Documents
| Title | External URL | Link to Document | Project | ||
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| Alaska Highway 1942-1991, Yukon Archives and MacBride Museum |
"The Alaska Highway 1942-1991" is a comprehensive bibliography of material available in the Yukon Archives and MacBride Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. |
 Alaska_Highway_official.pdf |
Alaska Highway | ||
| Alaska Highway Collections, University of Alaska Fairbanks |
"Guide to the Collections of the UAF Alaska and Polar Regions Department Related to the Alaska Highway." By Jane Haigh, December 14, 1992 for NORS 697-Research, World War II in the North taught by Professor Terrence Cole, Northern Studies Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks. This is document is a guide to the collections in the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks related to the Alaska Highway. |
Alaska_Highway_Collections.PDF |
Alaska Highway | ||
| Alaska Highway Construction Photos |
This is a finding aid to "The Alaska Highway Construction Photographs" collection at the Alaska and Polar Region Collections & Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The collection consists of 80 images on postcard stock taken along the route of the Alaska Highway during construction of the highway, circa 1943. It mostly contains images of landscapes and scenery, but also includes images showing equipment, stages of road construction, and personnel involved with building the highway. The collection was received in 2003. |
Alaska_Highway_Const_photos.PDF |
Alaska Highway | ||
| Alaska Highway Photo Snapshot Album |
This is a finding aid to the "Alaska Highway Snap Shot Album" collection at the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The collection contains a leatherbound album of 229 black and white photographs relating to the construction of the Alaska Highway during World War II. The photos depict the many aspects of the construction of the Alaska Highway and the typical experiences of those whose job it was to build the highway. |
Alaska_Highway_snapshot_album.PDF |
Alaska Highway | ||
| Annotated Bibliography of Sources About the Alaska Highway |
This is an annotated bibliography of sources about the Alaska Highway discovered by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge during her master's research that she compiled in 2009. It includes books, articles, archival collections, journals, websites, and historical and interpretive museum exhibits and displays. |
Annotated Bibliography of Sources_terrence.pdf |
Alaska Highway | ||
| Building the Alaska Highway |
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"Building the Alaska Highway" is a component of a larger website titled, “Hidden History: Black History of the Yukon,” which was created in 2007 by the Yukon Archives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. The other components are titled, "The Early Years," and "Women." The content for this web exhibit is based on a three-panel hard copy display entitled "Hidden History: Black History of the Yukon," which was produced in 2006 by the Yukon Archives, the Yukon Human Rights Commission and the Yukon Status of Women Council. |
Link | Alaska Highway | |
| Herb Woodling's Alaska Highway Photographs |
This is a brief outline of the contents of the "Alaska Highway 1953 Photograph Collection" at the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The collection consists of 32 photographs taken by Herb Woodling during his 1953 trip up the Alaska Highway by private car. Most of the photos are of landscapes and the highway. |
Alaska_Highway_1953photo.PDF |
Alaska Highway | ||
| Stories and Songs From My Country |
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This is a flyer providing information about the CD "Stories and Songs From My Country" that includes oral narratives and songs by Marge Jackson, a Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Elder from Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, Canada. Marge Jackson is Ray Jackson's mother and her CD is available for purchase from Beth O'Leary at boleary@nmsu.edu for $22 US dollars (includes postage and handling) and all proceeds go to Marge. |
marge_CD.pdf |
Alaska Highway | |
| The Alaska Highway: A Yukon Perspective |
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"The Alaska Highway: A Yukon Perspective" was created by the Yukon Archives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Yukon Archives is part of the Cultural Services Branch of the Department of Tourism and Culture, Government of Yukon. This site provides information on the highway from the perspective of Yukoners. |
Link | Alaska Highway | |
| The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision |
"The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision." By Richard G. Bucksar. Arctic, Vol. 21, No. 4, December 1968. In this article, Bucksar discusses the expenses and project planning that went into the building of the Alaska Highway. |
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Bucksar_Arctic21-4-214.pdf |
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| The Gravel Magnet: Some Social Impacts of the Alaska Highway on Yukon Indians |
"The Gravel Magnet: Some Social Impacts of the Alaska Highway on Yukon Indians." By Julie Cruikshank, date unknown. In this paper, anthropologist Cruikshank analyzes the impact of the Alaska Highway on the Indians of the Yukon Territory, Canada and how the road draws people in along its route. She argues that many people do not see the Alaska Highway as a single, defining event, but an important influence on community changes during the 20th century. |
TheGravelMagnet.pdf |
Alaska Highway | ||
| THE ROAD: Constructing the Alaska Highway |
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"THE ROAD: Constructing the Alaska Highway" formerly a website and now an exhibit publication was a joint project of the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Heritage Community Foundation. The exhibition consisted of art works, artifacts, documentary materials and films produced from the time of the Highway's inception in 1942 right up to the present day. |
Link | Alaska Highway |