Alaska Historical Society Honors
From Purchase to Prosperity
The Jewish founders of the Alaska Commercial Company
Their contribution to the acquisition of America's last frontier
We are pleased to announce that we have received the 2023 Elva R. Scott Award from the Alaska Historical Society honoring our new exhibit From Purchase to Prosperity: The Jewish Founders of the Alaska Commercial Company.”
Ruth Gruber Induction into the Jewish Hall of Fame
Celebrating Ruth Gruber's Remarkable Life
Watch the amazing zoom recording of Ruth Gruber’s Induction into the Jewish Hall of Fame! This event celebrates the remarkable life, vision, and heroic tenacity of a twentieth-century icon: a pioneer, trailblazer, and humanitarian. Hear Curator Leslie Fried talk about Ms. Gruber’s time in Alaska. She was thirty years old and already a celebrated author, lecturer, and intrepid reporter when, in 1941, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes appointed her Field Representative to the Alaska Territory.
Presenting AJM’s New Series: