Alaska State Archives Timeline

Updated 13 Feb 2018

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English voted official state language President Wilson authorizes construction of the Alaskan Railroad Denali National Park established First Territorial Legislature is convened Afognak Reserve established Telegrams concerning the sinking of the SS Princess Sophia obtained by Governor Thomas Riggs, October 24-29, 1918 Alaskan Flag adopted Fouding of the Alaska Native Brotherhood Fouding of the Alaska Native Sisterhood Passage of the Indian Citizenship Act Indian Reorganization Act provisions extended to Alaska Natives IRA tribal governments created

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World War I Russian America World War II

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World War I in Alaska

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Proclamation by Governor John F.A. Strong about World War I and Alaskans Letters sent by Governor John F.A. Strong, 1917-1918, concerning military affairs Alphabetical list of Alaska World War ex-service persons, ca. 1923-1926 War draft telegrams of Governor Thomas Riggs, 1918

Women's Suffrage in Alaska

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Women in Alaska granted the vote Governor Walter E. Clark's correspondence files about the passage of HB 2, An Act to Extend the Elective Franchise to Women, 1913 Governor John F.A. Strong's correspondence about the right of women to vote in Alaska, 1915 Laws of Alaska for HB 2, An Act to Extend the Elective Franchise to Women, March 21, 1913

Department of Alaska

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Col. Jefferson C. Davis Capt. George K. Brady Maj. John C. Tidball Maj. Harvey A. Allen Maj. Joseph Stewart Capt. George B. Rodney, Jr.Capt. Joseph B. Campbell Maj. John Mendenhall Capt. Arthur Morris Montgomery P. Berry H.C. DeAhna M.D. Ball Capt. Lester A. Beardslee Cmdr. Henry Glass Cmdr. Edward P. Lull Cmdr. Henry Glass Cmdr. Frederick Pearson Cmdr. Edgar C. Merriman Cmdr. Joseph Coghlan Lt. Cmdr. Henry E. Nichols

District of Alaska

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John Henry Kinkead Alfred P. Swineford Lyman Enos Knapp James Sheakley John Green Brady Wilford Bacon Hoggatt Walter Eli Clark

Territory of Alaska

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Waino Hendrickson Mike Stepovich Waino Hendrickson John Franklin Alexander Strong Thomas Riggs, Jr.Scott Cordelle Bone George Alexander Parks John Weir Troy Ernest Gruening B. Frank Heintzleman

State of Alaska

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William Allen Egan Wally Hickel Keith Harvey Miller William Allen Egan Jay Hammond Bill Sheffield Steve Cowper Wally Hickel Tony Knowles Frank Murkowski Sarah Palin Sean Parnell Bill Walker

Alaska Purchase

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Record of properties transferred at Sitka, beginning 1867, as part of Russia's transfer of Alaska to the United States Ceremony of the Transfer of Alaska Purchase of Alaska Letter from the Russian American Pioneer Association to the anticipated first governor of Alaska

Serum Run

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Governor Scott C. Bone's correspondence files on the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, January to February 1925 Nome Serum Run Governor Scott C. Bone's correspondence files on the 1925 Serum Run to Nome and health issues in Alaska, March to December 1925

World War II in Alaska

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Governor Ernest Gruening's file on Japanese Internment in Alaska during World War II, 1942-1945 Imperial Japanese soldiers marching during the occupation of Kiska, 1942 Translated and transcribed diary of Nebu Tatsuquhi, Japanese soldier who died on Attu Island in 1943 Armistice Day address by Governor Ernest Gruening, Nov. 11, 1941 Transcript of Governor Ernest Gruening's radio address to Juneau about wartime concerns, Jan. 8, 1942

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