REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist

TITLE: Eustace Ziegler Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2012.004

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1909

Extent: 4 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Eustace Ziegler

Administrative/Biographical History:
Born in Detroit in 1881, Ziegler came to Cordova, Alaska, in January 1909 to oversee the Red
Dragon, an Episcopal mission house. While there, Ziegler began to paint religious scenes as
well as Native people, miners, railroad workers, and other inhabitants of the area. Ziegler’s
missionary territory included the route north along the Copper River to new mines in Interior
Alaska, and he traveled regularly to construction camps and later to the mines in Chitina,
Strelna, McCarthy, and Kennicott. Selling his paintings from the window of a Cordova
drugstore, he quickly became known for his portraits of the people of the North. (The Eustace
Ziegler Website, as viewed Mar. 29, 2012)

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of four black and white photographs of Eustace Ziegler or taken by him
in Cordova, Alaska, circa 1909.

Arrangement:
Not applicable

CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE


Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in good condition

Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Anchorage
Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not necessarily hold
copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Eustace Ziegler Photographs, Anchorage Museum, B2012.004

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Purchased from Lee Storks in March 2012.

Notes:
Items apparently removed from a scrapbook; black paper adhered to backs, obscuring some
manuscript notes.

RELATED MATERIALS

SUBJECTS
Ziegler, Eustace Paul, 1881-1969.
Ziegler, Mary
Cordova (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
 1 — Cordova [view of harbor and town site]
 2 — This is my new home [standing in the?] doorway [Ziegler with cabin]
3 — Eustace Ziegler Cordova Alaska 1909 [Ziegler sitting on tree stump with rifle]
 4 — Mary Ziegler, taken on [illegible] River, Alaska [Mary with three dogs] Guide written: March 29, 2012