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Sherman Tasheira Dowler Klondike gold rush correspondence, 1897-1899.
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Title:
Sherman Tasheira Dowler Klondike gold rush correspondence, 1897-1899Creator/Contributor:
Dowler, Sherman Tasheira, creator, creator.Abstract:
1 box; contains 43 letters and a small amount of miscellany (poems, receipts, letter fragment). Letters were written between
December 1897 and August 1899 by Sherman Tasheira Dowler to his wife and parents in Holly Beach (now Wildwood) and Vineland,
New Jersey. Dowler's letters describe his travels in Alaska, including time spent in Skagway and Dawson, and his experiences
in the Klondike gold rush.
Date:
1897 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGold miners
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
Travel
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Description and travel
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries
Yukon -- Klondike River Valley
Dowler, Sherman Tasheira -- Archives
Note:
Purchase from Ken Harrison Western Americana; 2022.
Sherman Tasheira Dowler Klondike gold rush correspondence, 1897-1899, BANC MSS 2022/167, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Archives.Physical Description:
print
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Language:
English