Davies/Scroggie collection of Yukon correspondence and records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, receipts and other records that document business and commerce in the vicinity of Dawson, Yukon Territory in the early twentieth century. The bulk of the material spans the dates 1906 to 1913, with one letter from 1903. The Bank of British North America correspondence documents the activity of the Dawson branch and includes correspondence from grocers, wholesalers, miners, jewelers, and insurance and real estate agents. Landahl's Emporium correspondence documents the wholesale and retail purchase and sale of goods. The Department of the Interior Records consist of reimbursement receipts and receipts for mining permit fees, documenting the survey and inspection of mining and timber resources in Yukon Territory.
Dates
- 1903 - 1913
- Majority of material found within 1906 - 1913
Creator
- Davies, Grant, 1947- (Collector)
- Davies, Carole-Ann Scroggie, 1949- (Collector)
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Davies/Scroggie Collection of Yukon Correspondence and Records is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Carole-Ann Scroggie Davies and Grant Davies, 1995.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. Bank of British North America Correspondence, 1903-1913. II. Landahl's Emporium Correspondence, 1907-1913. III. Canadian Department of the Interior Records, 1910.
Extent
2.3 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, receipts and other records that document business and commerce in the vicinity of Dawson, Yukon Territory, in the early twentieth century. The bulk of the material spans the dates 1906 to 1913, with one letter from 1903. The Bank of British North America correspondence documents the activity of the Dawson branch and includes correspondence from grocers, wholesalers, miners, jewelers, and insurance and real estate agents. Landahl's Emporium correspondence documents the wholesale and retail purchase and sale of goods. The Canadian Department of the Interior Records consist of reimbursement receipts and receipts for mining permit fees, documenting the survey and inspection of mining and timber resources in Yukon Territory.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections [as they are acquired], and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization, in 2012. Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Former call number: Uncat WA MS 223.
- Bank of British North America
- Bankers -- Yukon
- Bankers -- Yukon -- 20th Century
- Banks and banking -- Yukon
- Canada. Department of the Interior
- Davies, Carole-Ann Scroggie, 1949-
- Davies, Grant, 1947-
- Dawson (Yukon) -- Commerce
- Dawson (Yukon) -- Economic conditions
- Forests and forestry -- Yukon
- General stores -- Yukon
- Landahl's Emporium
- Merchants -- Yukon
- Merchants -- Yukon -- 20th Century
- Mines and mineral resources -- Yukon
- Natural resources -- Yukon
- Real property -- Yukon
- Timber -- Yukon
- Yukon -- Commerce
- Yukon -- Economic conditions
- Title
- Guide to the Davies/Scroggie Collection of Yukon Correspondence and Records
- Author
- by Lisa Conathan
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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