Iñupiaq men in qayaqs, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Crossing the Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898. Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.
Download the Conference Schedule, including Presentation Abstracts and Presenter Biographies Thank you to all those who attended the 2022 Alaska Historical Society Annual Conference on October 6-8 and 13-15, 2022! The Alaska Historical Society hosted its 2022 annual conference on October 6-8 and 13-15, 2022, in collaboration with the Cook Inlet Historical Society. Keynote Speaker Bathsheba Demuth […]
Alaska History, Vol. 37, #2, Spring 2022 Alaskana is an annotated listing of recent publications on the North featured in Alaska History, the journal of the Alaska Historical Society. All titles are available through the publisher, Amazon.com, ABEBooks.com, or your local library, unless otherwise noted. Compiled by Kathy Ward, Juneau Public Libraries. Chris Allan, In the Shadow […]
Alaska History Day is the Alaska-based affiliate program for National History Day®(NHD), which for fifty years has helped teachers teach and students learn historical research skills. Alaska History Day/NHD fosters an appreciation for history through project-based learning, helping middle and high-schoolers gain research, problem-solving analysis, and critical thinking skills; gain self-esteem and confidence; and engage […]
2023 Conference: Connections and Disconnections in Alaska History Alaska Historical Society Annual Conference Central Kenai Peninsula (and available virtually over Zoom) Thursday, October 5 – Sunday, October 8 Thank you for joining us at the 2023 Alaska Historical Society Conference! The conference opened with an afternoon tour of the Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church, a […]
“Resources For Teaching ANCSA at 50” is Volume 3 of the three-volume “Guide to Sources for the Study of the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act” by the Alaska Historical Society (2022). This guide is the result of a year-long effort to locate primary archival, published and on-line sources useful to anyone interested in learning […]
