Committee Hearing Transcript March 14, 1931 4797-003 Box 1 7 Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association May 1930-March 1932 4797-003 Box 1 8 Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association March 1932-May 1932 4797-003 Box 1 9 Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association April 1932-September 1932 4797-003 Box 1 10 Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association October 1932-March 1933 4797-003 Box 1 11 Correspondence with the Indian Rights Association January 1938-April 1938 4797-003 Box 2 1 Correspondence with Community in Buckland, Alaska April 1931-September 1931 4797-003 Box 2 2 Correspondence with Andrew J. Montgomery May 1932-September 1932 4797-003 Box 2 3 Correspondence with Agent Roy Nash May 1933-December 1933 4797-003 Box 2 4 Correspondence with DC officials, particularly the Hon. Don Sutherland December 1929-December 1935 4797-003 Box 2 5 Correspondence and Memoranda Regarding Senate Committee August 1931-June 1936 4797-003 Box 2 6 Copy of Correspondence and Notes Surrounding June 22, 1931 Reindeer Council Meeting (removed from folder, 7/14) April 1931-July 1931 4797-003 Box 2 7 Writings Series 3 Series 3 1897-1941 Manuscript - "The Eskimo and His Reindeer" and handwritten notes 2 versions Undated 4797-003 Box 3 1 Unpublished Manuscript - "The Eskimo and His Reindeer" and note from Hazel Niendorff 1939 4797-003 Box 3 2 Manuscript - "Alaska Historical Sketches" approximately 1897 -1916 4797-003 Box 3 3

Scope and Content: Includes on original photographic print of miners in Alaska

 Manuscripts - "Corporate Aggression" and "The Reindeer Question" 1930 4797-003 Box 3 4

Scope and Content: Includes letter giving background of petition on behalf of Indigenous reindeer owners

 Unpublished manuscript - "Alexander Andreevich Baranof: First Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company" approximately June 1941 4797-003 Box 3 5 Annotated manuscript - "The-People-Who-Smile" and handwritten note Undated 4797-003 Box 3 6 Manuscript - "Reindeer Drives in the Northwest" Undated 4797-003 Box 3 7 Manuscript - "Reindeer Drives of America" Undated 4797-003 Box 3 8 Annotated manuscript - "The Laplanders" Undated 4797-003 Box 3 9 Untitled manuscripts, annotated Undated 4797-003 Box 3 10 Articles - "Our Northern Outpost" and "Pioneer Newspapers of the Northland" by C.L. Andrews 1930, 1940 4797-003 Box 3 11 Bibliography of Andrews' writings 1941 4797-003 Box 3 12 Clippings and ephemera Series 4 Series 4 1926-1965 Alaska News Clippings 1939-1957 4797-003 Box 3 13 "Alaska" Report by Alaska Department of Seattle Chamber of Commerce approximately 1926 4797-003 Box 3 14 Inventory of negatives given to the University of Washington in 1942 approximately 1942 4797-003 Box 4 1 Inventories of photo negatives, photography subjects, and lantern slides 2 folders approximately 1942 4797-003 Box 4 2-3 Inventory - Alaska Library of C.L. Andrews June 1939 4797-003 Box 4 4 Draft inventory of C.L. Andrews library? Undated 4797-003 Box 4 5 List of Volumes in Library of C.L. Andrews (Bound) June 1939 4797-003 Box 4 6 Monograph catalog featuring Andrews' "The Story of Alaska" March 1938 4797-003 Box 4 7 List of Magazine Articles saved by C.L. Andrews and some biographical notes Undated 4797-003 Box 4 8 Niendorff's research on E.C. Hawkins 1965 4797-003 Box 4 9 C.L. Andrews Notes left with D.C. Andrews, friend January 1949 4797-003 Box 4 10

General Notes: Index cards with handwritten research notes; first index card includes custodial notes, left by Hazel Niendorff