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References
Architecture
  The American Archtecture of Today, G. H. Edgell, New York, Scribner's Sons 1928.
  p.56-58 discuss the AYPE.

  The Architectural Record, "Our Exposition in Seattle", July 1909 p.24-32

  Shaping Seattle Architecture, "Edouard Frere Champney", Dennis Anderson, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1994.

Photography at the AYPE
  Image of Nowell's Studio: http://content.lib.washington.edu/aypweb/  - search under 'AYP077'.

  Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Washington Gov't Printing Office 1911 : Smithsonian exhibit p.69.

Native Peoples at the AYPE

Freak Show: Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit Robert Bogdan Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988 Although not about indigenous performance per se, Bogdan masterfully lays out the life of sideshow performance, including the pride of performers, prestige and desirabilty of show careers in the AYPE period.

Inuit Entertainers in the United States: From the Chicago World's Fair through the Birth of Hollywood, by Jim Zwick. 2006 Infinity Publishing The story of the Enutseak family, including Miss Columbia, is throughly presented in a very readable fasion.

"I came voluntarily to work, sing and dance": Stories from the Eskimo Village at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Lisa Blee The Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 101, No. 3/4, Race and Empire at the Fair (Summer/Fall 2010), pp. 126-139 Blee's paper gives a particularly well-rounded and even-handed inside account from performer's perspective.

The Lost Tribe of Coney Island: Headhunters, Luna Park, and the Man Who Pulled Off the Spectacle of the Century ,  Claire Prentice 2014 Although it deals mostly with the notorious Hunt, the first visit of the Igorrotes to Seattle is described, Schneidman's work and approach is covered  (at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Expo; he would later bring the Igorrotes to the AYPE) , and individuals who returned to the AYPE in 1909 are depicted.

  All the World's a Fair : Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916 , Robert Rydell, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1987.  Chapter 6 discusses anthropology and Philippine displays at the St. Louis fair, including trouble and tragedy there.

  Defining Participation and Place: Women and the Seattle World's Fairs of 1909 and 1962, Master's Thesis, Veta R. Schlimgen, University of Washington 2000
p.42-53 discusses women performers at the AYPE, including Miss Columbia.

  Image of Visitor and Igorotte face to face: viewable online in the Seattle Museum of History and Industry collection as image#1974.5868.129,  photographer Harwood, "Visitor at Igorote Village.."

Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Washington Gov't Printing Office 1911.
  Smithsonian exhibit described on pgs. 67-70.

General
  Fairs are for everybody H. Paul Dellinger Waco, Texas Davis Bros Publishing Co. 1965.