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Alaska Historical Societies
Locate address information (including web site links) to historical societies in each borough within the state of Alaska.
Alaska Siberia Research Center
An independent , non-profit, non-partisan educational and research institution for thought and opinion on Alaska-Siberia affairs and cultures.
Alaska State Museums
Juneau and link to Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka. History, ethnology, publications, and grant information.
Alcan Highway
Construction history of the Alaska-Canada road from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks including vintage photographs.
Amy Lou's Alaska
Includes a selection of over a hundred black and white images Amy Lou photographed during her career.
Arktika - Aviation History in Canada
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."
Blacks In Alaska History Project
A non-profit corporation dedicated to honoring the contributions of black Americans to the development of Alaska.
Meeting of Frontiers: Alaska - The Russian Coloniz
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.
Northern Studies Links
Long list of links about the history of First Nations and the Polar Regions provided by Yukon College.
Stories from the Gold Rush
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.
ThinkQuest - Women in Alaska's History
Historical information combined with "fun learning activities" compiled by high school students.
Threads of Gold
University of Alaska history of women of the Gold Rush era.
University Libraries Digital Initiative Program
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.