African American Resources for Alaska

A list of available resources about African Americans in Alaska prior to 1860 and up to 2004.

Archives and Libraries
[http://consortiumlibrary.org/ Consortium Librar University of Alaska Anchorage /Alaska Pacific University 3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 (907) 786-1848 [http://consortiumlibrary.org/about/hours/ref_hours.php Hour &amp; [http://ask.consortiumlibrary.org/ Ask A Libraria

History Local

 * Guide to the George T. Harper papers 1803-2004 (Consortium Library) George T. Harper researched the history of African Americans in Alaska.
 * Building the Alaska Highway: [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/alaska-men/ Men Who Built the Alaska Highwa (PBS)
 * Griggs, William, E. The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History. University of Mississippi Press, 2002

Pre-Civil War records

 * A few African Americans came to Alaska as seamen and miners prior to 1860.

Post-Civil War

 * After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace.

Jim Crow Era (1859-1964)

 * African Americans worked in the Klondike gold fields in the 1890's.

Biographies

 * Guide to the E. Louis Overstreet papers 1972, 1981-1993 (Consortium Library)

World War II

 * Highway History: The Road to Civil Rights: [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/road/s16.cfm World War II - The Alaska Highwa (US Department of Transportation)

Societies
AAHS of Alaska P. O. Box 143105 Anchorage, Alaska 99514-3105

Websites

 * [http://www.africanamericanhistoryplace.com/Alaska.html Black History in Alask
 * Alaska's Cultures: [http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=233 African American / Black

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