Category Archives: Alaska Commercial Company Records

Sprasnikum to all celebrating the feast day of the Sts. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Church in Nanwalek!

Alma Moonin asked me to put together some information on Sts. Sergius and Herman of Valaam as well as the Nanwalek Russian Orthodox Church named after the two Saints. The feast day of the Church is celebrated on July 11th. … Continue reading

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List of Document and Digital Sources I deposited at the Nanwalek Library and Museum

During the past years, I worked on different projects in collaboration with community members in Nanwalek as well as with the Nanwalek IRA Council. One type of research I did for collecting information on the history of the lower Kenai … Continue reading

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Old Church History, Passage Island Fox Farm, and News from the Past

Here are three photographs from the Pratt Museum’s collection connected to John Herbert and Passage Island. I have mentioned him in a post a few years ago, when I was working with the Alaska Commercial Company (ACC) collection in at … Continue reading

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