Identifier	UAA-hmc-0344-d
Collection Name	Julia Willma Weber papers, circa 1890-1910. UAA-HMC-0344
Title	Myrtle Ryan diary, 1900-1901.
Description	Transcript of diary kept by Myrtle Ryan (later Bunger) in 1900 that describes her journey to and life in Dawson in the Yukon Territory and Nome, Alaska. Myrtle recounts how she traveled from Los Angeles, California to Skagway by boat in January 1900 and then on to Dawson by foot. In July 1900, she left Dawson and traveled by boat on the Yukon River and the Bering Sea to St. Michael and then to Nome, where she worked as as a cook, house cleaner, laundress, and seamstress. The diary ends in December 1900 but also includes some notes made by Myrtle about 1901, as well as photocopies of photographs and pages from Myrtle's almanac. In 1903, Myrtle married William John Bunger, a mail carrier in Nome, and later had two children, Julia Willma Weber (b. 1904) and Lawrence.
Creator	Bunger, Myrtle Ryan
Required citation	Julia Willma Weber papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Subject.TGM	Women Men Travel Ocean travel Railroad travel Ships Boats Rivers Sleds & sleighs Horses Dogsledding Dogs Cabins Glaciers Tents Camping Campfires Blizzards Seamstresses Sewing Sewing machines Hotels Hotel employees Restaurants Cafes Bakeries Waitresses Cooks Laundresses Hunting Dance parties Card games Churches Shipwrecks Mining Miners Gold mining Gold miners Cemeteries Calendars
Subject.LCSH	Roadhouses
Personal Name	Bunger, Myrtle Ryan Langdon, Bert Rodgers, Ralph Ryan, Nellie Smith, Victor Shearer, Harvey Latham, Charlie Batlett, Addie Knight, Maggie English, William McStay, Patton
Corporate Name	Corona (Ship) Santa Rosa (Ship) Walla Walla (Ship) Cottage City (Ship) City of Seattle (Ship) Rosalie (Ship) Tacoma (Ship) Skookum (Ship) Ohio (Ship) Senator (Ship) Sentinel (Ship) San Pedro (Ship) St. Paul (Ship) Susie (Ship) Dora (Ship) Sadie (Ship) Jeanie (Steam schooner) Nome City (Steamer) Bay View Hotel (Skagway, Alaska) Fifth Avenue Hotel (Skagway, Alaska) Golden North Hotel (Skagway, Alaska) St. James Hotel (Skagway, Alaska) Occidental Hotel (Skagway, Alaska) Butte Restaurant (Nome, Alaska) Golden Gate Hotel (Nome, Alaska) Standard Theater (Nome, Alaska) Elks (Fraternal order) City Bakery (Nome, Alaska) Past Time Club (Nome, Alaska) Alaskan Engineering Commission Pacific Hotel (Dawson, Yukon) Seattle Hotel (Fort Selkirk, Yukon)
Location	Nome (Alaska) Dawson (Yukon) Skagway (Alaska) Saint Michael (Alaska) San Francisco (Calif.) Juneau (Alaska) Wrangell Narrows (Alaska) Lynn Canal (Alaska) Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) Snake River (Nome, Alaska) Nome River (Alaska) Anvil Creek (Nome Census Area, Alaska) Lake Bennett (Canada) Bennett (B.C.) Whitehorse (Yukon) Fort Selkirk (Yukon) Tagish (Yukon) Lake Laberge (Yukon) Caribou (Yukon) Yukon Territory
Region	Outside Alaska Northern Alaska Southeast Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date.original	1900 - 1901
Type	Text (Diaries)
Language	English
Ordering & Use	https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/online-materials/
Holding Institution	University of Alaska Anchorage. Consortium Library. Archives & Special Collections. 3211 Providence Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508, 1-907-786-1849. mailto:uaa_archives@alaska.edu
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Myrtle Ryan diary, 1900-1901.

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