Iñupiaq men in qayaqs, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Crossing the Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898. Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.
Railroad Engine #2 at Katalla, Alaska, circa 1905. ASL-P11-172, Ray Moss Photograph Collection, Alaska State Library-Historical Collections.
This section provides educational material for students, teachers and the public interested in learning more about Alaska history.
Reference Material:
The Alaska 67: A Guide to Alaska’s Best History Books by the Alaska Historical Society provides a list of the 67 best books on Alaska history published through 2006, and is an essential reference for those interested in exploring Alaska’s past (Walnut Creek, CA: Hardscratch Press, 2006. 95 pp., ISBN:0-9678989-9-4. Price: $16.50).
The Alaska Historical Society. “Alaskana.” Alaska History, 2000-present. Alaskana is an annotated listing of recent publications on the North that appears in each volume of the Alaska Historical Society’s quarterly Alaska History Journal. The lists have been compiled by Alaskan librarians.
Click on a link below for more education material:
Resources for Teaching ANCSA at 50
Eyewitnesses Series: booklets showcasing voices of the past as heard from eyewitness accounts
Websites for teachers and students
Primary source material
General interest websites about Alaska history
History articles
