Scope and Contents note
The Portland, Alaska Gold Mining Company Records can be found in one bound letterpress volume and span three years. Almost all of the letters are handwritten in ink on carbon paper. Therefore, the materials often are difficult to read. The material consists primarily of letters. However, there are a few pages with ledger and financial records.
Dates
- 1887-1900
Creator
- Portland, Alaska Gold Mining Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
The company was owned by Theodore and William Nicolai. Anthony Neppach was secretary. Most of the letters are to company representatives in Alaska.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 container)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a letterpress book from the Portland, Alaska Gold Mining Company of Portland, Oregon.
Arrangement note
The collection consists of a single bound volume.
- Alaska Subject Source: Local sources
- Businesses and Corporations Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Mines and Mineral Resources Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Mining corporations -- Alaska Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mining corporations -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Portland, Alaska Gold Mining Company
- Title
- Guide to the Portland, Alaska Gold Mining Company Records
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Jenny Palm
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
