Directory of History Resources

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This category is for sites about history and historical organizations, groups, activities, and resources.

Subcategories

• Fairbanks
• Palmer

Resources in This Category

• Alaska Historical Societies

  http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-AK-NDX.html
  Locate address information (including web site links) to historical societies in each borough within the state of Alaska.

• Alaska Historical Society

  http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/
  The official site of the Alaska Historical Society, home to information about Alaska history and local historical societies throughout the state.

• Alaska Siberia Research Center

  http://aksrc.homestead.com/
  An independent , non-profit, non-partisan educational and research institution for thought and opinion on Alaska-Siberia affairs and cultures.

• Alaska State Museums

  http://www.museums.state.ak.us/
  Juneau and link to Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka. History, ethnology, publications, and grant information.

• Meeting of Frontiers: Alaska - The Russian Colonization of Alaska

  http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/mfakrcol.html
  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.

• Russian America

  http://www.cosmicelk.net/RussianAmerica.htm
  Russian America and the colonisation of Alaska from the end of the 18th century to the 1867 sell-off.

• Stories from the Gold Rush

  http://postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/gold2.html
  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.

• University Libraries Digital Initiative Program

  http://content.lib.washington.edu/
  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.

 

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