Charles Heussy Walker collection, 1897-1906, bulk 1897-1898

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Summary

Creators:
Pacific Steam Whaling Company Walker, Charles Heussy
Abstract:
The Charles Heussy Walker collection, 1897-1906 (SAFR 23817, HDC 1661) collection consists of 3 letters of introduction for Charles Heussy Walker, who was dispatched to provide relief for Pacific Steam Whaling Company whalers whose vessels were ice bound in Point Barrow, Alaska. There is also a news clipping about a later stranding of whalers on Herschel Island. The collection has been processed to the file level and is open for use without restrictions.
Extent:
4 items
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC1661 (SAFR 23817), Charles Heussy Walker collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The Charles Heussy Walker collection, 1897-1906 (SAFR 23817, HDC 1661) collection consists of 3 letters of introduction for Charles Heussy Walker, who was dispatched to provide relief for Pacific Steam Whaling Company whalers whose vessels were ice bound in Point Barrow, Alaska. There is also a news clipping about a later stranding of whalers on Herschel Island. The collection has been processed to the file level and is open for use without restrictions.

Biographical / historical:

The Pacific Steam Whaling Company was formed in San Francisco in 1883. It had a fleet of whaling vessels that routinely went to Alaska and the Arctic Ocean to harvest whales. Vessels included ORCA , JESSE H. FREEMAN, BELVEDERE, NEWPORT, FEARLESS, JEANIE and ROSARIO. An account of the stranding of the company's vessels in 1897 can be found in the book: Whales, Ice, and Men: The History of Whaling in the Western Arctic by John R. Bockstoce pp. 315-323.

Edward Avery McIlhenny was a naturalist from University Museum in Philadelphia who had leased a former rescue station at Point Barrow in 1897 (then newly acquired by Pacific Steam Whaling Company from the Federal Government) and planned to winter there to collect specimens for an ethnological collection.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-02233

Donated by a relative of Charles Heussy Walker.

Processing information:

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Arrangement:

3 letters and one newspaper article in 1 folder

Physical location:
San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC1661 (SAFR 23817), Charles Heussy Walker collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Location of this collection:
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Contact:
415-561-7030
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