Lydia T. Black papers, 1972-1997.

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Lydia T. Black papers, 1972-1997.

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The Lydia T. Black Papers consist of correspondence, copies of legal papers, notes and copies of scholarly articles. The papers fall into several general subject areas, such as Lydia Black's involvement as an expert witness in litigation involving Alaska Native issues, papers relating to the Palakia Melgenake case, the sea otter case, the U.S. vs. Vernard Jones case, the case of the estate of Martin Wayne McCaseland and the Aleut fishing rights case. Included are correspondence relating to the publication of the E.A. Kreinovich manuscript, correspondence with other well-known anthropologists specializing in northern peoples and general correspondence. Letters of a personal nature have been removed from this section of the papers and are restricted until January 2073. In addition, this collection contains materials on the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska and articles and newsclipppings on various aspects of anthropology and archaeology in Alaska.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Black, Lydia T.

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Dr. Lydia T. Black was an anthropologist whose research involved the Russian period in Alaska and whose translations of records kept by Russian clergy and officials allowed access to the relationships between Aleuts and Russians. Dr. Black was the author of more than 66 books and publications and won the following awards: Alaska Anthropological Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000, Russia awarded her the Order of Friendship in 2001 and Alaska's Governor's Lifetime Achievement Award f...

Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America. Diocese of Alaska

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The first organized Christian missionary efforts in Alaska were the work of missionaries of the Russian Orthodox Church. During the period of Russian rule in Alaska and for many years after purchase by the U.S., that church served both as a Christianizing and an educational force. The first Orthodox mission was established in Kodiak in 1794. The first permanent see of the Orthodox Church in Alaska was established in 1840 in Sitka under Bishop Innocent (John Veniaminov). Under his supervision, ef...