Guide to the Ethel Terry souvenir cruise diary
1912
Collection number: HMC-0638.
Creator: Terry, Ethel.
Title: Ethel Terry souvenir cruise diary.
Date: 1912.
Volume of collection: 0.01 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Pacific Coast Steamship Company diary.
Biographical note:
Ethel Terry traveled on the steamship Spokane from Victoria, British Columbia to Alaska in August, 1912.
Collection description:
This collection consists of a souvenir diary issued by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to passengers. The first portion of the diary includes information about the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, the ship, and Alaska. The second portion of the diary contains daily logs for the passenger to fill out the place, date, and time of arrivals and departures at port cities or places of interest, notes about the weather and other remarks, and space for addresses of fellow travelers. Ethel Terry made entries in the diary for Victoria, Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Treadwell, Juneau, Skagway, Muir Glacier, Haines, Seward, Sitka, Vancouver, and Seattle, among other stops. She also collected names and addresses of some of her fellow travelers.
Arrangement: Diary entries are arranged chronologically.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: The Archives does not hold copyright to the collection.
Preferred citation: Ethel Terry souvenir cruise diary, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: The collection was purchased by the Archives at Internet auction in 2003.
Processing information: This collection was described by Arlene Schmuland in 2003. The guide to the collection was converted to current standard by Gwen Sieja in 2015.