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Oral History Videos

The Sitka Maritime Heritage Society holds oral history panels at our annual meetings every year. We have started to put some of these videos on line, and to edit some into "highlights" videos. This is a work in progress, as we add information and names of speakers to these increasingly valuable documents of Sitka's rich past.
Full Interview, Tom Sigmond and the Otter
Short Version, Otter interview
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2020 Annual Meeting "Close Calls and Lessons Learned"
"Boating Safety Checklist" to print
Richard Nelson and Josh Wisniewski Reflections on  Inupiaq Hunting
The Princeton Hall Story: Presentation by Kathy Kolkhorst Ruddy, October 12, 2017
2014 50th Anniversary of 1964 Earthquake Panel
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"Cannery Life" 2005 Annual Meeting (1:59:37)
New! Cannery Life Transcript (pdf)
"Cannery Life" 2005 Annual Meeting Highlights (10:44)
"Trolling" 2008 Annual Meeting Full Sequence (1:57:05)
"Trolling" 2008 Annual Meeting Highlights (13:56)
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"Women In Fisheries" 2013 Annual Meeting Full Sequence (1:37:54)
2019 Annual Meeting "The Slime Line"
"Women In Fisheries" 2013 Annual Meeting 12 Minute Highlights
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Interview with Liz Howard October 25 2018
"Women In Fisheries" 2013 Annual Meeting 6 Minute Highlights
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Interview with Glenn Howard February 15 2016
"Herring" 2012 Annual Meeting Full Sequence (1:32:04)
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Interview with Glenn Howard March 3 2009
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Phone: (907) 623-8054

Email:  sitkamaritime@gmail.com

Mail: PO Box 2153
           Sitka, Alaska 99835
                           
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