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Bibliography Alaska Newspapers on Microfilm

Publications

Alaska Media Directory. Anchorage, Alaska: BIE Communications, (annual) 1993–1998.

Alaska Newspaper Tree; A Guide to the Alaska Newspaper Holdings of the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, by William R. Galbraith 2nd ed., revised and computerized by Patricia M. Sackinger. Fairbanks: University of Alaska, 1980.

Alaska-Yukon Directory Company. Alaska-Yukon Directory and Gazetteer. Seattle, [1902]

Andrews, Clarence L. "Early Publications." Alaska Life (July 1945): 49-53.

Atwood, Evangeline. "Some Vignettes in Alaskan Journalism." In A Guide to Alaska’s Newspapers, compiled by Phyllis Davis, 5-15. Juneau: Gastineau Channel Centennial Association and Alaska Division of State Libraries and Museums, 1976.

Checklist of Yukon Newspapers, 1898-1985. Prepared by Amanda Wearmouth, Yukon Archives. [Whitehorse, Yukon Territory?] : Yukon Education, Libraries and Archives Branch, 1987.

DeArmond, Robert. "Inside History of Daily Papers in Alaska." Ketchikan Daily Alaska Fishing News (September 17, 1945): 1.

A Guide to Alaska’s Newspapers, compiled by Phyllis Davis. Juneau : Gastineau Channel Centennial Association and Alaska Division of State Libraries and Museums, 1976.

Polk’s Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory. Seattle, WA: R.L. Polk Inc., 1903-1912.

Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC : U. S. Government Printing Office, 1971.

Parr, Charles. Early Alaska Imprints. Fairbanks: Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1974.

Strohmeyer, John. "Alaska’s Press - A Breed Apart." Nieman Reports (Cambridge: Nieman Foundation, Harvard University) 42, no. 3 (Autumn, 1988): 30-34.

Tillotson, Marjorie. "Alaska Press." In A Guide to the Pathfinder; A Monthly Journal of the Pioneers of Alaska 1919-1926, 74-75. Juneau: Alaska Historical Library, 1977.

Underwood, John Jasper. "Alaska as a Newspaper Field." In Alaska: An Empire in the Making, 294-298. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1913.

Wickersham, James. "Newspapers and Magazines, 1866-1924." In A Bibliography of Alaskan Literature, 1724-1924, 250-272. Cordova: Cordova Daily Times Print, 1927.

Unpublished Material

Atwood, Evangeline. "Alaska’s Newspapers; A History of One Hundred Years of Newspapering in Alaska, 1885-1985." [2 vol. Manuscript]

"Circulating Microfilm Collection Held by Yukon Archives." Prepared by Yukon Archives, Sept., 1996.

DeArmond, R.N. [Alaska Newspaper Journalists and Publishers, 1869-1926.] Robert N. DeArmond Papers, MS 39, Box 2, Folder 5. Alaska Historical Collections, Alaska State Library, Juneau, Alaska, [n.d.]

Falk, Marvin W. Alaska Newspaper Tree Fairbanks. Fairbanks: Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, 1981-1992. Database.

Galbraith, William R. & Galbraith, Betty. "Core Alaska Newspapers: 1866-1970." Master’s thesis, Denver University, Denver, Co., 1976.

McLean, Dora Elizabeth. "Early Newspapers on the Upper Yukon Watershed 1894-1907." Master’s thesis, University of Alaska, 1963

Wickersham, James. "Alaska Mining Camp Editors and Newspapers." Wickersham Historic Site Collection, MS 107, Box 54, Folder 1, Alaska Historical Collections, Alaska State Library, Juneau, Alaska, [n.d.]

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