Manuscripts

Sacktleben, William. Letter to William J. Zimmerman (1 piece)

Description: This collection consists mainly of correspondence detailing the lives and activities of the Zimmerman family, especially J. Franklin Zimmerman and his sisters who were in Alaska, the Klondike, and the prairie provinces of Canada. Included is a 136 page diary by J. Franklin that details his journey with his friend Lawrence "Brunky" Weber from Skagway, Alaska over the White Pass and then on to Dawson. The diary begins after they arrived at Fort Wrangel on February 14, 1898 and goes on to describe their traveling conditions, buying of supplies, customs rules, boat making on Tagish Lake, mining along the Dominion River, mining claims, and descriptions of the surrounding environment and towns.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912
Call number: mssZimmerman family
Creator: Zimmerman (Family)

Keiser, A. J. Letter to William J. Zimmerman (1 piece)

Manuscripts

This collection consists mainly of correspondence detailing the lives and activities of the Zimmerman family, especially J. Franklin Zimmerman and his sisters who were in Alaska, the Klondike, and the prairie provinces of Canada. Included is a 136 page diary by J. Franklin that details his journey with his friend Lawrence "Brunky" Weber from Skagway, Alaska over the White Pass and then on to Dawson. The diary begins after they arrived at Fort Wrangel on February 14, 1898 and goes on to describe their traveling conditions, buying of supplies, customs rules, boat making on Tagish Lake, mining along the Dominion River, mining claims, and descriptions of the surrounding environment and towns.

mssZimmerman family

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