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Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection
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Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection

  • RBSC-ARC-1820
  • Collection
  • ca. 1860-2016

The collection consists of archival records, printed materials, photographs, maps, posters, artefacts and paintings all related to the Klondike Gold Rush. Records span the activities of individuals, organizations, companies, and government bodies related to the Klondike Gold Rush, the Yukon, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories from ca. 1860 to 2003. The collection documents the journeys of, and commerce created by individuals and groups of people from around the world who left their homes to join the Gold Rush; it also contains materials documenting the presence of Indigenous peoples throughout the Yukon.

The collection reflects the development of regional infrastructure and transportation in the Yukon and Alaska, including the creation of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway line. Many materials in the fonds originated from the construction and development of specific town sites and communities located in the Yukon, including Dawson City, Carcross, Forty Mile, and White Horse.

Other materials document the creative works of individuals seeking to record and share stories about the Klondike in various forms, including photographs, journals, poetry, music and theatre.

The collection is comprised of the following series: Textual Records, Photographic Materials, Cartographic Materials, Graphic Materials, and Objects. Each series is majorly comprised of the record type described in the title, and materials within each series are described at the item level.

Lind, Philip Bridgman

Alaska [album of gold rush photographs]

This album was given to Metcalf's sister-in law. Written in is a 4 line poem apparently in Metcalf's hand. "Second Edition" written at the end of the poem. Metcalf was a Detroit businessman who went to the Klondike during the Gold Rush and returned to give local citizens lantern slide shows of his adventure. Photographs unidentified except for numbers in corners, and a few photographs have Metcalf's copyright. Photographs include images of harbours, street scenes, ship building, camps, etc.

Metcalf

Map of the Klondike, Stewart, Fortymile and Sixtymile gold fields in the Yukon Territory

The mapper apparently had some special interest in the Sixtymile River area southwest of Dawson, and added the names and locations of creeks emptying into First South Fork. The region adjacent to the settlement of Dawson also show considerable detail, with most tiny creeks and gulches documented and named.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Map of the Klondike, Stewart, Fortymile and Sixtymile gold fields in the Yukon Territory

An original map of the Klondike gold placer camp, showing creeks, rivers, lakes, mountain peaks, roads/trails, settlements, N.W.M.P. stations, and placer claim boundaries in great detail. Information added to the map in pencil suggests that this was a working copy, updated with data gathered during active field work. The region adjacent to the settlement of Dawson show considerable detail, with most tiny creeks and gulches documented and named.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

[Ephemera related to S. F. Cody and the Klondike nugget]

File consists of: (1) Envelope-- Edward Leroy's co. in 'The Klondyke Nugget,' under the personal supervision of the Author, S.F. Cody. Business manager, Mr. Edward Fletcher. (2) Flyer for the Theatre Royal and Opera House Gloucestter, The Klondyke Nugget Shooting Competition. (3) Anglo-American Shooting Competition in addition to 'Klondyke Nugget' flyer (4) Cody, Roi Des Cowboys poster (5) Cycle Horse and Variety Tournament featuring S.F. Cody (6) The London Pavilion Piccadilly, W. Program including show featuring Cody (7) Reserved for S.F. Cody's Klondike Nugget Company poster (8) The Klondyke Nugget Property Plot (9) German program including S.F. Cody (10) S.F. Cody and his family in their new and original Alaskan Shooting Act showlisting (11) S.F. Cody's Powerful company in The Klondyke Nugget show-listing (12) S.F. Cody's famous American company in Nevada show listing (13) S.F. Cody's American Combination The Klondyke Nugget show listing (14) Program in French including La Vie De Cody, (15) Envelope -- S.F. Cody.

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