Category: News

Sat, July 04, 2015

Alaska students win big at the National History Day Competition

Alaska students Clare Howard, Camille Griffith, and Leo McNicholas were awarded the Junior Division Native American History Award at the annual National History Day (NHD) competition, held last month at the University of Maryland. Clare, Camille, and Leo, all from Anchorage, won for their documentary entitled Elizabeth Peratovich’s Leadership to Change Native Rights and Her Lasting Legacy in Alaska. Two entries from Alaska also received the Outstanding Entry Award, which recognizes quality work, well-rounded research, and great student achievement.... (Read More)

Mon, May 25, 2015

Coast Guard Veterans Honor Alaska Historical Society Member

AHS congratulates Damon Stuebner, longtime society member and staff at Alaska Historical Collections in Juneau, on his recent award for chronicling the history of the Coast Guard Cutter STORIS. [caption id="attachment_3749" align="alignright" width="300"] Damon Stuebner and his wife Rebecca Tyson Smith (documentary’s co-producer) with 1957 STORIS crewmates Clair Upton, Chuck Schmitzer, and Dick Juge at a special screening of his documentary.[/caption] Members of the All Coast Guard Ships Veterans’ Association and the Alaska/Bering Sea Patrol Veterans’ Associations honored Stuebner... (Read More)

Thu, November 13, 2014

Mears Memorial Bridge

The Mears Memorial Bridge: Crowning Link in the Alaska Railroad,” a lecture by Matthew Reckard. Alaska’s longest bridge span is the Tanana River railroad crossing at Nenana. Built in 1922-23 and now known as the Mears Memorial Bridge, it is surely one of Alaska’s most underappreciated historic resources. Like Rodney Dangerfield, it gets no respect. Despite the credentials of a National Landmark, it isn’t even listed in Alaska’s Heritage Resources Survey. Happily, it still serves its original purpose well and... (Read More)