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[http://consortiumlibrary.org/ Consortium Library]<br>University of Alaska Anchorage /Alaska Pacific University <br>3211 Providence Drive<br>Anchorage, AK&nbsp;99508<br>(907) 786-1848<br>[http://consortiumlibrary.org/about/hours/ref_hours.php Hours] &amp; [http://ask.consortiumlibrary.org/ Ask A Librarian]  
==Introduction==
A list of available resources about African Americans in Alaska prior to 1860 and up to 2004.
==Online Resources==
<li>'''1816-1895''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2216300 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959] - has birth, marriage, and death records from 1816 to 1912 (for births) and 1959 (for marriages and deaths)</li>
<li>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171010214639/http://www.akhistorycourse.org:80/alaskas-cultures/african-american-blacks Alaska's Cultures: African American]</li>
<li>[[African American Digital Bookshelf]] - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites</li>


=== History Local  ===
==Research Strategy==
==History==
African Americans began settling in Alaska around the time of the Civil War.  Before this, some African Americans migrated to Alaska and worked as seamen or miners.<ref>Curtis, Nancy C. Black Heritage Sites: The South. The New Press, 1996. See page 31.</ref>  After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. More settlers came after the discovery of gold in the 1890s.<ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref>  However, a greater influx of African Americans to Alaska occurred during World War II, when African American engineers and troops were assigned to construct the Alaska Highway.<ref>"African American / Blacks," "Alaska's Cultures," ''Alaska History & Cultural Studies'', accessed 11 May 2018. </ref> To learn more about the history of Alaska, and the role that African Americans played, visit:


*[http://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/FindingAids/hmc-0686.html Guide to the George T. Harper papers 1803-2004]&nbsp;(Consortium Library) George T. Harper researched the history of African Americans in Alaska.
<li>[http://www.akhistorycourse.org/alaskas-cultures/african-american-blacks Alaska's Cultures: African Americans]</li>
*Building the Alaska Highway: &nbsp;[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/alaska-men/ Men Who Built the Alaska Highway] (PBS)&nbsp;
<li>[https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_Alaska/Introduction ''History of Alaska''] (Wiki book)</li>
*Griggs, William, E. &nbsp;[http://www.amazon.com/World-Regiment-Alaska-Military-Highway/dp/1578065046 ''The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History.'']&nbsp;University of Mississippi Press, 2002
<li>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120113152903/http://www.africanamericanhistoryplace.com:80/Alaska.html Black History in Alaska] </li>
<li>[http://www.blackpast.org/entries-categories/alaska BlackPast.org] - contains articles about famous African Americans and the role African Americans played in the construction of the Alaska Highway</li>
<li>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170310214037/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/alaska-men/ Men Who Built the Alaska Highway] (PBS)</li>


=== Pre-Civil War records<br>  ===
==Resources==
===Biographies===
*[http://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/FindingAids/hmc-0412.html Guide to the E. Louis Overstreet papers 1972, 1981-1993] (Consortium Library)
===Cemeteries===
===Census Records===
===Church Records===
===Emancipation Records===
===Funeral Homes===
*[https://app.air.inc/a/borzvL1af/b/8dc76b25-27b0-42b5-a889-6c7027db068f CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection] at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images


=== Civil War Records<br>  ===
===Genealogies===
===Land and Property===
====Plantation====
===Obituaries===
*[https://app.air.inc/a/borzvL1af/b/8dc76b25-27b0-42b5-a889-6c7027db068f CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection] at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images


=== Post-Civil War<br>  ===
===Oral Histories===
===Other Records===
===Military Records===
After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. <ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref>  A large migration of African Americans to Alaska occurred during WWII, when African American engineers and troops were assigned to construct the Alaska Highway.<ref>"African American / Blacks," "Alaska's Cultures," ''Alaska History & Cultural Studies'', accessed 11 May 2018. </ref>  To learn more about this and other African American military history, see [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/road/road.pdf?CFID=36625080&CFTOKEN=583902d92a422304-E947FF3C-E92E-A9B2-A6FCAD0BC8C93573 The Road to Civil Rights: WWII - The Alaska Highway] (US Department of Transportation).


*After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned&nbsp;a small number of African Americans to keep the peace.&nbsp;<ref name="Black Heritage Sites: The South">Curtis, Nancy C. Black Heritage Sites: The South. The New Press, 1996, see page 31.</ref>
===Newspapers===
===Probate Records===
===Reconstruction Records===
====Freedman’s Bank====
====Freedmen's Bureau====
===School Records===
===Slavery Records===
===Vital Records===
====Birth====
The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2216300 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959] collection contains Alaska birth records from 1816 to 1912. The information found on these records can include: name, birth date and place, race, number of child in family, maiden name of mother, father, age of parents, residence and birth place of parents, occupation of father, live or stillbirth, cause of stillbirth, and information. To learn more, visit [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alaska,_Vital_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) this wiki page].
====Marriage====
The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2216300 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959] collection contains Alaska marriage records from 1816 to 1959. The information found on these records can include: names of bride and groom, residence, date and place of marriage, age, race, birthplace, occupation, previous marriages, witnesses, and officiator. To learn more, visit [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alaska,_Vital_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) this wiki page].
====Death====
The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2216300 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959] collection contains Alaska death records from 1816 to 1959. The information found on these records can include: name, date and place of death, date and place of birth, date and place of burial, occupation, residence, race, gender, physical description, marital status, cause of death, names and birthplaces of parents, relatives, informant, and name of undertaker. To learn more, visit [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alaska,_Vital_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) this wiki page].
====Divorce====
===Voting Records===
==Archives and Libraries==
'''Consortium Library'''<br>
University of Alaska Anchorage / Alaska Pacific University <br>
3211 Providence Drive<br>
Anchorage, AK& 99508<br>
Telephone: (907) 786-1848<br>
Website: [http://consortiumlibrary.org/ Consortium Library]


=== Reconstruction Era (1868-1878)  ===
==Societies==
'''AAHS of Alaska'''<br>
P. O. Box 143105<br>
Anchorage, Alaska 99514-3105
==References==
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=== Jim Crow Era (1859-1959)  ===
{{African American}} {{Alaska|Alaska}}


=== Biographies<br>  ===
[[Category:Alaska, United States]] [[Category:African American Records]] [[Category:Alaska Cultural Groups]]
 
*[http://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/FindingAids/hmc-0412.html Guide to the E. Louis Overstreet papers 1972, 1981-1993&nbsp;]&nbsp;(Consortium Library)
 
=== Military<br>  ===
 
===== World War II =====
 
*Highway History:&nbsp;The Road to Civil Rights: [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/road/s16.cfm World War II - The Alaska Highway] (US Department of Transportation)
 
=== Bibliography  ===
 
=== Societies  ===
 
AAHS of Alaska<br>P. O. Box 143105<br>Anchorage, Alaska 99514-3105
 
=== Websites  ===
 
*[http://www.africanamericanhistoryplace.com/Alaska.html Black History in Alaska]&nbsp;
*Alaska's Cultures: [http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=233 African American / Blacks]<br>

Latest revision as of 13:40, 8 November 2023

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Introduction

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

Online Resources

  • 1816-1895 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959 - has birth, marriage, and death records from 1816 to 1912 (for births) and 1959 (for marriages and deaths)
  • Alaska's Cultures: African American
  • African American Digital Bookshelf - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites

    • Research Strategy

    History

    African Americans began settling in Alaska around the time of the Civil War. Before this, some African Americans migrated to Alaska and worked as seamen or miners.[1] After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. More settlers came after the discovery of gold in the 1890s.[2] However, a greater influx of African Americans to Alaska occurred during World War II, when African American engineers and troops were assigned to construct the Alaska Highway.[3] To learn more about the history of Alaska, and the role that African Americans played, visit:

  • Alaska's Cultures: African Americans
  • History of Alaska (Wiki book)
  • Black History in Alaska
  • BlackPast.org - contains articles about famous African Americans and the role African Americans played in the construction of the Alaska Highway
  • Men Who Built the Alaska Highway (PBS)

    • Resources

    Biographies

    Cemeteries

    Census Records

    Church Records

    Emancipation Records

    Funeral Homes

    Genealogies

    Land and Property

    Plantation

    Obituaries

    Oral Histories

    Other Records

    Military Records

    After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. [4] A large migration of African Americans to Alaska occurred during WWII, when African American engineers and troops were assigned to construct the Alaska Highway.[5] To learn more about this and other African American military history, see The Road to Civil Rights: WWII - The Alaska Highway (US Department of Transportation).

    Newspapers

    Probate Records

    Reconstruction Records

    Freedman’s Bank

    Freedmen's Bureau

    School Records

    Slavery Records

    Vital Records

    Birth

    The Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959 collection contains Alaska birth records from 1816 to 1912. The information found on these records can include: name, birth date and place, race, number of child in family, maiden name of mother, father, age of parents, residence and birth place of parents, occupation of father, live or stillbirth, cause of stillbirth, and information. To learn more, visit this wiki page.

    Marriage

    The Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959 collection contains Alaska marriage records from 1816 to 1959. The information found on these records can include: names of bride and groom, residence, date and place of marriage, age, race, birthplace, occupation, previous marriages, witnesses, and officiator. To learn more, visit this wiki page.

    Death

    The Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959 collection contains Alaska death records from 1816 to 1959. The information found on these records can include: name, date and place of death, date and place of birth, date and place of burial, occupation, residence, race, gender, physical description, marital status, cause of death, names and birthplaces of parents, relatives, informant, and name of undertaker. To learn more, visit this wiki page.

    Divorce

    Voting Records

    Archives and Libraries

    Consortium Library
    University of Alaska Anchorage / Alaska Pacific University
    3211 Providence Drive
    Anchorage, AK& 99508
    Telephone: (907) 786-1848
    Website: Consortium Library

    Societies

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

    References

    1. ↑ Curtis, Nancy C. Black Heritage Sites: The South. The New Press, 1996. See page 31.
    2. ↑ Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.
    3. ↑ "African American / Blacks," "Alaska's Cultures," Alaska History & Cultural Studies, accessed 11 May 2018.
    4. ↑ Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.
    5. ↑ "African American / Blacks," "Alaska's Cultures," Alaska History & Cultural Studies, accessed 11 May 2018.
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