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Finding aid of the William Miller Collection of Klondike
Gold Rush and Family Photographs
MSS 080
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Title: William Miller collection of Klondike gold rush
and family photographs
Dates: 1867-1950
Collection number: MSS 080
Creator:
Miller, William G.A.
Collection Size: 1 linear foot
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: Collection consists of over 1,000 photographs.
Most were taken in the area of Dawson, Yukon Territory from
1897-1902.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
William Miller collection of Klondike gold rush and family photographs.
MSS 080. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the
Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
William Miller was born in Ontario, Canada (1867). He came with family
to California as boy, and graduated from Oakland High School, and then became
court reporter in San Francisco and married Lenora Huntley in the 1890s. Miller
went to the Klondike Gold Rush with his brother-in-law, Oni Lomax, and brother,
Henry Miller in 1898. Later he took entire family to Yukon Territory (1900) and
remained there for five years.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection consists of over 1,000 photographs. Most were taken in the
area of Dawson, Yukon Territory from 1897-1902. Includes photos of the Klondike
gold rush and local Native Americans. Collection also contains photos of
various members of the Miller family in Canada, Alaska, and California.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Miller family
Gold mines and mining - Yukon
Territory
Indians of North America - Alaska -
Photographs
Indians of North America - Canada -
Photographs
Gold mines and mining -
Alaska
California - Pictorial
works
Alaska - Pictorial works
Dawson (Yukon) - Pictorial
works
West (U.S.) - Pictorial
works
A more detailed collection inventory is available in the Special
Collections reading room.