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Egan Anderson fonds
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- Source of title proper: Formerly known as the Anderson family collection. Title based on provenance of the fonds.
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44 pgs. of textual records
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Egan Anderson was born July 20, 1872 to Norwegian parents in a dugout in Artichoke Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Farm School in 1897. In 1898 he and eleven others sailed to Copper River, Alaska and headed over the Valdez glaciers to the Klondike Gold Fields. Once there, Anderson worked for C.F. Smith on 78 below, Bonanza Creek. Anderson returned to Minnesota to work the family farm. He had 9 children, including a son named Willard. Egan retired to Seattle in 1937 and died February 7, 1952.
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The fonds consists of photocopies of handwritten translated letters sent home by Egan Anderson from Valdez, Lake Mentasta, Dawson City, and 78 Below Bonanza, from 1898-1900. A relative translated the letters from Norwegian to English. There is also an April 22, 1899 newsclipping from the "Klondike Nugget" announcing the arrival of Anderson's crew to Dawson City, and a 1974 handwritten letter from Egan's son Willard to the Yukon Archives providing information about his father.
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