| Collection Name: |
Alaskan Pioneers Project |
| Repository Name: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
New York, New York, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/guides/alaska.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1959-1962 |
| Description: |
This project gathers the reminiscences of pioneer settlers in Alaska, providing accounts of gold prospecting, mining, cattle driving, homesteading, and travel by trail and river. Included are descriptions of the social life of the pioneers as well as accounts of the depression of 1893 and the Klondike strike. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
2 |
| Interviews: |
[8 interview(s) listed in this collection] |
| Broad Subjects: |
Domestic life; Rural Life; Life Styles |
| ASP Subjects: |
Alaska; Alaska--History; Cattle drives--Alaska; Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska; Oral history; Prospecting--Alaska; United States |
| Other Subjects: |
Cattle driving; Depression of 1893; Gold prospecting; Homesteading; Klondike strike; Mining; Trail travel |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000788 |
