Scope and Contents note
The Charles F. Bulfinch Papers consist of a dairy of his 1898 trip to Alaska and the Klondike region. The trip began in March and he returned home to Weston in October of the same year. The diary contains daily entries, sketches, food recipes, and one photograph of Bulfinch at age 17.
Dates
- 1898
Creator
- Bulfinch, Charles F. (Person)
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
Charles F. Bulfinch lived in Weston, Oregon. By age 17 he had joined the army. He journeyed for a year to Alaska and returned home to Weston in 1898.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 container)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Charles F. Bulfinch lived in Weston, Oregon. By age 17 he had joined the army. The Charles F. Bulfinch Papers consist of a dairy of his 1898 trip to Alaska and the Klondike region. The trip began in March and he returned home to Weston in October of the same year. The diary contains daily entries, sketches, food recipes, and one photograph of Bulfinch at age 17.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series: Diary.
Location note
Collection is located with other small manuscript collections.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Alaska Subject Source: Local sources
- Alaska -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bulfinch, Charles F.
- Bulfinch, Charles F.
- Bulfinch, Charles F.
- Diaries Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Diaries -- Alaska Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Recipes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Charles F. Bulfinch papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Vida Germano
- 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
