WAUXavierHenryMiller6661.xml Guide to the Henry Miller Xavier drawings and papers Xavier (Henry) drawings and papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries 2025
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-23. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Henry Miller Xavier collection Xavier, Henry Miller (1883-1959) 6661 1 vertical file 1938-1958 Drawings and papers of a cartoonist in Alaska English .

Henry Miller Xavier (1882-1959) was born in Franklin, Minnesota and moved to the Alaskan Territory in 1901, where he remained a resident for the rest of his life. He was a cartoonist for the Nome Golden Nugget, illustrating local people and animals hunting, fishing, and sledding. He was also a gold prospector and mined in the Nome and Kotzbue areas and owned a claim in Gold Run Creek. He served as a U.S. Marshall in Nome and Kotzbue and as Lieutenant for the Alaska Territorial Guard.

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28 original cartoons and postcards drawn by Henry Xavier; clippings, employment documents, and information on gold claim

 Drawings "'Nothing serious, just too much fish,' Doc says. Put me on a straight meat diet." 6661-001 VF 3107 "Now the whale swallowed Jonah, now we shall swallow the whale." 6661-001 VF 3107 Untitled drawing with mushers, sleds, sled dogs in a spiral wind 6661-001 VF 3107 Untitled drawing with 2 teams of sleds against a setting sun 6661-001 VF 3107 "Stop dragging your feet Harvey!" 6661-001 VF 3107 Untitled drawing (possibly companion to "Stop dragging your feet Harvey!") 6661-001 VF 3107 Untitled drawing of two sleds being pushed in opposite directions; hole in the foreground 6661-001 VF 3107 "When you've got your chops - here's a little liver for the cat!" 6661-001 VF 3107 "Sure puts up a splendid game/good fight!" 6661-001 VF 3107 "Geiger Counter - bear droppings - Now where in hell do you suppose that grizzly (or bear) has been?" 6661-001 VF 3107 Untitled cartoon of people in a saloon 6661-001 VF 3107 5 postcards illustrating the Merry Widow in Alaska 1911 6661-001 VF 3107 Holiday Greeting card (2 sided) 1952 6661-001 VF 3107 "Shucks, the whole business took only 15 minutes!!" 6661-001 VF 3107 4 untitled panels of a cartoon 6661-001 VF 3107 Papers "Gold Run Property" by Henry M. Xavier 6661-001 VF 3107

Typed document detailing mining and prospecting done on Gold Run Creek

 Alaska Territorial Guard certificate, discharge and oath paperwork 1942-1943 6661-001 VF 3107 Clippings 1947-1954 6661-001 VF 3107 2 letters from Governor of Alaska and Attorney General 1938-1944 6661-001 VF 3107