Mendenhall, Walter C. "Yellowstone Kelly. Portage Bay Alaska"

Typescript memoirs, with manuscript corrections in pen and pencil, by Luther S. Kelly describing his adventures and exploits in the West, Alaska, and the Philippines after 1892. Thirteen chapters describe Kelly's experiences in Chicago at the Columbian exposition in 1893, the Pullman strike, and his friendship with Buffalo Bill Cody; the 1898 Reindeer for Alaska Expedition which includes observations about Laplanders; the Glenn Expedition which introduced Kelly to the Alaskan interior and to geologist and photographer W. C. Mendenhall; the Harriman Expedition; Kelly's experiences in the Philippines; as well as communications with William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. Each chapter excluding the first is preceeded by a summary of chapter contents and originally paginated as if carrying forward from Kelly's 1926 published volume. Includes a typescript review of "Yellowstone Kelly" attributed to Charles J. Finger. Accompanied by 27 photographs from Alaska and the Philippines, captioned on the verso in pencil and type, and notated for inclusion in specific chapters. Two prints are by Edward S. Curtis and fourteen are by W.C. Mendenhall.