TY  - GEN
AU  - Davenport,Noah Cleveland
AU  - Davenport,Clara Ellen Tarte
TI  - Noah Cleveland Davenport and Clara Ellen Tarte Davenport papers,
KW  - Jesse Lee Home (Seward, Alaska)
KW  - Methodist Episcopal Church
KW  - Missions
KW  - Alaska
KW  - Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
KW  - Aleuts
KW  - Education
KW  - Orphanages
KW  - Prisoners, Foreign
KW  - Sealing
KW  - Bering Sea
KW  - Ships
KW  - United States commissioners
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - History
KW  - 1867-1959
KW  - California
KW  - Pacific Coast (North America)
KW  - Unalaska (Alaska)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Washington (State)
KW  - Educators
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm (no. 21,146) and photocopy of Unalaska Days: A Diary available; Microfilm and photocopy produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1995
N2  - Diary titled, Unalaska days, kept by Noah and Clara Davenport describing their voyage from Seattle, Wash., to the village of Unalaska, Alaska; work as teachers in Unalaska and Noah Davenport's service as U.S. Commissioner; social life and customs of the Aleuts of Unalaska; religious events in the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church and the Jesse Lee Home, a Methodist Episcopal mission and home for Aleut orphans; and the Davenport's return voyage by way of California to their home in Washington.  Of special interest are the entries describing the arrival and departure of ships from Unalaska Island and the capture and trials of Japanese seal poachers and use of these prisoners for labor.  Diary includes photographs and a detailed record of Davenport's income and expenditures.  Includes a typewritten transcript of the diary, genealogical data for the Davenport and Tarte families, reports, maps, and information concerning individuals, ships, and places discussed in the diary
ER  -