L. Stark Humes collection of photographs of the Klondike region
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 993
Scope and Contents
Photographs collected by Ladell Stark Humes of the Klondike region of the Yukon, as well as other areas in Alaska and Yukon Territory, circa 1865-1939. Photographers chiefly represented in the collection include William Howard Case, Case & Draper, Robert Collier, and A. W. Hall. Depicted are Native American men, women, and children; gold mining efforts; and town and landscape views.
Also present are stereographs produced by the Keystone View Company of Inuit men, women, and children of Kwigillingok, Alaska; and pages of a printed work by an unknown creator about Alaska.
Also present are stereographs produced by the Keystone View Company of Inuit men, women, and children of Kwigillingok, Alaska; and pages of a printed work by an unknown creator about Alaska.
Dates
- circa 1865-1939
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The L. Stark Humes Collection of Photographs of the Klondike Region is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Vigilante Rare Documents on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2011.
Arrangement
Organized into eight series: I. Photographs by William Howard Case, 1889-1913. II. Photographs by Case & Draper, 1894-1908. III. Photographs by Robert Collier, circa 1890-1913. IV. Photographs by A. W. Hall, 1900-1903, undated. V. Stereograph Cards Published by the Keystone View Company, circa 1930. VI. Photographs by Identified Photographers, circa 1878-1939. VII. Photographs by Unidentified Photographers, circa 1865-1914. VIII. Printed Materials, circa 1914.
Extent
9.42 Linear Feet (16 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Photographs collected by Ladell Stark Humes of the Klondike region of the Yukon, as well as other areas in Alaska and Yukon Territory, circa 1865-1939. Photographers chiefly represented in the collection include William Howard Case, Case & Draper, Robert Collier, and A. W. Hall. Depicted are Native American men, women, and children; gold mining efforts; and town and landscape views.
Also present are stereographs produced by the Keystone View Company of Inuit men, women, and children of Kwigillingok, Alaska; and pages of a printed work by an unknown creator about Alaska.
Also present are stereographs produced by the Keystone View Company of Inuit men, women, and children of Kwigillingok, Alaska; and pages of a printed work by an unknown creator about Alaska.
Biographical / Historical
Ladell Stark Humes (1875 or 1876-1917) of Kansas was the son of Thomas J. Humes (Mayor of Seattle, 1897-1904) and Alma Roberts; he married Minnie Bell Vedder (1876- ) in 1902. A miner and clerk, Ladell Humes lived in Seattle, Washington, circa 1899 to 1917. He also worked as a postal carrier in Alaska during the early 20th century.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
File titles have been transcribed from photograph captions; supplied captions are bracketed. Numbers assigned to photographs, if present (most often in the negative), are listed in parentheses. Exact dates (most often in the negative) have been transcribed from photographs; approximate dates have been supplied in cases where no date is present. Approximations made were based on dates typically associated with the photographer or photographic studio to which the image is attributed, on the content of the image, or on image annotations, if present.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
File titles have been transcribed from photograph captions; supplied captions are bracketed. Numbers assigned to photographs, if present (most often in the negative), are listed in parentheses. Exact dates (most often in the negative) have been transcribed from photographs; approximate dates have been supplied in cases where no date is present. Approximations made were based on dates typically associated with the photographer or photographic studio to which the image is attributed, on the content of the image, or on image annotations, if present.
- Alaska -- Gold discoveries
- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Alaska Natives -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Case & Draper
- Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
- Eskimo -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Gold miners -- Alaska -- 19th century
- Gold miners -- Alaska -- 20th century
- Gold miners -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Gold miners -- Yukon -- 19th century
- Gold miners -- Yukon -- 20th Century
- Gold miners -- Yukon -- Pictorial works
- Gold mines and mining -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Gold mines and mining -- Yukon -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Portraits
- Indians of North America -- Yukon -- Pictorial works
- Inuit -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Inuit -- Yukon -- Pictorial works
- Keystone View Company
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Pictorial works
- Mines and mineral resources -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- Mines and mineral resources -- Yukon -- Pictorial works
- Native Village of Kwigillingok -- Pictorial works
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- Stereographs
- Yukon -- Gold discoveries
- Yukon -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Guide to the L. Stark Humes Collection of Photographs of the Klondike Region
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason and Sarah Lerner
- Date
- March 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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