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Women And Culture in Russian America
by Melody W. Grauman
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FACTUAL REPRESENTATION
OF OUR WESTERN TREASURES
RARE RUSSIAN AMERICA-ALASKA HISTORY OF WOMEN
A RARE GENEALOGY TREASURE
Folks, as many of you know, I look in old basements, hot attics and musty rooms searching for rarely read and seldom seen stories and pictures of Old Western Americana. Here is “Women and Culture in Russian America,” by Melody W. Grauman. The author cites that the major difficulty in conducting research on Russian America (Alaska) lies in the nature and availability of the source material. Most material is written in Old Russian longhand. The author here, however, found other sources that were translated into English. She has incorporated, with due acknowledgement in her bibliographic note, a very entertaining and factually accurate report on the status of Russia America women and their history in settlement of Alaska . Many have forgotten that Alaska was a part of the Russian Empire prior to becoming part of the United States. Here the author reports on the noblewomen and natives alike that made distinctive contributions to the survival of Alaska’s first permanent white settlements. Old pictures, paintings and drawings accompany this text of the history of Russian Alaska.
Please read this. There were many a western story published – the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on Ebay every day but the rarer ones about the women pioneers of the old west like this one are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest.
Here’s one of ‘em.
Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western pioneers. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell.
This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost.
Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive
I hope you appreciate the effort.
Folks, sooner or later – Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are laying on some dealer’s dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, it’s worth all the time I spend. As a tribute to the honor of our American Indians, my indexed listings will include all Indian names mentioned in the story from this time on.
WOMEN AND CULTURE IN RUSSIAN AMERICA
Melody W. Grauman
ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1780s – 1860s
ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: ALASKA
ALEUTS
ATHABASCANS
BANNER, Ivan
BANNER, Madame - wife of Director of Kodiak board and head of the Kodiak Schools for girls – later calling it the Institution for Good Housewives.
BARANOV, Alexander – able if controversial leader of the fur trading company after Shelekhov returned to Russia. He made a Kenaitze Indian princess his wife.
BARANOV, Anna, wife of Alexander who became known as “Princess of Kenai”
BARANOV, Irina, wife of Lt. Simeon Yanovski
CATHERINE THE GREAT – Legendary Russian Empress.
CHRISTIAKOV, Peter, Governor 1825-1830, and had a Creole Mistress as wife,
CREOLES
ESKIMOS
ETHOLEN, Adolf, Governor 1840-1845
ETHOLEN, Margaretha, wife of Governor Adolf Etholen who entertained Hudson Bay Company administrator Sir George Simpson on a visit.
GOLOVIN, P. N., Captain and Inspector who reprimanded citizens of Russian Alaska for not teaching Russian ways to the natives.
GRAUMAN, Melody W., - Author and Alaskan Historian.
GRIGOREVNA, Anna Kenaitze Indian Princess and wife of Alexander Baranov.
KENAITZE
KRUSENSTERN, Ivan, Captain of the Russian Navy who visited Sitka.
KUPREIANO, Ivan and wife – He, the successor to Wrangel.
LARIWANOFF, Madame - wife of Director of Unalaska board.
MAKSUTOV, Dmitri, Prince had a Creole wife but later forbid Russian officers from marrying natives.
MURAV’EV, Matxei, Governor 1820-1825
PROMYSHLENNIKI
REZANOV, Nikoli, High Chamberlin, Russia’s highest administrative officer who married the step daughter of Natalya Alexyevna Shelekhov. He received the charter for the Russian-American Fur Company.
SHELEKHOV, Gregory – an ambitious and wealthy fur merchant and husband of Natalya. He was the deciding factor in determining the fate of the harbors of Kodiak,
SHELEKHOV, Natalya Alexyevna, first white woman to step ashore on Kodiac Island who arrived in Russian America in 1784. She represented the aristocracy of Catherine The Great.
SIMPSON, Sir George, Hudson Bay Administrator
TLINGITS
TLINGIT INDIAN WOMAN, * of Sitka in early 1800s
WRANGEL, Elizabeth, * - “an aristocrat of Russian America” Who “became the first noblewoman to condemn herself to five years in isolation in Russian America.”
YANOVSKI, Simeon, Lieutenant
ZAGOSKIN, L. A., Lieutenant who formed an expedition to explore the Yukon basin in 1842.
Picture 1: Elizabeth Wrangel, an aristocrat of Russian America. *
(Courtesy Alaska Historical Library)
Picture 2: A Tlingit Indian woman of Sitka in the early 1800s. *
(Courtesy University of Alaska Archives)
Picture 3: The perpetually damp climate of the Aleutians forced early Russian fur traders to adopt such native items as wooden rain hats, seal gut parkas, and skin boats. *
(Courtesy D’Alexandre Postels University of Alaska Archives)
Picture 4: Survival also dictated that the Promyshlenniki dwell in native sod huts, but they added conventional doorways and windows covered with seal gut. *
(Courtesy D’Alexandre Postels University of Alaska Archives)
Picture 5: In contrast to the Aleuts, the Tlingits of Alaska’s southeastern panhandle enjoyed a temperate climate, log homes, ample food, and fur clothing. *
Picture 6: Life at the new company headquarters at Sitka had a veneer of Russian civilization, but the gloss never quite overshadowed the continual struggle for survival. *
Picture 7: In 1784 Gregory Shelekhov had decided Kodiak’s good harbors would make an ideal site for trade. By 1804 the island was a busy if uneasy hybrid of Russian and aboriginal cultures. *
Picture 8: By 1860 culture had reached its peak in Russian America: Sitka had a cathedral, a teahouse, public gardens, and steamships to serve as a counterpoint to native structures and dugout canoes. *
PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURE:
Aleutian Islands
Baranov’s Castle
Fort St. Michael
Golden Age of Sitka
Hudson’s Bay Company
Institution for Good Housewives (formerly Mrs. Banner Kodiak School For Girls)
Irkutsk, Russia
Kodiak Harbor *
Kodiak Island
Kodiak School for Girls
Koniag
Mikhailovsk, near present day Sitka
New Archangel (Sitka)
Russian-American Company (Charter granted July 8, 1799)
Siberia
Sitka * (formerly New Archangel)
Soldotina, Alaska
St. Petersburg, Russia
The Institution for Good Housewives
Yukon Basin
Yukon River
Zagoskin Expedition of 1942
Bibliographic Notes of importance to researchers.
WOMEN AND CULTURE IN RUSSIAN AMERICA
Melody W. Grauman
EARLY RUSSIAN WOMEN OF ALASKA
MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING
While others clip ads from magazines, I save history. It’s a shame that our past is being lost. It’s as simple as that.
What a story, Rare Story!!! Great Pictures. You will love it as it was published in this old complete western magazine printed on heavy slick paper many years ago. The issue is in good condition, the cover is in vibrant color.
As clearly stated in my description, this is featured story in a rarely found and seldom read unusual and complete western magazine. I don't give out name of publication or date because I have caught competitors copying my index and work and trying to sell it as theirs. I hope you understand.