One of the most readable accounts of the activities of the Alaska Commercial Company can be found in Libby: The Sketches, Letters and Journal of Libby Beaman, Recorded in the Pribilof Islands 1879-1880, presented by Betty John, (Houghton Mifflin, 1989). This fascinating historical sketch is presented in diary form, complete with representations of “found objects, (feathers, crucifixes), photographs of A.C.C. sealing activity, and wildlife sketches. The first-person narrative personalizes the scantily documented period of late nineteenth century Alaska.

Anchorage Municipal Library’s Call Number:
N 979.803 BEAMAN

ISBN:
0-933031-09-2

WLN Interlibrary Loan Number:.
87-071438