Guide to the Marie Hollingsworth papers
1950-1956
An Alaska Historical Society collection
Collection number: HMC-1489-AHS.
Creator:
Futter, Eva
Hollingsworth, Marie.
Title: Marie Hollingsworth papers.
Dates: 1950-1956.
Volume of collection: 0.2 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials in this collection are in English.
Collection summary: Letters and photographs from a teacher in Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island.
Biographical note:
Marie and Dale Hollingsworth were teachers in Mekoryuk from 1950-1956. Dale served as the mayor during this time, while Marie taught both mothers and children.
Collection description:
The collection consists of 18 letters written by Marie Hollingsworth to family members. The letters are from Mekoryuk, where Marie and her husband Dale worked as teachers for the Native community. The collection consists of Marie detailing the lives of her family, the students, and encounters with others. Marie details teaching the women of her community to cook and sew, and her distaste for the lack of consistent postal planes. There are 42 photographs included in this collection from July 1956, showing Louis Futter and his wife Eva, niece of Dale and Maire during their trip to Nunivak Island. It also includes a news clipping from April 1956, discussing tourism in Alaska.
Arrangement: Letters are in chronological order.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Archives and Special Collections does not own copyright to this collection.
Preferred citation: The Marie Hollingsworth papers, Alaska Historical Society collections, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: Marie Hollingsworth’s great-grandniece Teresa Hardy donated this collection to the Alaska Historical Society in 2023. The Historical Society retains ownership of the collection and placed it on deposit in Archives and Special Collections in 2024.
Processing information: This collection was described by Anastasia Tiernan in 2025.