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GUIDE TO THE
FAMILY PAPERS OF
RICHARD TIGHE HARRIS
CO-FOUNDER OF JUNEAU, ALASKA

By
Dennis Francis Walle

Archives and Manuscripts Department
Library
University of Alaska, Anchorage
1981



HARRIS COLLECTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Part I: Background and General Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content

Container List (see below)

Notes on Family Relationships

Illustrations


Part II: Guide to the Collection [Series and container List]

BOX 1

Series 1. Correspondence; n.d., 1858-1918.

Subseries A. Dated Correspondence; 1858-1907.
A1: Correspondence, 1858-1902.
A2: Correspondence, 1903-1918.
Note: Transcripts of selected correspondence are in the Addenda section.

BOX 2

Subseries B. Undated Correspondence; n.d.

Subseries C. Incomplete and Undated Correspondence; n.d., 1897-1910.

Subseries D. Invitations; 1858, 1908, 1909.

Subseries E. Envelopes; n.d., 1881-1916.

Series 2. Legal Records; n.d., 1858-1917.

Subseries A. Mining Records; n.d., 1864-1913.

Subseries B. Miscellaneous; n.d., 1858-1917.

BOX 3.

Series 3. Financial Records; 1879-1909.

Series 4. Memoranda; 1882-1946.

BOX 4.

Series 5. Pictorial Material; n.d., 1853-1940.

Subseries A. Drawings; n.d.

Subseries B. Old Tillicum Pictures; ca. 1900.

Subseries C. Photographs (to Dunn); 1853-1940.

BOX 5.

Subseries C (continued). Photographs (Gordon to negatives); 1853-1940.

Note: Negatives and Contact Prints from images in Series 5 are housed in Box (Album) 9 .

Series 6. Printed Material; n.d., 1856-1969.

BOX 6 & OVERSIZE BOX.

Series 6. (continued). Printed Material; n.d., 1856-1969.

Series 7. Masonic Order Memorabilia; n.d., 1881, 1897.

BOXES 7 & 8.

Richard T. Harris Family Collection (copy).

BOX 9.

Copy Prints & Negatives (from Series 5C).

BOX 10.

Series 8. Harris Legal Case Files (Copied from the U. S. National Archives); 1885-1888, 1903, 1938.

Series 9. Miscellaneous Reference Materials; ca. 1880s-2000.