
Above: Fairbanks at -50°. (Alaska Digital Archives, Alaska State Library, the University of Alaska Archives)
In the winter, we run a monthly lecture series featuring presentations about local and state historical topics. Our lecture series has been suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
When: Third Wednesday of each month
Where: Pioneer Hall at Pioneer Park, Fairbanks
Upcoming lectures will be posted here.
Lecture topics
Past lecture topics have included:
- The Birthplace of William H. Seward, Alaska’s First Statesman
- Drawing History
- Gold Rush Ice Train: George Glover and the US Government’s Unlikely Attempt to Conquer the North by Steam
- Husker Du – Reel History of Alaska’s Interior
- The Mears Memorial Bridge: Crowning Link in the Alaska Railroad
- On Whose Terms? Indian Chiefs and White Settlement in the Tanana Valley
- Paved with Ice: John Muir’s Road to the Glacier Gospel
- Pioneer Voices: Highlights of the Tanana-Yukon Historical Society’s Audio Collection
- Rockwell Kent, a Realist: Encouraging Alaskan Artists in an Age of Abstraction
- The Tanana Chiefs and Wickersham: a Centenary
- Walter Harper – A Portrait
- Where’s Chena? Revisited