Amelia Hill photograph collection, ca. 1920-1950.
Title:
Amelia Hill photograph collection, ca. 1920-1950.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
303 photographs : black and white + 2 (moose hide) leather, hand-made album covers.
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
The images show the mission at Allakeket, the residents (Koyukon Athapascans, missionaries, teachers) of the area, Alatna, Wiseman, Huslia, and life and traditional activities in those areas. Most individuals are identified. The captions for the photographs, providing anecdotal history and genealogy, were compiled largely from a series of interviews with Susie Williams, a Koyukon Athabaskan elder from Hughes, in June 1988 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks by Eliza Jones, a Koyukon linguist from the Koyukuk River area and Wendy Arundale, anthropologist.
Corporate Subject:
Biographical/Historical Data:
Amelia Hill was the resident nurse for the Episcopal Church Mission at St. John's-in-the-Wilderness, Allakaket. From the early 1920's until her retirement in 1953, she worked along with Bessie C. Kay, a teacher and church lay person.
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.