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Mon, October 19, 2020

2020 Awards


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