Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.41.031 A—I
Accession#:
2005.41
Credit Line:
Donated by Floyd Dryden Middle School Librarian Pat McLear.
Object Name:
Page, Scrapbook
Title:
Floyd & Nannie Dryden's Alaska scrapbook
Place:
Juneau
Description:
A is album page. B—D affixed to front, E—K affixed to back.

A — Album page, 7" x 11.25" greyish manilla paper.

B — Color photograph of Floyd & Nannie Dryden, 1970. They are standing in front of a building; Floyd on proper right wears white shirt, red patterned tie, and blue blazer with yellow flower pinned to it; Nannie on proper left wears white patterned dress with yellow corsage pearl necklace, and glasses.

C — Paper napkin, folded in triangle and covered in clear plastic wrap, with "Nannie and Floyd 1920—1970" printed in gold script on paper.

D — "EXCERPTS from Nancy's letter." Excerpts are cut from white paper and pasted to 7" x 4.5" teal paper rectangle. First excerpts: "Peck — Idaho" "little church" "looked beautiful" "beautiful cake" "good too" etc.

E — Photograph, faded color image of Nannie in room with walls lined in shelves holding canning jars. Jars are filled with different—colored foods, mainly shades of yellow, green, and red. Nannie stands at proper right side of photo, wearing yellow/blue patterned dress, white apron, and glasses; her right hand rests on a white surface next to her.

F — Typewritten on white paper, 2.5" x 2": "Floyd raised fruit and vegetables Nancy canned them. Floyd also raised Bantam chickens—few Silkies. Gathered 20—26 eggs per day. Nancy enjoyed quilting. They both liked to walk."

G — Photograph, faded color close—up of canning jars on wooden shelves. Top two shelves contain pale green and beige foods; three shelves below that contain beige and reddish foods. Jars have white labels.

H — Photograph, color image of Nannie Dryden in long lavender dress and dusky—pink jacket with corsage standing before seated people, two of whom are visible. She faces woman seated at proper left edge of photo, who is handing her something. Altar, poster with "is my SHEPHERD" visible, and part of American flag on proper right side of photo behind Nannie. Caption typewritten on white paper affixed to page below photo: "Nancy reached the '90th. rung on ladder of life' in 1984.

I — Newspaper clipping, "Floyd Dryden widow names library in will," by Ed Schoenfeld, published in Juneau Empire in late 1990 or early 1991.

J — 5.5" long strip of pink paper; typewritten across it, "FLOYD DRYDEN: 1894—1979 NANCY DRYDEN: 1894—1990".
People:
Dryden, Floyd
McLear, Pat
Dryden, Nannie
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