Album of photographs of Alaska by Beverly Bennett Dobbs, 1910-1920

File

MS. 23051 photogr. 21

Photographic album with 102 silver gelatin prints containing views of Alaska and its indiginous peoples. Mostly by Beverly Bennet Dodds, with additional prints by Arthur Bell and H.G. Kaiser.

Dates

Creation: 1910-1920

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

This item is part of a partially-catalogued collection and access currently requires mediation via the archives team. Please send a message to specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk with your request 5 working days in advance of your proposed visit.

Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 21

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 84:0360; Wilson Centre Accession Number 2: TC 004

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Beverly Bennett Dobbs was a photographer and filmmaker in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He was born near Marshall, Missouri. He had a photography studio in Bellingham, Washington, between 1888 and 1900, before moving to Nome, Alaska. In 1909, he established the Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Co. and made films about the Gold Rush and travelogues. In 1909 he photographed the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle. By 1911, he had shifted his focus to filmmaking, selling off his negatives to Lomen Brothers.

H.G. Kaiser was born in Germany in 1864 and emigrated to Alaska in around 1879. He worked as a miner and photographer in Nome. He was hired in 1917 by the Alaska Engineering Commission. He made photographs of Inuit culture, mining, and reindeer farming.

Little is known of Arthur Bell.