Mon, November 07, 2016
Alaskans are invited to contribute a brief essay (150 words or less) to “150 Reasons We Love Alaska,” a publication to be distributed in early 2017 during Alaska’s sesquicentennial year. Alaska Dispatch News in Anchorage will publish and distribute a booklet that will include all the contributions. Each contribution may be edited and then published with the author's permission. Also, if a photo and caption tells the story, send that. Your thoughts about Alaska music, art, books, science, food, relationships, adventures are welcomed; whatever...
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Mon, November 07, 2016
The art exhibition titled “Voices of Change: Perspectives on the Transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States”is jointly curated by Sitka National Historical Park and the University of Alaska Museum of the North. The pieces in the exhibit are the result of an open call for artists to express their feelings, thoughts, and responses to the Alaska Purchase, or “Treaty of Cession,” and the subsequent 150 years of American governance as it has impacted Alaska Native peoples....
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Wed, November 02, 2016
[caption id="attachment_4727" align="alignright" width="300"] Ketchikan's Pacific American Fisheries crew in 1929. Photo courtesy Melissa Stouffer.[/caption] By: Anjuli Grantham Melissa Stouffer recently shared two photographs with the Alaska Historical Society, depicting her grandfather’s time in Alaska. Roman Andres was born in Abulug, Cagayan, Philippines ca 1908. He traveled around the Pacific for several years, likely working as a migrant laborer. During this time, he joined thousands of other Filipino manongs in Alaska. Manong, or uncle, is the term that describes this...
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Mon, October 31, 2016
By Karen Brewster (excerpted from the original story titled "Hidden Gems" on NEDCC's website by Julie Martin with help from Jane Pipik and Frank Cunningham) The Oral History Program at Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently collaborated with the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover, Massachusetts to preserve threatened glass recordings of Aleut voices. Founded in 1973, NEDCC is the first independent conservation laboratory in the United States to specialize exclusively in the conservation and preservation of...
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Mon, October 31, 2016
On October 17, 2016, Alaska Governor Bill Walker declared 2017 the Alaska Year of History and Heritage. The proclamation is intended to celebrate the 15oth anniversary of the signing of the treaty of cession when Alaska was transferred from Russia to America. The hope is to encourage Alaskans to study, teach and reflect upon our state's past and apply its lessons to a brighter and more inclusive future. Click here to read the governor's Alaska Year of History and Heritage Proclamation.
