Paul E. Thompson photograph collection, 1937-1941.
Title:
Paul E. Thompson photograph collection, 1937-1941.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
149 photographs : black and white.
156 slides : color.
General Note:
Manuscripts form a separate collection, MS 4-8-4.
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Subject Term:
Biographical/Historical Data:
Paul E. Thompson went to Cordova in 1931 as warden for U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (seasonal). He returned to Cordova each year through 1937 as a seasonal fish warden. During the summer of 1933, he made stream surveys on the upper Copper River. In the fall of 1937, Mr. Thompson taught at the Eklutna Vocational School and spent summers at the school's Knik Arm fish camp. In the spring of 1941 he went to Juneau as District Chief for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service until February 1942 when he transferred to Washington, D.C. as assistant chief for the Division of Alaska Fisheries. Mr. Thompson retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Chief of Fishery Research in March 1971 and moved to Alexandria, Virginia.
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Contents:
Eklutna fish camp -- Eklutna Vocational School -- sunsets -- Kittiwake Rookery.