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Charles E. Taylor Family Papers, 1898-1926 [bulk]
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Charles E. Taylor Family Papers, 1898-1926 [bulk]
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Physical Description:
1.25 cubic feet.
Abstract:
The Charles E. Taylor Family Papers consist primarily of photographs and picture postcards of Alaska and Yukon Territory dating to the first quarter of the twentieth century. Besides various scenic views, they include images of gold mining; travel by boat, horse-drawn wagon, pack train, dogsled, and on foot; the Ophir-Iditarod mail run in 1926; unidentified streetscapes; and activities of the Arctic Brotherhood at Dawson and Iditarod. The collection also includes a small number of family photographs, a memorandum book kept by Taylor while in Skagway and the Klondyke in 1898, and a brief biographical sketch of Charles Taylor written by his granddaughter, Shirley H. Hall.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Charles E. Taylor first came to the North in 1898 to seek his fortune. Following stints in Skagway and Dawson, he served as city clerk of Fairbanks, Alaska, from 1908 to 1910. In the autumn of 1910 he moved with his family to Flat, Alaska, to serve four years as U.S. Commissioner. He subsequently moved to Iditarod, Alaska, to practice law, and in 1925 relocated to Fairbanks. His appointment as Assistant U.S. District Attorney for the 2nd Division, Alaska, took him to Nome for two years (1927 to 1929), but in 1929 he resigned and returned to Fairbanks. There he continued to work in the legal field until his death in 1941. Charles was predeceased by his first wife, May Wickersham Taylor (sister of Judge James Wickersham, died 1921). Their daughter, Lucile, married Earl B. Hunt at Iditarod in 1917; in 1918 the couple moved to Texas, which became their lifelong home.