print email comment close Teaching With Documents: Migration North to Alaska URL: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/alaska/#resources Description: This site presents "photographs, letters, drawings, and acts [that] highlight some of the economic, social, and political factors that prompted thousands to migrate" to Alaska. Topics include the Alaska Purchase Treaty (which resulted in the transfer of the territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States), the Alaska Gold Rush, and migration and settlement in the state. Also includes forms for document and photo analysis. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Publisher: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Extra Keywords Seward's Folly Klondike Yukon Library of Congress Subject Headings: Alaska -- Annexation to the United States Alaska -- Gold discoveries Alaska -- History Migration, Internal -- United States LII Database Information: Record 1423 created by Jennifer English on 05/23/2005 Last modification on 07/28/2005 Published: 05/23/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1423