Category: News

Sun, January 10, 2021

UAF Course: North American Energy History

The History Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks offered a new course in the spring of 2021 initially titled North American Energy History. Now titled Fire, Ice, and the Fate of Humanity: A History of Energy and Climate Change, it is an upper-level history course that examines how energy resources, regimes, and transitions have fueled human history. Over the course of millennia, humans have utilized traditional knowledge, science, and technology to discover and harness new energy sources—from the organic... (Read More)

Mon, October 19, 2020

Article on Seattle National Archives

The Journal of Western Archives is pleased to announce the publication of a new article: "Will the Last Archivist in Seattle Please Turn Out the Lights: Value and the National Archives." Authors Sarah Buchanan and Megan Llewellyn from the University of Missouri discuss the decision to close the Seattle branch of the National Archives earlier this year. We hope that you find it interesting. The article can be accessed at digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol11/iss1/7.

Mon, October 19, 2020

Denali Park Road History

The Year Everything Changed: The 1972 Shuttle Bus Decision in Mount McKinley National Park. Tourism numbers at Denali National Park dropped this last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The park projected between 50-60 thousand visitors. The last time Denali had so few tourists the park had a different name, private automobiles could still drive the length of the road, and Richard Nixon was President—it was the early 1970s. It was an era of big change in Denali. Read more... (Read More)

Mon, October 19, 2020

Letters to Terrence Cole

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... (Read More)

Sun, October 04, 2020

Local Historical Society Presentations at Annual Business Meeting

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... (Read More)