Roy & Lois Thompson Letters

Diomede Island Alaska 13 Feb 1909

2005-08-22T07:52:00.000-07:00

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Lois to "Washington and Iowa people." Incomplete. Menadelook brought first mail in 4 1/2 months. Walked to Big Diomede. Two Big Diomede men lost on the ice. Only two bears and one white fish (beluga) killed this year. Keith getting to be big boy.

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Schooner John G. North under tow Puget Sound Jul 1907

2005-07-25T09:37:00.000-07:00

Roy to Lois.

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Schooner John G. North Near Cape Flattery Jul 1907

2005-07-25T09:32:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Incomplete.

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Schooner John G. North At Sea 6 Jul 1907

2005-07-24T16:46:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Long. 151-15-15W Lat 53-28N. Dated 6 Jul 1906, but this has to be an error. Lopp. Cutting.

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Golovin Bay, Alaska 4 Aug 1907

2005-07-24T16:21:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Mr. Lopp, Mr. Updegraff.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 24 Aug 1907

2005-07-24T15:59:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Missing beginning. Mr. Durham of New Haven, Conn., mine owner. Methodist missionary, Rev. M. A. Sellon, wife and wife's sister Miss Powell.

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Little Diomede, Alaska 30 Aug 1907

2005-07-24T10:17:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Menadelook.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 11 Sep 1907

2005-07-24T07:27:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Incomplete. Enough material for 14 x 18 cabin. Black. Lopp. Phillipines.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 26 Sep 1907

2005-07-24T06:43:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Incomplete. Charley [Menadelook]. Mr. Black, the carpenter. Mr. Cross at Wales. Mr. Cutting. Miss Hook. Mr. Lopp. The North has not returned.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 29 Sep 1907

2005-07-23T20:07:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Miss Hook, primary teacher at Custer, Washington.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 8 Oct 1907

2005-07-23T15:02:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois on his birthday.

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L. D., Alaska 13 Oct 1907

2005-07-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois.

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Bremerton, Washington 17 Oct 1907

2005-07-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

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Lois to Roy. Mr. Sampson, Mr. Beach, cousin Mr. Benbow, Mr. Hartranft, Miss Kennedy, Miss Helsel. [Lois has a number of Benbow 2nd cousins descendants of Thomas Benbow, however I can't place any of them in the Seattle area at this time.]

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 3 Nov 1907

2005-07-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Charley [Menadelook]. Updegraff. Harlan Updegraff was chief of the Alaska division of the Bureau of Education.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 10 Nov 1907

2005-07-22T12:27:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Charley [Menadelook]. Seal & walrus liver, whale blubber. South America 1900.

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Kreutsenstern, Alaska 17 Nov 1907

2005-07-22T12:05:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Kreutsenstern (Krusenstern) is the old Russian name for Little Diomede. Menadelook.

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Tiny Day Dividing Island, Alaska 24 Nov 1907

2005-07-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Kotzsmanoff (Big Diomede). Cutting. Charley [Menadelook].

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska undated

2005-07-22T10:48:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Approximately 1 Dec 1907 based on sunset time. Lopp. Menadelook. Cutting.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 1 Dec 1907

2005-07-22T09:18:00.000-07:00

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Interpreter [Charles Menadelook].

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 1 Dec 1907

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Roy to Lois. Mr. Lopp. Achviah, son of the chief. Charles [Menadelook].

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 8 Dec 1907

2005-07-22T07:27:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Mr. Cross, missionary at Wales. Charley [Menadelook]. Writing article for A.Y. Magazine.

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Kreutzensern, Alaska 15 Dec 1907

2005-07-22T07:10:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Kreutzensern is Roy's version of Krusenstern, the old Russian name for Little Diomede. Menadelook.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska after Christmas 1907

2005-07-22T06:52:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Incomplete. Menadelook.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 16 Jan 1908

2005-07-21T11:13:00.000-07:00

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Menadelook. 12 polar bears killed this year. Hiked to Big Diomede or Kotsmanoff.

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The Same Old Place, 25 Feb 1908

2005-07-21T10:31:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois from Diomede. Received letters from Lois, home, Cutting, Walla Walla Johnson, boy from Custer, Capt. Erickson of the John G. North, school director at Allyn two years ago, teacher at Wales, Mr. Evans.

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Little Diomede Island, 25 Feb 1908

2005-07-21T09:49:00.000-07:00

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Man left a month ago with mail and did not make it to Wales, probably lost. First incoming mail since October. Letters from Aunt Myra and Uncle Lester.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 27 Feb 1908

2005-07-21T09:09:00.000-07:00

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Roy to his uncle, aunts and cousins. 35 days from Seattle to St. Michael, then Unalakleet, Nome, Golovin Bay, Sinrock, Teller, and Little Diomede. Arrived Little Diomede 26 Aug with carpenter and native boy from Wales as interpreter [Charles Menadelook]. Built 14x18 cabin using all lumber unloaded.

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Little Diomede Island, 28 Feb 1908

2005-07-21T07:18:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois. Apparently pages missing between 3 and 4 above. "You know what I have done since discarding the sailor uniform: 8 months at $50, 9 at $70, and this 12 at $100," indicating he was in the Navy until 1905-06??

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Seattle, 1 Jul 1908

2005-07-19T16:09:00.000-07:00

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Lois to Roy's mother. At this time Lois has not heard from Roy and doesn't know if he is coming or not, and doesn't realize the schedule. Mr. Lopp, Mr. Evans.

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Seattle, 5 Jul 1908

2005-07-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

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Roy to his parents in Michigan the day before he and Lois were married. Mr. Cutting, Kate Thompson's fiance. Sail on Northwestern to Nome, then revenue cutter Thetis for Diomede. Left Diomede 3 June, stayed at Wales 15 days then walked 60 miles to Teller, caught launch to Nome, then sailed for Seattle a few hours after arriving in Nome.

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At Sea 173 miles from Seattle, 7 Jul 1908

2005-07-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Incomplete. Mr. & Mrs. Sinclair, teachers from Fall River, King Co., [Washington] going to Wainwright. Mr. Lopp, Mr. Foster. Mr. Richardson from Monrovia, Indiana going to Pt. Hope.

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Nome, Alaska 16 Jul 1908

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Returned to Nome on the same boat Roy went south on, the Northwestern. Mr. Lopp in St. Michael.

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Nome, Alaska 17 Jul 1908

2005-07-18T08:51:00.000-07:00

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Lois to Roy's parents in Michigan. Landed at Nome on the Northwestern. Mr. St. Clair going to Wainwright.

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Nome, Alaska Jul 1908

2005-07-18T07:36:00.000-07:00

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Lois to ??? Incomplete. Landing at Nome. Mr. & Mrs. Sinclair. Mr. Zook. [Mr. & Mrs. Carl S. Zook were teachers in Nome 1907-1908]

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Nome, Alaska July 1908

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Lois to ??? Incomplete. Waiting in Nome to restart for Diomede on Trader. Turned down passage to Diomede via Siberia on Thetis. Foster's expect to leave soon on Corwin.

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Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska 22 Jul 1908

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Trader runs aground at Wales. Mr. Cross and daughter, Helen.

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SS Corwin enroute Wales to Diomede, 25 Jul 1908

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Gasoline boat Trader which they took from Nome ran aground at Wales. After it left them there, they took the SS Corwin from Wales to Diomede via Kotzebue and Cape Blossom.

Trader (power Schooner)
Capt. Alexander Allan, who had recently lost the gas schooner H. E. Dwyer in Kuskokwim River operation, repurchased a half interest in the power schooner Trader built by him in 1908, and reentered the Point Barrow trade. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1912, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. p. 202.
Citation: Tacoma Public Library

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Diomede Island, Alaska 1 Aug 1908

2005-07-17T09:41:00.000-07:00

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Lois to Roy's mother. Revenue cutter Thetis arrived with mail and Mr. Lopp. Schooner Volante unloading supplies.

Thetis (steamer)
The bark-rigged steamer Thetis was added to the Northwest revenue cutter fleet in 1900. Built at Dundee, Scotland as a whaler in 1881, she had been purchased by the United States government from Alexander Stephen & Son of Dundee for the relief of the Franklin polar expedition. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1899, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior, 1966, p. 57.
Citation: Tacoma Public Library

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Wales, Alaska 8 Aug 1908

2005-07-17T09:29:00.000-07:00

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Lois to her father. Incomplete. Return address is Wales, but the letter is written from Diomede.

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Diomede, Alaska 8 Aug 1908

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Landed from SS Corwin 26 Jul 4 a.m. Volante landed 2 days later with supplies for the year and carpenter. Mail on the Thetis.

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Wales, Alaska 16 Aug 1908

2005-07-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

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Lois to Roy's mother. Addressed from Wales but seems to be all written from Diomede. Mr. Black, the carpenter. "I find you have a nephew [son of Anna Eliza Walters, probably one of the two younger sons] attending college at Grinnell, Iowa. I have had two cousins [probably the children of Thomas Clarkson Kersey] graduate there and one that attended the year of 1906-07. His name was Roy Clampitt." Attended University of Nashville [later Peabody College, now Peabody College [of Education] Vanderbilt University.] The school that Roy built is pictured here.

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Diomede, Alaska 20 Aug 1908

2005-07-16T19:35:00.000-07:00

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Roy to Lois' father for the first time since they were married.

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Diomede, Alaska 1 Sep 1908

2005-07-16T19:23:00.000-07:00

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Roy to his parents in Michigan.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 21 Sep 1908

2005-07-16T19:03:00.000-07:00

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Incomplete, beginning and ending missing.

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Diomede, Alaska 15 Oct 1908

2005-07-16T15:43:00.000-07:00

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Roy to parents in Michigan. Jay Sexton, Prof. Cody. Diagram of house and school.

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Diomede, Alaska 15 Oct 1908

2005-07-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Mr. Snell, new missionary at Wales.

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Diomede Island, Alaska 3 Dec 1908

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Lois to Iowa & Washington people. Menadelook was Thanksgiving guest. Heard a fox. Slid down hill on a bear skin.

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Little Diomede, Alaska Winter 1908-09

2005-07-16T13:28:00.000-07:00

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Lois to ?? Incomplete. Mr. Snell, Mr. St. Clairs.

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Diomede, 1 Jan 1909

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Roy and Lois to his parents in Michigan. Weather warmer than last year. Ice moving most of the time. Last year a man left for Wales and was carried to East Cape, Siberia by the ice a month later. Menadelook teaches the older children 1-2:30.

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Diomede, Alaska 15 Feb 1909

2005-07-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

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Roy to parents in Michigan. Learned that Taft elected president and Aunt Anna died.

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Little Diomede Island, Alaska 15 Feb 1909

2005-07-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. First mail in four months, thirteen days. Natives have caught one bear, on white fish (beluga?), a few foxes and walrus, and many seals. 45 seals on 2 Feb. Natives gather about two barrels of sorrel or scury grass per family in the fall, also wild, dwarf sweet potatoes. Walked to Big Diomede.

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Diomede Island 18 Feb 1909

2005-07-15T14:07:00.000-07:00

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Lois to sisters, Kate and Maud. Incomplete. Mr. Thompson's comb for fish bait.

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Diomede, Alaska 21 Feb 1909

2005-07-15T13:57:00.000-07:00

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Roy and Lois to his parents in Michigan. This letter left Diomede 21 Feb, arrived Teller 9 Mar, Nome 11 Mar, and Laingsburg 8 May!

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Diomede Island, Alaska 6 Jun 1909

2005-07-15T13:24:00.000-07:00

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Mr. Snell, Mr. Evans.

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Diomede Island, Alaska 22 Jun 1909

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Mr. Snell. Trading schooner Louise stopped. This boat took Roy from Teller to Nome in 1908.

Louise (schooner)
The Louise, a three-masted schooner of 346 tons and 450 M capacity, was built at Fairhaven, Calif., in 1892 by H. D. Bendixsen for Joseph knowland, San Francisco. She and the Beulah were sold by the Gardiner Mill Co. in 1917 to the Union Fish Co. for $50,000 the pair and went into the Bering Sea codfishery. In 1921 the Louise made a brief cruise off San Francisco with a moving picture company, and later in April sailed for the North. She put back 10 days later with loss of the jibboom, fore masthead and headsails; but was quickly repaired and sailed again, to take the highest fare of the year. In 1928 she was chartered as a tender to the Cape San Lucas tuna fleet, but returned to the cod fishery the next year. She was last operated in 1937 and in 1940 was sold to a Long Angelese owner. She is at present laid up in the Cerritos Channel of Los Angeles harbor.John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers,1850-1905, The Marine Digest. June 14, 1941, p. 2
Citation: Tacoma Public Library

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Nome, Alaska 6 Jul 1909

2005-07-15T10:29:00.000-07:00

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Salary recommended $1400 from Mr. Evans.

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Nome, Alaska 10 Jul 1909

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Arrived Nome 3 July, 5 days on schooner Mary Sachs. Roy to St. Michael 9 Jul on the Victoria.

Mary Sachs (schooner)
The power schooner Mary Sachs, Capt. Peter Barnard, purchased at Nome for use by the Stefannson Arctic expedition, was also frozen in off the Arctic coast of Alaska and completely destroyed, the crew escaping safely. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1913, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p.230.
Citation: Tacoma Public Library

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Jul 1909

2005-07-15T07:29:00.000-07:00

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Roy arrived 10 July, Lois still in Nome.

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St. Michael, Alaska 28 Jul 1909

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Visited reindeer herd on Stewart Island. 5 stores, 2 hotels, 2 steamship offices, telegraph office, 2 companies of soldiers, 2 churches, federal jail, small library. Mail averages 4 times a month vs. 4 times per year at Diomede.

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St. Michael, Alaska 3 Aug 1909

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Lois to relatives in Iowa.

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Aug 1909

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Menadelook from Diomede called, working for the SS Corwin. Mr. Lopp.

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Aug 1909

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Roy to his aunt, Myra T. Warren, in Michigan. Myra was Roy's father's half-sister. Bears visit school. Illinois civil engineer wants to fill in Bering Strait for railroad.

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St. Michael, Alaska 21 Aug 1909

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Incomplete. Kate and Maud were involved in a land claim. There land was taken by the government, I believe as part of the newly formed Mt. Rainier National Park.

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St. Michael, Alaska 28 Aug 1909

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Roy and Lois to his parents and Aunt Myra in Michigan. Aunt Ninn. SS Olympia. Miss Olson, Mr. Evans, Mr. Lopp. Andrew N. Evans was the teacher at Wales 1906-07, assistant superintendent Northern district 1907-08, superintendent 1910-11.

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St. Michael, Alaska 30 Aug 1909

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Mrs. Sinclair, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lopp, Mr. Kinzie. Mrs. Lucy W. Cox was the teacher at Kotzebue 1910-11.

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St. Michael, Alaska 30 Sep 1909

2005-07-14T09:57:00.000-07:00

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Mrs. Moses, Mr. Lopp, Mr. Snell.

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St. Michael, Alaska 7 Oct 1909

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud, three days after the birth of her first child, Donald. Mr. Lopp suggests his middle name should be Kosena for the chief of the Diomedes. (The name is rendered as "Kosinga" in this 1930s description of Diomede by Arthur Ahkinga and "Kozengas" here. Arthur Hansin Eide in Drums of Diomede spells it Kozingah.) Lopp wants Roy to continue with field work.

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St. Michael, Alaska 19 Dec 1909

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Mail from Fairbanks by dog team.

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St. Michael, Alaska undated winter 1909-10

2005-07-14T07:44:00.000-07:00

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Lois, apparently to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Fragment.

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St. Michael, Alaska undated winter 1909-10

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Lois to her sister, Kate and Maud. Incomplete.

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St. Michael, Alaska undated winter 1909-10

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Lois to her sisters, Kate & Maud.

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St. Michael, Alaska 24 Jan 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan.

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Unalakleet, Alaska 13 Feb 1910

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Hannah E. Olson to Lois. Missionary Mr. Karlson died. Ringing church bell allowed three people lost in snowstorm to find town. Dr. Whaley, Mrs. Remington, Mrs. Moses, Mr. Steinhauser, Mr. Johanson, Mr. Shields disbursing agent in Nome, Mr. Van Ness.

Notes: Hannah Olson was the teacher at Klukwan in southeast Alaska 1907-08, she is not mentioned at Unlakleet or elsewhere for 1910-11. Elmer E. Van Ness was the teacher at Unalakleet 1910-11.

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St. Michael, Alaska 20 Feb 1910

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Lois to her sisters, Kate & Maud. 40 dog team brought mail. 1000 miles by dog team from St. Michael to Fairbanks???

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St. Michael, Alaska 20 Feb 1910

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan & Aunt Nin. Roy's parents were Howard D. Thompson & Esther Belinda Walters. Aunt Nin was Esther's sister, Aurinda B. Walters. Mr. (Franklin) Moses arrested for forgery in conjunction with school construction.

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St. Michael, Alaska 13 Mar 1910

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Roy and Lois to his parents in Michigan. Dr. Scott taking census.

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Seattle 27 Mar 1910

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Maud to her sister Lois' in-laws in Michigan. Planning a trip to St. Michael. Roy's students exchanging letters with Maud's in Seattle.

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St. Michael, Alaska 29 Mar 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Possible dog sled trip up the Yukon. Don's scribbling and foot prints.

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St. Michael, Alaska 3 Apr 1910

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Lois to her sisters, Kate and Maud. Mr. Snell publishing in Anacortes American about Roy. Mrs. Moses swears if Frank is sent to prison she will be avenged on Lopp.

Notes: Franklin Moses was teacher at St. Michael 1906 through 1909. I do not have the report for 1909-1910. He is not listed in the 1910-11 report. William T. Lopp was superintendent of schools during all this period.

Ray J. Snell later published a story based on Roy's time at Diomede.

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St. Michael, Alaska 20 Jun 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan.

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Steamer Sarah below Dawson, 12 Jul 1910

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Maud to her sister Lois' in-laws in Michigan. At Circle, delayed 10 days in Dawson. 149 soldiers from Eagle heading for Texas after two year tour.

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St. Michael, Alaska 16 Jul 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Boat about every five days. Mr. Lopp recommends raise of $100. Spent three days with reindeer herd.

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St. Michael, Alaska 31 Jul 1910

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Sister Maud arrived 18 July. She left Seattle 23 June. Roy & Maud climbed St. Michael mountain. E. W. Hawkes' baby born 15 June.

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St. Michael, Alaska 4 Aug 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Letter from E. W. Hawkes, successor at Diomede, baby born a week before the revenue cutter arrived.

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St. Michael, Alaska 14 Aug 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Salary $1500 for 12 months. Housing, fuel, stove, lamps, beds furnished. Food costs about $500 per year. Hope to save $500.

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St. Michael, Alaska 29 Aug 1910

2005-07-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

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Roy and Lois to his parents in Michigan. Maud hired to stay in St. Michael and teach school. She had been there on a visit. New commanding officer at the Army Post taking firmer stance with lawbreakers. Yukon riverboat Susie and Seattle boat Olympia in town. Sec'y of Commerce & Labor, Attorney General & Governor of Alaska visited school. Mr. & Mrs. Moses.

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St. Michael, Alaska 13 Sep 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Mail on SS Victoria. Berry season, preserved in seal oil. Orthodox Greek and Russian priests visited. Sold curios to collector from Juneau.

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St. Michael, Alaska 26 Sep 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. SS Senator arrived.

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St. Michael, Alaska 4 Oct 1910

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Mr. Evans, the superintendent, arrived on the SS Senator. New assistant teacher, Miss Hammond, will arrive on the Victoria. Store fire.

Senator (steamer)
A fine steel passenger steamer, the Senator was constructed by the Union Iron Works at San Francisco for the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. A single-screw vessel of 2,432 tons, her dimensions were 280 x 38.1 x 19.6. She was driven by a triple-expansion engine with cylinders 22;/2 - 36 - 60 drawing steam from two single-ended Scotch boilers at 150 pounds working pressure. The engine developed 1,500 horsepower and gave her a speed of 10.8 knots. Accommodations were provided for 187 passengers, but when she was taken over by the government upon her completion she carried 1,004 troops on her first voyage to Manila. Upon her return to the company she was immediately placed on the Cape Nome route from San Francisco via Seattle and Tacoma. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1898, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 31-32.
Citation: Tacoma Public Library

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St. Michael, Alaska 11 Oct 1910

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Lois to Ethelyn Stine of Artesia, California. Lulu Rubottom is undoubtedly a cousin, although I can't place her. N. P. A. is the New Providence Academy in New Providence, Hardin Co., Iowa.

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St. Michael, Alaska 25 Oct 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Complaints about superintendent Evans and lack of budget.

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St. Michael, Alaska 13 Nov 1910

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Measles epidemic.

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St. Michael, Alaska 28 Nov 1910

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Roy to his parents in Michigan. Measles epidemic started from new assistant teacher, Miss Hammond.

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Dec 1910 p1

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Roy and Lois to his parents in Michigan.

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Dec 1910 p2

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Roy & Lois to his parents in Michigan. End of seven weeks measles quarantine.

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Dec 1910 p3

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Roy & Lois to his parents in Michigan.

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Dec 1910 p4

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Roy & Lois to his parents in Michigan. Don walked for first time.

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St. Michael, Alaska 12 Dec 1910 p5

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Roy & Lois to his parents in Michigan.

St. Michael, Alaska 12 Dec 1910 p6

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Roy & Lois to his parents in Michigan. Beginning of Don's college fund.

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St. Michael, Alaska 29 Dec 1910 p1

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Ink frozen.

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