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I have three small notebooks of stories and letters written by my grandmother, Lois Thompson, in the period July through October 1908. The letters have been copied into the notebooks. There is some redundancy between notebooks, several letters appearing in two notebooks, and at least one appears in all three. I have attempted here to splice the three notebooks into one chronological sequence, eliminating the redundancies.
Lois Diary 3-6 Jul 1908 p1 (Roy returns to Seattle from Diomede 3 July)
Lois Diary 3-6 Jul 1908 p2
Lois Diary 3-6 Jul 1908 p3 (mentions Charles Menadelook)
Lois Diary 3-6 Jul 1908 p4 (Roy & Lois married 6 July and sail on steamship Northwestern for Nome on the same day)
Lois Diary 7 Jul 1908 (Seattle P-I account of wedding) p1
Lois Diary 7 Jul 1908 (Seattle P-I account of wedding) p2
Lois Diary 7 Jul 1908 (Seattle P-I account of wedding) p3
Lois Diary 7 Jul 1908 (Seattle P-I account of wedding p4 Roy hikes 60 miles along the York mountain coast from Wales to Teller)
Lois Diary 7 Jul 1908 (description of passengers on Northwestern, mentions W. T. Lopp)
Lois Diary 7 Jul 1908 (letter to sisters, Kate & Maud; Lois seasick)
Lois Diary 9 Jul 1908 (Greek Orthodox priests and teachers on ship)
Lois Diary 9 Jul 1908 (most people seasick including Mr. Lopp)
Lois Diary 12 Jul 1908 (Unimak Pass)
Lois Diary 17 Jul 1908 (Nome, Roy to "New Father & sisters", Nome 15 Jul, 19th on "Trader", 21st on SS Corwin via Kotzebue Sound, 26th at Diomede)
Lois Diary 19 Jul 1908 (leave Nome on "Trader", return after engine breakdown, decline trip on "Thetis" to Diomede via Siberia)
Lois Diary 19 Jul 1908 (Eskimo dogs, stores open on Sunday)
Lois Diary 21 Jul 1908 (start again on "Trader" from Nome)
Lois Diary 21 Jul 1908 (icebergs, fog at Wales)
Lois Diary 21 Jul 1908 (run aground at Wales)
Lois Diary 21 Jul 1908 (rescued by Eskimos in skin boats, Menadelook was there, Roy called "King of the Diomedes")
Lois Diary 21 Jul 1908 (Mr. Cross, missionary, & Mr. Laughman, teacher, at Wales)
Lois Diary 22 Jul 1908 (at Cross' house in Wales, can see Diomede)
Lois Diary 22 Jul 1908 (Crosses heading for South Dakota via Seattle)
Lois Diary 22 Jul 1908 (letter from Roy, "Trader" off the rocks)
Lois Diary 23 Jul 1908 (picked up by SS Corwin, on to Kotzebue Sound)
Lois Diary 23 Jul 1908 (stopped at Deering; Fosters, Ashangak, Mr. & Mrs. Peterson, Dilwin Andrews)
Lois Diary 24 Jul 1908 (near Cape Blossom)
Lois Diary 24 Jul 1908 (Lizzie Morris Gordon, from New Providence, Iowa, wife of missionary)
Lois Diary 24 Jul 1908 (Ed Hadley, New Providence relatives)
Lois Diary 25 Jul 1908 (nearing Diomedes)
Lois Diary 1 Aug 1908 (W. T. Lopp and party from "Thetis" at Diomede)
Lois Diary 1 Aug 1908 (Lois doesn't like Roy's picture in P.I., hadn't heard story of man being murdered at Diomede)
Lois Diary 3 Aug 1908 (Siberian reindeer steaks, whale jawbone in front of house)
Lois Diary 3 Aug 1908 (lumber unloaded, Mr. Black)
Lois Diary 6 Aug 1908 (baked a cake)
Lois Diary 6 Aug 1908 (Mr. Lopp)
Lois Diary 9 Aug 1908 (Lois climbs to top of the island)
Lois Diary 9 Aug 1908 (on top of the island)
) Lois Diary 27 Jul 1908 (unloaded at Diomede 1am 26 July)
Lois Diary 27 Jul 1908 (unloading supplies)
Lois Diary 28 Jul 1908
Lois Diary 28 Jul 1908 (Eskimo dance)
Lois Diary 28 Jul 1908 (canoe from Big Diomede to help build school)
Lois Diary 29 Jul 1908 (Roy laying pipe from spring to house)
Lois Diary 31 Jul 1908 (Mr. Black, the carpenter, working on school)
Lois Diary 31 Jul 1908 (Mr. Lopp came with reindeer quarter)
Lois Diary 12 Aug 1908 (gasoline trade boat stopped)
Lois Diary 15 Aug 1908 (canoes going to Wales)
Lois Diary 17 Aug 1908 (canoes return from Wales with mail)
Lois Diary 17 Aug 1908
Lois Diary 22 Aug 1908 (Eskimo baby born)
Lois Diary 22 Aug 1908 (helping mother make baby clothes)
Lois Diary 27 Aug 1908 (official letter requested from Roy)
Lois Diary 1 Sep 1908 (canoe may go to Wales)
Lois Diary 3 Sep 1908 (snow flurries)
Lois Diary 3 Sep 1908 (seal shot from upstairs window)
Lois Diary 4 Sep 1908 (canoe to Wales)
Lois Diary 4 Sep 1908
Lois Diary 5 Sep 1908 (canoe from Wales)
Lois Diary 7 Sep 1908 (canoes returning from Nome)
Lois Diary 7 Sep 1908 (Charley Menadelook)
Lois Diary 7 Sep 1908 (Mr. Snell, new missionary at Wales)
Lois Diary 12 Sep 1908 (Mr. Black, Charlie)
Lois Diary 13 Sep 1908 (Charlie Menadelook story of witch doctor and murder of his father)
Lois Diary 15 Sep 1908
Lois Diary 15 Sep 1908 (wood carving found)
Lois Diary 21 Sep 1908 (Roy and Charlie cleaning up old cabin)
Lois Diary 24 Sep 1908 (two canoes from Nome)
Lois Diary 24 Sep 1908 (channel full of ice, six walrus killed)
Lois Diary 24 Sep 1908 (ship collecting specimens for AYP)
Lois Diary 5 Oct 1908 (canoe returned)
Lois Diary 5 Oct 1908 (census 107 vs. 85 last year)
Lois Diary 5 Oct 1908 (Eskimo houses)
Lois Diary 7 Oct 1908 (no ice)
Lois Diary 7 Oct 1908
Lois Diary 12 Oct 1908 (ice line approaching, whale ship picked up mail)
Lois Diary 12 Oct 1908 (Corwin's last trip of the year)
Lois Diary 12 Oct 1908 (walk to north end of island)
Lois Diary 13 Oct 1908 (funeral for year old Eskimo child)
Lois Diary 15 Oct 1908 (canoe from Wales with sewing machine)
Lois Diary 15 Oct 1908
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