Our annual awards usually given during the Alaska Historical Society’s annual conference were presented during the Society’s annual business meeting held digitally by Zoom on October 10, 2020:
Alaska Historical Society
JAMES H. DUCKER ALASKA HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR
AWARD
2020
Thomas Alton
Alaska in the Progressive Age: A Political History 1896 to 1916
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Alaska Historical Society
ELVA R. SCOTT
LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AWARD
2020
Salcha Historical Society
Amy Viltrakis, Founder
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Alaska Historical Society
ESTHER BILLMAN AWARD
2020
Gastineau Channel Historical Society
Gastineau Heritage News
Paula Johnson, Rich Mattson, Laury Scandling
Researchers / Writers
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Alaska Historical Society
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALASKA HISTORY
AWARD
2020
David Reamer
“Histories of Anchorage”
Anchorage Daily News weekly feature
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Alaska Historical Society
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALASKA HISTORY
AWARD
2020
David James
“Becoming Alaskan” / “Creating Alaska” series
Alaskana book reviews
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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STUDENT & BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL
TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP
2020
TiaAnna Puya Tidwell
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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MORGAN & JEANIE SHERWOOD ALASKA HISTORY
AWARD
2019
Mary F. Ehrlander and Hild M. Peters
Grafton and Clara Burke: Medical Missionaries in Fort Yukon
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2020
Alaska History Editorial Advisors
Stephen Haycox, Bill Hunt, Mary Mangusso, John Whitehead,
Terrence Cole, Ann Fienup-Riordan, Timothy Rawson, Andrei Znamenski
For over 220 combined years of service to the Alaska Historical Society
and the wider world of those who value the study of our past
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PRESIDENT’S AWARD
BEAVER LOG
2020
Ian C. Hartman
For effective leadership of the
Advocacy Committee