Arthur Edward Knutson photograph collection 1898-1940.
Title:
Arthur Edward Knutson photograph collection 1898-1940.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 box, 6 folders
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Includes photo of Rex Beach cabin, 1900.
Abstract:
Miscellaneous views and research documents pertaining to early Alaskan and Canadian towns, people, steamboats, train accident, 1935-1940; Map of lower Yukon River, 1898-1899.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Arthur Edward Knutson was born, September 23, 1916, in Interior, South Dakota. He grew up on ranches in Nebraska. At age 19 he went to Edmonds, Washington. There he was hired to work on Yukon River steam boats in the summer. Arthur E. Knutson worked on the Stern Wheel steamer, "Yukon" as a deckhand during the summers of 1935-1939 and as second officer on the "Yukon" in the summer of 1940. In the 1940s and 1950s he worked at the Naval shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. In 1959 he went into municipal public works at Mountlake Terrace, Washington, and Kirkland, Washington. Arthur E. Knutson retired in 1981. He wrote several books about Stern Wheelers in Alaska, particularly on the Yukon River. The photographs in this collection were acquired during his research for his books.
Restrictions on Access:
The collection is unrestricted.
Contents:
Captains & steamers: Captain Ralph Newcomb -- Captain Sydney Barrington -- Captain Guy Street -- Captain John McCann -- First Officer Fred Racy -- Captain Kenneth McLees -- James Henry Rogers and Clifford J. Rogers -- Steamer Yukon -- Steamer Zealandian -- Steamer S.S. Bailey -- Steamers Stag Hound & Game Cock.