Permanent Collection Objects

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

2010.20.068

2010.20

Donated by Ann Monagle.

Knife, Paper

Ivory Letter Opener

1900

1970

Ivory letter opener with a blade and round handle. The end (point) of the blade had a slight hook—like curve. The handle is etched and decorated as a fish. The scales, eye, gills and mouth are detailed with black. The gills are also detailed in red. The tail of the fish is located at the base of the blade. On one side of the blade there is a black etched seal on a rock or other piece of land.

Collection was collected by Mary Moncia (Monagle) Tweet, oldest daughter of Mary Monica (Hudson) Monagle and James William Mongale. Mary Tweet collected the items when she was a postmistress in Teller from 1931 through 1970 and sent the items back to her mother in Juneau. Mary Monagle kept the collection until her death in 1966 when Rosellen Lillegraven inherited the collection. Rosellen (originally Margaret Ellen Rose Monagle) gave the collection to her brother Merritt Monagle circa 1991. Merritt was the youngest child of Mary and James Monagle. Donor, Ann Monagle, was one of two children of Merritt Monagle and Katherine Monagle. Merritt died in 2004.

Monagle, Mary Monica (Hudson)
Monagle, James William
Tweet, Mary Monica (Monagle)
Tweet, Edgar
Lillegraven, Rosellen
Lillegraven, Olav
Monagle, MerrittMonagle, Katherine
Monagle, Ann
Monagle—Olsen, Katie

Ivory
letter
Paper