The Valley Settler (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
730 issues from 1937 to 1952, published in Palmer, Alaska, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Valley Settler was a weekly mimeographed tabloid published in the Matanuska Valley, home of the Matanuska Colony, a New Deal program of the federal government to resettle displaced Midwestern farmers in Alaska. It was published by the Matanuska Valley Farmers’ Cooperating Association beginning in late 1937 and sent to its members. Verna Eastham was the managing editor. The publisher’s block stated that the purpose of the Settler was to share news of the Co-op’s “work, problems and accomplishments and also news of local and general interest; and to help foster the competitive spirit of the farmers.” The publication included hand-drawn and lettered advertisements for other co-op businesses.
The Settler reported on the activities and meetings of local councils and the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. The realty contracts signed by the colonists with the government, the terms of those contracts, and when payments would come due, were important issues to the colonists and thus had recurring coverage in the paper. The paper also reported on the produce contract signed between the co-op marketing association and the Army in 1943 to supply vegetables for the military, including the planning and surveying that was being done to see if the farmers could successfully meet the contract. The editor, Carl Rasmussen, pushed back in the September 10, 1943, issue against a rumor that the Army would renege on its deal with the Co-op and called the idea as “so ridiculous that it…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Palmer, Alaska, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress