Category: 49 History

Mon, September 16, 2013

Whittier photographer / historian wins Lange–Taylor Prize

Jen Kinney, a photographer, writer, and historian currently living in Whittier, has won the 2013 Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. The award is given to encourage collaboration in documentary work in the tradition of acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor.Kinney’s entry, “City Under One Roof,” is about Whittier’s shared spaces, especially the Begich Towers where most of the town’s residents live. In this “unlikely crossroads of community... (Read More)

Sun, September 15, 2013

AHS Keynote Speaker: Jacqueline Johnson Pata

Join us in beautiful Haines, Alaska, September 25-28th, for the Joint Annual Conference of Museums Alaska and The Alaska Historical Society.http://www.sheldonmuseum.org/Conference/conference.htmhttp://www.sheldonmuseum.org/Conference/program_schedule.pdfJacqueline Johnson Pata is the AHS keynote speaker. She is the Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and Sealaska Board Member. She is a member of the Raven/Sockeye Clan of the Tlingit Tribe and a member of the Central Council of the Tlingit-Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Pata was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American... (Read More)

Wed, September 11, 2013

Satchel and Stepovich

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, ‘Hmmm, I wonder if there is a photograph somewhere of Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige and Alaska territorial governor Mike Stepovich’…Well, wonder no more: Leroy "Satchel" Paige and Mike Stepovch, June (?) 1958 (Stepovich FamilyPapers, Box 3, Folder 39, Alaska and Polar Regions, UAF Rasmuson Library)This photo, archived with the rest of Stepovich’s papers at the UAF Rasmuson Library, was taken in summer 1958 when Stepovich and his wife Matilda took in a Miami Marlins... (Read More)

Mon, September 09, 2013

Park’s Cannery, Uyak Bay

In 1934, Herbert Dominici built a one-line cannery on Kodiak Island, across from Amook Island in Uyak Bay. His was the newest cannery in a neighborhood relatively flush with canning operations. In fact, he was formerly the superintendent at one such cannery, that owned by Northwestern Fisheries, located at the Uyak Anchorage. Dominici mostly canned salmon taken from Ottar Hofstad's two fish traps, located on the Shelikof Straits on the west side of Kodiak Island. These fish traps intercepted salmon... (Read More)

Fri, September 06, 2013

Dena’inaq’ Huch’ulyeshi at the Anchorage Museum

Folks in Anchorage please take note of a couple great events coming up at the Anchorage Museum.“Then It’s for Winter: An Exploration of Dena’ina History and Culture,” a one-day symposium will be held on Saturday, September 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The program is available online at: www.anchoragemuseum.org/galleries/Denaina/events. Please register online by September 10; cost is $20 member/$25 non-member. The following day, Sunday, September 15, marks the opening of Dena’inaq’ Huch’ulyeshi: The Dena’ina Way of Living, the first major... (Read More)