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William White fonds
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14 pgs. of textual records;5 photographs : 1 b&w orig., 4 b&w copy prints
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William T. White was born in Staffordshire, England in 1874. His father was a glass and chinaware merchant. He spent his boyhood in Dorsetshire and 1892-1897 in the Civil Service at the head office of the Post Office Savings Bank in London. From February 1898 to October 1900, White was in the Klondike gold fields. After the Gold Rush White was employed in Whitehorse as ledger keeper in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1900-1904. He was promoted to a managerial position and served as manager of various banks, including Skagway, 1907-1910; Cumberland, BC, 1910-1915; Virden, Manitoba, 1915-1917; Moncton, NB, 1917-1923; Woodstock, Ontario, 1923-1926; and Vancouver as Custodian of Securities, 1926-1934. He retired in Vancouver in 1934 and was living there still in 1964.
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This material was donated to the Glenbow Archives by W.T. White in 1964. It was transferred to Yukon Archives in 1995.
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The fonds consists of a manuscript entitled "Experiences in the Yukon" written by White in 1964. In it he recounts his experiences coming from Vancouver and Seattle to Skagway and Whitehorse, staking his claim, and working in the banks. Photographs show White, retired in Vancouver; the Bank of Commerce in Skagway after an explosion during an attempted robbery in 1902. There is also a supplement to the manuscript written by Dr. O.S. Longman.
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The photographs were removed from the manuscript for preservation, but replaced by photocopies in the manuscript.
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