Manuel A. Domingos papers, 1903-1921.
Title:
Manuel A. Domingos papers, 1903-1921.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
0.45 cu. ft.
General Note:
Formerly part of K. F. Christensen papers.
Abstract:
The Manuel A. Domingos Papers consist primarily of Domingos's diaries, both in the original and as transcribed by Tom Christensen. Written in the vicinity of York, Alaska, in 1907-1910 and 1912-1915, the diaries provide commentary on people and events in the region's mining camps. Also found in the collection a small number of placer claim location notices (1903-1912) and miscellaneous itemized receipts for groceries and supplies.
Added Author:
Added Title:
K. F. Christensen papers.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Manuel A. Domingos, of Portugese descent, was born in the Azores in 1854 and came to the United States as a boy of ten. In 1898 or 1899 he left his job as a butter maker in California to join the gold rush to Alaska. Following one unsuccessful season on the Kobuk River, he moved on to York, a short distance southeast of Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula. He never found much gold, but remained in the region as a tin miner.
Restrictions on Access:
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