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.
The Alaska Historical Society is governed by a fifteen-member board of directors according to bylaws adopted in 1967 when the organization was first incorporated, and each year holds an annual meeting in different cities around the state.
Terms on the board are for three years, and each board member typically chairs one of the society’s committees or serves as an officer and is on at least one other committee. Members are expected to participate in quarterly teleconference board meetings and attend the annual meeting and conference in the fall. New board members are voted on by the full association membership in a mail-in election and begin their terms at the annual meeting in the fall of the year. Nominations for new board members are welcome from any association member or the general public. If interested—or to suggest someone—please email members@alaskahistoricalsociety.org
David Ramseur, President, Anchorage
Kaila Pfister, Vice-President, Anchorage
Angela Schmidt, Secretary, Fairbanks
Patricia Partnow, Treasurer, Anchorage
Pierce Bateman, Anchorage
Carol Gales, Nome
J. Pennelope Goforth, Anchorage
Jana Harcharek, Utqiaġvik
Rachel Mason, Anchorage
Molly McCammon, Anchorage
Jeff Myers, Homer
Rebecca Poulson, Sitka
William Schneider, Past President, Fairbanks
Philip Wight, Fairbanks
Leanna Prax Williams, Fairbanks
Jo Antonson, Executive Director
Ross Coen, Editor, Alaska History
David Ramseur, Editor, Alaska History News
Judy Bittner, Chief, State of Alaska, Office of History and Archaeology
Amy Phillips-Chan, Director, State of Alaska, Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums
Minutes are taken at all quarterly board meetings and each annual association business meeting. Alaska Historical Society members interested in minutes from any of our meetings, please contact: members@alaskahistoricalsociety.org
