William Wanamaker Sr. photographs, 1906-1910.
Title:
William Wanamaker Sr. photographs, 1906-1910.
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Physical Description:
6 black and white photographs
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
Photographs from the Sitka community, 1906 to 1910, including the Sitka Industrial Training School and St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
William Wanamaker Sr. (grandfather of donor) spoke Slavonic Russian, Tagalog, Serbian, Tlingit, French and English. He was choir director of St. Michael's Church in Sitka and later St. Nicholas in Juneau where he was a Reader. He came to Juneau in 1933 to work in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine. He died of Black Lung disease in about 1945. In the late 1950's Amos Wallace, the donor's father, became choir director. Amos and Dorothy Wallace were lifelong members of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to research according to the policies of the Alaska State Library.