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Whitehorse Star Ltd. fonds
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Whitehorse Star Ltd. fonds
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| Title Notes |
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Title based on provenance of the fonds.
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| Level of Description |
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Fonds
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| Dates of Creation |
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1900-1979
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| Physical Description |
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39,798 photographs : 28,741 b&w negs., 11,053 b&w prints, 4 col. negs.
39.19 m of textual records
2 maps
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| Scope and Content |
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The fonds consists of Whitehorse Star photographs, textual material, newspapers, a variety of published items and two maps.
The photographs, covering a time period of approximately 1959-1979, include a wide variety of views of newsworthy events in Whitehorse, and in the Yukon generally. Many of the major news items of this period are represented - such as visits by Pierre Trudeau and Governor-General Michener, the climbing of Mt. Kennedy by American Senator Robert Kennedy, the opening of the Skagway Road and Dempster Highway, the initiation of First Nations political developments, the removal of the last home at Whiskey Flats, and the restoration of SS "Klondike". As well, there are also numerous photographs of local events, activities, buildings, sports and people, including Whitehorse and other Yukon residents, personalities and politicians. The photographs document many significant socio-economic changes in the Yukon during this period, including rapid transitions for First Nations people and other residents as all segments of society became more integrated in Yukon community activities and institutions. Many of the photographs were taken by Whitehorse Star owner Bob Erlam.
The newspapers include 187 bound copies plus loose issues of the Whitehorse Star from 1901 to present.
The fonds also contains textual materials comprised of newspaper clippings, typescript and handwritten articles, correspondence and miscellaneous information that originally accompanied some of the photographs.
There are two maps. One, copied by Department of Public Works in 1966 from a 1925 map, depicts the receding ice front at Tarr Inlet. The second map is a 1967 topographical survey map of Steele Glacier produced for the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition.
Accession 2001/1 consists of eleven boxes of research files transferred to the Yukon Archives by Chuck Tobin, reporter for the Whitehorse Star. This accession is unprocessed.
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| Administrative History or Biographical Sketch |
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Click on the link(s) below for more information.
Whitehorse Star Ltd.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition |
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Whitehorse Star editor Massey Padgham donated accessions 82/419, 82/527 and 82/563. Accessions 94/59, 97/44 and 2012/62 were donated by publisher Jackie Pierce in June 1994, February 1997, and May 2012. Accession 2001/1 was donated by reporter Chuck Tobin.
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| Restrictions on Access |
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No copying or publication without permission of the Whitehorse Star. Photocopying is allowed, credit line is required. Credit must be given to Whitehorse Star if published. Photograph 82/563 f.1 #80 must be credited as being from the Martha Silas fonds, 87/39 #74. Prints in the fonds from publication houses or commercial photographers are not to be copied without written permission of the copyright owner. Whitehorse Star to have access to negatives or prints for use in its own publications.
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| Notes |
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Contact sheet numbers cs454 and cs514 were not used (skipped) during the numbering of contact sheets in accession 82/527.
The fonds also contains published items including brochures on various events and organizations; the May-June 1962 issue of North; and Rendezvous editions of the Whitehorse Star for 1964-1972, 1974. Newspapers, in accessions 94/59 and 97/44, and pamphlets have been transferred to the Yukon Archives Library.
The dates and physical description of accession 2001/1 are not included in the fonds dates of creation and physical description. This material may not be immediately available for viewing.
Item level Title, Scope and Content, and Dates of Creation information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist.
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| Physical Description Notes |
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The photographs in the fonds were donated in four accessions. The first accession, 82/419, consists of 2 b&w prints. The second accession, 82/527, consists of 8,808 negatives (1959-1979). The third accession, 82/563, consists of 19,937 negatives (1968-1977) and 11,044 b&w prints. The fourth accession, 2012/62, consists of 7 b&w prints.
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| Condition |
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Some photographs in accession 82/563 are in poor condition and may be unavailable for viewing.
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| Availability of Other Formats |
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Copy negatives are available for accession 82/419.
Reference contact prints are available for all the negatives in accessions 82/527 and 82/563.
Reference prints are available for 561 of the negatives in accession 82/527.
Newspapers available on microfilm from 1900 to 2000.
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| Accession(s) |
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82/419, 82/527, 82/563, 94/59, 97/44, 2001/1, 2012/62
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| Specific Location |
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PHO 57 (82/419) : Photographs
PHO 184 to PHO 210 (82/563) : Photographs
PHO 449 to PHO 452 (82/527) : Photographs
PHO 645 (2012/62) : Photographs
MSS 150 (82/563) : Textual records
H-1397 to H-1398 (82/563) : Maps
34/7/2 (82/527) : Contact sheets and negatives
34/7/3-4 (82/563) : Contact sheets and negatives
42/9/1-5 (2001/1) : In-process material
2/16/1 (82/527) : In-process
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| Record Last Modified |
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2022-08-11
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| Record URL |
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https://yukon.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/ARC/DESC/SISN%204989?SESSIONSEARCH
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