Selected Library of Congress Resources for Alaska

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The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Alaska resources available for free on the Library's Web site.

The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

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Northwestern America showing the territory ceded by Russia to the United States. 1867	Treaty With Russia, 1887	Panoramic View of the White Pass Railroad	A train of bombs drops from United States Army Air Forces plane on territory in the Aleutians held by the Japanese. Our fighting forces harass the enemy at this important outpost daily, 1943
Built by Ranger Grant Pearson, who became the park superintendent in 1949, and Ranger Lee Swesher, this is the oldest (and possibly the only extant) patrol cabin built totally by park rangers. With $15 for window glass, hinges, and nails, they completed the structure, the oldest along the park road	Salmon Canneries of the Pacific Northwest. 1901	Going to Klondyke, 1897	Ten Year's Acquaintance with Alaska: 1867-1877. [Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 55, Issue 330, November 1877]
The Eskimo About Bering Strait	Pupmobile, c1900 - 1916	Cartoon of giant mosquito stinging a man sleeping, c1900 - 1930	Russian Promyshlenniki's song, 1808

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