Alaska History. An Annotated Bibliography

389 Pages·2006·2.19 MB·English

by  Marvin W. Falk

ALASKA HISTORY
An Annotated
Bibliography
Compiled by
Marvin W. Falk
PRAEGER
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ALASKA HISTORY
An Annotated Bibliography
Compiled by Marvin W. Falk
BibliographiesoftheStatesoftheUnitedStates, Number 12
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Contents
SeriesForeword VB
Preface IX
Chronology Xl
l. Environment 1
2. Prehistory 5
3. AlaskaNatives 11
4. RussianAmerica 39
A. GeneralHistories ofRussianAmerica 39
B. TheExploration ofRussianAmerica 45
C. GovernmentandSociety inRussianAmerica 87
D. RussianAmericanEducation and Health 99
E. RussianAmerica: Religion 101
F. RussianAmericanBiography 105
G. RussianAmerica: WarandDiplomacy 113
H. SaleofAlaska to the United States 117
5. United States Era 123
A. GeneralHistories 123
B. Exploration andTravelAccounts 131
vi AlaskaHistory
C. Governmentand Politics 145
D. Commerceand Industry 163
E. Transportation and Communication 173
F. Education, Societyand Health 185
G. Religion 197
H. Biography and Autobiography 209
I. Warand Diplomacy 243
J. Mining and the Gold Rush 257
K. Local and Regional History 277
1. Aleutian Islands, Kodiak, and
the AlaskaPeninsula 277
2. InteriorAlaska 278
3. Kenai Peninsulaand
Prince William Sound 281
4. Northern Alaska 283
5. South Central Alaska 284
6. SoutheastAlaska 286
7. WesternAlaska 291
6. Atlases, Map Literature and Gazetteers 293
7. Bibliographiesand Indexes 301
8. Selected Manuscript Guides and Descriptions 315
AuthorIndex 323
Subject Index 349
SeriesForeword
Carol BondhusFitzgeraldconceivedand broughtforth thisseries. her interest
and appreciation for the diversity and richness oflocal and regional history
promptedhertoproposeaseriesofbook-lengthbibliographiesthat"systemati
callyreviewthecomponentsoflocal,state,andregionalhistorywithinthechron
ological framework ofthe states' histories."The unique image thateach state
possessesandprojectsreflectsthelegacyofitsethnic,geographic,andeconomic
heritage. An ironyofAmerican history isthat the history ofthenation ispro
ducedbytheunionofthesedisparatestates.Fortunately,therichnessandimpor
tanceoflocal history-long appreciatedand reveredby its citizens-has now
beenreevaluatedandrecognizedbyacademicandinstitutionalauthorities.
Thoughtheacademyislateinrecognizing theimportanceoflocaland
regional history, much work has already been done by its people. Indigenous
populationsmayhaveleftlittlewrittendocumentation,buttheyhavebeenstudied
throughanthropologicalandhistoricalmeans. SincethebeginningoftheEuro
peansettlement,stateandterritorialpopulationshaveleftvastquantitiesofrecords,
observations,andstudies.Laterscholarsproducedbooks,articles,dissertations,
technicalreports,governmentdocuments,andoralhistorieswhichchronicleand
interpretlocalhistory.Sincemuchofthismaterialwaspublishedanddistributed
largelyforregionalinformationandappreciation,itremainsunindexedandthus
largelyunavailable.
Thisseriesofbook-lengthbibliographiessystematicallyreviewsthemany
componentsoflocal,state,andregionalhistory.Specialistsinstateandterritorial
historypresentannotatedcitationstothestandardsources,andmoreimportantly,
tomateriallargelyunknownoutsideitsregionalorigins.Thebibliographersiden
tifyanddescribeavailableprimarymaterials,aswellasnarrativeandinterpreta
tivewritingontopicsinlocalhistory.
WithCarolFitzgerald'sdeath,Iassumedresponsibilityforthisseries.I
sharehervisionfortheimportanceofstateandlocalhistory.Theauthorsofthe
viii AlaskaHistory
NationalStandardsforUnitedStatesHistorywrotethat"knowledgeofhistoryis
the precondition ofpolitical intelligence.Withouthistory, a society shares no
commonmemoryofwhereithasbeen[or]whatitscorevaluesare."Asdiversity,
pluralism, andmulticulturalism seek to emphasize thedifferences between us,
theneedforaconsensusonnationalidentityandvaluesisrecognized.Stateand
local history responds to that need. It recognizes the obvious diversity and
multiculturalism ofthe nation.To thatend, Carol Fitzgerald's quotationform
WaltWhitmanremainsappropriate: "notmerelyanationbuta teeming nation
ofnations"("Preface,"LeavesafGrass, 1855).Thisseriesencouragestheincor
poration ofhistory representative ofall and to the exclusion ofnone. And in
acknowledgingourdifferences, wemayalsodiscernwhatweshareincommon.
Withthis opportunity beforeus, we may expandour understanding ofthepast
andthepresent.
AlvinR. Bailey,Jr.
Preface
Alaska, like Hawaii,is separated from the contiguousUnited States bydistance
and tradition. Onlyastate since 1959,Alaskahasa longcolonial andterritorial
history. First under Russia, from 1741 until 1867, when it was sold to the
UnitedStates. Itwasn'tuntil 1884thatitwasgranted itsfirst organicact, andit
didnothaveaterritoriallegislatureuntil 1912.
TheearlypublishedhistoryofAlaskais verycosmopolitan. Explorers,
scientists, missionaries and administrators wrote in a variety of languages.
There were Russian, British, French, and Spanishexplorers. Many oftheearly
scientists ofmany nationalities published inGerman. Thus much ofthe Russian
American literature is in languages other than English, and that is reflected in
this bibliography. After the sale, this changed and most, but not all, ofthe
publications have been in English. In recent times, a substantial numberofthe
mostimportanthistorical foreign languagepublicationshavebeentranslated.
The American presence in Alaska has been long-lived. The early fur
trade in Russian Americaincluded a substantial numberof"Boston Men" from
New England. After the sale, the relatively small American commercial
presence was greatly expanded with a substantial increase in activity and
populationrelatedto goldmining, fIrst in thesoutheastresulting inthe founding
ofJuneauandthen inthe interiorwiththedevelopmentofFortyMileandCircle
City mining. It reached world attention with the Klondike gold rush in the
neighboring Canadian Yukon with further subsequent gold rushes in Alaska:
Nome, Fairbanks, and elsewhere. This createdasmall flood ofpublicationsand
the gold rushes have remained a dominant feature of historical publications
relatedtoAlaskaeversince.
The days oflarge published bibliographies are drawing to a close as
they have been supplanted by decades ofdevelopment ofon-line bibliographic
databases. The advantages ofcomputeraccess are many, butthey have notyet
made specialized and regional bibliographies obsolete for several reasons. For
one thing, no one database contains the entire range ofimportant bibliographic