Web Directory

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

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

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

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

» Alcan Highway
   Construction history of the Alaska-Canada road from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks including vintage photographs.
   http://www.visi.com/~alcan/

» 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."
   http://www.cobrasoverthetundra.com/

» Meeting of Frontiers: Alaska - The Russian Colonization of Alaska
   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.
   http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/mfakrcol.html

» Northern Studies Links
   Long list of links about the history of First Nations and the Polar Regions provided by Yukon College.
   http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/nostbm.htm

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

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

» ThinkQuest - Women in Alaska's History
   Historical information combined with "fun learning activities" compiled by high school students.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/11313/

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