Thu, August 02, 2018
Do you have a story about the “Trusty Tusty?” The Alaska state ferry MV Tustumena, “Trusty Tusty,” has connected Aleutian and Kodiak Island communities with mainland Alaska since 1964. The boat is to be retired in 2019, and a group has been working on collecting oral histories from the fans of the 'Trusty Tusty." [caption id="" align="alignright" width="367"] Courtesy of Alaska Department of Transportation[/caption] This August a pair of film makers, Lucy and Mike, will be collecting stories as they...
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Wed, March 14, 2018
The Alaska Historical Society is pleased to announce publication of: "As the Old Flag Came Down: Eyewitnesses to the October 18, 1867 Alaska Transfer Ceremony" Chris Allan, 2018. This 32-page booklet offers 16 eyewitness accounts of the 1867 Alaska Transfer Ceremony held in Sitka, Alaska. Drawn from newspaper stories, letters, and journals, there is one pre-transfer account, one post-transfer account, and 14 that describe the event. It also includes some 1868 photographs taken by Eadweard Muybridge. These accounts provide a rare opportunity to see...
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Sat, March 10, 2018
[caption id="attachment_5745" align="alignright" width="190"] Close up of top of Seward’s Pole in Saxman, Alaska. The pole was carved by Stephen Jackson. Photo by Hall Anderson, used with permission.[/caption] The Alaska Historical Society is pleased to announce that the National Council on Public History just published an article "Sesquicentennial Matters in Alaska" by Anna Lee Hirschi, our contractor for Alaska’s commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Alaska Treaty of Cession.
Tue, January 02, 2018
By Rick Metzger In the spring of 1962 when I was 11, my father, Elden Metzger, announced to the family that he would be going fishing with his brother, Wayland, for the salmon season at a place called Alitak. Wayland had been a machinist with Alaska Packers Association and through that association and with his friend Don Slater they had acquired some set net sites in Alitak Bay on Kodiak Island. My father was a small contractor who moved houses...
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Mon, December 04, 2017
By: Vicki Wisenbaugh [caption id="attachment_5607" align="alignleft" width="216"] Bob Pegues[/caption] Note: Tenakee Historical Collection received a grant from the Alaska Historical Society's Alaska Historic Canneries Initiative to catalog a collection of materials from Tenakee Springs' Superior Packing Co. All of the photos in this post come from Tenakee Historical Collection. Bob Pegues was a pillar of the Chichagof Island community of Tenakee Springs for over 40 years. He was part owner and year round caretaker of the ruins of the Superior...
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