Mon, October 19, 2020
The Sea Otters Of Amchitka (1959) Richard Ravalli, Associate Professor, History Department, William Jessup University, Rocklin, California During the coronavirus lockdown, I had the opportunity to work via e-mail with Angela Schmidt of the Alaska Film Archives at University of Alaska, Fairbanks. I was interested in the archive’s copy of the 1959 nature film The Sea Otters of Amchitka, produced by Thorne Films of Boulder, Colorado and shot by naturalist H. Robert Krear. It is the first completed documentary about...
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Mon, October 19, 2020
Since his cancer diagnosis three years ago, retired UAF History Professor and Public Historian Terrence Cole has had to make a lot of difficult decisions relating to his health, and he recently made the decision to go into hospice care. The stomach cancer has made it hard for him to eat or drink and he doesn't have a lot of energy, but he still has the same funny, warm, and exhaustingly inquisitive mind that makes him special. A few people have...
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Sun, October 04, 2020
The Alaska Historical Society is holding its annual conference virtually this year. Our annual business meeting is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, October 10th, 2:00-3:30 p.m. We would like to include updates from local historical societies and museums around the state as part of the meeting. With an apology for the late notice, we invite you to send us two paragraphs—one with highlights of your last year and the other with your plans for the coming year. If you have one...
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Sun, September 27, 2020
Do you want to know more about the presentations scheduled for the AHS 2020 annual conference being held October 8-10 and 15-17 via Zoom? Abstracts of the presentations and biographies of the presenters are now available for review. Remember to register for the conference. Hope to see everyone there!
Sat, September 12, 2020
By Sue Sherif, Fairbanks, Alaska. Sue is a retired librarian and is a member of the League of Women Voters, which is also marking its 100th anniversary this year. [caption id="attachment_6469" align="alignright" width="300"] The 19th Amendment. Photo courtesy of Sherna Berger Gluck and the Suffragists Project Jukebox.[/caption] August 2020 marks several landmarks in the long struggle for voting rights for women. August 18, 1920 saw the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution by the state legislature of Tennessee,...
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