Wed, October 04, 2023
Upcoming Session Topics March 21, 7 - 9 p.m. : Conservation and Development Can Co-exist: Historic ExamplesJoin us at the Anchorage Museum or virtually here. April 18, 7 - 9 p.m. : Alaska: The Canary in the Coalmine for Climate Change Conservation and Development (March 21, 2024) The panel will focus on what Alaska's history can teach us about the relationship betweeneconomic growth and our interests in stewarding Alaska's lands and waters for present and futuregenerations. This panel will look...
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Sun, March 17, 2024
The Alaska Historical Society Invites You to Join Us in Cordova AHS call for papers - Cordova 2024Download Located near the mouth of the Copper River, Cordova was a crossroads of trade and interaction among Eyak, Tlingit, Ahtna and Chugach peoples when Europeans sailed into Prince William Sound in the 1700s. Founded in 1909 as a railway terminus to deliver copper from the Kennecott Mines, Cordova also was near Katalla, Alaska’s earliest oil field. Fishing is the town’s major industry...
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Mon, January 22, 2024
When filling out your Alaska Permanent Fund application, we'd like to ask folks to remember the Alaska Historical Society when making your Pick. Click. Give. donations. Your support helps us fulfill the AHS mission of educating the public and promoting the study of Alaska history. Apply for your PFD at: https://pfd.alaska.gov Thank you for supporting the Alaska Historical Society.
Thu, October 12, 2023
Ian Hartman and David Reamer Honored as Historians of the Year Two prominent Anchorage historians who wrote the ground-breaking book, Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest, were named historians of the year by the Alaska Historical Society over the weekend at its annual conference on the Kenai Peninsula. University of Alaska Anchorage history professor Ian C. Hartman and public historian and Anchorage Daily News columnist David Reamer were awarded the James H. Ducker...
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Tue, July 18, 2023
Press Release: Historical Society to Launch Lecture/Discussion Series to Enhance Alaska Civil Discourse Topics Include Americanization of Alaska, Native Sovereignty, Climate Change, Conservation and Development News Release Contact: David Ramseur, President July 17, 2023 907-317-3657 To help raise the level of civil discourse across Alaska, the Alaska Historical Society (AHS) is launching a four-part lecture and panel discussion series focused on major public policy issues facing Alaska. The sessions, scheduled to kick off this fall at the Anchorage Museum, are designed...
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