MS 156: Candy Waugaman Collection, ca. 1899-[ongoing]Alaska State Library
Alaska State Library
Historical Collections
Waugaman, Candy, Collector
Candy Waugaman Collection, ca. 1899-[ongoing]
MS 156
1 box / Processed By: Gladi Kulp0.2 linear ft. / Kathryn H. Shelton
Revised: 1/13/05;5/22/07sml
Acquisition:The papers and ephemera were collected and donated by Candace Waugaman, Fairbanks, Alaska, beginning in 1997 and ongoing. Photographs form a separate collection, PCA 379. (Accessions no. 1997-17, 1997-38, 1999-11, 2000-15, 2000-59, 2001-97 added May 2002, 2002-78 added Sept. 2002, 2003-56, 2005-002.)
Access:The collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
Processing:Fragile papers are enclosed in Mylar. Photographs are generally placed in PCA 379, or in some cases, another collection such as the Historical Collections’ core files.
Biographical Note
Candace “Candy” Waugaman, an Alaska resident since the late 1960’s, has been a collector of Alaskana and Yukoniana for over 20 years. She primarily collects historical postcards and photographs and has over 40,000 in her current collection. Over the years she has also collected ephemera such as travel brochures, sheet music, books, and memorabilia.
Ms. Waugaman’s keen interest in history recently led her to share her collection with the Anchorage Museum of History and Art for the Gold Fever in the North exhibit. She serves as volunteer and board member for several nonprofit agencies including Secretary of the Tanana-Yukon Historical Society. She worked on the Organization Committee for the International Symposium on Mining and in 2003, became president of the Alaska Historical Society.
A real estate broker by trade, Ms. Waugaman is a long-time resident of Fairbanks.
Scope and Contents Note
The collection contains sheet music, stationery and a colorful collection of ephemera. Candy donates to the Historical Collections regularly. Items are added to her own collection and to other Historical Collections’ resources when received.
Inventory
Folder:
1. Dr. Newhall letters sent to Mrs. E.T.C. Richmond, Toledo, Ohio, 1907, regarding the JesseLeeHome. Includes enclosures of two letters from Henry Swensen, a student at the JesseLeeHome (Acc. no. 97-17).
2.Account of two-week trip on City of Topeka (steamship), Vancouver to Skagway, September 1903, written by a woman traveling with her husband (Acc. no. 97-38).
3.Inlet Outlet, newspaper from Excursion Inlet, no. 25, September 3, 1943, 6p. (Acc. no. 99-11)
4.Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. and Alaska Gastineau Mining Co. blueprints (19 blueprints) (Acc. no. 00-15)
5.Midnight Sun, publication from Chicago, v. 1, no. 1, October 1907; Adak Tribune, July 26, 1944, “restricted” (Acc. no. 00-15)
- Miners and Merchants Bank (Iditarod) memorabilia, 1910-1931 (Acc. no. 00-15)
- By the Author of Young Klondike. Young Klondike and the Coffin Ship, or, Chasing the Unknown’s Man.New York : F. Tousey, 1899. 29 p. (Acc. no. 00-59)
- Sheet Music (4):
1. She is Just a Klondike Nugget (From the Land of the Midnight Sun.) Words and Music by Cam Smith. Hollywood, Calif. : Golden West Music Press, 1939. (Acc. no. 00-59)
2. Alaskan Twilight : A Tone Poem [By] Jean Sarola, Arranged by Calvin Grooms. New York : Century Music Publishing Co., 1927. (Acc. no. 00-59)
3. Shkelandaquan : Alaska Indian War Dance. Arranged by Paul J. Mather. Sung by Chief Neesh-loot. For voice and piano. [Includes narrative: “The legend of Alaska Indian music”] (Acc. no. 01-42)
4. April in Fairbanks. Words and music by Murray Grand. New York, NY : Second Music Publishing Co., Inc., 1956. [On cover: “Leonard Sillman and John Roberts in association with Yvette Schumer present Leonard Sillman’s New Faces of ‘56, the New Edition. A New Musical Revue”] (Acc. no. 01-42)
9.Polar Blast, publication from Point Barrow, v. 1, no. 14, August 20, 1955. (Acc. no. 2000-59)
10.Ephemera
1. Deed to the Goodenough Mine [souvenir] ca. 1935? (Acc. no. 2001-97)
2. “The latest books.” [pamphlet from Baranof Book Shop and Lending Library] (Acc. no.
2001-97)
3. Greetings from FortRichardson...from Malcolm D. Myers (Acc. no. 2001-97)
4. “Song of the Latchstring,” by Frederic Atwood. Latchstring Restaurant and Bar, Baranof Western Hotel (Acc. no. 2001-97)
5. The Thunderbird totem [bookmarker] (Acc. no. 2001-97)
6. “In the arctics” Dotty, Bob and Trix Cards [children’s collectible] (Acc. no. 2001-97)
7. Alaska scenic stationery [writing paper & envelopes] (Acc. no. 2001-97)
8. Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. [tide tables, 1947] (Acc. No. 2003-56)
9. Yukon Arcade Cafe, Dawson, Yukon, Canada [menu] (Acc. No. 2003-56)
10. KetchikanAnnualSchool Play, 1906. (Acc. No. 2003-56)
11. “The Trail of ’98,” The Tivoli Strand. [program from Tivoli theater, Charing Cross, Trafalgar Square, London] (Acc. no. 2003-56)
12. “Life in Alaska Today” [article; verso is advertisement from Goldstein’s in Juneau] (Acc. no.
2003-56)
13. “The Origin of Totems” [article; verso is advertisement from Goldstein’s Dept. Store, Juneau] (Acc. no. 2003-56)
14. [Captain Dobbsie’s Alaska Contest – postcard] Acc. no. 2005-02]
- Letters (Acc. no. 2002-78):
- Resolution passed by Juneau City Council at a meeting held Sept. 11, 1901. [request to Attorney General’s office to construct a courthouse and jail]
- Melville C. Brown (Judge) to Hon. James M. Shoup, U.S. District Marshal, Sept. 30, 1901 [court house petition]
- [Similar to no. 2]
- Frank Thayer to Hon. James M. Shoup, April 12, 1902. [court house plans]
- J.D. Carroll to Hon. James S. Shoup, May 22, 1902. [court house proposal]
12. JuneauHigh school diploma, 1918, for Alice Roberta Coryell. (Acc. No. 2003-56)
13.[Items concerning Imnachuk Gold Mining Co., Deering, Alaska]
1. Invoice from the Crescent Manufacturing Co., 1907. (Acc. no. 2003-56)
2. Handwritten receipt for wages, from Z.E. Foster, 1910. (Acc. no. 2003-56)
3. Western Union Telegraph Co. from Z.E. Foster, 1905. (Acc. no. 2003-56)
14.Harbor News (Acc. no. 1999-15)
1945: May 7, 8, 8 Extra; July 8; August 8 Extra, 10 Extra, 11, 11 Extra, 26; September 2.
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