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| Title Notes |
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Title based on provenance of the fonds.
Formerly described separately as Robert Hays Collection of Photographs and Hays, Robert E. Manuscript.
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| Level of Description |
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Fonds
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| Dates of Creation |
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Copied 1977 (originally created 1942 and 1976)
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| Physical Description |
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48 photographs : b&w copy negs.
1 folder of textual records : (8 p.)
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| Scope and Content |
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This fonds consists of images taken by Robert Hays during his tenure with the U.S. Army 18th Engineers Headquarters and Service Company on the Alaska Highway construction project in 1942.
The various Alaska Highway camps and construction sites depicted in the photographs include Whitehorse, Kluane Lake, Hayden's Homestead, Cracker Creek, Burwash and Champagne.
Also included in the fonds is an eight page letter from Robert Hays to Yukon Archives dated Sept 13, 1976 describing some of his activities with the 18th Engineers in Yukon and seven pages of captions taken from the backs of his photographs.
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| Administrative History or Biographical Sketch |
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Click on the link(s) below for more information.
Hays, Robert E.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition |
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Loaned for copying by Robert E. Hays Jr. in 1976.
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| Restrictions on Access |
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There are no donor-imposed restrictions on this material. General copyright or institutional or legal restrictions may apply.
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| Notes |
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Item level Title, Scope and Content, and Dates of Creation information taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist.
Many of the captions written on the backs of the original photographs may have been added in 1976.
There is no original photograph #31.
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| Arrangement |
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The archivist arranged the photographs alphabetically by assigned geographic location subject (i.e. community name) with deviations when photographs did not warrant a main geographic location subject.
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| Availability of Other Formats |
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Reference prints are available.
The photographs have been digitized as Production Masters for access.
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| Finding Aid |
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Photocopies of the photographs are filed alphabetically by subject in the Photograph Visual Finding Aid.
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| Location of Original |
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Originals photographs returned to the donor.
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| Specific Location |
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5669-5716 (82/305) : Catalogued photographs
MSS 48 (82/305) : Textual records
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| Record Last Modified |
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2019-05-09
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| Record URL |
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https://yukon.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/ARC/DESC/SISN%204407?SESSIONSEARCH
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