Kellogg Family Papers, ca. 1897-ca. 1914.
Title:
Kellogg Family Papers, ca. 1897-ca. 1914.
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Physical Description:
.9 cubic feet.
Abstract:
The Kellogg Family Papers consist of a photocopy of the diary of Edward E. Kellogg for the years 1897-1898, copy prints of 301 photographs from the collection of Edward's son, Frank E. Kellogg, and a small amount of Kellogg biographical material. The diary documents Edward Kellogg's participation in the Klondike gold rush. The photographs depict Kellogg family members, their friends, and associates, as well as mining scenes, streetscapes, buildings, dog teams, ships, and Native people from Fairbanks and Interior Alaska, Saint Michael and Nome, Alaska, Dawson and the Yukon. Identifying information is available for many of the images, which include five views of a spectacular ice jam in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska, dated 8 May 1911.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Edward E. Kellogg (1866-1944) joined the gold rush to the Klondike in 1897. Failing to strike it rich after several years of mining and working as a mechanic, he moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, in the early 1900s. There he went into the mining machinery business, serving as consulting engineer in the firm Brumbaugh, Hamilton & Kellogg (predecessor of Samson Hardware). He left Alaska circa 1914 and eventually settled in southern California. (From obituary in collection and Polk's Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory.)