The Limestone Press
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The Limestone Press is a one-man publishing house, established in 1972 by historian Richard Pierce
(1918–2004). Pierce lived and worked at that time in Kingston, Ontario
, and he chose the name from the nickname of Kingston, the “Limestone City”, which has its origins in its many limestone buildings. He published mainly books on Alaska
’s history, mostly concerning its Russian era, but also on Ukrainian
and African and other topics, as well as books dealing with Kingston’s history.
It is unclear whether The Limestone Press will publish any new works, since Pierce died in 2004. The remaining back catalogue is being distributed by the University of Alaska Press
.
Books on the Ukraine
Books on Southern Africa
Richard Pierce (historian)
Richard Austin Pierce was an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska’s history...
(1918–2004). Pierce lived and worked at that time in Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
, and he chose the name from the nickname of Kingston, the “Limestone City”, which has its origins in its many limestone buildings. He published mainly books on Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
’s history, mostly concerning its Russian era, but also on Ukrainian
History of Ukraine
The territory of Ukraine was a key center of East Slavic culture in the Middle Ages, before being divided between a variety of powers. However, the history of Ukraine dates back many thousands of years. The territory has been settled continuously since at least 5000 BC, and is also a candidate site...
and African and other topics, as well as books dealing with Kingston’s history.
It is unclear whether The Limestone Press will publish any new works, since Pierce died in 2004. The remaining back catalogue is being distributed by the University of Alaska Press
University of Alaska Press
The University of Alaska Press is a nonprofit scholarly publisher and distributor of works concerning Alaska, the northern Pacific Rim, and the circumpolar regions. It is associated with the University of Alaska. The press was formally founded in 1989 but had existed somewhat informally for...
.
The Alaska History Series
- Note: The name of the series was originally Materials for the Study of Alaska History, under which name it appeared from 1972 to 1980. This covers numbers 1–17. The new name Alaska History begins with no. 18. From 1993 on the series has been distributed solely by the University of Alaska PressUniversity of Alaska PressThe University of Alaska Press is a nonprofit scholarly publisher and distributor of works concerning Alaska, the northern Pacific Rim, and the circumpolar regions. It is associated with the University of Alaska. The press was formally founded in 1989 but had existed somewhat informally for...
, which is also reflected in the ISBN numbers. - Note: The Alaska History Series is not to be confused with Alaska History, a journal published by the Alaska Historical Society.
- Richard A. PierceRichard Pierce (historian)Richard Austin Pierce was an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska’s history...
: AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
n Shipping, 1867–1878. Arrivals And Departures at the Port of Sitka. 1972. 72 pp., illustrated. Shipping at the end of the Russian regime and during the first decade of American rule. LCSH: Ship registers—Sitka, AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
; Geographical Subject: Sitka (AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
)—History—Sources. This book does not have an ISBN number. Printing: 250 copies. - Frederic William Howay: A List of Trading Vessels in the Maritime Fur Trade, 1785–1825. 1973. 209 pp., bibliography, index. Reprinted from various issues of Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of CanadaRoyal Society of CanadaThe Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
, vol. XXIV to XXVII, 1930–1934. Fundamental work on early Northwest CoastPacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
. LCSH: Ship registers—AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
Geographical Subject: Alaska—History—Sources. Printing: 550 copies. ISBN 0-919642-51-9 (hardcover); ISBN 0-919642-52-7 paperback). - Kiril Timofeevich Khlebnikov: Baranov, Chief Manager of the Russian Colonies in America. 1973. 140 pp., illustrated, index. Biography of the first governor of the Russian colonies in America. Translated from Russian edition of 1835. ISBN 0-919642-50-0. DDC: 979.8020924. Out of print (1990). Original title: Жизнеописаніе Александра Андреевича Баранова, главнаго правителя россійскихъ колоніи въ Америкѣ.
- Svetlana Grigor’evna Fedorova: The Russian Population in AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
and CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Late 18th Century to 1867. 1973. 367 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1971 by Richard A. Pierce and Alton S. Donnelly. ISBN 0-919642-53-5. Original title: Русское население Аляски и Калифорнии: конец XVIII века –1867. - Vasiliĭ Nikolaevich Berkh (Bergh): A Chronological History of the Discovery of the Aleutian Islands. 1974. 121 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1823. Out of print (1990). ISBN 0-919642-54-3. Original title: Хронологическая исторія открытія Алеутскихъ острововъ, или подвиги Россійскаго купечества. LCSH: Fur trade—Alaska—Aleutian Islands Geographical Subject: America—Discovery and exploration—Russian; Aleutian Islands (Alaska)—Discovery and exploration.
- Raisa Vsevolodovna Makarova: Russians on the PacificPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, 1743–1799. 1975. 301 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from Russian edition of 1968. ISBN 0-919642-61-6. Out of print (1990). Original title: Русские на Тихом океане во второй половине XVIII в. / Р. В. Макарова; Мин. высшего и среднего спец. образования РСФСР;Московский гос. историко-архивный институт. LCSH: Fur trade—Northwest coast of North America; Russians in the Northwest coast of North America; Geographical Subject: Northwest coast of North America—Discovery and exploration. - Documents on the History of the Russian-American CompanyRussian-American CompanyThe Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
. 1976. 220 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1957 by Marina Ramsay. ISBN 0-919642-56-X. DDC: 979.802. Original title: К истории Российско-американской компании. Subject (Corporate Name): Russian-American CompanyRussian-American CompanyThe Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
. Geographical Subject: AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, History to 1867, Sources. - Richard A. PierceRichard Pierce (historian)Richard Austin Pierce was an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska’s history...
: Russia’s Hawaiian AdventureSchäffer affairThe Schäffer affair was an incident between 1815-1817 when Georg Anton Schäffer attempted to take the Hawaiian Islands for Russia. In 1815 Schäffer sailed to Hawaii to retrieve the Company goods seized by Kaumualii, chief of Kauai island. A simple mission led by an inexperienced but ambitious...
, 1815–1817. 1976. xvii, 245 p., maps (on lining papers), illustrated, maps, index. Reprint of the 1965 edition from University of California PressUniversity of California PressUniversity of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868...
. ISBN 0-919642-68-3 (hardcover ed.) ISBN 0-919642-69-1 (paperback ed.). - H. W. ElliottHenry Wood ElliottHenry Wood Elliott was an American watercolor painter, author, and environmentalist whose work primarily focused on Alaskan subjects. A number of his works have an ethnographic bent, displaying aboriginal Alaskans engaging in traditional practices; some of these works are stored in the National...
: The Seal Islands of AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. 1976. Reprint of the 1881 edition, prepared for the Tenth Census of the United States. 176 pp., large format, many illustrations. Fundamental work on AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
sealing and the Pribilof IslandsPribilof IslandsThe Pribilof Islands are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about north of Unalaska and 200 miles southwest of Cape Newenham. The Siberia coast is roughly northwest...
. ISBN 0-919642-72-1. Original work: A Monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska. Washington, 1882. - Gavriil Ivanovich Davydov: Two Voyages to Russian America, 1802–1807. 1977. 257 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1810–1812. Lively account of travel, history and ethnography in SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
and Russian America (modern AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
). Invalid ISBN 0-919642-75-6. Original title: Двукратное путешествие въ Америку морскихъ офицеровъ Хвостова и Давыдова, писанное симъ последнимъ. - The Russian Orthodox Religious Mission in America, 1794–1837. 1978. 257 pp., illustrated, index. 186 pp. Translated from the Russian edition of 1894. Documents on the mission and the life of its most famous member, the monk German (St. Herman)Herman of AlaskaSaint Herman of Alaska was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.-Biography:Saint Herman was born in the town of Serpukhov in the Moscow Diocese around 1756...
, with ethnographic notes on the Kodiak islanders and Aleuts by the Hieromonk Gedeon. ISBN 0-919642-80-2. Out of print (1990). Subject Aleuts—Missions; Missions—Alaska—Aleutian Islands. Other Keywords: History of missionary work, Alaska. Original title: Очерк изъ исторiи американской православной духовной миссiи (Кадьякской миссiи 1794–1837 гг.) - H.M.S. Sulphur on the NorthwestPacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
and CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Coasts, 1837 and 1839. Accounts by Captain Edward BelcherEdward BelcherAdmiral Sir Edward Belcher, KCB , was a British naval officer and explorer. He was the great-grandson of Governor Jonathan Belcher. His wife, Diana Jolliffe, was the stepdaughter of Captain Peter Heywood.-Early life:...
and Midshipman G. (Francis Guillemard) Simpkinson, concerning native peoples of Russian America and CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. 1979. Edited by Richard Pierce and John H. Winslow. 144 pp., illustrated, maps. ISBN 0-919642-75-6. - Пётр Александрович Piotr Aleksandrovich Tikhmenev: A History of the Russian-American CompanyRussian-American CompanyThe Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
. Vol. 2: Documents. 1979. Appendices to a classic account. (Vol. 1 published by University of Washington Press, 1978.) Translated from the Russian edition of 1861–1863. ISBN 0-919642-81-0. DDC: 979.802. LCC: F907. Original title: Историческое обозрѣніе образованіе россійско-американской компаніи и дѣйствій ея до настоящаго времени / составилъ П. Тихменевъ, Санктпетербургъ, 1861–1863. - N. A. Ivashintsov: Russian Round-the-World Voyages, 1803–1849. 1980. 156 pp., illustrated, maps. translated by Glynn R. Barratt; edited by Richard A. Pierce. Translated from Russian edition of 1849, with supplementary list of voyages to 1867. Summaries, based on logs, indicating ports of call, activities and personnel. Essential for several fields of research. Illustrated. ISBN 0-919642-76-4. Original title: Русскія кругосвѣтныя путешествія, съ 1803 по 1849 годъ / Н. Ивашинцовъ, Санктпетербургъ, 1872. 245 pp.
- Baron Ferdinand von WrangelFerdinand von WrangelBaron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel – May 25 , 1870) was a Russian explorer and seaman, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, a founder of the Russian Geographic Society...
: Russian America. Statistical and Ethnographic Information on the Russian Possessions on the Northwest Coast of AmericaPacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
. 1980. With additional material by Karl-Ernst Baer. Translated from the German edition, published in St. Petersburg, 1839. Translated by Mary Sadouski, edited by Richard Pierce. Original title: Statistische und ethnographische Nachrichten über die russischen Besitzungen an der Nordwestküste von Amerika / gesammelt von Contre-Admiral von Wrangel; hrsg. von K. E. von Baer. 204 pp. ISBN 0-919642-79-9. - The Journal of Iakov NetsvetovJacob NetsvetovJacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of Alaska, was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the missionary work of St. Innocent among his and other Alaskan people. His feast day is celebrated on the day of his repose, July 26.-Early life:Father Jacob was...
: The AtkaAtkaAtka may refer to:*Atka, Alaska, a city in the United States*Atka, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russia*Atka Island, an island in the Andreanof Islands*Atka Iceport, an iceport in West Antarctica...
Years, 1828–1844. 1980. Translated by Lydia BlackLydia T. BlackLydia T. Black was an American anthropologist.She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804.-Life:...
from the unpublished manuscript, with notes and supplements on the history and ethnography of the Aleutian Islands. 340 pp. ISBN 0-919642-92-6. - SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
and Northwestern America, 1788–1792. The Journal of Carl Heinrich Merck, Naturalist With the Russian Scientific Expedition Led By Captain Joseph BillingsJoseph BillingsJoseph Billings was an English navigator and explorer who spent the most significant part of his life in Russian service.In 1785, the Russian government of Catherine II commissioned a new expedition in search for the Northeast Passage, led by English officer Joseph Billings, who had previously...
And Gavriil Sarychev. 1980. Translated by Fritz Jaenach from the unpublished German manuscript. Includes ethnographic, biological and geological observations. Illustrated, maps, index. ISBN 0-919642-93-4 - David Hunter Miller: The Alaska TreatyAlaska purchaseThe Alaska Purchase was the acquisition of the Alaska territory by the United States from Russia in 1867 by a treaty ratified by the Senate. The purchase, made at the initiative of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, gained of new United States territory...
. 1981. 221 pp. Definitive study of the Alaska purchaseAlaska purchaseThe Alaska Purchase was the acquisition of the Alaska territory by the United States from Russia in 1867 by a treaty ratified by the Senate. The purchase, made at the initiative of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, gained of new United States territory...
, prepared in 1944 for the U.S. Dept. of State’s Treaty Series, but never published. ISBN 0-919642-95-0. DDC: 979.802. - Grigoriĭ Ivanovich Shelikhov: Voyage to America, 1783–1785. 1981. 162 pp., illustrated, maps, index, supplementary materials. Translated from Russian edition of 1812. Includes Shelikhov’s book published in 1791, with materials erroneously attributed to him since early 19th century. Original title: Россійскаго купца Именитаго Рыльскаго гражданина Григоья Шелехова первое странствование съ 1785 по 1787 годъ изъ Охотска по Восточному Океану къ Американскимъ берегамъ, и возвращеніе его въ Россію, съ обстоятельнымъ увѣдомленіемъ объ открытіи новообрѣтенныхъ имъ острововъ Кыктака и Афагнака [и проч]. ISBN 0-919642-67-5.
- KodiakKodiak IslandKodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an...
and AfognakAfognakAfognak is an island north of Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 43 miles from east to west and 23 miles from north to south and has a land area of , making it the 18th largest island in the United States. The coast is split by many long, narrow bays...
Life, 1868–1870. 1981. The Journals of Lieutenants E. L. Huggins and John Campbell, and merchant Frederick Sargent, with other materials relating to the first years of the American regime in Alaska, including portraits, and early map of KodiakKodiak IslandKodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an...
. Details on ship movements, personnel, trade and life style. 163 pp. ISBN 0-919642-96-9 - Mikhail Dmitrievich Teben’kovMikhail TebenkovMikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov, spelt Tebenkof in the United States , was a Russian hydrographer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy...
: Atlas of the Northwest CoastPacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
s of America From Bering StraitBering StraitThe Bering Strait , known to natives as Imakpik, is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the easternmost point of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, USA, the westernmost point of the North American continent, with latitude of about 65°40'N,...
to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands with Several Sheets on the Northwest Coast of Asia. 1981. Compiled by Teben’kov while governor of Russian America, and published in 1852. 39 sheets, boxed, with softbound vol. with rare Hydrographic Notes (109 pp.) and supplementary information. Original titles: Атласъ сѣверозападныхъ береговъ Америки отъ Берингова пролива до мыса Корріэнтесъ и Острововъ Алеутскихъ съ присовокупленіемъ нѣкоторыхъ мѣстъ Сѣверовосточнаго берега Азіи and Гидрографическія замѣчанія къ Атласу сѣверозападныхъ береговъ Америки, острововъ Алеутскихь и нѣкоторыхъ другихъ мѣстъ Сѣвернаго Тихаго Океана / капитана 1 ранга Тебѣнькова. 1981. ISBN 0-919642-55-1. DDC: 623.892245. LCC: G1106. - G. R. Adams: Life on the YukonYukon RiverThe Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into...
, 1865–1867. 1982. 219 pp., illustrated. From manuscript diary of a participant in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, and his autobiographical account, written later. ISBN 0-919642-87-X - Dorothy Jean RayDorothy Jean RayDorothy Jean Ray was an author and anthropologist best known for her study of Native Alaskan art and culture....
: Ethnohistory in the Arctic: The Bering Strait Eskimo. 1983. Articles assembled in one volume for the first time, on early trade, the legendary 17th century Russian settlement, the history of St. MichaelSt. Michael, AlaskaSt. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St...
, Eskimo picture writing, land tenure and polity, settlement and subsistence patterns, and place names. Translated of Russian accounts of the Vasil’evEnsign Mikhail VasilievMikhail Nikolayevich Vasilyev was a Russian explorer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. He is reputed for having surveyed the then little-known coast of Alaska as navigator. Vasiliev was sent by the Russian Imperial Hydrographic Service in 1819 to explore the northern parts of the...
–ShishmarevGleb ShishmaryovGleb Semyonovich Shishmaryov was a rear admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. He is reputed for having surveyed the then little-known coast of Alaska as navigator...
expedition (1819–1822). 280 pp., illustrated, maps. ISBN 0-919642-98-5. LCC: E99. - Lydia BlackLydia T. BlackLydia T. Black was an American anthropologist.She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804.-Life:...
: AtkaAtkaAtka may refer to:*Atka, Alaska, a city in the United States*Atka, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russia*Atka Island, an island in the Andreanof Islands*Atka Iceport, an iceport in West Antarctica...
. An Ethnohistory of the Western Aleutians. 1984. 219 pp., illustrated. Problems of prehistory, ethnography, and 18th century foreign contacts, with a list of Russian voyages, the account of navigator Vasil’ev (1811–1812), Fr. Ioann VeniaminovInnocent of AlaskaSaint Innocent of Alaska , also known as Saint Innocent of Moscow was a Russian Orthodox priest, bishop, archbishop and Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. He is known for his missionary work, scholarship and leadership in Alaska and the Russian Far East during the 19th century...
, and biographical materials. ISBN 0-919642-99-3. DDC: 979.83. LCC: F951. - The Russian-American CompanyRussian-American CompanyThe Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
. Correspondence of the Governors. Communications Sent: 1818. 1984. xiv, 194 pp., illustrated, index, notes. Translated of seldom-used manuscript material in U.S. National Archives. ISBN 0-919642-02-0 - The Journals of Iakov NetsvetovJacob NetsvetovJacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of Alaska, was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the missionary work of St. Innocent among his and other Alaskan people. His feast day is celebrated on the day of his repose, July 26.-Early life:Father Jacob was...
: The YukonYukon RiverThe Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into...
Years, 1845–1863. 1984. 505 pp., illustrated, maps. Translated by Lydia BlackLydia T. BlackLydia T. Black was an American anthropologist.She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804.-Life:...
from unpublished manuscript in Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
, with notes and appendices on the history and ethnography of the Yukon and Kuskokwim regions of AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. ISBN 0-919642-01-2. - Ioann VeniaminovInnocent of AlaskaSaint Innocent of Alaska , also known as Saint Innocent of Moscow was a Russian Orthodox priest, bishop, archbishop and Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. He is known for his missionary work, scholarship and leadership in Alaska and the Russian Far East during the 19th century...
(St. Innokentiĭ): Notes on the Islands of the Unalashka DistrictFox Islands (Alaska)The Fox Islands are a group of islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. The Fox Islands are the closest to mainland North America in the Aleutian chain, and just east of Samalga Pass and the Islands of Four Mountains group....
. 1985. 511 pp., illustrated. Translated from Russian edition, St. Petersburg, 1840. A classic account. Published jointly by the Limestone Press and the Elmer E. Rasmuson LibraryElmer E. Rasmuson LibraryThe Elmer E. Rasmuson Library is the largest library in the U.S. state of Alaska, housing just under a million volumes. It is located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. It is named in honor of Elmer E...
Translation Program. Original title: Записки объ островахъ Уналашкинскаго отдѣла and Записки объ атхинскихъ алеутахъ и колошахъ. ISBN 0-919642-03-9. - Richard A. PierceRichard Pierce (historian)Richard Austin Pierce was an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska’s history...
: Builders of AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
: The Russian Governors, 1818–1867. 1986. Biographies of AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
’s 13 forgotten governors, from Hagemeister to MaksutovDmitri Petrovich MaksutovPrince Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov was an Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral who was the last Governor of Russian America . He has streets dedicated to his memory in Sitka and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky....
. 53 pp., illustrated. ISBN 0-919642-07-1. - Frederic Litke: A Voyage Around The World, 1826–1829. Vol. I: To Russian America and SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, 1826–1827. 1987.Translated from French edition (Paris, 1835) by R. Marshall; with a parallel account by F. H. Baron von Kittlitz. Translated from the German edition of 1854 by V. J. Moessner. 232 pp., maps, illustrated. Original French title: Voyage autour du monde,: exécuté par ordre de sa majesté l’empereur Nicolas Ier, sur la corvette Le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829, par Frédéric Lutké, ... commandant de l’expédition. Partie historique, avec un atlas, litographié d’après les dessins originaux d’Alexandre Postels et du baron Kittlitz. Traduit du russe sur le manuscrit original, sous les yeux de l’auteur, par le conseiller d’état F. Boyé. Tome I–III. Original Russian title: Путешествіе вокругъ свѣта, совершенное по повелѣнію императора Николая I, на военномъ шлюпѣ Сенявинъ въ 1826, 1827, 1828 и 1829 годахъ, Флота Капитаномъ Ѳедоромъ Литке. ISBN 0-919642-97-7. - A. I. Alekseev: The Odyssey of a Russian Scientist: I. G. Voznesenskiĭ in AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, 1839–1849. 1988. Translated from the Russian edition (Moscow, 1977), by Wilma C. Follette. Edited by Richard A. PierceRichard Pierce (historian)Richard Austin Pierce was an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska’s history...
130 pp., illustrated, maps. - Ann Fienup-RiordanAnn Fienup-RiordanAnn Fienup-Riordan is an American cultural anthropologist known for her work with Yup'ik Eskimo peoples of western Alaska, particularly on Nelson Island and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska....
, editor: The Yup’ik EskimoCentral Alaskan Yup'ik peopleThe Yup'ik people , are an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska ranging from southern Norton Sound southwards along the coast of the Bering Sea on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and along the northern coast of Bristol Bay as far east as Nushagak Bay and the northern Alaska...
as Described in the Travel Journals and Ethnographic Accounts of John and Edith KilbuckJohn and Edith KilbuckJohn Henry Kilbuck — sometimes spelled Killbuck — and his wife, Edith Kilbuck, were Moravian missionaries in southwestern Alaska in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
, 1885–1900. 1988. lvii + 528 pp., illustrated, maps. ISBN 0-919642-17-9. - The Round The World Voyage of Hieromonk Gideon 1803–1809. 1989. Translated with introduction and notes by Lydia T. BlackLydia T. BlackLydia T. Black was an American anthropologist.She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804.-Life:...
. xiii + 184 pp., illustrated, maps. ISBN 0-919642-20-9. AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
State Library Historical Monograph No. 9. - Richard A. PierceRichard Pierce (historian)Richard Austin Pierce was an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska’s history...
: Russian America, 1741–1867, A Biographical Dictionary. 1990. Data on over 600 Russian and foreign statesmen, explorers, administrators, and skippers, Native leaders and women. 560 pp., illustrated. ISBN 0-919642-45-4. - A. I. Alekseev: The Destiny of Russian America, 1741–1867. 1990. Translated from the Russian edition, Moscow, 1975. 340 pp. A comprehensive history. ISBN 0-919642-13-6. DDC: 979.802. LCC: F907.
- Russia in North America. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Russian America. Sitka, AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, August 19–22, 1987. 1990. 527 pp., illustrated. ISBN 0-919642-44-6 - Katherine Plummer, editor: A Japanese Glimpse at the Outside World, 1839–1843. The Travels of Jirokichi in HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
& AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. Adapted from a translation of Bandan. 1991. 182 +94 pp., illustrated. ISBN 0-919642-34-9 - Rhys Richards: Captain Simon MetcalfeSimon MetcalfeSimon Metcalfe was a British American surveyor and one of the first American maritime fur traders to visit the Pacific Northwest coast...
, Pioneer Fur Trader in the Pacific NorthwestPacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
, HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, 1787–1794. 1991. 234 pp., illustrated. ISBN 0-919642-37-3. DDC: 338.476753092. - The Lovtsov Atlas of the North Pacific OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, Compiled at Bol’sheretsk, Kamchatka, in 1782. 1991. Translated, with introduction and notes, by Lydia T. BlackLydia T. BlackLydia T. Black was an American anthropologist.She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804.-Life:...
. ISBN 0-919642-38-1 - E. O. EssigEdward Oliver EssigEdward Oliver Essig was an American entomologist who specialised in Hemiptera.Essig was a professor at the University of California.He wrote Injurious and Beneficial Insects of California , Insects of Western North America , A History of Entomology , College Entomology and several hundred...
, Adele Ogden & Clarence John DuFour: Fort Ross, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Outpost of Russia. AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, 1812–1841. 1991. Reprint. Quarterly of the California Historical SocietyCalifornia Historical SocietyThe California Historical Society is California's official state historical society and is located in San Francisco, California at 678 Mission Street -History and collections:...
, Vol. 12: 3, San Francisco, September 1933. ISBN 0-919642-27-6. DDC: 979.4. LCC: F869. - Roscoe, Fredition: From Humboldt to KodiakKodiak IslandKodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an...
1886–1895. Recollections of a frontier childhood. 1992. Edited by Stanley N. Roscoe. Softbound. ISBN 0-919642-40-3. - Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff: Remarks and Observations on a Voyage Around the World From 1803 to 1807. 1993. A new translation from German edition of 1812, by Joan Moessner. Two volumes in one. Illustrated. ISBN 1-895901-00-6.
- Kiril Timofeevich Khlebnikov: Notes on Russian America, Parts II–IV: Kad’iakKodiak IslandKodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an...
, UnalashkaUnalaska IslandUnalaska is an island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska, at . The island has a land area of . The city of Unalaska, Alaska, covers part of the island and all of neighboring Amaknak Island where the Port of Dutch Harbor is located...
, AtkhaAtka IslandAtka Island is the largest island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island is east of Adak Island. It is long and wide with a land area of , making it the 22nd largest island in the United States. The northeast of Atka Island contains the Korovin volcano which...
, The Pribylovs and St. Matthew IslandSt. Matthew IslandSt. Matthew Island is a remote island in the Bering Sea in Alaska, WNW of Nunivak Island. The island has a land area of , making it the 43rd largest island in the United States. Its most southerly point is Cape Upright which features cliff faces which exceed...
. 1994. 424 pp. Original title: Русская Америка в неопубликованных записках К. Т. Хлебникова: Ново-Архангельск. Наука, Л., 1979. Transcribed by Roza G. Liapunova and Svetlana Fedorova. Translated from the Russian edition of 1979 by Marina Ramsay. ISBN 1-895901-02-2. - Kiril Timofeevich Khlebnikov: Notes on Russian America. Part I: Novo-Arkhangel’sk. 1994. 308 pp. Original title: Русская Америка в «записках» К. Т. Хлебникова: Ново-Архангельск. Наука, М., 1985. Transcribed by Svetlana Fedorova. Translated from the Russian edition of 1985 by Serge Lecomte and Richard A. PierceRichard Pierce (historian)Richard Austin Pierce was an American historian and publisher who specialized in the Russian era of Alaska’s history...
. ISBN 1-895901-04-9. - John Middleton: Clothing in Colonial Russian America. A New Look. 1996. Edited by Lyn Kalani. 138 pp, illustrated. ISBN 1-895901-08-1.
- Bolkhovitinov, Nikolai Nikolaevich: Russian-American Relations and the Sale of AlaskaAlaska purchaseThe Alaska Purchase was the acquisition of the Alaska territory by the United States from Russia in 1867 by a treaty ratified by the Senate. The purchase, made at the initiative of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, gained of new United States territory...
, 1834–1867. 1996. Translated and edited by Richard A. Pierce. 405 pp, illustrated, index. ISBN 1-895901-06-5. - Robert DeArmond: The USS SaginawUSS Saginaw (1859)The first USS Saginaw was a sidewheel sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-History:The first vessel built by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Saginaw was laid down on 16 September 1858; launched as Toucey on 3 March 1859; sponsored by Miss Cunningham, daughter of the...
in AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
n Waters 1867–1868. 1997. 174 pp. ISBN 1-895901-10-3. ISBN 13 9781895901108. - Mary Malloy: ‘Boston Men’ on the Northwest Coast: The American Maritime Fur Trade. 232 pp. ISBN 1-895901-18-9.
- Richard A. Pierce (ed.): The Romance of Nikolai RezanovNikolai RezanovNikolay Petrovich Rezanov was a Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California. One of the ten barons of Russia, he was the first Russian ambassador to Japan , and participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe ,...
and Concepcion Arguello/The Concha ArguelloConcepción ArgüelloMaría Concepción Argüello was the daughter of José Darío Argüello, the Spanish governor of Alta California and Presidio Commandante....
Story. 1998. ISBN 1-895901-22-1. Paperback. - Lydia BlackLydia T. BlackLydia T. Black was an American anthropologist.She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804.-Life:...
: History and Ethnohistory of the Aleutians East Borough. 1999. ISBN 1-895901-26-X. ISBN 13 9781895901269. - Emily R. Baker: Caleb Reynolds: American Seafarer. 2000, pp. xiv + 213, ill., maps, bibliography, appendices, notes. index. Hardback. ISBN 1-895901-25-1.
- Alix O’Grady: From the BalticBaltic regionThe terms Baltic region, Baltic Rim countries, and Baltic Rim refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea.- Etymology :...
to Russian America, 1829–1836. The Journey of Elisabeth von WrangellFerdinand von WrangelBaron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel – May 25 , 1870) was a Russian explorer and seaman, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, a founder of the Russian Geographic Society...
. 2001. ISBN 1-895901-27-8.
Books on the UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
- Lubomyr Y. LuciukLubomyr LuciukLubomyr Luciuk was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. His education began at St. Joseph's School, Cathedral School and Regiopolis-Notre Dame. He earned two degrees from Queen's University, an Honours BSc and MA . He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta...
: Ukrainians in the Making: Their KingstonKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
Story. 1980. ISBN 0-919642-91-8. - Bohdan Kordan and Lubomyr LuciukLubomyr LuciukLubomyr Luciuk was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. His education began at St. Joseph's School, Cathedral School and Regiopolis-Notre Dame. He earned two degrees from Queen's University, an Honours BSc and MA . He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta...
, eds. A Delicate and Difficult Question: Documents in the History of Ukrainians in Canada, 1899–1962. 1986. ISBN 0-919642-08-X. - Bohdan Kordan and Lubomyr LuciukLubomyr LuciukLubomyr Luciuk was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. His education began at St. Joseph's School, Cathedral School and Regiopolis-Notre Dame. He earned two degrees from Queen's University, an Honours BSc and MA . He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta...
, compilers: Anglo-American Perspectives on the Ukrainian Question, 1938–1951: A Documentary Collection. Foreword by Hugh A. Macdonald. 1987. ISBN 0-919642-26-8. DDC: 947.710842. LCC: DK508.833. - Marco Carynnyk, Lubomyr LuciukLubomyr LuciukLubomyr Luciuk was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. His education began at St. Joseph's School, Cathedral School and Regiopolis-Notre Dame. He earned two degrees from Queen's University, an Honours BSc and MA . He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta...
& Bohdan Kordan, eds.: The Foreign OfficeForeign and Commonwealth OfficeThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
and the Famine: British Documents on Ukraine and the Great Famine of 1932–1933. Foreword by Michael R. Marrus. 1988. ISBN 0-919642-29-2. DDC: 363.809477109043. LCC: HC337. - Lubomyr Y. LuciukLubomyr LuciukLubomyr Luciuk was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. His education began at St. Joseph's School, Cathedral School and Regiopolis-Notre Dame. He earned two degrees from Queen's University, an Honours BSc and MA . He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta...
: A Time for Atonement: Canada’s First National Internment Operations and the Ukrainian Canadians, 1914–1920. 1988. ISBN 0-919642-28-4.
Books on Southern AfricaSouthern AfricaSouthern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
- K. Nyamayaro Mufuka: Missions and politics in MalawiMalawiThe Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
. ca. 1977. ISBN 0-919642-73-X (also ISBN 0-919642-74-8). DDC: 266.26897 - Bridglal Pachai: Land and Politics in MalawiMalawiThe Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
, 1875–1975. ca. 1978. Paperback. ISBN 0-919642-83-7 (also ISBN 0-919642-82-9). DDC: 333.73096897. LCC: HD997. - Kenneth O. Hall: Imperial Proconsul (Sir Hercules RobinsonHercules Robinson, 1st Baron RosmeadHercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, GCMG, PC was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong...
and South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
1881–1889, Modern Africa #3). 1980. Hardcover. ISBN 0-919642-89-6. - A. J. Christopher: The Crown Lands of British South Africa, 1853–1914. 1984. ISBN 0-919642-04-7. DDC: 333.10968. LCC: HD991.
Books on other topics
- Lanny B. Fields: Tso Tsung-t’angZuo ZongtangZuo Zongtang , spelled Tso Tsung-t'ang in Wade-Giles and known simply as General Tso in the West, was a Chinese statesman and military leader in the late Qing Dynasty....
and the Muslims: Statecraft in Northwest China, 1868–1880. 1978. ISBN 0-919642-85-3. DDC: 951.030924. LCC: DS760.9 - N. T. Mirov: The Road I Came: The Memoirs of a Russian-American Forester. 1978. ISBN 0-919642-84-5. DDC: 634.90924. LCC: SD129
- Marion E. Meyer: The Jews of KingstonKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
: A Microcosm of Canadian JewryJewish quarter (diaspora)In the Jewish Diaspora, a Jewish quarter is the area of a city traditionally inhabited by Jews. Jewish quarters, like the Jewish ghettos in Europe, were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos instituted by the surrounding Christian authorities. A Yiddish term for a Jewish quarter or...
? ca. 1983. ISBN 0-919642-00-4. DDC: 971.372004924. LCC: F1059.5 - C. M. D. Crowder (ed.): Unity, Heresy and Reform, 1378–1460: The Conciliar Response to the Great Schism. ca. 1986. ISBN 0-919642-10-1. DDC: 262.52
- J. L. Black and D. K. Buse: G.-F. Müller and SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, 1733–1743. Translation of German materials by Victoria Joan Moessner. 1989. ISBN 0-919642-23-3. DDC: 915.7047. LCC: DK754.