History Society and Culture Alaska United States

History

• - A non-profit corporation dedicated to honoring the contributions of black Americans to the development of Alaska.
  
• - Includes tales of extraordinary women, trails to the gold fields, pictures of tent cities, effects of starvation and disease, literature of the period, and links to Jack London and Robert Service.
  
• - Long list of links about the history of First Nations and the Polar Regions provided by Yukon College.
  
• - Historical information combined with "fun learning activities" compiled by high school students.
  
• - University of Alaska history of women of the Gold Rush era.
  
• - Although the original impetus for colonizing Alaska was the fur trade, the Russian Orthodox Church had probably the greatest lasting impact on the people of Alaska, helping to create a multicultural Orthodox community that exists to this day.
  
• - Locate address information (including web site links) to historical societies in each borough within the state of Alaska.
  
• - A bi-lingual book in English and Russian about the Lend-Lease flights through Western Canada and Alaska during World War 2. Book title, "Cobras Over The Tundra."
  
• - Construction history of the Alaska-Canada road from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks including vintage photographs.
  
• - Image collections of the University of Washington Libraries Digital Initiatives Program on the topic of the history, natural sciences, and regional cultures of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
  
• - An independent , non-profit, non-partisan educational and research institution for thought and opinion on Alaska-Siberia affairs and cultures.
  
• - Juneau and link to Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka. History, ethnology, publications, and grant information.
  
• - Includes a selection of over a hundred black and white images Amy Lou photographed during her career.
  
  

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