MS 4-36-1: Yukon Territory 1901 Census Records Salvaged After the Sinking of the S.S. Islander

Alaska State Library Historical Collections

Guide to Collection

Yukon Territory

Yukon Territory 1901 Census Records Salvaged After the Sinking of the S.S. Islander, August 15, 1901

MS 4-36-1

18 pages Processed By: Gladi Kulp May 2002

Provenance: The records were transferred from the Alaska State Library’s backlog; provenance is unclear. Accession no. 2002-46.

Access: The collection is unrestricted.

Copyright: Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Processing: The partially-legible holograph records were laminated for the Alaska State Library by the Texas State Archives.

Scope and Contents Notes

The holograph records are most likely the Yukon Territory’s 1901 census, salvaged from the S. S. Islander after the steamer sank twelve miles south of Juneau on August 15, 1901. On one sheet the name of enumerator, Coutts, is visible. Parts of the records are illegible

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