The Friday evening banquet at every
AHS / MA meeting is the highlight for many of us because it’s the time we
recognize outstanding scholarship and achievement in Alaska history. Congrats
to all!
Here’s Mike Hawfield with his well-deserved President’s Award (a.k.a. the Beaver Log):
Other winners:
EVANGELINE ATWOOD AWARD
Alaska film historian, curator, archivist
HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Tom Walker
The Seventymile Kid
PATHFINDER AWARD
James Mackovjak
For important reference works on
timber, freighting, salmon traps
ELVA R. SCOTT LOCAL HISTORICAL
SOCIETY AWARD
Gastineau Channel Historical
Society
Gastineau Heritage News, Last
Chance Mining Museum, Sentinel Island Lighthouse
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALASKA HISTORY AWARD
Karen Brewster, Editor
Boots, Bikes, and Bombers: Adventures of Alaska Conservationist
Ginny Hill Wood
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALASKA HISTORY AWARD
Victor Fischer and Charles
Wohlforth
To Russia With Love: An Alaskan’s Journey
Extraordinary story, Ethical
collaboration
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALASKA HISTORY AWARD
Rex A. Wilhelm
Alaska Commercial Company
Historical records preservation
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALASKA HISTORY AWARD
Audrey and Bruce Kelly
Stories at Anchorage Memorial
Park Cemetery programs
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Barbara Sweetland Smith
Alaska historian, archivist,
curator, writer, steadfast friend and dedicated colleague
The Sheldon Museum choir signing the Alaska flag song. We'll post more photos from the conference shortly. In the meantime, check out photos of the Awards Ceremony posted on Museum Alaska’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/museumsalaska
The Sheldon Museum choir signing the Alaska flag song. We'll post more photos from the conference shortly. In the meantime, check out photos of the Awards Ceremony posted on Museum Alaska’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/museumsalaska
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