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: Victoria Gill Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2005.027

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1930-1956

Extent: 28 items, .1 linear feet

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Victoria and Terry Gill

Administrative/Biographical History:
Victoria and Terry Gill lived in Alaska between about 1937 and 1986, the year Terry died. They
were fur trappers. Victoria died on Nov. 11, 2004 in Washington State. She was born April 4,
1908.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of 25 photographs and one photo reproduction, along with two sheets
of blank stationery from the Alaska Steamship Co. Alaska Line. The photographs show the
Gills, scenes of Alaska, and fur trapping.

Arrangement:
Arranged in chronological order.


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:
Victoria Gill Photographs; Anchorage Museum, B2005.027

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Delivered by John Branson, Historian, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, on behalf of
Margaret Clum, who was caretaker to Victoria Gill before her death. Accessioned June 20,
2005.


SUBJECTS
Gill, Virginia, 1908-2004
Gill, Terry, d. 1986
Lawing, Nellie Neal, 1873-1956
Kanaga Trading Company
Fox trapping--Alaska--Adak Island
Kanaga Island (Alaska)
Unalaska (Alaska)
Lawing (Alaska)
Kenai Lake (Alaska)
Adak Island (Alaska)
Hope (Alaska)
Lynx Creek (Alaska)
Kvichak River (Alaska)
Dillingham (Alaska)
Chignik (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection

B1/F1
 1 — Vic 1930, up the Wishka[h] R[iver]
 2 — Larry Carnine, Hal Whartenby, Zeke Ricks, Terry Gill, Kenneth Gill, Paul Crock; on Kanaga Trading Co boat “Dorothea” 1937, somewhere between Atka & Unalaska
 3 — Ken on the Dorothea, 1931, in Kanaga Harbor
 4 — Vic on Dorothea in Kanaga Harbor, 1937
 5 — Slim, Kiska Ed on Dorothea, 1938; the two people on left are passengers at Unalaska
 6 — Vic & the Admiral on the Dorothea, 1938, with Mrs. Ray Dowling, Walt Kamsok in the wheelhouse, Slim & two passengers on the right, at Unalaska
 7 — Mel Horner at Alaska Nellie’s Lawing, AK, 1938, Kenai Lake
 8 — Nellie Niel [sic] Lawing, Obie O’Brien, Irene Holden, Terry Gill, Victoria Gill, 1922 Chev[rolet] at Lawing, Alaska, 1938 July
 9 — [version of .8]
 10 — 1938 winter [man, possibly Terry Gill, standing in front of rack of animal pelts]
 11 — Ted K. Boyd & dogs, 1938 at forks of East Fork & Canyon Creeks
 12 — Kobuc [sic] Mike and Vic, Hope, up Ressurection [sic] Cr., 1938
 13 — Emporer [sic] geese, Monroe Bay, Kanaga Island, 1939, taken with a 1.00 box camera
 14 — [Victoria Gill standing outside Kulik Bay cabin ringed with hanging blue fox pelts]
 15 — Victoria Gill, Adak, Kulik Bay cabin, 1941, blue fox furs
 16 — [version of .14]
 17 — Kulik Bay, Adak, me [Terry Gill] and part of our 1941 catch [blue fox pelts]
 18 — Victoria Gill, Ted & Peggy Boyd, Gill & Boyd Mining Co, Lynx Creek, 1941
 19 — [Digital print] Wilson Cove fish trap, 1942
 20 — Vic 1946 WPA Kvichack [sic]
 21 — Vic 1947 Dillingham
 22 — Terry Gill & Charlie Herrmann cutting ice Oct. 1948
23 — [family of five Native Alaskans standing in front of a wooden house with a Russian Christmas star, mountains in background; date stamp on back, “Week ending Feb. 4, 1956”; at AFN 2015, location tentatively identified as Karluk, people as (left to right) unknown, Robert Agick, Bella Ambrosia, Fedosia Agick, Emil Ambrosia]
 24 — [family of five Native Alaskans standing in front of a wooden house with a Russian Christmas star, mountains in background; date stamp on back, “Week ending Feb. 4, 1956”]
 25 — [family of five Native Alaskans standing in front of a wooden house with a Russian Christmas star, mountains in background; date stamp on back, “Week ending Feb. 4, 1956”]
 26 — [family of five Native Alaskans standing in front of a wooden house with a Russian Christmas star, mountains in background; date stamp on back, “Week ending Feb. 4, 1956”] .27a and .27b – [blank stationery] Alaska Steamship Co, the Alaska Line, on board S.S. Guide updated: November 2, 2015