Guide to the Tom Faraday scrapbook
1939-1940
Collection number: HMC-0611.
Creator: Faraday, Tom.
Title: Tom Faraday scrapbook.
Dates: 1939-1940.
Volume of collection: 0.01 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Photographs, clippings and memorabilia of a junior ambassador to Alaska.
Biographical note:
Tom Faraday was one of eight boys from Presidio Junior High School in San Francisco, California who traveled to Alaska in 1940 as Junior Ambassadors from the Golden Gate Exposition of 1939-1940. The other boys were Bob Smith, Darrell Meyers, Don Siegel, Dick Mallett, Stanley Mendelson, Don Mauser, and Mike Lando.
Collection description:
The collection contains a xerographic copy of the original twelve-page scrapbook, 60 black and white photographic prints, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. Photographs were taken at various locations in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Locations depicted in the photographs from California, Oregon, and Washington include: Presidio Junior High School; the Catholic church at Asti; Richardson Grove; Portland; and the Washington State Capitol. Subjects in British Columbia include: the Parliament Building and Empress Hotel in Victoria; Campbell River; the pier at Sayward; Albert Bay; canneries at Bella Bella and Butedale; Prince Rupert; and Hardy Bay. Other photographs relate to Hyder, Alaska. Other subjects of the photographs include group portraits of the boys and the bus on which the boys traveled for a portion of the trip. The memorabilia include: a menu from the Union Steamships Company; a United Airlines coupon for a free flight and tour; and a special events pass to the Golden Gate International Exposition at Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.
Arrangement: Collection materials are arranged in roughly the order in which they appeared in the original scrapbook.
Alternative formats: The scrapbook was photocopied to indicate the original order of its contents.
Digitized copies: Selected photographs and memorabilia have been digitized and can be found on Alaska’s Digital Archives by searching for “Tom Faraday.”
Rights note: Archives and Special Collections does not own copyright to this collection.
Preferred citation: Tom Faraday scrapbook, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: The collection was purchased on eBay by the Archives in 2003.
Processing information: This collection was described by Arlene Schmuland in 2003. The original scrapbook was dismantled and photographs enclosed in protective sleeves. The guide to the collection was converted to current standard by Gwen Sieja in 2015.
Item List:
| 1 | Union Steamship Catala menu | 1940 July 2 |
| 2a | “Richardson Grove Warden’s Office” photograph | 1939 |
| 2b | “Oregon Coast” photograph | 1939 |
| 3a | “Youths to Be Ambassadors,” Treasure Island News | 1940 June 14 |
| 3b. | Untitled news clipping | 1940 |
| 3c | “Ideal weather lures thousands to island” | 1940 |
| 3d. | “Today at the Fair,” San Francisco Examiner | 1940 |
| 3e | “Fathers’ Day” | 1940 |
| 4a | “Schoolboys On Good Will Tour” clipping, Victoria Daily Times | 1940 June 27 |
| 4b | B. R. Hubbard SJ. autograph | circa 1940 |
| 4c | “Boys here on courtesy call” clipping, The Daily Colonist | 1940 June 27 |
| 4d | United Air Lines flight and tour invitation | 1940 June 25 |
| 4e | Golden Gate International Expedition special event pass | June 1940 June |
| 5a. | “Front of the car” | circa 1940 |
| 5b. | “The trailer” | circa 1940 |
| 5c | “The kids” (boys sitting on the trailer)” | circa 1940 |
| 5d-e | “Leaving from the Fair” (boys sitting on the trailer)” | circa 1940 |
| 5f. | “Waving Goodbye” | circa 1940 |
| 6a. | “Richardson Grove” state park sign” | circa 1940 |
| 6b | “Ell River” | circa 1940 |
| 6c | “California Coast” | circa 1940 |
| 6d | “Rowdy Creek School” | circa 1940 |
| 6f | “Oregon State Line” sign” | circa 1940 |
| 6e | “84 fish caught at Lake Tack” | circa 1940 |
| 7a | “Portland, Oregon” | circa 1940 |
| 7b | “First Train on Western coast” | circa 1940 |
| 7c | “Columbia River” | circa 1940 |
| 7d | “Washington State Capitol” | circa 1940 |
| 7e | “Triton Cove,” Washington | circa 1940 |
| 7f | “The plane we flew over Seattle in,” United Airlines passenger plane | circa 1940 |
| 8a | “Parliament Building, Victoria, British Columbia” | circa 1940 |
| 8b | “Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia” | circa 1940 |
| 8c | “Boat in Victoria” | circa 1940 |
| 8d | “Butchart Gardens” | circa 1940 |
| 8e | “Unknown Soldier” World War 1 memorial statue | circa 1940 |
| 8f | “A small river in British Columbia” | circa 1940 |
| 8g | “The Princess Elaine” | circa 1940 |
| 8h | “Campbell River,” British Columbia | circa 1940 |
| 9a | “Sayward” pier | circa 1940 |
| 9b | “Timber” | circa 1940 |
| 9c | “Logging Train” | circa 1940 |
| 9d | “Albert Bay” | circa 1940 |
| 9e | “Bella Bella” Gosse Packing Corp. cannery | circa 1940 |
| 9f | “Butedale” Canadian Fishing Co. Office | circa 1940 |
| 9g | “Hyder, Alaska” pier | circa 1940 |
| 10a | “Hyder, Alaska” Traversy’s building | circa 1940 |
| 10b | “Wales Island Cannery” | circa 1940 |
| 10c | Unidentified building on pier | circa 1940 |
| 10d | “Prince Rupert” Canadian National railway station | circa 1940 |
| 10e | “Hardy Bay” | circa 1940 |
| 10f | Unidentified building on pier | circa 1940 |
| 11a-b | “Leaving San Francisco” crowd on sidewalk in front of Presidio Junior High School | circa 1940 |
| 11c-d | “Leaving San Francisco” tour bus in front of Presidio Junior High School | circa 1940 |
| 11e-f | “Leaving San Francisco” boys in front of tour bus | circa 1940 |
| 11g | “City of Selma” tour bus | circa 1940 |
| 11h | “Asti,” California, Catholic church | circa 1940 |
| 11i | “Bus’s wheel” | circa 1940 |
| 12a | “At Richardson’s Grove” | circa 1940 |
| 12b | “Mr. Miller” | circa 1940 |
| 12c | “Unckle Jim” | circa 1940 |
| 12d | “Gordon” | circa 1940 |
| 12e | “Ell River” | circa 1940 |
| 12f | “Gordon” | circa 1940 |
| 12g | “Our camp” | circa 1940 |
| 12h | “Elk” | circa 1940 |
| 12i | “Oregon Coast” | circa 1940 |
| 12j | “Oregon Coast” | circa 1940 |