From Ketchikan to the Bering Sea: A Personal Journey With and Through History

World War II left physical evidence and disappeared history across Alaska, particularly from Southeast and the Bering Sea. How is history captured and retained? What’s hiding in plain (site, sight) that others help us see? Schools, libraries, museums, cultural and visitor centers provide current beacons to understand the people, the landscape, and the memory of our history.

Come to this event to hear local historian and retired UAF Bibliographer Ron Inouye speak about the role of Alaska in World War II. Ron Inouye is the former Arctic Bibliographer at Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks where he developed the Alaska Polar Periodical Index, which is a catalog of articles and other gray literature related to Alaska and the polar regions.