The art and history of early quilts in Alaska are brought together in this beautifully illustrated full color publication. The five chapters were written by Alaskan scholars, historians and quiltmakers. Each chapter features quilts registered during the Alaska Quilt Survey project that spanned ten years and covered Nome to Ketchikan. How the quilts are intertwined with Alaska's cultural and social history is explored against a backdrop of the boom and bust cycles of the 49th state.
Stories of early quiltmakers who pioneered Alaska, and those who brought quilts as family heirlooms unfold with captivating detail. The development of quiltmaking on the Last Frontier, and its connection to quilting traditions of  "Lower 48" states is compared. Cross-cultural influences shared between western quiltmakers and Native groups in Alaska is also examined. One chapter is dedicated to Native quiltmaking and includes the fascinating use of quilts in traditional Nelson Island Eskimo culture.
 

In the Miners Footsteps
by Wilette Janes
4" x 9" Soft Cover
$7.95 Retail

Almost all of the major Gastineau Channel trails are old mining trails, roads or horse tramways. Reportedly guided by Chief Kowee of the Auk Clan, in October 1880 Richard Harris and Joseph Juneau discovered gold on a creek they named Gold Creek.
Many claims were staked, and for the next 64 years, there was a continuous development of gold mining. Now all of the old mines are silent, with only ruins and trails to remind us of the glorious mining years.
This popular historic guide of  In the Miners' Footsteps by local hiker and historian, Willette Janes is now in its 5th edition. The popular historic guide has been expanded to 34 pages and now covers sixteen old mining trails. History and detailed information on each trail is included. Numerous historical photographs of early mining operations and the people who pioneered them have also been added. The convenient 4" x 9" format slips easily into the hiker's pack.

Old Gold
Historical Vignettes of Juneau, Alaska
Compiled by R.N. DeArmond
10.5" x 8.5"  Soft Cover
$16.95 Retail

I Remember Treadwell
by Charlotte L. Mahaffy
8.5" x 5.5" Soft Cover
$8.95 Retail

Everyone has a story to tell, if not for publication, for one's own family. Now before memories fade I write mine. It is a documentary, revealing a fragment of Southeastern Alaska history.
My subject is Treadwell, Alaska, home of one of the world's greatest gold mines, where I spent my childhood.
Much has been written about the famous mine; but I doubt if anyone has elaborated on highlights of that glorified gold mining camp.

Alaska has its share of intriguing and early souvenirs, among them the souvenir spoon. The golden age of souvenir spoon collecting began in the Victorian era and from about 1890 to 1915 almost every prominent American silver manufacturer provided souvenir spoons for this popular craze. With growing tourism to the Last Frontier in the late nineteenth century, they added souvenir spoons designed for the Alaska market. Several Alaska jewelers also produced high quality souvenir spoons and popularized Alaskas picturesque history, wilderness landscape and diverse cultures, especially gold rush themes and totem poles. The opening chapter Sailing the Inside Passage establishes the beginning of the early Alaska curio trade and the part souvenir spoons played at its inception. Trading for the Tourist Dollar pictures many beautiful Native-made spoons and relates the role of the Native Alaskans in making the earliest souvenir spoons. The three remaining chapters cover gold rush era spoons, jewelers and manufacturers and the diversity of themes found on Alaska souvenir spoons. Historic material from private collections never published before helps demonstrate the breadth of the curio trade.
Full color,120 page publication with over 227 illustrations of historic photographs, souvenir spoons and curio items, index and bibliography.

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