Guide to the Uvelta C. Weaver photographs
1942-1943
Collection number: HMC-0873.
Creator: Weaver, Uvelta C.
Title: Uvelta C. Weaver photographs.
Dates: 1942-1943.
Volume of collection: 0.01 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials in the collection are in English.
Collection summary: Photographs taken by a soldier stationed at Fort Raymond in Seward, Alaska during World War II.
Biographical note:
Uvelta “Bill” Clinton Weaver was born in Texas in 1914. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at the Presidio of Monterey, California, on December 9, 1941. Weaver, a member of Company L, 153rd Infantry Regiment, was stationed at Fort Raymond in Seward, Alaska, from 1942 to 1943. Uvelta Weaver died in 1975.
Collection description:
The collection consists of the World War II era photographs of U.S. Army soldier Uvelta C. Weaver, taken or collected during his service at Fort Raymond in Seward. Subjects of the photographs include: Uvelta Weaver, fellow soldiers, and buildings at Fort Raymond; soldiers skiing; the Jesse Lee Home; Coopers Landing Store; the USO Club; soldiers watching a float in the Fourth of July parade; a display of vegetables raised in Seward (Alaska Shop photo); and area scenery.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged by photograph size.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Archives does not hold copyright to materials in the collection.
Preferred citation: Uvelta C. Weaver photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: The collection was given to the Archives in 2006 by Cindy Pendleton.
Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Jeffrey Sinnott in 2006. The guide to the collection was converted to current standard by Veronica Denison in 2015.