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HOTLIST OF LINKS RELATED TO KODIAK HISTORY

(Main categories in alphabetical order, but, not the links within)

By Pat Jacobson, Kodiak, Alaska
patjacobson@gci.net

http://lone-eagles.com/kodiak-history.htm

 

ALUTIIQ

http://www.kodiak.org/explore-kodiak/history-a-culture/alutiiq-heritage.html - This link has a few paragraphs’ snapshot on Alutiiq Heritage. (The main site,  kodiak.org , is that of the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors’ Bureau and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In additional to this historical link, they have links on Russian Era, 1912 Volcanic Eruption, WWII, 1964 Quake/Tidal Wave, Commercial Fishing.)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEUbSfGlPKM            - Coming Home: The Return of the Alutiiq Masks slides/video (4 minutes 42 seconds)

 

ARCHAEOLOGY

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AGUFM.V23A0618M - brief abstract from 2004. The Kodiak Archipelago, although not volcanic itself, is located near mainland volcanoes. This study focuses on the area around Tanginak Spring Site (KOD481), documenting Holocene environmental changes on Sitkalidak Island (– earliest known human occupation in Kodiak archipelago) and relating these changes to the archaeological record.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/razzumitos/4175636428/ - Archeological dig on Sitkalidak Island – shows one picture.

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=FLH-fMsjyM8C&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=Sitkalidak&source=bl&ots=qDiCmuUFJ-&sig=shuNLJhIZxjbgSUBk08ja5UmvcU&hl=en&ei=-p9SS6vHGYqCswOb8ZSNCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=Sitkalidak&f=false - The Sitkalidak Archaeological Survey Project was done between 1993 and 1996 with the intent to identify and inventory the archaeological resources of the region. This is chapter 7 of a larger document, The Evolution of Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological Evidence from the North Pacific (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) (Paperback), by Ben Fitzhugh.

 

BENNY BENSON

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Benson  - This is a very brief description of Benny Benson’s life. Alaska’s flag is a result of Benny Benson’s winning the design contest at age 13. He spent most of his adult life in Kodiak,  working for Kodiak Airways as an airplane mechanic until his death in 1972.           

 

http://fairbanks-alaska.com/benny-benson.htm - This Fairbanks, Alaska site has several paragraphs about Benny Benson and the flag he designed.

 

CLIMATE/WEATHER

http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms~AK~Kodiak - NOAA Satellite & Info Service storms listed from the end of 2000 through March of 2009. Fortunately, only one death was attributed to any of the storms. The main reason for listing this URL is to show the actual strength of storms (wind speed) to which Kodiak has often been subjected.

 

http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/history/South.html - UAF Geophysical Institute – S. Coast Region temperatures recorded for many years, including a generalized Kodiak Temerpature History grid.

 

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/PADQ/2009/5/10/DailyHistory.html? Kodiak weather history can be accessed back to 1973, delivering detailed information for any particular day, if desired.

 

EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI

http://www.kodiak.org/explore-kodiak/history-a-culture/1964-earthquake-a-tidal-wave.html - This link has a general description of the 1964 earthquake, followed by a lengthy, but very interesting personal account of the Tidal Wave that resulted. (The main site,  kodiak.org , is that of the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors’ Bureau and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In additional to this historical link, they have links on Alutiiq Heritage, Russian Era, 1912 Volcanic Eruption, WWII, Commercial Fishing.)

 

http://www.kadiak.org/tsunami/tsunami.html - includes links to emergency bulletings from that period, pictures, guest comments (very interesting first hand observations). (The main URL here, kadiak.org, is the official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum and  is massive, includes info and pictures re: the White Alice Communications System        , WWII, old letters, recent correspondence, etc.)

 

http://www.sierra-arts.net/BobLeonardALASKATheEarthquake.html - Kodiak Airways Pilot Bob Leonard’s report of the earthquake happening below him. This site has lots of pictures and a lengthy, very interesting narrative.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake -  Wikipedia’s narrative on the Good Friday Earthquake has numerous links, pictures, detailed data about the quake.

 

http://www.vibrationdata.com/earthquakes/alaska.htm - This has great pictures of Kodiak and other sites after the 1964 earthquake, as well as details about the epicenter, the tsunami itself, harbor waves, the various areas affected by the quake or tidal wave and personal accounts.

 

http://www.greatlandofalaska.com/reference/GoodFridayQuake.html - This site has a lot of information about the 1964 quake as well as an interesting picture gallery.

           

http://aroundanchorage.blogspot.com/2009/03/1964-good-friday-earthquake-remembered.html - This is another site with detailed information and pictures about the 1964 earthquake/tidal wave and has a section for reader comments which is also interesting.

 

http://genealogytrails.com/alaska/earthquake.html - This site has detailed information about the 1964 quake, but, no photographs.

 

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Alaska/Kodiak-738949/Warnings_or_Dangers-Kodiak-Tsunami_Warnings-BR-1.html - This Virtual Tourist website has a short section connecting today with the history of Kodiak’s being connected to 2 severe disasters in a century. It mostly relates to the weekly tsunami alarm tests conducted around the city of Kodiak, in case of future severe disasters.

 

http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Good-Friday-Earthquake#Elsewhere_in_Alaska - This online encyclopedia has lots of information and links and a few pictures regarding the 1964 earthquake.

 

http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/akstatelibrary/lists/598033/bibliography?sortParms= - A selection of circulating (can be checked out) books of the Alaska State Library relating to the March 27, 1964 Good Friday Earthquake that affected Southcentral Alaska. More materials related to the Good Friday Earthquake are available at the Alaska Digital Archives (http://vilda.alaska.edu) and in the State Library catalog

 

(http://www.ccl.lib.ak.us) – Capital City Libraries, located in Juneau, has a user friendly, searchable site which lists books available on the 1964 earthquake and Kodiak.

 

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2004/apr/02/news3.html - GeoCommunity Spatial News has a printer friendly report on the 1964 earthquake, but, also on how it lead to better preparedness in the state.

 

http://www.gokodiakalaska.com/html/locations/the-emerald-isle/1964-earthquake-and-tsunami.php - GoKodiakAlaska has the basic information about the 1964 earthquake, but, also a section on preparedness, a succinct list of Tsunami facts, links to other sites related to the quake and information, as well, on the 1912 eruption and other topics of interest to Kodiakans or visitors.

           

http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/results.php?fg=&CISOOP1=exact&CISOBOX1=moving&CISOFIELD1=type&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&cisobox1=albums&cisobox2=&cisobox3=&cisobox4=&CISOROOT=/cdmg21,/cdmg2,/cdmg10,/cdmg13,/cdmg11,/cdmg3 - Alaska Digital Archives, searchable on many, many topics.

 

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake1964Alaska.html - (Excerpts from studies undertaken under contract with the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research and from review of the literature. Additional data obtained from the Historical Catalogs of Tsunamis in Alaska. Most photographs were obtained from archives of the International Tsunami Information Center).

 

FISHING AND THE SEA

http://www.kodiak.org/explore-kodiak/history-a-culture/commercial-fishing-industry.html - commercial fishing  (add) (The main site,  kodiak.org , is that of the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors’ Bureau and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In additional to this historical link, they have links on Alutiiq Heritage, Russian Era, 1912 Volcanic Eruption, WWII, 1964 Quake/Tidal Wave.)

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=KPGLVwJ9QbEC&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=Port+Hobron+whaling+on+Sitkalidak&source=bl&ots=gGHWueAhte&sig=qkSZwV4Fem3YZa3V4p97GTNFr1I&hl=en&ei=eolSS4KpFJussQOl3amPCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Port%20Hobron%20whaling%20on%20Sitkalidak&f=false - This is page 198 of the book The Evolution of Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological Evidence from the North Pacific (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) (Paperback), by Ben Fitzhugh. This page relates information about Port Hobron whaling on Sitkalidak Island.

 

http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=96 - This has information about Kodiak history from 1912 to 1924, including Dr. Charles Georgeson of the U.S. Department of Agriculture opening an experiment station on Kodiak Island in 1906, Port Hobron, Sitkalidak, whaling,

 

http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=181 - From AlaskaHistoryCourse, this chapter features fishing and sea hunting around the state.

 

http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-alaska/117775-1.html - This was published by Alaska Business Monthly and is a narration about pioneer Lowell Wakefield and his profound impact on the future of the crab fishing/processing industry.

 

http://www.kodiakmaritimemuseum.org/v-museum/kodiak-history.html - One can tour their VIRTUAL museum - history, vessels, salmon, crab.

 

http://www.kadiak.org/oldships.txt - This has information about vessels lost between 1741 & the pre WWII era. (The main URL here, kadiak.org, is the official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum and  is massive, includes info and pictures re: the White Alice Communications System, WWII, old letters, recent correspondence, etc.)

 

GENERAL KODIAK HISTORY

http://kodiakisland.net/history.html - Kodiak Island.net has several paragraphs giving a brief synopsis of Kodiak’s history.

 

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/kodiak/nathistory.htm - Kodiak Island Natural History (Ak State Parks) has information on Kodiak’s flora, fauna and weather.

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=Kodiak+history&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=QCK&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=o2NSS574I4euswO86on9Bw&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=13&ved=0CDwQ5wIwDA - Google has a Kodiak history timeline.

 

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/queryresults.exe?CISOROOT=/alaskawcanada&CISOFIELD1=descri&CISOBOX1=Kodiak         - University of Washington has an extensive historical digital collection.

 

http://www.kingfisheraviation.com/aboutus/pilots.html - This aviation site has information about the Eaton family history in Kodiak and toward the creation of the flying service.

 

http://home.att.net/~lrrichey/kodiak.htm - Ray Richey was a pilot with Kodiak Airways and has lots of great pictures (including Benny Benson), narratives and links to other worthwhile sites.

 

http://tanignak.com - great Kodiak history, MANY links and photos, particularly, of Ouzinkie, Woody Island and Kodiak Airways.

 

http://www.karenllew.com/NNKodiakEdition.html - Karen Lew diary of travels, brief history of Kodiak

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiak,_Alaska - Wikipedia has a nice history of Kodiak with lots of additional information about the island.

 

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Kodiak_Island - AbsoluteAstronomy has this site with an encyclopedia on Kodiak history and links to additional sites.

 

http://www.liamcallanan.com/aboutauthor/alaska_scrapbook_kodiak.htm - The Alaska Scrapbook has a list of still photos with brief captions under each.

 

http://www.akaerospace.com/history.html - This is the Kodiak Rocket Launch Complex site, which provides historical information about the complex.

 

http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1980/JB085iB09p04741.shtml - This is an abstract by two UC-Santa Cruz scientists studying the progressive deformation of a tertiary trench slope, Kodiak Islands, Alaska.

 

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/FHC_Results.asp?FHCCountry=United+States&FHCStateProv=AK&FHCCounty=&FHCCity=Kodiak&submit=Search - This site lists family History Centers in Kodiak, Alaska

 

http://www.sierra-arts.net/BobLeonardALASKA.html - Bob Leonard, former Kodiak Airways pilot has a website with stories of his experiences

 

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4433674/More_Readings_from_One_Mans_Wilderness_Dick_Proenneke_Educationa - This site has homeschool comments about famous Alaskan (and former Kodiakan) Dick Proenneke

 

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/brs/cgind26.htm - NOAA Photo Library

 

http://www.wdaguy.com/widgeon.html - This site is about the Widgeon seaplane. It relates to Kodiak Airways, Benny Benson, etc.

 

http://www.aerodacious.com/ccAM141.HTM - Aerodacious - (Aviation + Audacious = Aerodacious). This site has a lot of information, particularly, photographs of Kodiak Airways operations and pictures.

 

http://historyhoydens.blogspot.com/search?q=Kodiak - The History Hoydens write about the 1964 earthquake and WWII.

 

http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Kodiak.htm - ExploreNorth has a nice, although brief narrative of Kodiak’s history.

 

http://kodiak.org/explore-kodiak/history-a-culture.html - This is a GREAT thumbnail sketch of key Kodiak historical events – can click to read more; has some personal accounts (like witnessing the earthquake/tidal wave of 1964).

 

http://myitchytravelfeet.com/2009/11/19/hiking-with-history-kodiak-island-alaska/  - This is a hiker’s verbal sketch of Kodiak’s history, including Ft. Abercrombie.

 

http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/results.php?fg=&CISOOP1=exact&CISOBOX1=moving&CISOFIELD1=type&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&cisobox1=albums&cisobox2=&cisobox3=&cisobox4=&CISOROOT=/cdmg21,/cdmg2,/cdmg10,/cdmg13,/cdmg11,/cdmg3 - Alaska Digital Archives, searchable on many, many topics.

 

KODIAK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

www.northernforum.org/servlet/download?id=86 - It is a download – History of bears and people co-existing on Kodiak

 

http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=74530 - Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and its history.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiak_Bear - This has information about President Roosevelt’s connection with the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.

 

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_n2600_v123/ai_16885445/ - This has more information on the Refuge and FDR.

 

LIBRARIES

http://afognak.org/library.php - Nadia Mullan Alutiiq Heritage Library

 

http://library.public-libraries.org/county/AK/KodiakIslandCounty.html - Kodiak Island Public Libraries (lists village libraries, too)

 

MILITARY/GOVERNMENT

http://www.kodiak.org/explore-kodiak/history-a-culture/world-war-ii.html  - There is a great deal of information, as well as lots of photos related to WWII. (The main site,  kodiak.org , is that of the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors’ Bureau and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In additional to this historical link, they have links on Alutiiq Heritage, Russian Era, 1912 Volcanic Eruption, 1964 Quake/Tidal Wave, Commercial Fishing.)

 

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/kodiak.htm - Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak

 

http://www.vpnavy.com/naskodiak_history.html - Navy history on Kodiak

 

http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/kodiak-homepage.htm - This has WWII and Coast Guard history.

 

http://uscgaviationhistory.aoptero.org/ - Coast Guard Aviation History

 

http://www.kadiak.org/ - The official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum, this site is massive, includes info and pictures re: the White Alice Communications System         , WWII, old letters, recent correspondence, etc.

 

http://www.akaerospace.com/history.html - Rocket Launch Complex

 

MUSEUMS

alutiiqmuseum.org – Alutiiq Museum

 

http://www.baranovmuseum.org/ - Baranov Museum

 

www.kodiakmaritimemuseum.org/ - Kodiak Maritime Museum

 

www.kadiak.org/ - (The main URL here, kadiak.org, is the official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum and  is massive, includes info and pictures re: the White Alice Communications System, WWII, old letters, recent correspondence, etc.)

 

RELIGION

http://www.kodiakbaptistmission.org/history.html - This site has information related to the Kodiak Baptist Mission’s history.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=136944&disp=Parish+registers%20%20&columns=*,180,0 - Russian Orthodox Church records, includes links to its history on Kodiak.

 

http://www.kodiakbaptistmission.org/woody/historicwoody.html - Kodiak Baptist Mission history of Woody Island

 

RUSSIAN

http://www.kodiak.org/explore-kodiak/history-a-culture/russian-era.html - Russian (add) (The main site,  kodiak.org , is that of the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors’ Bureau and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In additional to this historical link, they have links on Alutiiq Heritage, 1912 Volcanic Eruption, WWII, 1964 Quake/Tidal Wave, Commercial Fishing.)

 

http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1160163 - Kodiak Museum of the History of the Orthodox Church in Kodiak, Alaska

 

http://www.outreachalaska.org/history.html - History of Orthodoxy in America

 

VOLCANIC ERUPTION

http://kodiak.org/explore-kodiak/history-a-culture/1912-volcanic-eruption.html - 1912 volcanic eruption  (add) (The main site,  kodiak.org , is that of the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors’ Bureau and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In additional to this historical link, they have links on Alutiiq Heritage, Russian Era, WWII, 1964 Quake/Tidal Wave, Commercial Fishing.)

 

http://www.gokodiakalaska.com/html/locations/the-emerald-isle/1964-earthquake-and-tsunami.php - GoKodiakAlaska has the basic information about the 1912 volcanic eruption, but, also links to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, and links to information on the 1964 earthquake and other topics of interest to Kodiakans or visitors.

 

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs075-98/ - USGS, Can Another Great Volcanic Eruption Happen in Alaska?

 

http://geology.com/novarupta/ - This site has information on Novarupta, 1912 volcanic eruption

 

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcact.php?volcname=Katmai&eruptionid=494&page=basics - This site has information about the 1912 volcanic eruption.

 

http://www.alaskajourney.com/kodiak/katmai.html - 1912 volcanic eruption

 

www.aktsunami.com/lessons/5-8/unit3/5-8_18VolcanoJigsaw.pdf - jigsaw puzzle, but, also some great history info

 

http://www.afognak.org/education/history_chapter2.php - Afognak’s history related to the Katmai Eruption

 

http://www.springerlink.com/content/v265343730233181/ - new data about Novarupta

 

http://bulletin.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/112/10/1594 - Katmai volcanic cluster and the great eruption of 1912

 

http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0434%282004%29019%3C0829%3ARORVAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2&ct=1 - old volcanic ash is still an aviation hazard

 

www.nps.gov/katm/historyculture/upload/Witnessweb.pdf - First hand accounts of  volcanic eruption

 

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/alaska/kenai-peninsula-prince-wiliam-sound-and-homer/review-434456.html - Fodors short synopsis of eruption and other history

 

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Mount_Katmai - This encyclopedia provides information about Mt. Katmai.

 

http://www.jstor.org/pss/30068013 - Journal of Geology about Katmai Region and the eruption

 

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/en/katmai.html - 1912 volcanic eruption information

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Katmai - 1912 volcanic eruption

 

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BOOKS

(In alphabetical order)

Alaska's Kodiak Island-Shelikof Strait region: A history by Dwight Wm Tuttle (Unknown Binding - 1982)

 

Ashes and Water: Eye Witness Accounts of the Two Major Catastrophies to Hit Kodiak

 

Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island: The Life of an Alutiiq Healer by Joanne B. Mulcahy and Gordon L. Pullar (Hardcover - Jan 5, 2001)

 

The climatological history of Kodiak, Alaska (NOAA technical memorandum NWS AR) by John R Glueck (Unknown Binding - 1995)

 

During This Century - The Eruption of Mt. Katmai in 1912 and the 1964 Good Friday

Earthquake and Tidal Wave by Kodiak Historical Society (Pamphlet - 1976)

Elwani: Inside the Life and Culture of Kodiak (Combined 3rd and 4th Issues) by D. Kubiak (Paperback - 1977)

 

From Humboldt to Kodiak, 1886-1895: Recollections of a Frontier Childhood and the Founding of the First American School and the Baptist Mission at Kodiak, Alaska (Alaska History No. 40) (Paperback), Frederic Roscoe (Author), 1992

 

Giinaquq--Like a Face: Suqpiaq Masks of the Kodiak Archipelago by Sven D. Haakanson Jr. and Amy F. Steffian (Paperback - Jun 15, 2009)

 

The History of Bears on the Kodiak Archipelago, Lawrence Van Daele

 

Kodiak: Alaska's Emerald Isle by Carol Sturgulewski (Paperback - May 20, 2002)

 

Kodiak and Afognak Life, 1868-1870 (Alaska History) (Hardcover), Eli Lundy Huggins, 1981

 

The Kodiak Island refugium: its geology, flora, fauna and history

 By Thor N. V. Karlstrom, George E. Ball, Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, 1969

 

Koniag to king crab: Alaska's southwest, Kodiak from sea otter settlement to ...By Yule M. Chaffin, 1968

 

Monarch of Deadman Bay: The Life and Death of a Kodiak Bear by Roger A. Caras (Paperback - Oct 1, 1990)

 

On a misty day you can see back to 1805: Ethnohistory and historical archaeology on the southeastern side of Kodiak Island, Alaska (Anthropological papers of the University of Alaska) by Donald Woodforde Clark (Unknown Binding - 1987)

 

Road system guide to Kodiak Island World War II sites by Loretta Stoltenberg (Unknown Binding - 1997)

 

Salmon from Kodiak: An history of the salmon fishery of Kodiak Island, Alaska (Alaska Historical Commission studies in history) (Paperback), Patricia Roppel

 

Samovars in Kodiak: Two cultures met by Sharon Cissna Naughton (Unknown Binding - 1978)

 

This Is Kodiak by Roger Page (Paperback - Jan 1, 1982)

 

BOOK EXCERPTS

(not in alphabetical order)

http://books.google.com/books?id=xZl2AAAAMAAJ&dq=Kodiak+history&lr=                 Making history: Alutiiq/Sugpiaq life on the Alaska Peninsula, 2001,  Page 98

http://books.google.com/books?id=AAZBokqaWj8C&pg=PA71&dq=Kodiak+history&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Kodiak%20history&f=false - p. 71 from Geology of a transpressional orogen developed during ridge-trench ... By Virginia Baker Sisson, Sarah Melissa Roeske, Terry L. Pavlis, 2003

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=oBgPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132&dq=Kodiak+history&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Kodiak%20history&f=false - Guide to materials for American history in Russian archives, Volume 1 By Frank Alfred Golder, David Maydole Matteson, 1917

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=lkzS7-TWWHwC&pg=PA4&dq=Kodiak+history&cd=7#v=onepage&q=Kodiak%20history&f=false - History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 7: Aleutians ...

 By Samuel Eliot Morison, 2001

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=tpBg7xx4JcQC&pg=PA277&dq=Kodiak+history&cd=10#v=onepage&q=Kodiak%20history&f=false - Alaska history: an annotated bibliography By Marvin W. Falk, 2006

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1263767339/ref=sr_pg_2?ie=UTF8&rs=1000&keywords=Kodiak%20history&rh=n%3A!1000%2Ci%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3AKodiak%20history&page=2 -   Marumina Trabaho: A History of Labor in Alaska's Salmon Canning Industry by Donald L. Guimary (Paperback - Sep 25, 2006), p 275 …..The 420-foot-long vessel was towed to Kodiak and placed on a pad. In keeping with history, APA named the vessel the Star of Kodiak