Welcome to the Alaska Historical Society
The Alaska Historical Society (AHS) is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to the promotion of Alaska history by the exchange of ideas and information, the preservation and interpretation of resources, and the education of Alaskans about their heritage. Governed by a 15-member board, the Society provides a forum and a vehicle to achieve these goals. AHS is a membership organization with 430+ members. If you would like to join us, visit our membership page.
Recent Blog Entries
National Author, Environmental Historian to Open Fall Conference
Professor Bathsheba Demuth, a cutting-edge environmental historian whose first book won numerous national awards, will be the keynote speaker at this October’s Alaska Historical Society’s annual conference, which is co-sponsored by the Cook Inlet Historical Society. Demuth will speak on the topic, “History from a Dogsled: The Yukon and the Stakes of Telling the Past,” […]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Project Jukebox
In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in December 1971, the UAF Oral History Program has just launched the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Project Jukebox online interactive website that combines oral history recordings, film, photos and documents to tell the story behind the fight […]
Workshop: Alaska Court Records Research
October 7, 9:30am Workshop: Alaska Court Records Research With Niesje Steinkruger, retired Superior Court Judge, and Karen Gray, State Archivist Alaska State Archives, Juneau, Alaska There is a wealth of family, tribal, village, and community history in Alaska’s court records. You will find births, deaths, marriages, adoptions, inquests, wills, village boundaries, estates, licenses, criminal cases, […]
Morningside Hospital Lecture
October 6, 2022, 12:00 noon The Lost Alaskans Lecture by Niesje Steinkruger and Eric Cordingly Part of the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Fall Lecture Series to be held at Shuka’ Hit in the Walter Soboleff building in Juneau, Alaska and livestreamed on Sealaska Heritage Insitute’s YouTube channel. Between the late 1800s and 1960, Alaskan men, women […]
AHS Annual Business Meeting Scheduled for October 14
The Alaska Historical Society board is encouraging all AHS members to participate in this year’s virtual business meeting, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14 2-3:30 p.m, as part of the annual conference. Click here for the business meeting agenda. The primary agenda item is consideration of changes to AHS bylaws, which have not been updated since […]
