Bibframe Work
TitleErastus Brainerd papers,TypeMixed MaterialSubjectSeattle Chamber of CommerceSitka times. (LCSH)Gold mines and mining--Alaska (LCSH)Gold mines and mining--Washington. (LCSH)Gold mines and mining--Yukon--Klondike River Valley. (LCSH)Alaska--Commerce. (LCSH)Alaska--Description and travel. (LCSH)Alaska--History. (LCSH)Seattle (Wash.)--Commerce. (LCSH)Seattle (Wash.)--History. (LCSH)Washington (State)--Description and travel. (LCSH)Washington (State)--History--1889 (LCSH)Washington Territory--History. (LCSH)Yukon--Description and travel. (LCSH)Yukon--History. (LCSH) LanguageEnglishCollection material in English SummaryFourteen volumes containing a collection of correspondence, steamship schedules, flyers, maps, and newspaper advertisments and columns compiled by Brainerd while secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Information Bureau, Seattle, Wash. Papers relate primarily to the role of Seattle in Alaskan trade and in the gold rush of 1897, including materials on Alaska, the Klondike, mining equipment and supplies available in Seattle, and routes to mining areas north of Seattle. Includes a copy of the first issue of a handwritten newspaper, The Sitka times, September 9, 1868.Origin Date(s)1868-1898 Authorized Access PointBrainerd, Erastus, 1855-1922. Erastus Brainerd papers, 1868-1898