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.
This bibliography provides readers with a broad understanding of the 1867 purchase of Alaska, including the period before the signing of the Treaty of Cession, the transfer ceremony when the Russian flag was replaced by the American, and the aftermath when Americans were taking control of what had been Russian America and Sitka’s residents were adapting to a new world. This list also attempts to shed light on the many peoples influenced by this dramatic event, including Alaska Native people and Alaska’s British neighbors.
“The Purchase of Russian America: Reasons and Reactions” by Richard E. Neunherz. PhD diss., University of Washington, 1975.