Guide to the Dorothy McCurrach scrapbook
1942
Collection number: HMC-0557.
Creator: McCurrach, Dorothy
Title: Dorothy McCurrach scrapbook.
Date: 1942 June.
Volume of collection: 0.2 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials in English
Collection summary: A scrapbook commemorating a 1942 round trip cruise from Seattle to southeastern Alaska.
Biographical note:
Dorothy McCurrach of Portland, Oregon traveled to Alaska and western Canada aboard the S. S. Prince Rupert in June 1942. While in the cruise she visited Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria, Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan.
Collection description:
This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Dorothy McCurrach detailing her round trip cruise from Seattle to Skagway in June 1942. The forty-five page scrapbook contains luggage identification tags, a passenger list, menus, daily itineraries, and the daily shipboard publication Cruise News.
Arrangement: The collection was retained in the original order.
Rights note: The Archives does not hold copyright to this item.
Preferred citation: Dorothy McCurrach scrapbook, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: This collection was purchased at internet auction by the Archives in 2001.
Processing information: This collection was described by Kathleen Hertel in 2001.