Smith (Ben) Alaska Yukon Gold Rush Collection, circa 1882-1915, bulk 1898-1901

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Summary

Title:
Ben Smith / Alaska Yukon Gold Rush collection
Dates:
circa 1882-1915, bulk 1898-1901
Creators:
Smith, Ben (Alaska gold miner)
Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet 1 document box and (1document box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ben Smith / Alaska Yukon Gold Rush Collection. Wyles Mss 1. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Ben Smith, from Redwood City, California, who went to the Alaska Yukon goldfields ca. 1898-1900, and then apparently returned to California. The collection contains correspondence, diaries/journals, documents, financial records, maps, and other ephemera, much of it relating to Smith's stay in Alaska.

Biographical / historical:

Information about the Alaskan Gold Rush may be found in works such as:

  • Becker, Ethel Anderson. Kondike '98: Hegg's Album of the 1898 Alaska Gold Rush (1958).
  • DeGraf, Anna. Pioneering on the Yukon, 1892-1917 (1992).
  • Landru, H. C. The Blue Parka Man: Alaskan Gold Rush Bandit (1980).
  • Littlepage, Dean. Gold Fever in the North (1997).
  • Lung, Edward Burchall. Black Sand and Gold (1967).
  • Lung, Velma D. Trail to North Star Gold (1969).

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1980.
Physical location:
Del Sur

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by D. Tambo
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-15 09:55:32 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Ben Smith / Alaska Yukon Gold Rush Collection. Wyles Mss 1. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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