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ALASKA HISTORY An Annotated Bibliography Compiled by Marvin W. Falk PRAEGER ALASKA HISTORY RecentTitlesin BibliographiesoftheStatesoftheUnitedStates KansasHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography HomerE. SocolofskyandVirgilW. Dean, compilers SouthDakotaHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography HerbertT. HooverandKarenP. Zimmerman, compilers NorthCarolinaHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography H. G. Jones,compiler IllinoisHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography EllenM. Whitney, compiler, JaniceA. Petterchak,editor, andSandraM. Stark,associateeditor ArkansasHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography MichaelB. Dougan,Tom W. Dillard,andTimothy G.Nutt, compilers NebraskaHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography MichaelL. Tate, compiler AlabamaHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography Lynda W. Brown,DonaldB. Dodd, LloydH. Cornett, Jr.,and AlmaD.Steading, compilers WisconsinHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography BarbaraDottsPaulandJustusF. Paul, compilers KentuckyHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography RonD. Bryant, compiler LouisianaHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography FlorenceM.Jumonville, compiler HawaiianHistory:AnAnnotatedBibliography RichardLightner, compiler ALASKA HISTORY An Annotated Bibliography Compiled by Marvin W. Falk BibliographiesoftheStatesoftheUnitedStates, Number 12 Westport,Connecticut London LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData w., Falk,Marvin 1943- Alaskahistory:anannotatedbibliography/compiledbyMarvinW.Falk. p. cm.(BibliographiesofthestatesoftheUnitedStates;ISSN 1060-5711 ;no. 12) Includes bibliographicalreferencesand indexes. ISBN 0-313-28224-2(alk.paper) I. Alaska-History-Bibliography. I. TItle. II.Series. ZI255.F335 2006 [F904] 979.8-----dc22 2006003361 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright©2006byMarvinW.Falk Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber: 2006003361 ISBN:0-313-28224-2 ISSN: 1060--5711 Firstpublishedin2006 PraegerPublishers,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. www.praeger.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization (Z39.48-1984). P Inorderto keepthistitleinprintandavailabletotheacademiccommunity,thisedition wasproducedusing digital reprinttechnology inarelativelyshortprintrun.Thiswould nothavebeenattainableusingtraditionalmethods. Althoughthecoverhasbeenchanged from itsoriginalappearance, the text remains the sameand all materialsand methods used stillconformto thehighestbook-makingstandards. 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

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Marvin W. Falk offers a systemic and select listing of just over 3,000 publications on the history of Alaska, published from the 18th century to early 2004. Early explorations were conducted by nationals from several nations, and the results were published in Russian, German, French, Spanish, and En
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