John Long playing the treadle organ
Collection Name
Mary Cox Photographs, 1953-1958
Identifier
UAF-2001-129-60
Title
John Long playing the treadle organ
Description
Title from donor notes . Full donor notes read : "John Long playing the treadle organ in the mission-house hallway . (On the wall in background , two bishops of Alaska : one the current bishop , the Rt . Rev . William J . Gordon , Jr. , and the other his predecessor , the Rt . Rev . John B . Bentley) " Further donor notes read : "John Long , the organist , was a young widower ; his wife , away in a hospital for a year being treated for tuberculosis , accidentally drowned during a party the night before her scheduled return to Point Hope. "
Subject.TGM
Organs Photographs Men Missions Interiors Musical instruments Indigenous peoples
Subject.Local
Alaska Natives--Northern Alaska--Inupiaq
Personal Name
Long, John
Location
Point Hope (Alaska)
Region
Northern Alaska
Time Period
1939 to 1959
Date
1953 - 1958
Type
Collection Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use
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Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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