Vincent H. Pierce and Blanche Cascaden collection, 1906-1947.
Title:
Vincent H. Pierce and Blanche Cascaden collection, 1906-1947.
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Physical Description:
0.25 cu. ft.
Abstract:
The Vincent H. Pierce and Blanche Cascaden Collection consists of correspondence, receipts, miscellaneous papers, and photographs of Vincent H. Pierce and correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous papers of Blanche Cascaden. Pierce's correspondence includes information on general economic conditions in Alaska in the 1920s, while Cascaden's correspondence includes information on gold mining in Livengood area in the 1920s. The photographs are primarily scenes in the Fairbanks area of Alaska, with several good images of Vincent H. Pierce taken in 1913. The receipts and miscellaneous papers include printed ephemera from Fairbanks, Alaska, businesses, two certificates of location for placer mining claims in Interior Alaska (Spruce Creek 1906 and Ophir Creek 1939), and a death report for Blanche Cascaden's son Jack Martin.
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Ownership:
This collection contains material relating both to Vincent H. Pierce and to Blanche Cascaden. It has been kept together because it arrived as a single collection. We do not know how the original collection was formed or whether any connection existed between these two people.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Vincent H. Pierce was born of English parents in Jamaica in 1878. He immigrated to the United States in 1902, and by 1909 was in Alaska. In the years 1909-1920 he prospected and mined for gold in the vicinities of Fairbanks, Otter, and Livengood, but was financially ruined. By that time, Pierce had married Swedish immigrant Anna L. (Ostling?) and had a daughter to support. He went to work for the Alaskan Engineering Commission in Nenana (1921-22), Anchorage (1922-24), and Seward (1924-1925). He and his wife Nan made their home in Fairbanks in 1926-27, though Pierce worked part of that time in Valdez.
Restrictions on Access:
Access limited to Alaska and Polar Regions Collections research room hours.