Clarence Leroy Andrews papers

Guide to the Clarence Leroy Andrews papers
1892-1946

Collection number: HMC-0059.
Creator: Andrews, Clarence Leroy, 1862-1948.
Title: Clarence Leroy Andrews papers.
Dates: 1892-1946.
Volume of collection: 1.55 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Primarily photographs of a long-time Alaska resident.

Biographical note:
Clarence Leroy Andrews came to Alaska in 1892. Five years later, he participated in the ascent of Mount St. Elias as part of the Duke of Abruzzi’s party. Later, he worked in various customs offices (Sitka, Skagway, and Eagle) and for the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Education, and the Reindeer Service. He helped gather material for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. He also taught at Kivalina and was the reindeer superintendent at Nome. Andrews published books and articles on Alaska and was an advocate of Eskimo rights.

Collection description:
The collection contains a few papers and original photograph negatives including glass plate negatives, as well as copy negatives and glass lantern slides. They include pictures of Andrews; Eagle and the Forty Mile area; the Arctic, Eskimos, and Kivalina; Sitka and Southeast Alaska; family members; documents relating to the Lomen Reindeer issue; wildflowers; St. Lawrence Island; St. Michael; and Point Barrow. While the exact provenance of many of the glass lantern slides is unknown, some of them were most likely purchased for use in speaking engagements.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in three series:
Series 1: Papers; 1911, 1946
Series 2: Negatives and copy prints; 1892-1924
Series 3: Lantern slides; 1904-1925

Digitized copies: Photographic contents of this collection have been digitized and most items placed on the Alaska’s Digital Archives. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Access restrictions: The glass plate negatives and nitrate negatives are closed to access due to preservation concerns. Digital images of all photographic media are available for researcher review.

Rights note: Many of the photographs in this collection may be in the public domain. Please consult with the archivists for details regarding use.

Preferred citation: Clarence Leroy Andrews papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Separated materials: Published books and magazines have been removed from the collection and placed in the Rare Books collections.

Related materials: Many Alaskan archives and libraries as well as archives elsewhere have Clarence Leroy Andrews collections. These include the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Archives, the Alaska State Library Historical Collections, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives, the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, and the National Archives. Researchers looking for a broad array of materials relating to Clarence Leroy Andrews should consult WorldCat and other archives and library catalogs for more information.

Acquisition note: Series 1 and 2, the papers and glass plate negatives and negatives, were given to the Archives between 1980 and 1993 by Walter Strong who received them from Dean Quam. The glass lantern slides in Series 3 were transferred to the Archives by Alaska Pacific University in 2005.

Processing information: This collection was arranged and described prior to 1990. The guide was updated to current standard by Arlene Schmuland in 2018. At that time published materials were removed and placed into Rare Books.

Container list:
Series 1: Papers; 1911, 1946. 0.01 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Item	Description	Date
1/1	1	Montesano National Bank audit report, sworn to by Clarence Leroy Andrews	1911
1/1	2	Letter to Clarence Leroy Andrews from James H. Condit regarding the reindeer industry in Alaska.	1946
1/1	3	List of photographs for sale by Clarence Leroy Andrews	undated

Series 2: Negatives; 1892-1924. 0.79 cubic feet.
The photographs in this series are grouped by subject.  The item column indicates the order of the images as they occur in the collection. Descriptions may also include the photograph number as listed by Mr. Andrews and if the original is a glass plate negative. Descriptions also include any known condition issues with the original negatives. The individual photographs listed below in box 1 are all copy prints of the original negatives. Access to the original negatives may be limited for preservation and safety purposes, due to condition issues with glass plates and nitrate stock negatives. Most of the negatives have been digitized and are available on the Alaska’s Digital Archives.

Box/Folder	Item	Description	Date
1/2	1	Clarence Leroy Andrews and wolf skin	undated
1/2	2	Clarence Leroy Andrews at Eagle, glass negative #302	1905
1/2	3	Forty Mile custom’s house, glass negative #15	1906
1/2	4	Eagle, Alaska–exchange, saloon, and customs office, glass negative #78, buckled emulsion	undated
1/2	5	Miners cabin–log cabin at Eagle, Alaska, glass negative #316	undated
1/2	6	Steel Creek–Forty Mile, Alaska, glass negative	1906
1/2	7	Capt. Amundsen at Eagle and Capt. Moag of the wrecked whaler “Bonanza” (at King Point?), glass negative #13	1905
1/2	8	Capt. Amundsen at messhouse, glass negative	1905
1/2	9	Sloop “Gjoa” of Kristiana–Capt. Amundsen’s exploring vessel, glass negative	undated
1/2	10	Eagle–dog team on ice Yukon–Jules and Jack, glass negative cracked	undated
1/2	11	Indian canoes on Yukon at Eagle, glass negative #14	undated
1/2	12	Sun-half hour, noon–Eagle, glass negative #24	undated
1/2	13	Indians at N.A.T.&T.–Eagle, Alaska, glass negative #17	1905
1/2	14	Indians at Eagle, February, glass negative #318	1906
1/2	15	“Indian bringing in caribou meat”–“Old Moses” bringing in caribou meat, Eagle, glass negative	1906
1/2	16-17	Simon mending snowshoes–Eagle, glass negative	undated
1/2	18	“Eaglelites 1904”–group at customs, Eagle, summer, glass negative #605a	1904
1/2	19	“Monarch” at Eagle, glass negative #607	1904
1/2	20	Mrs. John Renshaw and vegetables and fruit–at Eagle, Alaska, glass negative #614	undated
1/2	21	“Returning from a duck hunt at Point Barrow”–Eskimo hunters with eider ducks killed at the Hunting Station under Pt. Barrow. Brower had them killed for the ice bound whalers	1897-1898
1/2	22	Dog team at Nome, winter	1899-1900
1/2	23	Mail carrier on the Arctic shore	undated
1/2	24	Copy of note left in a cache on a small island near Banks Land by Capt. Collinson of the ship “Enterprise” in 1851, and a list of caches left by him for use by Franklin expedition members found by an Eskimo and brought to Kotzebue in 1929–found there by CLA while acting Supt. of schools	undated
1/2	25-26	White gyrfalcon mounted (one negative damaged)	undated
1/2	27	Anarok’s Wife, Kivalina	1924
1/2	28	Anarok’s Daughter “Vera,” Kivalina	1924
1/2	29	Martha Weenamee and ________, Kivalina	1924
1/2	30	School children at Kivalina	1924
1/2	31	Clarence Leroy Andrews about 35 years, Skagway, glass negative #77	1900
1/2	32	Blockhouse–Sitka, Alaska, glass negative	1892
1/2	33	The Bishop’s House at Sitka Bishop Rowe–Episcopal, glass negative	1915
1/2	34	Denver Glacier, glass negative	1903
1/2	35	One of my lean goats at Glacier Station, glass negative	1902
1/2	36	Sink hole-moraine of the Norris Glacier pit left by melting iceberg, Norris Glacier, glass negative	undated
1/2	37	Iceberg at Taku Inlet, glass negative	undated
1/2	38	Morning at Bishop’s Point, glass negative	undated
1/2	39	Turning Island, glass negative	undated
1/2	40	Mother, Birdie, Mame, and Lou at the old home, glass negative	1894
1/2	41	Uncle O.J. Carr and Aunt Lou, the MacMillons, glass negative	1893
1/2	42	Francie–hair, glass negative	undated
1/2	43	Two children, glass negative	undated
1/2	44	Snow picture from front of my house–house where Aunt Lou used to live, glass negative	undated
1/2	45	Anemone–on top of Mt. Juneau, glass negative	1915
1/2	46	Browneyed Susan–Eagle, glass negative	1904
1/2	47	Devil’s club, glass negative	undated
1/2	48	Gooseberries–Juneau, glass negative	undated
1/2	49	Some Alaskan mushrooms at Skagway, glass negative	1902
1/2	50	California poppies in Alaska–Juneau, glass negative	1904 June
1/2	51	Spirea–near Juneau, glass negative	1915
1/2	52	Valerian–near Juneau, glass negative	1915
1/2	53	Alaska wildflowers, glass negative	1904
1/2	54	Alaskan wild roses and Virginia cowslip–Eagle, glass negative	undated
1/2	55	Lomen reindeer tag	undated
1/2	56	Lomen tag and photo	undated
1/2	57	Lomenized reindeer combination–picture of tag	undated
1/2	58-59	Letter: Carl Lomen to J. Wagner	1929 September 18
1/2	60-62	Letter: Carl Lomen to S. Chance	1930 November 20
1/2	63	Letter: R. Ferguson to L. Sellers	1930 November 28
1/2	64	Letter: R. Lomen to L.R. Sellers	1931 March 19
1/2	65	Lomen business prospectus
1/2	66-67	Lomen Reindeer Corporation financial statement	1929 March 13
1/2	68-73	Newspaper clippings	1916-1935
1/2	74	Document fragments	undated
1/2	75	Map of northern Alaska	undated
1/2	76	Map of Alaska	1913
1/2	77	Map of Alaska	1931
1/2	78	Coxey’s Army	1893
1/2	79	Racing canoes–Ballast Island, Seattle, glass negative	1893 July 4
1/2	80	Racing canoes, glass negative	undated
1/2	81	Denver and Rio Grande Railway, glass negative	undated
1/2	82	At the foot of Niagara Falls, glass negative	1914 April
1/2	83	Falls Church, Virginia where Washington was a vestryman, glass negative	undated
1/2	84	Library of Congress fountain, glass negative #79	undated
1/2	85	Farm photographs–sheep	1914
1/2	86	Farm photographs–sheep and goats	1915
1/2	87	Skunks at Lake Chitan, glass negative	undated
1/2	88	White Sage brunch, glass negative	undated
1/2	89	Fur bearing animals (copy from a publication) , glass negative	undated
1/2	90	“Portraits of inhabitants of Kotzebue Sound” copy from a publication, glass negative	undated
1/2	91	Map on the Church in Alaska, glass negative	undated
1/2	92	Hotel Ozark	undated
1/3		Copies of original negative envelopes	1892-1924
1/4		Original negatives of the preceding prints	1892-1924
2/2-92		Original negatives of the preceding prints	1892-1924

Series 3: Lantern slides; 1904-1925. 0.75 cubic feet.
Descriptions in quotes were taken from captions. Several of the slides, particularly those taken in Washington, British Columbia, and southeast Alaska were commercially produced and colorized slides taken by George Robinson during a trip to southeast Alaska in 1928. Other slides may have been purchased as well. Many of the glass lantern slides in this series are broken or chipped: for safety and preservation reasons, access to the original slides will only be provided in limited circumstances: researchers should contact the Archives in advance of a visit if needing access to the originals. The slides have been digitized and are available on the Alaska’s Digital Archives.

Box/Item	Description
3/13	“Sunset”
3/16	Town office
3/17	“In Lynn Canal”
3/18	Coast scene
3/19	Island scene
3/19a	City scene
3/20	“Houses of Gambell”
3/21	“Indian village at St. Michael”
3/22	“Indian village at St. Michael”
3/24	Gold dredge
3/25	Islands from a boat (Anvil Island)
3/25a	Children
3/26	“West village Kinegan”
3/27	Buildings
3/28	Coast scene
3/29	“Crested auklets, Diomede Ids”
3/30	Men and building
3/31	Arctic Circle map
3/32	Village
3/33	U. S. public school
3/34	Winter houses
3/35	Winter houses
3/36	Drying skins
3/37	Winter scene
3/38	Sky and shore
3/39	Men in umiak
3/40	Man and dog team
3/41	Men with umiak
3/42	Men hunting
3/43	Tent scene
3/44	Men carrying umiak
3/45	Putting out to sea
3/46	Whale hunt
3/47	Dog team
3/48	Two women jumping on a board
3/49	Blanket toss
3/50	Blanket toss
3/51	Time exposure of the midnight sun
3/52	Time exposure of the midnight sun
3/53	Sand dunes
3/54	Tundra scene
3/55	Dead loon
3/56	Nest with eggs
3/57	Four dead eiders
3/58	Nest with eggs
3/59	Eiders
3/60	Nest, willow ptarmigan, Wainwright Alaska
3/61	Least sandpiper nest, June 18, 1925
3/62	Longspur, June 18, 1925
3/63	Sod house
3/64	Women sewing
3/65	Women sewing
3/66	Man with seal
3/67	Man throwing object
3/68	Children playing kickball
3/69	Village scene with dogs
3/70	Dogs with sled
3/71	Men in kayaks
3/72	Men in umiak
3/73	Sailboat with dead walrus
3/74	Women butchering walrus
3/75	Walrus meat at Pt. Barrow
3/76	Women butchering walrus, 1925
3/77	People butchering beluga whales
3/78	Whale fetus
3/79	Herd of reindeer
3/80	Reindeer
3/81	Reindeer
3/82	Reindeer
3/83	Baby reindeer
3/84	Reindeer
3/85	Village scene
3/86	Reindeer pulling sleds
3/87	Reindeer pulling sled
4/88	Reindeer and herders
4/89	Reindeer
4/90	Public school
4/91	Classroom scene
4/92	Young women sewing
4/93	Children
4/94	Children
4/95	Three women and a man
4/96	Man and women
4/97	Man
4/98	Woman
4/99	People
4/100	Woman and baby
4/101	Women with baby
4/102	Dog
4/103	Dog
4/104	Two puppies
4/105	Village building
4/106	Village scene
4/107	Ship coming in
4/108	Ship at anchor
4/109	Child
4/110	Eaglets in nest
4/111	Two boys standing under a wooden gate
4/112	Mountain scene
4/113	Mountain scene
4/114	Men with shovels on a beach
4/115	Travel itinerary, Inside Passage, 1928
4/116	“Alaska – Treasure-house” clipping
4/117	Woman posing on overlook
4/118	Man posing on overlook
4/119	Street scene
4/120	Woman posing by model ship
4/121	Woman posing on overlook
4/122	Man looking through binoculars
4/123	Woman posing by overlook as steamship goes by
4/124	Woman watching steamship
4/125	Passengers disembarking from ship
4/126	Tourists posing by totem poles
4/127	Tourists posing by totem poles
4/128	Woman posing by a totem pole
4/129	People walking by totem poles
4/130	Woman posing by a totem pole
4/131	Tourists posing by a totem pole
4/132	Tourists and totem poles
4/133	A woman with two children
4/134	Children climbing on a coal pile on a dock
4/135	Children on a dock in front of a steamship
4/136	Woman standing on the deck of a steamship
4/137	Woman and man at an overlook over a city
4/138	“CPR Steamer: Princess Alice at dock. 3 hour stop-over. Photo taken at 9:30 pm June 1928 Alaska, Ketchikan, largest city in Alaska.”
4/139	Woman on a deck of a ship
4/140	Woman on a deck of a ship
4/141	“65. Totem poles on Main St. Wrangel. Photo, slide, and coloring by Geo. A Robinson. Alaska and British Columbia – Personal Lecture Set.“
4/142	Woman posing by a totem pole
4/143	Woman posing by a totem pole
4/144	Woman silhouetted on the deck of a ship
4/145	“Seattle Gold Rush”
4/146	“Alaska Trail of ’98 Dead Horse Gulch, White Pass. Pacific Stereopticon Co., Los Angeles”
4/147	“90. Sightseers dog team, Broadway, Skagway. Photo, slide and coloring by Geo A. Robinson. Alaska and British Columbia Personal Lecture Set.“
4/148	Women at a greenhouse
4/149	“Skagway, Alaska. 93. Mrs. Blanchard’s garden, G. A. R. Tulips. Photo, slide and coloring by Geo. A Robinson. Alaska and British Columbia Personal Lecture Set.”
4/150	“Pullen House and Mrs. Harriet Pullen, Skagway, Alaska.”
4/151	“Skagway Trail”
4/152	Woman at a scenic overlook
4/153	“Looking to Skagway. White Pass and Yukon Railroad. Negative # 99.”
4/154	People next to a train
4/155	“Pacific Stereopticon Co. Los Angeles, CA.”
4/156	The Canada US border
5/157	“Tunnel Mt. WP & YRR #100 Skaguay.”
5/158	“Alaska totem poles”
5/159	“Totem poles”
5/160	“Alaska Days of ’98. Jacobs Ladder, Chilkoot Pass. Pacific Stereopticon Co. Los Angeles, California”
5/161	“Alaska Trail of ’98. Ready for the dread Chilcoot Pass. Klondikers leaving Dyea. Pacific Stereopticon Co., Los Angeles”
5/162	People on the deck of a ship
5/163	“Chart of the world on Mercator’s Projection”
5/164	“In Wrangell Narrows. Str. Princess Mary”
5/165	Ketchikan
5/166	“Salmon at Ketchikan. CLA.”
5/167	“Young Chief Shake’s totem”
5/168	“Indian Pass. DCA.”
5/169	Unidentified hillside
5/170	Juneau and Gastineau Channel
5/171	Mountain scene
5/172	City scene (Juneau?)
5/173	“Head, Turnagain Arm. A. N. Ry. “
5/174	“Forest at Knik”
5/175	“Midnight at Eagle. July 1, 1904. CLA”