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Charles S. Hubbell photograph collection, 1898-1942

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Hubbell, C. S. (Charles S.)
Title
Charles S. Hubbell photograph collection
Dates
1898-1942 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box (96 black-and-white photographs, 18 negatives)
Collection Number
PH1154
Summary
Photographs of Hubbell family trips, Native Alaskans, settlers, and Alaskan buildings and landscapes
Repository
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

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Charles Sumner Hubbell was born on March 3, 1860 in Knox County, Illinois, to Mary Maxey and Jonathan Hubbell. By 1907, he had become a deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor. Hubbell married Marie Blanche Hollingshead on January 14, 1910. In 1920, Hubbell and Harold H. Waller founded the Hubbell & Waller Engineering Corporation, which surveyed homestead and mineral claims, trade and manufacturing sites, and salmon cannery sites. In 1942, Hubbell, then 80 years old, sold his share of Hubbell & Waller to Waller, who then became president. Hubbell died on December 21, 1957.

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Historical Background

In 1896, the Klondike Gold Rush started in the Yukon Territory, Canada with the discovery of gold in Bonanza Creek on the Klondike River. In the summer of 1897, miners arrived in San Francisco and Seattle from Alaska via two steamers, collectively carrying five thousand pounds of gold from the Klondike River. Over the next two years, thousands of prospectors rushed to reach the gold fields.

The Gold Rush material in this collection is primarily from Nome, Alaska in 1898. Nome became a destination for gold seekers after two Swedes found gold in 1898. By 1899, the area's population had grown to 10,000.

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Content Description

Images include scenes from the Klondike Gold Rush in Nome, Alaska, scenes from Sitka, Kodiak, and aerials of the Raspberry Straits. Photographs from various trips to locations in Alaska make up a large part of the collection. These include images near Anchorage, possibly the Inland Passage, Southeast Alaska, and St. Michael. Hubbell family photos are also included.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

View the digital version of the collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 4 series.

  • Hubbell family and friends
  • Alaska
  • Other Alaska/Canada photographs
  • Ships

Acquisition Information

Donor: C. S. Hubbell; received January 1, 1954.

Processing Note

Processed by Clare Tally-Foos, 2012; Beck Prigot, 2015; processing completed in 2016.

Some photographs were relocated from the Charles S. Hubbell Collection, Accession No. 4496-001, in the repository on March 11, 2005.

Some photographs were relocated from the Alaska Subject File, 2014.

Originally accessioned as PH Coll 2005-020.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Charles S. Hubbell Collection (Manuscript Collection 4496)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Gold mines and mining--Yukon
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Family Names

  • Hubbell family--Photographs
  • Hubbell, C. S. (Charles S.)--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Alaska, Southeast--Photographs
  • Inside Passage--Photographs
  • Juneau (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Kenai Peninsula (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Kodiak (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Nome (Alaska)--Gold discoveries
  • Nome (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Saint Michael (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Skagway (Alaska)--Photographs


2009 (Last modified: 7/9/2025)

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