Guide to the Klondike: A Manual for Goldseekers Collection
1897

Scope and Content

The collection consists of the thirteen original drawings that served as plate illustrations for a book by Charles A. Bramble entitled Klondike: A Manual for Goldseekers (New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., 1897). The drawings depict the everyday activities of miners en route to and working in the gold fields during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897. Activities depicted include crossing the Chilkoot Pass, towing supplies up the Yukon River, and mining the gold fields. The drawings are pen and ink on board.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to the public.

Historical Background

The discovery of gold in 1896 triggered the Klondike Gold Rush, which lasted until 1899. In a four-year period, more than 100,000 men and women set out for the gold fields of the Yukon in hopes of striking it rich. The book, Klondike: A Manual for Goldseekers, written by Charles A. Bramble (an editor for the journal Engineering and Mining), was meant to serve as a how-to manual for those seeking gold, and it outlined the most popular routes to the gold fields. The illustrations were credited to "Knight & Noble-Ives." Noble-Ives was most likely the illustrator Sarah Noble-Ives (1864-1944), who was a prolific writer and illustrator of children's books as well as books on regional history.

Processing Info

Processed by Rebekah Dalby, 2002.

Inventory

Folder	Item															Date
1	1		Cover, Klondike: A Manual for Goldseekers													1897
2	2		"Juneau, Alaska, Where the Trip Across the Mountains to the Gold Fields Begins"
3	3		"Towing Supplies up the Yukon River"
4	4		"International Boundary Across the Yukon River"
5	5		"Spring Travel" and "Cutting Timber"
6	6		"Five Finger Rapids"
7	7		"The Ascent of Chilkoot Pass"
8	8		"A Miner's Working Outfit"
9	9		"Gold Miners at Work"
10	10		"Forty Below Zero"
11	11		"Miners Washing Gold"
12	12		"Miners in Winter Costume"
Subject Terms
	Subjects:
		Gold miners--Yukon Territory--Klondike River Valley--Drawings.
		Gold mines and mining--Yukon Territory--Klondike River Valley--Drawings.
		Gold rushes--Yukon Territory--Klondike River Valley--Drawings.
	Geographic Names:
		Alaska--Gold discoveries--Drawings.
		Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries--Drawings.
		Yukon Territory--Gold discoveries--Drawings.
	Genre Headings:
		Drawings.
	Titles:
		Klondike: a manual for goldseekers.