Lawrence and Olga Doheny family papers

Guide to the Lawrence and Olga Doheny family papers
1910-1980

Collection number: HMC-0355.
Creators:
Doheny, Lawrence C.
Doheny, Michael J.
Doheny, Olga.
Title: Lawrence and Olga Doheny family papers.
Dates: 1910-1980.
Volume of collection: 8.15 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials in this collection are in English.
Collection summary: Papers and photographs of an Alaskan mining family from Anchorage.

Biographical note:
Lawrence “Larry” C. Doheny was born in Merrill, Wisconsin in 1902. He studied mining in New Mexico and later at the University of Alaska, receiving a B.S. in Geology and Mining in 1930. Larry Doheny worked as a mining engineer for various operations including the U.S. Smelting, Mining, and Refining Co. and Strandberg and Sons, Inc. He married Olga Strandberg in 1931. The couple had three children: Michael (1934-1984), Kathleen, and Jenny (1938-2008). Larry Doheny served as a supervisory engineer for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1940-1947) and taught mining courses at the University of Alaska part-time. Larry Doheny died in Anchorage in 1952.

Olga Doheny was born in 1910 to David and Jenny Strandberg at Ester Creek near Fairbanks. She graduated from Anchorage High School in 1928, and later received a B.A. in English and Language Education from the University of Alaska in 1932. The Dohenys worked in mining in various locations including Cripple Creek, Fairbanks, Candle Creek, and Wild Lake. After Larry’s death, Olga moved to Anchorage and served as director of Strandberg Mines, Inc. (1952-1961). She later worked as an employment counselor for the Alaska Employment Service (1964-1971). Olga Doheny was active in various civic organizations in Anchorage. She died in 1993.

Collection description:
The collection contains the papers of Larry and Olga Doheny, as well as their son, Michael, and family papers, photographs, film, and audiocassettes. Larry’s papers include personal correspondence, education records, career related files, business records, photographs, and drafting and surveying tools. Olga’s papers include correspondence with family and friends, and records relating to her education, employment, and participation in political and civic organizations. Michael Doheny’s papers consist of correspondence, employment, and military service records. The family papers include Calvert School Home Instruction Course records, which contain instructional materials and the Doheny children’s course work. The family photographs include over 5,000 images documenting the lives of Larry and Olga, their three children, their families, and other relatives and friends. Locations depicted in the photographs include Fairbanks, Candle Creek, Wild Lake, McGrath, Stevens Village, Arne Erickson’s Crow Creek Mine, and Anchorage.

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following parts and series:

Part 1: Lawrence Doheny papers; 1914-1954

Series 1: Diaries and notebooks; undated, 1938-1953
Series 2: Correspondence; undated, 1939-1952
Series 3: Personal papers; circa 1914-1954
Series 4: Employment papers; 1929-1954
Series 5: Photographs; circa 1920-1929
Series 6: Surveying and drafting tools; undated

Part 2: Olga Doheny papers; 1910-1980

Series 1: Correspondence; 1915-1977
Series 2: Personal papers; 1910-1979
Series 3: Employment and organization records; 1943-1980

Part 3: Michael Doheny papers; 1939-1977

Part 4: Doheny family papers; 1910-1979

Series 1: Calvert Home School Instruction course records; 1929-1953
Series 2: Photographs; 1910-1979
Series 3: Audio and film recordings; undated, 1940-1961
Series 4: Objects and memorabilia; 1937-1978

Digitized copies: Selected images have been digitized and are available on Alaska’s Digital Archives. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: Archives holds copyright to materials created by the Doheny and Strandberg families. The collection contains materials not created by the two families which may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Preferred citation: Lawrence and Olga Doheny family papers Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Separated materials: Publications were removed from the collection and some moved to the Consortium Library’s collection. Other materials were removed from the collection and added to the Archive’s ephemera collections. Please ask an archivist for further information.

Related materials: HMC-0356, Erickson family papers, HMC-0357, David and Jenny Strandberg family papers, HMC-0359, Strandberg Mines, Inc. records, and HMC-0237, Harold Strandberg papers.

Acquisition note: The collection was donated to the Archives by Olga Doheny and Odin Strandberg in 1981. The deed of gift was signed by Odin Strandberg in 1997.

Processing information: Photographs in the collection were removed from their original scrapbooks and rearranged by size, and the collection was originally arranged and described by Jeffrey Sinnott in 2000. Publications were removed from the collection, series combined, and the collection guide converted to current standard by Veronica Denison in 2016.

Container list:

Part 1: Lawrence Doheny papers; 1914-1953. 2.5 cubic feet.

Part 1. Series 1: Diaries and notebooks; undated, 1938-1953. 0.25 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/1-3	Diaries	1939-1946
1/4	Sourdough Roadhouse notebook pages	undated
1/5	Notebooks and ledgers: Address book, financial, mine building drawings	undated, 1936-1939, 1953

Part 1. Series 2: Correspondence; undated, 1939-1952. 0.3 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/6-16	Personal and work related	undated, 1939-1952
1/17-19	Letters to Olga and children	undated, 1939-1951
1/20	Letters from children	1942-1944
1/21	Cards from children	undated
1/22	Drawings from children	undated
1/23	Correspondence with brother Rev. William J. Doheny (includes two photographs)	1940-1944, 1949
1/24	Correspondence with Charles Bunnell and Louis Giddings	1948

Part 1. Series 3: Personal papers; circa 1914-1954. 0.25 cubic feet.
This series contains papers relating to Larry’s education and personal life.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/25	New Mexico School of Mines notebook; Lessons in lettering	circa 1924-1928
1/26	Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines Petrography papers and tests	undated, 1930
1/27	Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines: Cost of Producing Power and Steam, Diesel Maintenance Cost, Kennecott Copper Corp., Kennecott Alaska	1929 June
OS Folder 1	Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines: Diploma, Bachelors of Science in Geology and Mining	1930
1/28	University of Alaska term papers and thesis	undated, 1930, 1942
1/29	University of Alaska diploma	1942
1/30	LaSalle Extension University, American Law and Procedure Course: Correspondence and course work	1945
1/31	Bills and receipts	1944, 1950-1952
1/32	Northern Commercial Company account	1939-1941
1/33	Certificate of Baptism	1942
1/34	Notary public certificates	1948, 1952
1/35	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Certificate of service	1947
1/36	Identification cards and nameplate	circa 1942-1952
1/37	Life insurance	1934-1949
1/38	Federal income taxes	1942-1954
1/39	Miscellaneous personal Legal papers	undated, 1940, 1951
1/40	American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Application for Membership	undated
1/41	Funeral records	1952
1/42	Nenana Ice Pool records	1947
1/43	Fairbanks temperature record (2 blueprints)	1935
1/44	Last will and testament	1945
1/45	Dental Records	1944
1/46	Newspaper Interview	1945 November 19
1/47	Alaskan stories and anecdotes (authors primarily unknown): “The Kee Bird,” “There is Gold in Those Dumps,” “Particulars of the Nulato, Alaska Massacre” by Julius Jette, S.J., “Sweet Dreams?” “Beaver Tale,” “Real Bad,” “Fifty-Fifty for Free,” “Where are We,” “The Seeing Glass Eye,” “Cephalic Cannibals,” “Holy Blues”	undated, 1914
1/48	Affidavit; Application for patent; Divided lake	undated
1/49	Stories and recollections	undated

Part 1. Series 4: Employment papers; 1929-1954. 1.25 cubic feet.
This series contains papers and records relating to Larry’s employment, business relations, and consultancies with the following companies: Diamond Coal Company, Fairbanks Exploration Company, David Strandberg and Sons, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Wild Lake Mining Company, Arctic Exploration Company, and Havenstrite Mining Company. Included in the series are financial information, such as construction costs, equipment lists, correspondence, bills of sale, and deed claims, as well as correspondence with business associates, blueprints, dredge and sluice reports, and letters to politicians regarding proposed mining laws and taxes.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/50-51	James Norris: Mining activities, quitclaim deeds; Last Will and Testament of James W. Norris bequeathing land to Dohenys	1934-1939, 1944
1/52-57	Diamond Coal Company: Agreements and correspondence	undated, 1942-1946
2/1	Diamond Coal Company: U.S. Department of the Interior, Solid Fuels Administration for War	1946
2/2-4	Diamond Coal Company: Agreements and correspondence	1947-1957
2/5	Diamond Coal Company: Mining regulations	1929, 1943-1947
OS Folder 1	Maps and plans: Gus Uotila 1944 Sled; Dredge Valuation Map Showing Drill Holes & Dredge Bath; Valuation Diamonds; Valuation Triangles; Caisson Prospecting (drawing); Mining area map, T12 S, R8W, FM; Alaska base map, principal railroads, motor roads and steamship lines on reverse side by Works Progress Administration; Alaska Map, Judicial Districts	undated, 1938-1944
2/6	Fairbanks Exploration Company: Cripple Creek investigation	1933-1935
2/7	Fairbanks Exploration Company: Cripple Creek blueprints	1935-1936
2/8	Fairbanks Exploration Company:  Dredges	1935
2/9	Fairbanks Exploration Company: Sluice report	1934
2/10	Fairbanks Exploration Company: Cripple Creek Mining Co. comparative balance sheet and profit and loss statements	1937-1938
2/11	David Strandberg & Sons: Candle Creek operations	1938
2/12	David Strandberg & Sons: Projects	1937-1939
2/13	David Strandberg & Sons: Awe Mining Company, Flat, Alaska: Royalty Ground of David Strandberg (blueprint)	1938
2/14	David Strandberg & Sons: Windy Creek: Placer ground data (W. Holt)	1939
2/15	David Strandberg & Sons: Stationary	undated
2/16-17	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: General correspondence; Correspondence regarding Robert Armstrong reference	1940-1943, 1947
2/18	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: General information	undated, 1942, 1946
2/19	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Legal Papers: Power of attorney; Bill of Sale: Twin Creek mining equipment	1942
2/20	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Brinker-Johnson Co.: Caribou Creek mining report and grocery list	1941-1942
2/21	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Candle Creek Report: Report on Arctic Circle Exploration Inc.	1946
2/22	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Cleary Hill Mine: Coal analysis reports and leases	1942
2/23	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Livengood Placers, Inc.	1940-1943
2/24	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Emil Usibelli (Usibelli Coal Mine)	1945-1946
2/25	Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Estimates of charges and expenses, value of gold, items list, Buck Creek Plant study	undated, 1940-1941
2/26-27	Consultation papers: Arctic  Exploration Co.; Havenstrite Mining Co.: Mud Creek;	1947-1948
2/28-29	Consultation papers: Reports: Innoko River Placer, Ready Bullion	undated, 1939
2/30	Wild Lake Mining Company: Wild Lake history	undated
2/31	Wild Lake Mining Company: Correspondence	undated, 1934-1949
2/32	Wild Lake Mining Company: Receipts, statements, and cancelled checks	1945-1952
2/33	Wild Lake Mining Company: Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska (for seasonal workers and seasonal employers)	1950
2/34	Wild Lake Mining Company: Maps of claims	undated, 1944
2/35-39	Wild Lake Mining Company: Legal documents: Co-partnership and power of attorney (Doheny/ Thorne/Brown); Power of attorney to locate; Leases; Location notices and certificates; Staking agreements;	1943-1950
2/40-43	Wild Lake Mining Company: Notice of intention to hold; Quit claim deeds and terminations of agreements; Partnership income tax; Balance sheets	1944-1954
2/44-47	Wild Lake Mining Company: Grub list; Equipment list; Boring logs; Petition for Mail Service	1945-1951
2/48-51	Wild Lake Mining Company: Elmer Hayes Ground; Hans Leichman Account; Frank Smith; Emil Usibelli	undated, 1944-1948
2/52-53	University of Alaska, School of Mines: Correspondence; Appointment to teach	1947, 1951-1952
2/54-55	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Correspondence and personnel records; Placer claims incident	1951-1953
2/56	Charts, data, and photographs of mining equipment	undated, 1942
2/57	Equipment parts list	undated
2/58	Mining notebook	1934-1948
2/59	Pocket notebook: Mining notes	undated, 1941
2/60	Map: Civilian Defense Airfield, Chena Slough	undated
OS Folder 1	Climatological and Work Feasibility Chart-Fairbanks, Alaska, Base Weather Station, Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, prepared by Captain Roger L. Arnold and Corporal Kenneth H. Kinnard	1947 January 7
2/61	Hand drawn plats, Gulkana topographical map, James Harris Power of Attorney,	undated
2/62	Correspondence: General includes civil defense drawing, Fairbanks gold dredging corporation, financial statements, and letters regarding various mines and mining claims	1934, 1939-1940
2/63-67	Correspondence: Business	1941-1951
2/68	Matt Jarvi: Taxes	1944-1946
2/69	Joe Jermin: Legal documents: Location certificates, Power of Attorney to Locate, Agreement for Staking	1945
2/70	Mary Peterson: Placer mining leases, deeds, and claims	1939, 1946-1947
2/71	Peterson: Income tax, reconstruction finance corporation	1943-1946
2/72	DeLong Construction Company (Tony Seccia: Observatory)	1947 January-July
2/73	Waskey Act	1945
2/74-75	Blank forms: Mining	1935-1943
2/76	American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Inc.: Report of the Treasurer	1954
2/77-78	Coal mining lease and articles of co-partnership, quitclaim deeds, power of attorney to locate	1943-1945
3/1	Correspondence with Department of Interior regarding Coal Mining Permit	1945
3/2	Co-partnership termination-quitclaim deed, James Norris, Gus Parris, Diamond Coal Mine	1944
3/3	Correspondence, quitclaim deeds, leases, Gus Parris, James Norris, permits	1943-1948
3/4	Agreements, placer mining leases, receipts, location certificates, supply lists	1939-1949
3/5	Letters to Secretary of the Interior, Ickes, regarding 3, 5, or 8% proposed gold tax	circa 1940-1945

Part 1. Series 5: Photographs; circa 1920-1929. 0.15 cubic feet.
This series contains the photographs of Lawrence Doheny. The photographs include his family and friends in Wisconsin, his time spent in New Mexico, and Alaska.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
3/6	New Mexico and Early Alaska photograph album xerographic copy and album cover	circa 1920-1929
3/7	New Mexico and Early Alaska photograph album photographs	circa 1920-1929
3/8	Photographs and portraits	undated, 1928, 1940
3/9	New Mexico	circa 1920-1929
3/10	New Mexico and early Alaska negatives: Includes photos of reindeer herd and herders	circa 1925
3/11	Sister Mary Virginia Doheny: Photographs and portraits	1938-1954
3/12	Monsignor William D. Doheny: Photographs, portraits, and Christmas greeting card with inside photo of private audience of the judges of the Sacred Roman Rota during the Feast of the Maternity of Our Lady	undated, 1934-1952
3/13	Wisconsin friends and relatives, Doheny house	undated

Part 1. Series 6: Surveying and drafting tools; undated. 0.2 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description
8/15	Angles, curves, and rulers
Box 8	Surveyor’s transit
Box 8	Slide rules
Box 8	Dretzgen six-inch scales (divides inches into 10, 20, 30, and 50 parts)
Box 8	Black pencil case containing pencils, pens, erasers, screwdriver, file, and many other items including a small knife and a Lufkin Tape Clamp Handle

Part 2: Olga Doheny papers; 1910-1980. 1.95 cubic feet

Part 2. Series 1: Correspondence; 1915-1977. 0.65 cubic feet.
The series contains the outgoing and incoming correspondence of Olga Doheny.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
3/14	Correspondence from Olga Doheny	undated, 1948-1973
3/15	Reverend Ed Doheny, M.M.	1960
3/16	Jenny Doheny	1948, 1954
3/17	Joe Doheny	1958
3/18	Katherine Doheny (Mrs. J.A.)	undated, 1953-1954
3/19	Kathleen Doheny (Hennessey) and family	undated, 1942, 1955
3/20	Sr. Mary Virginia [Doheny]	1951-1957
3/21	Sr. Mary Virginia [Doheny]	undated, 1959-1973
3/22	Mrs. William Doheny (mother-in-law)	1946
3/23	Reverend William J. Doheny, C.S.C. (brother-in-law)	1945-1975
3/24	Arnie and Cleora Erickson	undated, 1955-1974
3/25	Dot and Stan Erickson (daughter Jenny’s in-laws)	1971, 1974
3/26	Josephine Erickson (aunt)	1952
3/27	Hufman Family	undated, 1961-1962
3/28	Agnes Johnson (cousin)	1952-1964
3/29	Genevieve Strandberg Kuntz (Missy) and Ike Kuntz	1945-1973
3/30	Ingrid Peterson	undated, 1958
3/31	Vera Rathburn	undated, 1957, 1964
3/32	Strandberg family: Correspondents include brother Odin and nephews Doug, David, Sig, and Rudi Strandberg	undated, 1959-1974
3/33	David and Jenny Strandberg	1936-1950
3/34	Harold and Barbara Strandberg	1949-1975
3/35	Ted and Peggy Strandberg: Includes photographs of Arne Erickson, Cleora Erickson, Genevieve Kuntz, and Peggy Strandberg	undated, 1951-1977
3/36	William Strandberg	undated, 1949-1961
3/37-42	Correspondence from various friends	1925-1978
3/43	Ag	1950, 1953
3/44	Cleora and J.G. Bachner	undated, 1945-1957
3/45	Charles Bunnell	1951-1952
3/46	Montie Craig	undated, 1961-1975
3/47	William Egan	1963
3/48	Elizabeth Hastings	undated, 1953
3/49	Natalie Hewlitt	undated, 1961-1963
3/50	Norine Hope	1959-1960
3/51	Mrs. Thomas Howard	undated, 1945
3/52	Lillian Jones	1961
3/53	Fannie Mae and George McDaniels	undated, 1950
3/54	Gladys McMahan	undated, 1974
3/55	Frances Mendoza	1953-1961
3/56	Belle Morgan	1957-1960
3/57	Lela Oman	1954-1971
3/58	Alice O’Neill	undated, 1947-1951
3/59	Doris Phillips	1958-1967
3/60	Kay Reese/O’Grady	undated, 1959-1964
3/61	Kathy and LeVake Renshaw	1957
3/62	Clyde Rowan	1964-1965
3/63	Clara Seater	undated, 1959-1973
3/64	Helen Stragier	undated, 1952-1964
3/65	Lucille and Sid Vorter (Included photographs)	1933-1975
3/66	Marcel and Family	1957, 1962
3/67	Personal business matters and other	undated, 1940-1976
3/68	Correspondence of others	1915-1976

Part 2. Series 2: Personal papers; 1910-1979.  0.85 cubic feet.
This series contains the personal papers of Olga Doheny, such as received invitations, notebooks, recipes, and legal papers regarding property. The series also includes information regarding the estates of Larry, James Norris, and Jenny Strandberg (her mother).

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
3/69	Christmas card lists, copy negative of Doheny family greeting card	undated
3/70	Lists	undated
3/71	Lists of cards, letters, and flowers received	undated
3/72	Alaska greeting cards	undated
3/73	Membership and identification cards	undated, 1944-1976
4/1	Tickets and business cards	undated, 1954-1975
4/2	Religious items [majority are prayer cards]: Parish Census card for Doheny family, Hakon Christensen and E. Wells Ervin memorial card, Sister M. Virginia, O.P., Covenant of Saint Catherine, Racine, Wisconsin (memorial card for 50-year religious profession), Harry John Hill memorial card	undated, 1956, 1963, 1973
4/3	Poetry: “Painting the Bedpan,” “Dear Alaska” (song lyrics)	undated
4/4	Photo and other post cards: -“Old Man Alaska, Total Population…85,000” art card with Alaska map and statistics, F.M. Menager; “The Alaska Railroad Streamliner AuRoRa at Anchorage passenger station the morning of April 11, 1964, ready to pull out for Fairbanks – the first passenger train to run north from Anchorage after the devastating earthquake of March 27, 1964,”; “An Alaska Hospital and Church”; “Seldovia, Alaska” aerial; Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska; “Fairbanks, Alaska” aerial of city near Chena River; Mike Roberts Kodachrome color card	undated, 1948, 1964
4/5	Wedding announcements: Family: Jenny Doheny, Margaret Gail Strandberg, William Kuntz, Arne G. Erickson, Sigvald John Strandberg, E. Odin Strandberg Jr., James Stephen Strandberg, Douglas Frank Strandberg, David Harold Strandberg	undated, 1961-1974
4/6	Wedding announcements	undated, 1945-1974
4/7	Invitations: Includes Spring Party, Rusty Amason, Vic Rivers; William K. Egan inauguration; Walter J. Hickel Inauguration; J. Hammond inauguration; Governor’s Holiday Ball; Pioneer Auxiliary #4 50th Anniversary; Alaska World Affairs Council; Alaska Constitutional Convention, Opening Ceremony, Official Tea	undated, 1945-1977
4/8	Graduation Announcements: Genevieve Strandberg; John k. Erickson; David Harold Strandberg; E. Odin Strandberg Jr.; Sigvald John Strandberg; Douglas F. Strandberg; Joseph E. Kuntz; Steven Frederick Strandberg; Baerent Rudolph Strandberg	1935-1975
4/9	Day, address and birthday books and pages	undated, 1963, 1974
4/10	Notebooks and pages	undated
4/11	Recipes	undated, 1967-1970
4/12	Report cards (Otter school)	1918-1921
4/13	Anchorage High School Diploma	1928
4/14	Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines: Semester records	1929, 1931
4/15	Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines: Diploma (on parchment)	1932 May 18
4/16	Anchorage Community College: Accounting course materials	1956-1957
4/17	Anchorage Community College: Accounting course materials: Journals, registers, and general ledger	1956
4/18	Anchorage Community College: Education 428 Occupational Information	1966
4/19	LaSalle Extension University: Letters	1960
4/20	Voter registration card	undated
4/21	Passport information	1974
4/22	Wills	1945, 1959, 1979
4/23	Marriage certificate	1931
4/24	Certificates and memberships	1932-1958
4/25	Birth and Baptism certificates	1910, 1911
4/26	Deed Creating Tenancy by the Entirety between R.M. and Alma B. Hurlbut, and John S. and LaRue Marjorie Hellenthal concerning south Anchorage lot; Last Will and Testament of Emil Pfeil; Letter receiving Sydney Laurence landscape painting for consignment, signed by Mel Kohler of Mel Kohler Interiors, Anchorage	1947-1959
4/27	Larry Doheny: Funeral, death, and estate records	1947, 1952-1954
4/28	Estate of Jenny Strandberg	1958
4/29	Estate of James Norris	1947-1968
4/30	Norris coal property	1951-1969
4/31	Lakehurst properties	1952-1970
4/32	Household expenses	1953-1977
4/33	Household inventory	1948
4/34	Check registers	1954-1966
4/35	Alaska Longevity Bonus Program: State regulations for qualification	1975 October
4/36	Automobile accident	1946
4/37	Diet logs	1959-1971

Part 2. Series 3: Employment and organization records; 1943-1980. 0.45 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
4/38	Correspondence	1965-1973
4/39	Letters of commendation: Governors Egan and Hammond	1973, 1975
4/40	Awards and recognition	1970-1975
4/41	Activity reports	1968, 1972
4/42	Job Descriptions	undated, 1968-1970
4/43	Performance evaluations	1964-1977
4/44	Alcoholism counseling workshop	1972 October-November
4/45	First Alaska Surveying and Mapping Convention, Anchorage (program and publications)	1966 February
4/46	Photographs	undated
4/47	Notes	undated, 1964-1972
4/48	Alaska Festival of Music (patronage letter)	1971
4/49	Alaska Homemaker Service	1969
4/50	Alaska Public Employee Association	1972-1974
4/51	Anchorage Concert Association (concert notice)	1961
4/52	Anchorage Women’s Club (yearbook)	1953-1954
4/53	Greater Anchorage Chamber of Commerce: Proposed bylaws, program of work, board of directors list; Greater Anchorage Area Council proposed bylaws; City Planning Commission Notice of Street Vacation Hearing	undated, 1955-1956
4/54	Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP): Senior Citizens’ Division (newsletter)	1978 November 20
4/55	Older Persons Action Group (membership materials)	undated, 1974
4/56	South Addition Community Council (bylaws)	1975
4/57	American Institute of Mining and Engineering: Registration list for Fifth Annual Mining, Minerals and Petroleum Conference	1960
4/58	Cook Inlet Historical Society (includes articles of incorporation, constitution, bylaws, meeting minutes, membership lists, membership cards, financial reports, newsletters, correspondence, and other materials)	undated, 1955-1967
4/59	League of Women Voters	1963
4/60-61	Pioneers of Alaska: Includes, banquet committee, convention, auxiliary records, notes, trustees’ reports	1954-1962
4/62	Red Cross, American	1943-1963
5/1	Republican Party: Correspondence	undated, 1953-1978
5/2	Republican Party: Platforms, rules, meeting minutes, resolutions, convention records, etc.)	1950-1954
5/3	Republican Party	1958-1961, 1971
5/4	Republican Party	undated
5/5	Republican Party: Pamphlets	1951-1955
5/6	Republican Women’s Club (membership lists, announcements, and handbook)	undated, 1952-1955
5/7	Republican Political Party Proxies	1954
5/8	Republican Party Committee, Harold Strandberg	1953-1961
5/9	University of Alaska Alumni Association (primarily correspondence)	1949-1957
5/10	University of Alaska Alumni Association	undated, 1958-1980
5/11	Other Civic Organizations: Vial for Life, Town and Country Club, Fur Rendezvous	undated, 1961, 1962

Part 3: Michael Doheny papers; 1939-1977. 0.6 cubic feet.
This part contains the papers of Michael Doheny, including personal papers, records relating to his education and personal life, as well as correspondence and organizations in which he was involved.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
5/12	Childhood artwork	undated
5/13	Cards: Greeting cards	circa 1954-1964
5/14	Cards: Post cards: Hong Kong; Memphis and Memphis Naval Air Station; Richard Nixon and family at piano	undated
5/15	Cards: Religious cards	undated, 1944
5/16	Certificate of Baptism and remembrance of first holy communion	1944, 1945
5/17	Civic Organizations: Cook Inlet Historical Society: charter membership certificate and 2 membership cards; Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 15: meeting notice concerning mortgage for new building	1955-1964
5/18	College: Memoranda correspondence	1954, 1965
5/19	College: Engineering and drawing course	1955-1956
5/20	College: State College of Washington	1954
5/21	College: University of Alaska Fairbanks	1954-1956, 1975
5/22-24	Correspondence	undated, 1941-1977
5/25	Elementary School: Report cards	1939-1948
5/26	Employment records: City of Anchorage	1965-1970
5/27	High school: Report cards, diploma and tassel, and reunion materials	1950-1954, 1974
5/28	Alaska Temporary Driving Permit	1967
5/29	Lakehurst Property	undated, 1966
5/31	Legal matters	1958-1973
OS Folder 1	Military Service: Civil Air Patrol, USAF Auxiliary, certificate of completion for Summer Encampment Training Couse at Elmendorf Air Force Base; Alaska Elmendorf Air Force Base street map	1952-1962
5/32	Military Service: Training notebook	undated
5/33	Teamsters Union	1961-1975
5/34	Trade Unions	undated, 1954-1961
5/35	Nenana Ice Pool bets, time and dates for 1917-1974	circa 1975

Part 4: Family papers; 1910-1979. 3.1 cubic feet.

Part 4. Series 1: Calvert Home School Instruction course records; 1929-1953. 1.1 cubic feet.
This series contains the workbooks and study guides used and written in by the Doheny children for their home school instruction.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
5/36-41	Lesson manuals: Fourth Year to Sixth Year	1947
6/1-5	Lesson Manuals: Post-Graduate Courses: American History, Grammar and Compositions, English Literature, Geography, Latin, Mathematics, Science, Spanish	1945, 1949
6/6	Study Guides in Geography: South America	1929, 1941
6/7-8	Lesson pictures, answers, addenda, tests, and teaching aids	undated
6/9-15	Michael Doheny: Year Five and Six reports and course work; Course work in Biology, Geology, English, Lesson Books	1948-1953
6/16-21	Kathleen Doheny: Year Five and Six reports and course work	1948-1949
6/22-27	Jenny Doheny: Spelling and penmanship workbook; Year Six reports and course work; Year Four workbook; Science workbooks	undated, 1947-1951

Part 4. Series 2: Photographs; 1910-1979. 1.15 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
6/28	Olga Strandberg Doheny: Photographs and portraits	circa 1928, 1971-1977
6/29	Michael J. Doheny: Includes photos from military service in the U.S. Marine Corps	undated, 1957
6/30	Kathleen Doheny	1949-1961
6/31	Kathleen Doheny and Calvert Cross: Includes wedding	undated, 1954-1958
7/1	Kathleen Doheny Hennessey and family	undated 1965-1978
7/2	Jenny Doheny	undated
7/3	Jenny Doheny and Donald Huffman: Engagement, wedding, and honeymoon photos and portraits	1960-1961
7/4	Doheny family photos Larry, Olga, children, and relatives	undated, 1955
7/5	Stefn Erickson (son of Donald Hufman and Jenny Doheny; adopted son of Dennis Erickson):	undated, 1963
7/6	Children of Dennis Erickson and Jenny Doheny Erickson	1969-1976
7/7	Immaculate Conception School, Fairbanks: Class photos (Jenny Doheny’s classes)	circa 1946-1949
7/8	Public School, Flat, Alaska (includes Olga Strandberg)	circa 1917-1920
7/9	Fairbanks flood; Olga Strandberg, friends, family, and scenery: Anchorage and College, Alaska	circa 1920-1929
7/10	Xerographic copy of Doheny family album: Early childhood photos of Michael and Kathleen	circa 1935-1945
7/11	Childhood Photos of Michael, Kathleen, and Jenny Doheny	circa 1935-1945
7/12	Childhood Photos of Michael, Kathleen, and Jenny Doheny (negatives)	circa 1935-1945
7/13	Childhood Photos of Michael and Kathleen Doheny	circa 1935-1940
7/14	Childhood Photos of Michael and Kathleen Doheny (negatives)	circa 1935-1940
7/15	Doheny Family Candle Creek photos	circa 1937-1940
7/16	Fairbanks Dog Derby (including photos of Leonhard Seppala); Mammoth skull and tusks	circa 1937-1940
7/17	Kathleen Doheny: Fairbanks photos with family, friends, dogs, airplanes	undated, 1947
7/18	Doheny Family photos from McGrath, Stevens Village, and Wild Lake: Includes placer mining	circa 1947-1949
7/19	Doheny Family photos from McGrath, Stevens Village, and Wild Lake: negatives	circa 1947-1949
7/20	Fairbanks Dog Derby: queen crowning ceremony on Chena River near Fairview Hotel	circa 1947-1949
7/21	Parade in Anchorage	circa 1950
7/22	Doheny family at home: Larry, Olga, Michael, Kathleen; Doheny family outings, camping trips, and Anchorage Fur Rendezvous sled dog races (including those with Calvert Cross)	circa 1950-1954
7/23	Doheny Family and Calvert Cross at Eureka Roadhouse	circa 1955
7/24	Olga Doheny and Arne Erickson at Crow Creek Mine with friends	circa 1958
7/25	Stefn Erickson’s birthday party	circa 1963
7/26	Sister Mary Virginia Doheny, and Erickson families visiting Crow Creek Mine area	1956
7/27	Dohenys and Stefn Erickson	circa 1966
7/28	Doheny house, yard, interior, and neighborhood in Anchorage	undated
7/29	Doheny family group photos on steps	circa 1958
7/30	Fishing boat and drilling rig	circa 1952
7/31	Christmas Dinner; Graduation ceremony, napping on couch	circa 1952-1953
7/32	William Strandberg, Olga Doheny, Michael Doheny and friends at Christmas Party, Crow Creek Mine building	circa 1950-1954
7/33	Stefn Erickson, Olga Doheny, and Michael Doheny; Stefn Erickson at Easter pageant, at play; Stefn Erickson’s birthday party	circa 1966
7/34	Erickson/Doheny Christmas party	circa 1966
7/35	Kathleen Doheny Hennessey and family visit home to Anchorage; Olga and Michael Doheny visit Genevieve Strandberg Kuntz in Arcata California	circa 1967
7/36	Stefn Erickson on family outings	circa 1967
7/37	Michael Doheny’s damaged car; Stefn Erickson and baby stroller	circa 1967
7/38	Stefn and Dennis Erickson and play fort	circa 1967
7/39	Matanuska Glacier; Michael Doheny and Stefn Erickson. plane ride home and Erickson home; Stefn Erickson trick or treating on Halloween and birthday party; New baby Erika Erickson at Dennis Erickson home; Arne and Cleora Erickson at party; Erickson/Doheny family Christmas Party	circa 1967
7/40	Erickson family gift giving; family reunion at Crow Creek Mine	1967-1968
7/41	Family reunion at Crow Creek Mining Camp and Stefn Erickson at play	circa 1968
7/42	Family dinner at restaurant and Michael Doheny and Stefn Erickson visit Japanese ship	circa 1968
7/43	Michael Doheny birthday party	circa 1968
7/44	Arne Erickson’s birthday party at Crow Creek Mine, family reunion, and trip to Homer	1968
7/45	Stefn Erickson birthday party, Erickson home	circa 1971
7/46	Dennis Erickson at high school, shop building	1972
7/47	Halloween trick or treating and children playing on slide	1972
7/48	Michael Doheny birthday party, sunset over Cook Inlet	circa 1972
7/49	Doheny family picnic with friends	circa 1972
7/50	Judo class, sledding near glacier, and storage buildings	1972 December
7/51	Bethel area and paving road from Bethel airport to town; sunset on Cook Inlet	1971
7/52	Olga Doheny’s trip to England and France, visit to Hennessey family	circa 1973
7/53	Family picnic	1973 August
7/54	Gathering at vacation cabin in woods; Sunset; Doheny home (12th and B Street, Anchorage) and sunset	circa 1975
7/55	Sunset and bicentennial parade in Anchorage	1976
7/56	Union 76 building construction and sunset on Cook Inlet; Native woman in office and winter sunset; School band concert; Doheny home and family gathering; Christmas at Erickson home	circa 1976
7/57	Erickson children and Anchorage Fur Rendezvous parade; Doheny/Erickson visit to Crow Creek Mine; Erickson family dogs	circa 1977
7/58	Doheny/Erickson family photos and photo sets	circa 1950-1979
7/59	Photographs of various men and women	1910-1957
7/60	Individuals and groups of children	1913-1961
7/61	Group photographs	1921-1957
7/62	Animals	undated
7/63	Buildings and structures: Includes the University of Washington campus in Seattle, New York City, Anchorage, and various towns throughout Alaska	undated
7/64	Scenery: Includes photographs of aurora borealis from an unidentified town; Scenic view of riverboat by river “Fairbanks – By Rev. P.E. Baisler – July 1st, 1927, at Midnight”	1927-1978
7/65	Trains, Christmas tree and party, artwork	undated
7/66	Negatives: People, beaches, log buildings	undated
7/67	Photo Post Cards and other scenic views: Anchorage: “New Townsite July 13, 1915, Anchorage Alaska”; “Tent Town Anchorage Alaska”; “Fourth and D Sts. Anchorage, Alaska” Street scene near McKinley Block building; “Anchorage, Alaska” Street scene near Empress Theatre, C.L. Johnson; “Anchorage Alaska” Aerial view of city from the west; “President Harding arrives from Fairbanks-July 17, 1923” President stepping down from railroad car, Bragaw photograph	undated, 1915, 1923
7/67	Fairbanks: “Dining Room, Nordale Hotel”; Nordale Hotel during flood; Miss Alaska with sash and fur mukluks, Fairbanks Ice Carnival; “The native pageant after the coronation of the queen” Fairbanks Ice Carnival; “Night scene of the throne, showing some of the fireworks” Fairbanks Ice Carnival; “Fairbanks, Alaska” Aerial view of city looking south above Cushman Street bridge over Chena River, No. P-1256; “An Alaskan Hospital and Church” View from across river, No. B-11; “Fairbanks Public School Bldg” No. B-15; “Second & Cushman – Fairbanks Alaska” Night street scene, No. N-9; “Outdoor Swimming – Fairbanks Alaska” Swimming pool, No. O-31	undated
7/67	Juneau and Southeast Alaska: “Juneau Alaska” View of city from hillside; “Bergs breaking from Taku Glacier, Alaska” Otto Schallerer photo; “S.S. Northwestern in Alaska” Ice on ship, Thwaites photo, No. 4001; “S.S. Northwestern After a Storm” Two men near rear of ship at dock, Thwaites photo, No. 4004; “100 Tons of Salt Ice. S.S. Northwestern. Alaska Coast” View from deck of ship, Thwaites photo, No. 4006; “Ketchikan, Alaska.” View down street toward Tongass Narrows, Thwaites photo, No. 5013; “Skagway” View of docks and city from Taiya Inlet; “Presbyterian Church Wrangell Alaska”	undated
7/67	Other places: “Paxson Road House – Richardson Highway” Cann, Fairbanks; “Kanatak, Alaska. The Oil Town” Aerial view, C.C.T.; “Copper Center Roadhouse” Lew McFerran, photographer, Anderson’s Scenic Postcards, Anchorage; “Becker’s Ocean Resort, Kalalock, Washington U.S. 101” Jones, No. 3609; “Office of Dr. Will H Chase, Cordova, Alaska”; Army Service Forces Training Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Nos. 1900-1909; Scenic views of Dundee, Ireland, Disneyland, Anaheim, California, Seattle, Washington area, and the State of Washington	undated
7/68	Photo postcards of Anchorage area: Includes street scenes, boats, parades, a baseball game, a fire, the Anchorage Fire Department, Ship Creek, public gatherings, and scenery, as well as a portrait of Sydney Lawrence	1913-1916
7/69	Lawrence Doheny in his graduation cap and gown, University of Alaska; Grave at cemetery in Anchorage; Jenny Doheny mowing lawn; Arne Erickson with Stefn Erickson at Crow Creek Mining Camp; Michael Doheny photos of Doheny family, Jenny and Dennis Erickson family, and reunions at Crow Creek Mine; Wedding photographs of an unidentified couple	1942-1972
OS Folder 2	“N” Co., 3rd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment Camp Pendelton, California	21 May 1957

Part 4. Series 3: Audio and film recordings; undated, 1940-1961. 0.35 cubic feet.
This series contains family film of the Doheny film. Footage includes the family on vacation, fishing, glaciers, a parade in Anchorage, placer mining, the college graduation of Kathleen, and the wedding and reception of Jenny to Donald Hufman. The family film was transferred to VHS. The collection also includes an audiocassette sent to Olga Strandberg from the Kathleen’s family.

Box/Folder	Reel	Description	Dates
8/17-18		VHS transfer copies made 1989, 2-½ inch VHS videocassettes, 35 minutes each	undated
Box 9	1	Michael, Kathleen, and Jenny Doheny swimming, sailboats, waterfall, beach scene	circa 1940
Box 9	2	Jenny Strandberg’s garden in Anchorage, Michael Doheny on ice skates	circa 1940
Box 9	3	Michael Doheny in clown costume, Doheny children, children’s parade in Anchorage	1941 June
Box 9	4	William Strandberg and unidentified woman	circa 1942
Box 9	5	Placer mining scenes: dredge, roads, hydraulic mining,  bridge, mountains, Kathy Doheny and Calvert Cross at Eureka Roadhouse	circa 1953
Box 9	6	Placer mining scenes: two sluices, gold in pan	circa 1953
Box 9	7	Dohenys on trip down Chena River aboard paddlewheel steamer Bernadette in Fairbanks, riverboats on river; Doheny children sledding	circa 1948
Box 9	8	Glenn Highway and Matanuska Glacier; fishing from shore of lake; Kathleen Doheny’s Graduation from Stanford University, Doheny children and Calvert Cross	circa 1960
Box 10	9	Kathleen Doheny’s graduation from Stanford University	circa 1960
Box 10	10	Wedding of Jenny Doheny to Donald Hufman	1961
Box 10	11	Wedding reception for Jenny Doheny and Donald Hufman, wedding gifts	1961
8/1		Xerographic copies of original film boxes	undated
Box 8		Unidentified reels (2 reels, 3 inch)	1961 May 29
8/16		“XMAS ‘70” Hennessey family [Kathleen], sent to Olga Doheny [audiocassette]	1970 December 25

Part 4. Series 4: Objects and memorabilia; 1937-1978. 0.5 cubic feet.
This series contains organization and personal memorabilia collected by the Doheny family. Included are materials relating to various events, commemorations, and organizations in Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
8/2	Fur Rendezvous buttons	undated, 1962
8/3	Anchorage Republican Women’s Club Raffle Tickets	1960 November
8/4	Alaska Purchase Centennial stamps 1867-1967	1967
8/5	Louis Armstrong concert ticket	1965
8/6	Anchorage Golden Anniversary commemorative coin, 1920-1970	1970
8/7	Fairbanks Dog Show license and ribbons: Dog license, Mutt Parade ribbons, 3rd Price ribbon	1947
8/8	Fairbanks Ice Carnival and Dog Derby banner (on animal skin)	1935
8/9	American Legion National Essay Contest Award bronze medal (Olga Strandberg)	1926
8/10	State of Alaska service pins	undated
8/11	Alaska Hi-way patch (felt)	undated
8/12	Good Conduct medal (bronze)	1942
8/13	Anchorage and Alaska merchants’ advertising	undated, 1937-1978
8/14	Pioneers of Alaska pin and committee ribbon	undated
Box 8	Mechanical sheet metal cat with rear drive wheels, Mar Toys, New York	undated
Box 8	Cast metal pickup truck	undated