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Maine Women Writers Collection Abplanalp Library University of New England 716 Stevens Avenue Portland, Maine 04103 [email protected] URL: http://www.une.edu/mwwc Lael Morgan papers, 1936-2017 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on October 23, 2018. Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Maine Women Writers Collection

Abplanalp LibraryUniversity of New England716 Stevens AvenuePortland, Maine [email protected]: http://www.une.edu/mwwc

Lael Morgan papers, 1936-2017

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on October 23, 2018.Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Table of Contents

Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3

Biographical/Historical Note ......................................................................................................................... 3

Collection Scope and Content ....................................................................................................................... 4

Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 5

Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 5

Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 6

Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Publications .................................................................................................................................................. 7

Journalism notebooks ................................................................................................................................ 10

Photographs ............................................................................................................................................... 11

Travel logs ................................................................................................................................................. 17

Scrapbooks ................................................................................................................................................. 18

Manuscripts ................................................................................................................................................ 18

Correspondence .......................................................................................................................................... 19

Memorabilia ............................................................................................................................................... 23

Media ......................................................................................................................................................... 25

Montana research ....................................................................................................................................... 26

Tonga research ........................................................................................................................................... 28

Texas research ........................................................................................................................................... 29

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Summary Information

Repository: Maine Women Writers Collection

Creator: Morgan, Lael

Title: Lael Morgan papers

ID: 0239

Date [inclusive]: 1936-2017

Physical Description: 13.50 linear feet 31 boxes

Language of theMaterial:

English

Preferred Citation

Lael Morgan papers, Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England, Portland,Maine

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Biographical/Historical Note

Lael Warren Morgan was born in Rockland, Maine, in 1936, and began her education in a two-roomschoolhouse in East Vassalboro. She majored in drama at Emerson College before transferring in1957 to Boston University School of Public Relations and Communications, and supported herselfby working as a hotel night clerk. She graduated cum laude in the summer of 1959 and traveled withher husband, Dodge Morgan, to Anchorage, Alaska, where she worked for an advertising agency. In1963, the Morgans sailed halfway around the world in a 36’ schooner. On their return in 1965, LaelMorgan moved back to Alaska while her husband pursued work on the east coast. They divorced in1971. Morgan started her journalistic career as a writer for the Malden Press in 1958. Later she became aphotojournalist at the Juneau Alaska Empire in Alaska’s capitol city, and then covered crime and politicsfor the Fairbanks News Miner. In 1969, she signed on as a reporter/photographer for the Los AngelesTimes where, in 1970, she won the Photographer of the Year award for best photo feature. The awardof an Alicia Patterson fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation grant in 1972 helped her to establish anational reputation reporting on Native Americans. Morgan subsequently embarked on a freelance careerworking for publications such as the Washington Post, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, andNational Geographic Magazine. From 1974 to 1987, she served as roving reporter and photographer forAlaska Northwest Publishing and was assigned to visit every Alaska village named in the Alaska Native

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Land Claims Settlement. Of the 220 that qualified, she visited all but 13. In 1988, Morgan receivedher master’s degree from Boston University with a focus on publishing. Then, with business partnerKent Sturgis, she established Epicenter Press in 1988, a regional house that was to become the majorpublisher of Alaska titles. That same year, she joined the Department of Journalism and Broadcastingat the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she taught writing, photography, and multimedia. In 1999,after serving three years as department chair and winning a Fulbright to Fiji, Morgan returned to Maineto become managing editor of the Casco Bay Weekly. In January of 2000 she advanced to publisher andcontinued in that capacity until the paper was sold in 2003. From September of 2003 until the summerof 2005, Morgan was a visiting professor in the Department of Communications at the University ofTexas at Arlington. Morgan remains acquisitions editor for Epicenter Press and occasionally utilizesher California private detective’s license, which she has held since 1981. Morgan is the author of 16published books on an eclectic array of subjects. In the 1970s, Doubleday published three of her books:And the Land Provides: Transition of Alaska Natives from a Subsistence to a Money Economy; Tatting,A New Look at the Old Art of Lace Making; and Women's Guide to Boating and Cooking. Her bookGood Time Girls of the Alaska Yukon Gold Rush, which in 1998 placed seventh on the Los AngelesTimes best nonfiction list, won her the distinction of being named Alaska Historian of the Year. Hermost recent works are Eskimo Star: From Tundra to Tinseltown: The Ray Mala Story, and Wanton West:Madams, Money, Murder and the Wild Women of Montana’s Frontier. Both were published in 2011.

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Collection Scope and Content

Contained in the Lael Morgan papers are: newspaper clippings; photographs, including a large numberof slides and transparencies; manuscripts; scrapbooks; travel logs; correspondence; media; andmemorabilia. Series I. Clippings 1954-2011, includes clippings of articles by and about Morgan, manywith photos by Morgan; clippings of articles of interest collected for her by Morgan’s parents; newspapereditions published or overseen by Morgan; clippings concerning friends, colleagues and family; SeriesII. Journalism notebooks, c. 1967-1987, consists of 69 spiral bound reporter’s/stenographer’s notebookscontaining notes on life and culture in the Alaskan native villages and Alaskan cities Morgan visited;Series III. Photographs 1936-2011, the most extensive series in the collection, contains a very largenumber of Morgan’s images created in her travels, in the form of black & white and color prints,snapshots, 35 mm slides, transparencies and negatives; Series IV. Travel logs 1959-1985, contains spiral-bound and clipped loose-leaf logs, both typed and handwritten, chronicling Morgan’s travels. Series V.Scrapbooks 1952-1999, consists of two large format bound scrapbooks with paper pages, and a three-ring binder with sheet protectors and loose pages; Series VI. Manuscripts 1944-1997, is composed ofone pocket-sized three-ring binder, various typescripts and one early stapled onion skin chapbook; SeriesVII. Correspondence 1955-2017, contains handwritten and typewritten letters, greeting cards, postcards,and email printouts; Series VIII. Memorabilia 1953-2011, contains objects, certificates, invitations andprograms, and international documents; Series IX. Media 1986-2012, contains VHS tapes, one CD,one cassette tape, one floppy disc and one hard drive; Series X. Montana research 1996-2012, containsarticles and correspondence, as well as chapter drafts; Series XI. Tonga research 1998-2009, contains

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research on Tonga, Shirley Baker and family, as well as a draft of the Ray Wise Mala manuscript; SeriesXII. Texas research 2003-2010, contains research on a variety of Texas historical characters and topics.

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Arrangement

This collection is organized into the following twelve series. The first nine are organized by materialtype, and arranged chronologically within each. The last three are in the original order, including foldernames, that Lael Morgan gifted to the MWWC: I. Publications 1954-2011; II. Journalism Notebookscirca 1967-1987; III. Photographs 1936-2011; IV. Travel logs 1959-1985; V. Scrapbooks 1952-1999;VI. Manuscripts 1944-1997; VII. Correspondence 1942-2017; VIII. Memorabilia 1953-2011; IX. Media1986-2012; X. Montana Research 1996-2012; XI. Tonga Research 1998-2009, undated ; XII. TexasResearch 2003-2010, undated.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Maine Women Writers Collection

Abplanalp LibraryUniversity of New England716 Stevens AvenuePortland, Maine [email protected]: http://www.une.edu/mwwc

Revision DescriptionMWWC expanded the papers to included three additional series gifted to us by Lael Morgan regardingher research. 2017

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Curator of the Maine Women WritersCollection.

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Controlled Access Headings

• Floppy disks• Sailing• Travel• Alaska Natives• Indians of North America -- Maine• Inupiat• Athapascan Indians• Saco (Me.)• Saint George (Me.)• Alaska• Puerto Rico• Borneo• Bering Sea• Aleutian Islands (Alaska)• Alaska Highway• Audiocassettes• Clippings• Photographs• Correspondence• Manuscripts• Scrapbooks• Memorabilia• Notebooks• Greeting cards• Postcards• Obituaries• Typescripts• Slides• Negatives• Transparencies• Video recordings• Alaska geographic• Alaska Magazine• Anchorage daily news

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• Anchorage daily times• Fairbanks daily news-miner• Casco Bay weekly• Jessen's Weekly• Los Angeles Times• National geographic• Texas• Tonga• Montana• Morgan, Lael• Morgan, Lael• Alicia Patterson Fund• World Eskimo Olympics

Collection Inventory

Publications, 1954-2010

Scope and Contents

This series includes clippings of articles by and about Morgan, many with photos by Morgan, appearing in JuneauNew Empire, Fairbanks City Miner, Jessen's Times, Tundra Times, LA Times, New York Times, and otherpublications, as well as in the Alicia Patterson Fund newsletter, Alaska Journal, and Alaska Magazine; clippingscollected for Morgan by her parents, labeled “clippings on Maine Indians”; newspaper editions published oroverseen by Morgan; and clippings concerning friends, colleagues and family. Subjects include Cony High School,Emerson College, Boston University, marriage to Dodge Morgan, Alaska, Alaskan native villages, sailing, travel,California, Russia, Japan, Scandinavia, art, culture, Dodge Morgan, friends and Maine Native Americans. Issues ofNational Geographic 1973-1983; Alaska Geographic 1978-1982; and the Portland, Maine, paper Casco Bay Weeklyduring Morgan’s tenure as editor (June 1999-December 2002) have been removed to the Periodicals collection andcataloged.

Title/Description Instances

Clippings by and about LM--various publications, 1950s Box 1 Folder 001

"The Drippy-Nose Dope" camp newsletter by LM and friend,mid-1950s

Box 1 Folder 002

Clippings by LM--various publications, 1960s Box 1 Folder 003

Anchorage Daily Times clippings, 1960-1966 Box 1 Folder 004

Anchorage Daily News clippings, 1960-1967 Box 1 Folder 005

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner clippings, 1961-1966 Box 1 Folder 006

Clippings re: Coaster sailing trip, 1963-1964 Box 1 Folder 007

Anchorage earthquake clippings sent by LM from St. Thomas,USVI, 1964

Box 1 Folder 008

Juneau Alaska Empire clippings, 1966 Box 1 Folder 009

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Jessen's Weekly clippings, 1966 Box 1 Folder 010

Box 1 Folder 011Fairbanks Daily News-Miner clippings, 1967

Box 1 Folder 012

"The Water Logged" newsletter of Lathrop Hilton Hotel duringFairbanks flood, 1967

Box 1 Folder 013

Associated Press log, mentioning LM, 1968 Box 1 Folder 014

Box 1 Folder 015

Box 1 Folder 016

Box 1 Folder 017

Box 1 Folder 018

Jessen's Weekly issues edited by LM, some containing articles byLM, 1967

Box 1 Folder 019

Los Angeles Times clippings, 1969-1971 Box 2 Folder 020

Los Angeles Times clippings, 1971-1973 Box 2 Folder 021

Los Angeles Times clippings, 1973 Box 2 Folder 022

"Woman Power" in RF Illustrated (Rockefeller Foundation), 1973 Box 2 Folder 023

Clippings, various publications, 1971-1975 Box 2 Folder 024

Tundra Times and The Bremerton clippings, 1971-1975 Box 2 Folder 025

Alicia Patterson Fund newsletters by LM (issues 1-8), 1972 Box 2 Folder 026

Alicia Patterson Fund newsletters by LM (issues 9-17), 1972 Box 2 Folder 027

Anchorage Daily News clippings, 1972 Box 2 Folder 028

Alaska Journal article reprints, 1973-1979 Box 2 Folder 029

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner clippings, 1974 Box 2 Folder 030

The Anchorage Daily Times clippings, 1974-1978 Box 2 Folder 031

Alaska Magazine clippings, 1974, 1976 Box 2 Folder 032

Resume and indexes of publications--Alaska Magazine villageseries, Alaska Journal series, authored books, periodicals,1965-1998

Box 2 Folder 033

Clippings, various publications, 1976-1978 Box 2 Folder 034

Status reports--Alaska Natives and Alaska Corporations, 1977 Box 2 Folder 035

Los Angeles Times clippings, 1979 Box 2 Folder 036

Clippings, various publications, 1979 Box 2 Folder 037

Clippings, various publications, circa 1970s Box 2 Folder 038

Clippings, various publications, 1980 Box 3 Folder 039

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Box 3 Folder 040

Clippings, various publications, 1981-1985 Box 3 Folder 041

Anchorage Times clippings, 1983-1985 Box 3 Folder 042

Anchorage Daily News clippings, 1985-1987 Box 3 Folder 043

Magazines and newspapers published by LM at California StateNorthridge, 1987-1988

Box 3 Folder 044

Clippings, various publications, 1988-1996 Box 3 Folder 045

Heartland article and exhibit catalogue, U. AlaskaMuseum--"Miles and Miles: Honoring Black Veterans Who Builtthe ALCAN Highway", 1992

Box 3 Folder 046

Fairbanks Flood of '67 article in Heartland by LM, 1992 Box 3 Folder 047

Journal of Commerce, Alaska: "Fairbanks Publisher FindsSuccess", 1992

Box 3 Folder 048

"The Other Woman" in Heartland Magazine, Fairbanks, AK, 1998 Box 3 Folder 049

Chapter on LM in Faces of Alaska, book by Jean Lester, 2003 Box 3 Folder 050

Clippings, various publications, 2003-2005 Box 3 Folder 051

Article printout from adn.com (Alaska Daily News) listing LM'sbook among 67 best, 2006

Box 3 Folder 052

Alaska Historical Society publication, "Alaska Visionaries" withpaper by LM, 2008

Box 3 Folder 053

Dodge David Morgan obituary, Maine Sunday Telegram, 2010 Box 3 Folder 054

Clippings on Maine Indians (collected by LM's parents),1937-1975, undated

Box 4 Folder 055

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1974-1976 Box 4 Folder 056

Box 4 Folder 057

Box 4 Folder 058

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1977

Box 4 Folder 059

Box 4 Folder 060

Box 4 Folder 061

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1978

Box 4 Folder 062

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1979 Box 4 Folder 063

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1980 Box 4 Folder 064

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1981 Box 4 Folder 065

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1982-1983 Box 4 Folder 066

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1984 Box 4 Folder 067

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1985

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Box 4 Folder 068

Clippings on Maine Indians, 1986-1988 Box 4 Folder 069

Clippings on Maine Indians, 2000 Box 4 Folder 070

Alaska Magazine Village Series index, undated Box 4 Folder 071

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Journalism notebooks, circa 1967-1987, undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains 69 spiral-bound reporter’s/stenographer’s notebooks containing notes on life and culture inthe Alaskan native villages and Alaskan cities Morgan visited. From the information Morgan gathered in thesenotebooks she wrote articles for the Juneau New Empire, Fairbanks City Miner, Jessen's Times, Tundra Times, LATimes, New York Times, and Alaska Northwest Publishing (Alaska Geographic and Alaska Journal) and NationalGeographic magazine.

Title/Description Instances

Anchorage, Alaska Magazine, early 1970s Box 5 Folder 001

Juneau legislature, early 1970s Box 5 Folder 002

Land Claims Interiors (2 notebooks), 1972 Box 5 Folder 003

Chief Andrew Isaac, Tyonek, North Star, Eskimo Olympics,Warren Taylor (1 notebook), 1972

Box 5 Folder 004

Galena and Naknek, Alaska; Shannon Gallant (2), 1972-1975 Box 5 Folder 005

Bristol Bay, Jo Gordon, Ted Stevens, Dr. Robert Fortuine (2),1972, 1974

Box 5 Folder 006

Bristol Bay, Alaska (1), 1977 Box 5 Folder 007

Arctic Slope, Alaska (2), 1974 Box 5 Folder 008

NANA, 1974 Box 5 Folder 009

Southeastern Alaska (3), 1974-1976 Box 5 Folder 010

Southeastern Alaska (3), 1976-1978 Box 5 Folder 011

Aleutian Islands, Alaska (3), 1974, 1979 Box 5 Folder 012

Aleutian Islands, Alaska (3), 1982 Box 5 Folder 013

Aleutian Islands, Alaska (3), 1982, 1984 Box 5 Folder 014

Adak and Atka, Alaska (1), 1975 Box 5 Folder 015

Aleutians--Chenega Ejak, Alaska (1), 1975 Box 5 Folder 016

Coos Inlet, Alaska (1), 1975 Box 5 Folder 017

Sleetmute and Ahtna, Alaska (1), 1975 Box 5 Folder 018

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St. Lawrence Island, Alaska (2), 1975 Box 5 Folder 019

Yukon North Star, Alaska (1), 1975 Box 5 Folder 020

Bethel area, Alaska (3), 1975 Box 6 Folder 021

Bethel area, Alaska (2), 1975, 1978 Box 6 Folder 022

Alaska Magazine, Inupiat, circa 1976 Box 6 Folder 023

Fairbanks, Alaska (1), 1976 Box 6 Folder 024

Shetland, Alaska, 1976 Box 6 Folder 025

American Indians I, 1977 Box 6 Folder 026

Kodiak, Alaska, circa 1977 Box 6 Folder 028

Humor, circa 1977 Box 6 Folder 029

Iliamna and Barrow, Alaska, circa 1978 Box 6 Folder 030

Barrow, Alaska, 1978 Box 6 Folder 031

Whitehorse and Dawson, Alaska, 1978 Box 6 Folder 032

LA Times (2), circa 1979 Box 6 Folder 033

LA Times (2), circa 1979 Box 6 Folder 034

LA Times, circa 1979-1982 Box 6 Folder 035

Ron Gilmore, circa 1970s Box 6 Folder 036

Ford Foundation--Native affairs, 1980s Box 6 Folder 037

Akutan, Sand Point and Cold Bay, Alaska, 1980 Box 6 Folder 038

Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1980 Box 6 Folder 039

Returning WWII vets, Adak, 1980 Box 6 Folder 040

Unalaska and Nikolski, Alaska, 1980 Box 6 Folder 041

Untitled (3), circa 1981-1986 Box 6 Folder 042

Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1985 Box 6 Folder 043

ANWP, circa 1985 Box 6 Folder 044

Art; Daly City earthquake; Coalinga, Alaska (3), circa 1985-1987 Box 6 Folder 045

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Photographs, 1936-2011, undated

Scope and Contents

The most extensive series in the collection, this contains a very large number of Morgan’s images created in hertravels, in the form of black & white and color prints, snapshots, 35 mm slides, transparencies and negatives.

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Subjects include Morgan’s youth; photojournalism in Alaska, the US, the Pacific and elsewhere; sailing; and herpersonal life.

Title/Description Instances

Early LM, family and friends, 1936-1955 Box 7 Folder 001

Dodge Morgan and family, 1956-1958 Box 7 Folder 002

Lael Morgan and family, 1956-1958 Box 7 Folder 003

Friends, 1956-1958 Box 7 Folder 004

Lael and Dodge Morgan wedding photo, 1958 Box 7 Folder 005

Massachusetts, 1958 Box 7 Folder 006

Trip with Dodge Morgan up ALCAN Highway, Alaska,1958-1959

Box 7 Folder 007

Box 7 Folder 008Various Alaska images, 1958-late 1960s, undated

Box 7 Folder 009

Graduation from Boston University, 1959 Box 7 Folder 010

Friends and family, 1959-1962 Box 7 Folder 011

Work-related, 1959-1968 Box 7 Folder 012

Photo story of Morgan's husky, Eric, and cat, 1959-1963 Box 7 Folder 013

Alaskan people, circa late 1950s-early 1960s Box 7 Folder 014

Lael and Dodge Morgan, 1959-1962 Box 7 Folder 015

Various interior and art photographs, circa 1960s Box 7 Folder 016

Mushing in Anchorage, 1960-1961 Box 7 Folder 017

Transparencies--Lael and Dodge, early Anchorage, 1960-1962 Box 7 Folder 018

LM DM sailing aboard the Coaster, 1963-1965 Box 7 Folder 019

Box 7 Folder 020

Box 7 Folder 021

Box 7 Folder 022

the Coaster trip, 1963-1965

Box 7 Folder 023

Transparencies--early Coaster, 1963-1964 Box 7 Folder 024

Transparencies--Nassau Coaster, 1963-1965 Box 7 Folder 025

Anchorage earthquake "sent I think by Ruth and CameronEdmondson", circa 1964

Box 7 Folder 026

Transparencies--Man of War, 1964 Box 7 Folder 027

Transparencies--Tenants Harbor, ME, 1964 Box 7 Folder 028

Transparencies--Puerto Rico, San Blas, 1964-1965 Box 7 Folder 029

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Transparencies--San Blas, 1965 Box 7 Folder 030

LM, family and friends, 1965-1966 Box 7 Folder 031

While at Juneau Empire, 1965-1966 Box 8 Folder 032

Rep. John Sackett and Tanana Chiefs, late 1960s Box 8 Folder 033

Fairbanks, AK flood, 1967 Box 8 Folder 034

Visit by Alaska Gov. Wally Hickel and oil men to North SlopeWilderness, 1967

Box 8 Folder 035

St. Petersburg, Russia, circa 1967 Box 8 Folder 036

Family and friends, 1967-1968 Box 8 Folder 037

Ted Stevens, Charles Lindbergh, 1967-1968 Box 8 Folder 038

While at LA Times, 1968-1971 Box 8 Folder 039

Famous people, 1960s Box 8 Folder 040

Eskimo images--Point Hope, Alaska, 1972 Box 8 Folder 041

Eskimo images--Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, circa 1972 Box 8 Folder 042

Atka, Yukon Southeastern Alaska, 1972 Box 8 Folder 043

Galena, Alaska, early 1970s Box 8 Folder 044

Dept. of Interior supply ship North Star, early 1970s Box 8 Folder 045

LM in Alaska, mid-1970s-1980s Box 8 Folder 046

Portraits of Alaskans, mid-1970s Box 8 Folder 047

Drumming and Kotzebue Museum, mid-1970s Box 8 Folder 048

Family and friends, 1974-1975 Box 8 Folder 049

Swearing in, Fish and Game Board, 1975 Box 8 Folder 050

Box 8 Folder 051Eskimo Olympics, circa 1976

Box 8 Folder 052

Basketry and masks, circa 1976 Box 8 Folder 053

Friends and family, 1976-1979 Box 8 Folder 054

Photos of LM, 1976-1979 Box 8 Folder 055

in Wild West costumes, late 1970s Box 8 Folder 056

with Dr. Bryan Barber in Las Vegas, late 1970s Box 8 Folder 057

LM, family and friends, 1980-1987 Box 8 Folder 058

Hazel Warren's funeral, circa late 1980s Box 8 Folder 059

Photos of LM, 1988-1999 Box 8 Folder 060

Family, 1988-1999

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Box 8 Folder 061

LM and friends, 1988-1999 Box 8 Folder 062

LM flying with Peter Knowles; visiting Peter Knowles, 1989,1999

Box 8 Folder 063

Book signing for Good Time Girls in Dawson City, AK, 1998 Box 8 Folder 064

Holiday photographs, 2000-2002 Box 8 Folder 065

Trip with brother Lee Warren to southern Utah--Goblin Valley,2003

Box 8 Folder 066

Trip with brother Lee Warren to southern Utah--Arches, 2003 Box 8 Folder 067

Trip with brother Lee Warren to southern Utah--Red Canyon andKodachrome Basin, 2003

Box 8 Folder 068

Trip with brother Lee Warren to southern Utah--Bryce Canyon,2003

Box 8 Folder 069

Friends and family, 2004-2011 Box 8 Folder 070

Negatives--early Coaster, 1963 Box 9 Folder 071

Negatives--early Coaster, off Boothbay, ME, and southern US, fall1963

Box 9 Folder 072

Negatives--Coaster trip in Venezuela, Columbia, Panama,1963-1965

Box 9 Folder 073

Negatives--Coaster trip in Curacao, Grenada and Aruba,1963-1965

Box 9 Folder 074

Negatives--Coaster trip in Trinidad, 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 075

Negatives--Coaster in color, circa 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 076

Negatives--Coaster trip in the Bahamas and the DominicanRepublic, 1963-1965

Box 9 Folder 077

Negatives--Coaster trip in Nevis, Bequia, Domenica, 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 078

Negatives-Coaster trip in Puerto Rico, 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 079

Negatives--Coaster trip in The Saints, St. Vincent, St. Lucia,1963-1965

Box 9 Folder 080

Negatives--Coaster trip in St. Bart's and Antigua, 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 081

Negatives--Coaster trip in Alaska, 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 082

Negatives--Coaster trip in the Pacific, 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 083

Negatives--Coaster trip in St. Thomas, 1964 Box 9 Folder 084

Slides--Gold Rush Girls, 1890s/circa 1998 Box 9 Folder 085

Slides--Good Time Girls research, 1898-1930s Box 9 Folder 086

Slides--Howard Rock slide show, 1918-1997 Box 9 Folder 087

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Box 9 Folder 088

Slides--voyage of the Coaster, 1963-1965 Box 9 Folder 089

Slides--personal, 1973-1992, undated Box 9 Folder 090

Box 10 Folder 091

Box 10 Folder 092

Slides--Inupiat-Alaska Native Peoples, 1960-1997

Box 10 Folder 093

Slides--Tlingit Haida people, Alaska, 1966-1990, undated Box 10 Folder 094

Slides--Native art, Alaska, 1971-1992, undated Box 10 Folder 095

Slides--Athabascan people, Alaska, 1972-1990, undated Box 10 Folder 096

Box 10 Folder 097

Box 10 Folder 098

Box 10 Folder 099

Box 10 Folder 100

Box 10 Folder 101

Box 11 Folder 102

Box 11 Folder 103

Box 11 Folder 104

Box 11 Folder 105

Box 11 Folder 106

Slides--Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1972-1992, undated

Box 11 Folder 107

Slides--Aleutian Islands, hearings in Unalaska re: Relocationduring WWII, 1981

Box 11 Folder 108

Slides--Eskimo Olympics, 1974-1982 Box 11 Folder 109

Box 11 Folder 110

Box 11 Folder 111

Slides--Yupik people, Alaska, 1974-1985, undated

Box 11 Folder 112

Slides--Huichole Indians, Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico, 1974,1985

Box 11 Folder 113

Slides--Alaska personalities, 1974-1990 Box 11 Folder 114

Slides--Anchorage, Alaska, 1976-1990, undated Box 11 Folder 115

Slides--Swallows Day, San Juan Capistrano, CA, 1979 Box 12 Folder 116

Slides--California--Jack London Ranch, Valley of the Moon, 1979 Box 12 Folder 117

Slides--Mystery, 1979-1988 Box 12 Folder 118

Slides--Anchorage Museum and other historic images, 1980-1988 Box 12 Folder 119

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Slides--Italy, 1982 Box 12 Folder 120

Slides--Seychelles, 1982 Box 12 Folder 121

Slides--Tunis, Tunisia, 1982 Box 12 Folder 122

Slides--Dalton Highway, Alaska, 1982-1988 Box 12 Folder 123

Slides--Salana homesteaders, Alaska, 1984-1988, undated Box 12 Folder 124

Box 12 Folder 125

Box 12 Folder 126

Box 12 Folder 127

Box 12 Folder 128

Slides--ALCAN--British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories,1989-1990

Box 12 Folder 129

Slides--Gordon Gibbons, builder, Santa Barbara, 1990 Box 12 Folder 130

Slides--British Virgin Islands, 1990 Box 12 Folder 131

Slides--Hong Kong, 1996 Box 12 Folder 132

Slides--Fiji and Tonga, 1996 Box 12 Folder 133

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 1-5), 1984 Box 13 Folder 134

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 6-10), 1984 Box 13 Folder 135

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 11-15), 1984 Box 13 Folder 136

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 16-20), 1984 Box 13 Folder 137

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 21-25), 1984 Box 13 Folder 138

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 26-27), 1984 Box 13 Folder 139

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 27-30), 1985 Box 13 Folder 140

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 31-35), 1985 Box 13 Folder 141

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 36-39), 1985 Box 13 Folder 142

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 41-45), 1985 Box 13 Folder 143

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 46-48), 1985 Box 13 Folder 144

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 51-55), 1985 Box 13 Folder 145

Slides--the Bering Sea (boxes 56-58), 1985 Box 13 Folder 146

Slides--Borneo, 1990 Box 14 Folder 147

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Box 14 Folder 148

Box 14 Folder 149

Box 14 Folder 150

Box 14 Folder 151

Box 14 Folder 152

Box 14 Folder 153

Box 14 Folder 154

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Travel logs, 1959-1985

Scope and Contents

The spiral-bound and clipped loose-leaf logs contained in this series, both typed and handwritten, chronicleMorgan’s trip up the ALCAN Highway with Dodge Morgan (1959); her two-year sailing voyage aboard the Coasterwith husband Dodge Morgan (1963-1965); her drive across the country, interviewing affluent Native Americans(1971); Alicia Patterson Foundation Grant interviews to document the transition of Alaskan Native peoples uponwinning a large land grant (1972); interviews with Alaska native peoples for Alaska Northwest Publishing (1974);and her stay with homesteaders in Salna, Alaska (1985).

Title/Description Instances

Log of trip up the ALCAN Highway, 1959 Box 15 Folder 001

Log of the Coaster sailing trip with husband Dodge Morgan,1963-1965

Box 15 Folder 002

Log of drive from Los Angeles to Maine, 1971 Box 15 Folder 003

Log for Alicia Patterson grant, 1972 Box 15 Folder 004

Log of travel for Alicia Patterson grant/Northwest Publishing toGalina, 1972

Box 15 Folder 005

Log of travel for Alicia Patterson grant/Northwest Publishing toNANA, 1974

Box 15 Folder 006

Log of travel for Alicia Patterson grant/Northwest Publishing toArctic Slope, 1974

Box 15 Folder 007

Log of travel for Alicia Patterson grant/Northwest Publishing toBristol Bay, 1974

Box 15 Folder 008

Log of travel for Alicia Patterson grant/Northwest Publishing toTatitlik, Yukon River, Sleetmute, Gambell, Nome and Diomede,1974

Box 15 Folder 009

Log of travel for Alicia Patterson grant/Northwest Publishing toPribilofs, 1974

Box 15 Folder 010

Log of stay with homesteaders in Slana, Alaska, 1985 Box 15 Folder 011

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Joshua Slocum's 1895 sailing itinery for trip around the world,1895

Box 15 Folder 012

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Scrapbooks, 1952-1999

Scope and Contents

In this series are two large format bound scrapbooks with paper pages, one a collection of clippings, photos andmemorabilia from Morgan’s high school years (1952-1954), and the other a collection of clippings, photos andmemorabilia from her sailing voyage aboard the Coaster (1963-1965) with husband Dodge Morgan.

Title/Description Instances

High school scrapbook, 1952-1954 Box 15 Folder 001

Scrapbook of sailing trip aboard the Coaster--photos, 1963-1965 Box 15 Folder 002

Scrapbook of sailing trip aboard the Coaster--original pages,1963-1965

Box OVS 6 Folder 003

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Manuscripts, 1944-1997

Scope and Contents

Including both written work by Morgan as well as others, highlights of this series include the original handwrittendraft of Morgan’s The Woman’s Guide to Boating and Cooking; a little chapbook of her early poems/juvenilia;college essays; her sailing voyage aboard the Coaster (1963-1965); her unpublished Bering Sea feature (1986); theoriginal typescript of Good Time Girls of the Alaskan Yukon, her book on prostitution in Alaska (1997), then titled“Whores of Yore”; and writing by others.

Title/Description Instances

Typewritten chapbook--"Lael's Poems May 22, 1944", 1944 Box 16 Folder 001

First serious writing attempts (assignments for and bio of HoraceReynolds, Emerson College), 1957, 2005

Box 16 Folder 002

"Boat Book--A Cook's Tour"--original MS for "The Woman'sGuide to Boating and Cooking", 1966

Box 16 Folder 003

Correspondence and transcript of V. Blanchard's life storyrecorded and edited by LM, 1969

Box 16 Folder 004

"Loory's Rules of Thumb for Novice Home Buyers" typewrittenlist, circa 1970

Box 16 Folder 005

Report by Lee Warren on LM's "And the Land Provides", 1974 Box 16 Folder 006

Research notes for National Geographic article on Maine Indians,1980s

Box 16 Folder 007

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Reflective piece re: father's death, gravestone sketch, 1982 Box 16 Folder 008

"Learning from 'Dirty' Detectives" draft, after 1982 Box 16 Folder 009

MS for National Geographic on the Bering Sea, 1986 Box 16 Folder 010

"Life Plan" for Boston University business class, 1986 Box 16 Folder 011

Original "Whores of Yore"/"Good Time Girls" MS--chapters 1-3,1997

Box 16 Folder 012

Original "Whores of Yore"/"Good Time Girls" MS--chapters 4-6,1997

Box 16 Folder 013

Original "Whores of Yore"/"Good Time Girls" MS--chapters 7-9,1997

Box 16 Folder 014

Original "Whores of Yore"/"Good Time Girls" MS--chapters15-17 (end), 1997

Box 16 Folder 016

Original "Whores of Yore"/"Good Time Girls" MS--notes, 1997 Box 16 Folder 017

Original "Whores of Yore"/"Good Time Girls" MS--mailing list,style sheets, bibliography, acknowledgements, 1997

Box 16 Folder 018

"Coyote Handbook" by LM, loose leaf booklet, 1997 Box 16 Folder 019

"The Life and Times of Lael Morgan--2001", 2001 Box 16 Folder 020

University of Texas Arlington student's profile of LM, 2003 Box 16 Folder 021

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Correspondence, 1942-2017

Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence with family and friends; professional correspondence; teaching correspondence;and awards and honors in the form of handwritten and typewritten letters; greeting cards; postcards; and emailprintouts. Highlights include correspondence with Alaska public figures such as Gov. William A. Egan, SenatorVance Phillips, Senator Ted Stevens, Brinks robber Champagne Ricky Reese, lobbyist John Shively, and SenatorLisa Murkowski.

Title/Description Instances

holiday greeting, enclosed photo of LM brother, 1942 Box 17 Folder 001

Boston University, re: Alaska Highway trip press, 1959 Box 17 Folder 002

Letters to and from brother Lee Warren and family, 1960-1986 Box 17 Folder 003

Holiday correspondence, 1961 Box 17 Folder 004

Letters to LM from Alaska then-governor William A. Egan, 1962 Box 17 Folder 005

Letter to LM from Bob DeArmond, Executive Editor of AlaskaSportsman and The Milepost, 1963

Box 17 Folder 006

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letters, drawing and photo to LM Dodge Morgan from Jack Cahill,1963-1964

Box 17 Folder 007

Letter to LM DM from Vern, 1964 Box 17 Folder 008

Letter to LM DM from Mrs. Mark McDonnell, Jr., 1964 Box 17 Folder 009

Correspondence from DM's parents Clifford Ruth James andbrother Russ Morgan, circa 1964

Box 17 Folder 010

Letter to LM DM from Alaska then-Senator Vance Phillips withearthquake account, 1964

Box 17 Folder 011

Letter and earthquake account to LM DM from Lynn Dan, 1964 Box 17 Folder 012

to LM DM from Stockton T. Hirst, 1964 Box 17 Folder 013

Letter and earthquake acct. to LM DM from George Ruth Arcond,1964

Box 17 Folder 014

Letter and earthquake acct to LM DM from Laurie, 1964 Box 17 Folder 015

To LM from Sally Pomeroy, 1964 Box 17 Folder 016

Correspondence related to LM's article "Sailing on the Edge" inMotor Boating, 1964-1965

Box 17 Folder 017

Letters and earthquake accounts from Ruth and CameronEdmondson, 1964-1965

Box 17 Folder 018

to LM from Julie Shanon Gallant, 1965-1966 Box 17 Folder 019

to LM from Baron Christoph von Imhof, 1966 Box 17 Folder 020

to LM from Dr. Milot Fritz, 1967 Box 17 Folder 021

Correspondence with Sam Miller, 1968-1969, 2008-2010 Box 17 Folder 022

to LM from Larry Pryor, LA Times, circa 1970s Box 17 Folder 023

Letters from LM to parents during Alicia Patterson grant travels,1972-1973

Box 17 Folder 024

with various correspondents, 1972-2011 Box 17 Folder 025

to Richard Nolte, Alicia Patterson Foundation, from WilliamTaylor, National Museum of Man, re: LM, 1973

Box 17 Folder 026

to LM from Steve Kline, 1973, circa 1979 Box 17 Folder 027

to LM from cousin David W. Eaton, 1975, 1984 Box 17 Folder 028

Reeve Aleutian Airways inter-office memo re: LM travel, 1975 Box 17 Folder 029

card and book excerpt photocopy to LM from mother HazelWarren, 1976

Box 17 Folder 030

to LM from Mother and Father, 1976-1978 Box 17 Folder 031

Correspondence and documents related to LM's aunt RuthFrothingham, 1977-1978

Box 17 Folder 032

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to LM from Wayne Newall, Passamaquoddy Indian Township,1977

Box 17 Folder 033

Correspondence and materials related to the Ann StevensMemorial Fund, 1978-1979

Box 17 Folder 034

re: Sheila Turner Seed, 1979 Box 17 Folder 035

to LM from Allen O'Brien, 1979-1980 Box 17 Folder 036

to LM from Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, 1979-1994 Box 17 Folder 037

to LM from Champagne Ricky (Richard) Reese (Brinks robber),1980-1981

Box 17 Folder 038

Birth announcement, correspondence and photos--Lael MeganBach, 1980-1985

Box 17 Folder 039

re: Jeannette B. Pomeroy, 1981-1982 Box 17 Folder 040

to Stanley Bippus, school superintendent, re: publishing, 1981 Box 17 Folder 041

Three typewritten letters to LM from Kay J. Kennedy, 1982 Box 17 Folder 042

re: Proposition 7 ballot measure, fish and game management, 1982 Box 17 Folder 043

Correspondence with Bryan Barber, M.D., 1982-1987, 2011 Box 17 Folder 044

to LM from Jane Sutherland Niebergal, 1983 Box 17 Folder 045

to LM from John Shively, 1983, 2004 Box 17 Folder 046

to LM from Elizabeth Bryant re: Getty book, 1984 Box 17 Folder 047

to/from LM re: name Lael, 1984, 1992 Box 17 Folder 048

Correspondence with Dartmouth College library for NationalGeographic Maine Indian article, 1984-1985

Box 17 Folder 049

LM's account of Gil Galloway, circa mid-1980s Box 17 Folder 050

Letter to Kent re: Pacific Rim Publishers, 1985 Box 17 Folder 051

Correspondence with homesteaders in Slana, Alaska, 1985 Box 17 Folder 052

from LM re: National Geographic Bering Sea story, 1986 Box 17 Folder 053

Correspondence related to Boston University and classmates, 1986 Box 17 Folder 054

In Memorium and obituary for Virginia Blanchard, 1986 Box 17 Folder 055

University of Alaska Fairbanks employment correspondence,1988

Box 17 Folder 056

to LM from Bill Garrett, editor of National Geographic Magazine,1980s-1991

Box 17 Folder 057

Note to LM from Rita Gravel, attached to Washingtonian articlephotocopy, 1990

Box 17 Folder 058

Notes to LM re: article about her in New Straits Times, 1990 Box 17 Folder 059

Tenure correspondence--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993

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Box 17 Folder 060

Letters and certificates of gift to LM from Rasmuson Library,University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993, 1995

Box 17 Folder 061

University of Alaska Fairbanks employment letter, attached notes,story MS, 1997

Box 17 Folder 062

University of Alaska Fairbanks Natural Resources Fund ProjectReport correspondence, 1998

Box 17 Folder 063

Note to LM from Ilene with "The Goodriches of Cabot" VermontLife article attached, 1998

Box 17 Folder 064

LM's "Plans for an Elegant Exit" list to Shanon Gallant, 2002 Box 17 Folder 065

from LM to Diana/Dianne Campbell, 2003-2005 Box 17 Folder 066

Typewritten correspondence between LM and Dodge Morgan,2003

Box 17 Folder 067

Email and typewritten letter--LM and Robyn Veazey, 2005 Box 17 Folder 068

15-year recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists,2006

Box 17 Folder 069

Epicenter Press correspondence re: history of company, 2006 Box 17 Folder 070

from president of University of Texas at Arlington, 2006 Box 17 Folder 071

Correspondence re: nomination of Bruce B. Brugman forColumbia University Award, 2006

Box 17 Folder 072

Correspondence with Bob DeArmond re: Dale DeArmond, 2006 Box 17 Folder 073

Letter and photocopies, email printouts to LM from Earl L.Brown, 2006-2007

Box 17 Folder 074

from Rich Armstrong, Sounding Publications, 2007 Box 17 Folder 075

Correspondence with Brian Seed, 2007 Box 17 Folder 076

Email and printed invitations for "Gold Rush Girls" musical,2007-2008

Box 17 Folder 077

from LM to Lana Proctor, 2008 Box 17 Folder 078

Email from Cally Gurley, MWWC Curator, re: author series talk,2008

Box 17 Folder 079

Email wedding announcement--Mary Ames and Ken Jouppi, 2008 Box 17 Folder 080

Email correspondence re: LM's talk at Ocean Point, Saco, Maine,2010

Box 17 Folder 081

to LM from Alaska US Senator Lisa Murkowski, 2011 Box 17 Folder 082

Correspondence with Tara Kline, daughter of Steve Kline, 2011 Box 17 Folder 083

Correspondence with Maggie Field re: Steve and Tara Kline, 2011 Box 17 Folder 084

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Email from Rose Speranza, Rasmuson Library, University ofAlaska Fairbanks, 2012

Box 17 Folder 085

Email re: "Wanton West", 2012 Box 17 Folder 086

Correspondence between Lael Morgan and Karmo Sanders re:Good Times Girls (the play), 2017

Box 17 Folder 087

George Herben to Robert Henning re: Alaska Geographic (withnote from Lael Morgan), 1981

Box 17 Folder 088

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Memorabilia, 1953-2011, undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains awards and certificates, invitations and programs, and documents related to schooling, Alaska,events, teaching and travel. Highlights include a Kennedy Center box card signed by George and Barbara Bush;Morgan’s Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame materials; her private detective ID card, and a tribute compiled by friendsof Morgan on her departure from Alaska in 1999. It also includes objects such as Morgan’s snowshoes, a gold panand a portion of a wooden explosives crate.

Title/Description Instances

Boston University Military Ball invitation, 1953 Box 18 Folder 001

Cony High School memorabilia, 1953-1954 Box 18 Folder 002

Emerson College tuition and other documents, 1955-1956 Box 18 Folder 003

Alaska Highway guidebook, Canadian Government TravelBureau, circa 1959

Box 18 Folder 004

Voting certificate, Alaska, 1960 Box 18 Folder 005

LM's snowshoes, circa 1960s Box 18 Folder 006

Anchorage Times Publishing subscription receipt, 1961 Box 18 Folder 007

"Operation Free Cruise" statement for free dinner, 1962 Box 18 Folder 008

Press passes, driver's license, 1963-1976 Box 18 Folder 009

LM's World Health Organization International Certificate ofImmunization, 1963-1990

Box 18 Folder 010

Passports, 1963, 1994 Box 18 Folder 011

St. Thomas radio station staff list, 1964 Box 18 Folder 012

Items from trip to Russia and Scandinavia for Fairbanks DailyNews, 1967

Box 18 Folder 013

Alaska Press Club Award of Excellence, 1974 Box 18 Folder 014

Certificate of appointment to Alaska Board of Fish and Game,1975

Box 18 Folder 015

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Ford Foundation grant to study bilingual education--itinerary andmailing list, 1976

Box 18 Folder 016

"Men of Achievement" solicitation, 1977 Box 18 Folder 017

Alaska Women's Resource Center honor, 1978 Box 18 Folder 018

Notebook page of addresses, late 1970s Box 18 Folder 019

The Royalists stock investment group roster, circa late 1970s Box 18 Folder 020

Orange County Professional Bartenders School brochure, circa1980

Box 18 Folder 021

Rental agreement house inventory, San Juan Capistrano, CA, 1980 Box 18 Folder 022

Menu--Villa Serbelloni, Lake Como, Italy, 1982 Box 18 Folder 023

Detective academy training catalog, ID card, 1982 Box 18 Folder 024

University of St. Thomas faculty recital program, 1983 Box 18 Folder 025

Wedding invitation--Sen. Ted Stevens and Catherine AnnChandler, early 1980s

Box 18 Folder 026

Resume--Andy Malloy, circa 1986 Box 18 Folder 027

Benjamin Franklin Award certificate for Art and Eskimo Power,1989

Box 18 Folder 028

Kennedy Center box card, signed by George Barbara Bush, circa1990s

Box 18 Folder 029

Sketches of LM and man by Firmin, 1992 Box 18 Folder 030

American Press Institute seminar certificate, 1999 Box 18 Folder 031

Tribute notebook to LM by Anchorage friends, 1999 Box 18 Folder 032

James Chester Morgan memorial materials, 2003 Box 18 Folder 033

Texas Wesleyan University college day program--LM speaker,2006

Box 18 Folder 034

Epicenter Press catalog, 2006 Box 18 Folder 035

University of Texas at Tyler commencement program, 2007 Box 18 Folder 036

David Shanon Gallant materials--obituary, spreadsheet of artwork,3 CDs of memorial powerpoint, 2008

Box 18 Folder 037

LM slide presentation invitation, home of Don and Mary AnnBrown, 2009

Box 18 Folder 038

Maine Women Writers Collection Spring Authors Series flyer,2009

Box 18 Folder 039

Alaska Women's Hall of Fame induction materials, 2010 Box 18 Folder 040

Montana book tour schedule, 2011 Box 18 Folder 041

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LM lecture flyer--"Yukon Good-Time Girls and Native AlaskanWomen", undated

Box 18 Folder 042

LM's gold pan, undated Box 19 Folder 043

Typewriter, undated Box 19 Folder 044

Fragment of explosives box [on display], undated Box 19 Folder 044

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Media, 1986-2012, undated

Scope and Contents

This series includes VHS tapes containing programs on Alaska (some written by Morgan) and interviews with andpresentations by Morgan; one CD, one cassette tape, one floppy disk and one hard drive containing scans of articlesand images.

Title/Description Instances

VHS--"From Mario to Lael" 3 segments: "Finals"; Lael Mario;Alumni Video Magazine, 1986-1988

Box 20 Folder 001

VHS--LM Boston University class, 1987 Box 20 Folder 002

VHS--Wedding of David Warren Eaton and Babette AndrewEaton, 1987

Box 20 Folder 003

VHS--Portraits of Leadership: Chief Katlian and Howard Rock,1989

Box 20 Folder 004

VHS--The 1990 Alcan 5000 Winter Rally, 1990 Box 20 Folder 005

VHS--The 1990 Alcan 5000 Winter Rally, 1990 Box 20 Folder 006

VHS--Rainier Pictures "Trans Borneo", 1991 Box 20 Folder 007

VHS--Rainier Pictures "Trans Borneo", undated Box 20 Folder 008

VHS--Rainier Pictures "Trans Borneo", undated Box 20 Folder 009

VHS--Rainier Pictures "Hard Driving: The Alcan Adventure",1992

Box 20 Folder 010

VHS--The Alaska Highway 1942-1992, 1992 Box 20 Folder 011

VHS--"The Alaska Humanities Forum", circa 1993 Box 20 Folder 012

VHS-- LM "Prostitution in Alaska" lecture to U. of AlaskaFairbanks, 1996

Box 20 Folder 013

VHS--"Fourth Avenue: The Street That Was the Whole Town",1996

Box 20 Folder 014

VHS--The American Experience #910: "Gold Fever", 1997 Box 21 Folder 015

VHS--The American Experience "Gold Fever", 1997 Box 21 Folder 016

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VHS--"Good Time Girls of the Gold Rush", 1997 Box 21 Folder 017

VHS--"Modern Marvels: Alcan Highway", 2001 Box 21 Folder 018

VHS--"Kusah Hakwaan: An Alaskan Tlingit Indian Legend",2001

Box 21 Folder 019

Standard cassette tape--LM interview with Fairbanks artist JeanLester, 1996

Box 21 Folder 020

3.5" floppy disk--LM book inventory, 2006 Box 21 Folder 021

LM's Light Room 3 hard drive, 2012 Box 21 Folder 022

35mm positive microfilm "Mala, Ray (Wise) Scrapbook,1929-1942", 1929-1942

Box 21 Folder 023

35mm microfilm "Frank G. Speck Collection of Photographs" Box8, undated

Box 21 Folder 024

35mm microfilm "Frank G. Speck Collection of Photographs" Box9, undated

Box 21 Folder 025

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Montana research, 1996-2012Physical Description: 48 folders

Arrangement

The series is ordered in the original order, including folder names, by Lael Morgan.

Title/Description Instances

Maps of Butte, MT, undated Box 22 Folder 001

Butte research, undated Box 22 Folder 002

Butte research, 2004-2009, undated Box 22 Folder 003

Maps of Butte, MT, 2004, undated Box 22 Folder 004

Helena maps, 2004, undated Box 22 Folder 005

Ellen Baumler's Ghosts in Butte, speech and pamphlet, 2002-2003 Box 22 Folder 006

Email with Chris Daly re: Butte building permits, 2009 Box 22 Folder 007

Morgan's typed notes on Butte, 2009 Box 22 Folder 008

Helena research, 2004-2009 Box 22 Folder 009

Miles City research, 2009-2011, undated Box 22 Folder 011

Miles City handwritten notes, undated Box 22 Folder 012

Montana places research, 2004-2011 Box 22 Folder 013

Montana places maps, undated Box 22 Folder 014

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Montana places handwritten notes, undated Box 22 Folder 015

Montana players A-B, 2004-2009 Box 22 Folder 016

Montana players C-H, 2007-2009 Box 22 Folder 017

Montana players L-N, 2009-2010 Box 22 Folder 018

Montana players N-P, 2006-2010 Box 22 Folder 019

Montana players S-W, 2006-2010 Box 22 Folder 020

Chinese, 1996-2012 Box 22 Folder 021

Chicago Joe, 2009-2010 Box 22 Folder 022

W. A. Clark, 2004-2011 Box 22 Folder 023

Cruse, 2009-2010 Box 22 Folder 024

Marcus Daly, 2009-2010 Box 22 Folder 025

F. Augustus Heinze, 2006-2009 Box 22 Folder 026

Stanley Ketchel, 2005-2010 Box 22 Folder 027

Mary MacLane, 2010 Box 22 Folder 028

Jeanette Rankin, 2009-2010 Box 22 Folder 029

Montana general prostitution, 2004-2009 Box 22 Folder 030

Research Tools, 2006-2009 Box 22 Folder 031

Montana Transportation, 2004-2009 Box 23 Folder 032

Montana sources, 2004-2011 Box 23 Folder 033

Montana notes, 2004-2010 Box 23 Folder 034

Montana Misc., 2004-2010 Box 23 Folder 035

Montana Intro & Chapter 1: Reflections, 2009, undated Box 23 Folder 036

Montana Chapter 2: Summer Women, 2009, undated Box 23 Folder 037

Montana Chapter 3: Butte, The Black Heart of Montana,2004-2009, undated

Box 23 Folder 038

Montana Chapter 4: Copper Kings, 2010, undated Box 23 Folder 039

Montana Chapter 5: Miles City, 2007-2011, undated Box 24 Folder 040

Montana Chapter 6: Last of the Silver Years, 2004-2009, undated Box 24 Folder 041

Montana Chapter 7: Madeleine and Her Sisters in Sin, undated Box 24 Folder 042

Montana Chapter 8: Celestial, 2009, undated Box 24 Folder 043

Montana Chapter 9: Mary MacLane, 2008-2011, undated Box 24 Folder 044

Montana Chapter 10: The Beginning of the End, 2010, undated Box 25 Folder 045

Montana Chapter 11: New Options, 2009-2010, undated

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Box 25 Folder 046

Montana Chapter #12: Epilogue, 2010 Box 25 Folder 047

Montana photos, 2010-2011, undated Box 25 Folder 048

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Tonga research, 1998-2009, undatedPhysical Description: 27 folders

Arrangement

The series is ordered in the original order, including folder names, by Lael Morgan.

Title/Description Instances

Ray Wise Mala manuscript draft, 2009 Box 26 Folder 001

Bay of Plenty Times, 2009 Box 26 Folder 002 Folder 003

SEW Baker research in The New Zealand Herald (1890-1903),2009

Box 26 Folder 004

Shirley Baker research from Gillian Smyth, 2009, undated Box 26 Folder 005 Folder 006

Death & Cemetery records for Shirley and Laura Baker, 2009 Box 26 Folder 007

Shirley Baker research in New Zealand Observer and Freelancearticles, undated

Box 26 Folder 008

Shirley Baker articles - other papers, undated Box 26 Folder 009

Box 26 Folder 010Shirley Baker research, New Zealand Herald articles, undated

Box 27 Folder 011

Shirley Baker research in New Zealand Herald articles, undated Box 27 Folder 012

Notes, contacts & players in Shirley Baker research, 2009 Box 27 Folder 013

Shirley Baker research re: Lola Baker emails & PacificManuscripts Bureau, 2008-2009

Box 27 Folder 014

Business cards for Tonga research, undated Box 27 Folder 015

Correspondence & notes re: Shirley Baker, 1998-2009, undated Box 27 Folder 016 Folder 017

Birth certificate & Shirley Baker research in New Zealand Herald(1880-1889), 2009, undated

Box 27 Folder 018

Tonga - A short history, 2009 Box 27 Folder 019

Box 27 Folder 020 Folder 021Observer articles (1881-1908), 2009

Box 28 Folder 022

Research from The Turnbill Library & National Library of NewZealand, 2009

Box 28 Folder 023

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Copy of "Report of Minister of Police in Re AttemptedAssassination" (1887), undated

Box 28 Folder 024

Shirley Baker research in various New Zealand newspapers(1879-1897), 2009

Box 28 Folder 025 Folder 026

Shirley Baker research on CD, undated Box 28 Folder 027

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Texas research, 2003-2010, undatedPhysical Description: 18 folders

Arrangement

The series is ordered in the original order, including folder names, by Lael Morgan.

Title/Description Instances

Harriot Ames, 2006-2010 Box 28 Folder 001

Judge Roy Bean, 2005-2007 Box 28 Folder 002

Blue Book, 2006-2007 Box 28 Folder 003

Bonnie & Clyde, 2004-2008 Box 29 Folder 004

Chicken Ranch, 2005-2007, undated Box 29 Folder 005

Colbert's Ferry, 2005-2007 Box 29 Folder 006

Cowboy Players, 2007 Box 29 Folder 007

Cowboy notes, 2006 Box 29 Folder 008

Box 29 Folder 009Cowboy books, 2004-2007, undated

Box 30 Folder 010

Cowboy source, 2003-2005 Box 30 Folder 011

Founders, 2005-2010 Box 30 Folder 012

Dickerson, 2003-2010, undated Box 30 Folder 013

Fort Griffin, 2006-2007, undated Box 30 Folder 014

Gay Lesbian, 2005-2008 Box 31 Folder 015 Folder 016

Francis Hamer, 2005-2008 Box 31 Folder 017

Misc. Texas research, 2010 Box 31 Folder 018

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