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Asa Thurston Heydon papers, 1904-1920.
BANC MSS 2002/189 cp box 1; BANC MSS 2002/189 cp oversize folder 1; BANC MSS 2002/189 cp box 2; BANC MSS 2002/189 cp
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Title:
Asa Thurston Heydon papers, 1904-1920Creator/Contributor:
Heydon, Asa Thurston, 1862-1928, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Horn, Maude, correspondent.Abstract:
Consists of manuscripts of Heydon's writings and correspondence with friend Maude Horn. Manuscripts include "Po-pa-gie," a
retelling of a Native American tradition, "Alaska Yukon ballads," about life in the Yukon, "My pearl," "The sourdough's lament,"
"The mastodon," and others. Also includes "An Alaskan tale," a handmade artist's book with caligraphic text and 5 pen-and-ink
drawings, bound between 2 pieces of tree bark (23 x 21 cm), lettered, illustrated, and embellished with gold nuggets. Correspondence
covers Heydon's trial on statutory rape, his writing, his magnetic therapy theories, ministering to the sick, mining in the
Klondike, life in Dawson City, Yukon and a fight with a bear that broke into his cabin. Also includes research on Heydon,
a clipping on his magnetic discoveries, illustration of one of his northern stories, and photographs.
Date:
1904 (issued)Subject:
n-cn-yk -- n-us-akHeydon, Asa Thurston -- 1862-1928 -- Archives
Gold mines and mining -- Yukon -- Klondike River Valley
Trials (Statutory rape)
Magnetotherapy
Indians of North America -- Folklore -- Fiction
Bear attacks
Dawson (Yukon) -- Description and travel
Alaska -- Fiction
Note:
Includes 5 black-and-white photographs: 1 of Heydon in 1898, 3 of Heydon in later years, 1 of Maude Horn in 1907.
Box 2: RESTRICTED ITEM. Use only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed,
in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
Asa Thurston Heydon papers, BANC MSS 2002/189 cp, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
"An Alaskan tale," "The mastodon": Purchase; 20120320.
In English.
Asa Thurston Heydon was born Apr. 12, 1862 in Albion, Ill., son of Edwin A. Heydon and Howe Thurston and a grandson of Asa
and Lucy G. Thurston, Missionaries to Hawaii. He spent many years in the Yukon studying the "power in vibrations". He died
in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 2, 1928.
"An Alaskan tale," "The mastodon": Purchase; 20120320.
Type:
Artists' books.Unique books.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Physical Description:
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1 (2 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2002/189 cp box 1
BANC MSS 2002/189 cp oversize folder 1
BANC MSS 2002/189 cp box 2
BANC MSS 2002/189 cp
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Box 2: RESTRICTED ITEM. Use only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed,
in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.