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KUAC Archives Preserved Online: Explore Alaska’s PastFor decades, KUAC Public Television has documented life across Alaska, capturing community stories, cultural traditions, local news, scientific discovery, and everyday moments from around the state.Through a partnership between KUAC and the Alaska Film Archives at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, more than 1,300 KUAC programs have been preserved and are now available to watch online, with more to come in the months ahead.This project is part of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a national effort supported by the Mellon Foundation, GBH in Boston and the Library of Congress.You can browse and watch these recordings by visiting https://americanarchive.org/ and searching for “KUAC Alaska.”There, you’ll find programs spanning decades of Alaska history, including:Community interviews and local voices, such as Alaska Native Magazine (1970s)Community events and traditions, such as Times Gone By (1979)News and public affairs programs, such as Cache Your Cash (1977)Outdoor life, travel, and recreation, such as Over the Heart of Alaska (1994)Science and education features, such as The Changing Arctic (1997)Award-winning programs, such as Mr. Alaska: Bob Bartlett Goes to Washington (2009)And so much more!These recordings offer a unique window into Alaska’s past—through the voices, experiences, and perspectives of the people who lived it.

National Library Week: Alaska Yesterday and Today

Alaska Yesterday and Today

Angela Schmidt with UAF’s Alaska Film Archives. All week long, sharing stories from KUAC’s television history as we celebrate National Library Week.

This National Library Week, we invite you to take a look back at Alaska.

KUAC’s television programming has captured and explored Alaska as it moved through time—documenting places, events, and ways of life that are always shifting.

Programs like Times Gone By reflect on the past…

While programs like Dyea and the Chilkoot Pass connect present-day Alaskans to the history beneath their feet.

And other KUAC programs captured historic Alaska events as they unfolded in real time, full of energy, community spirit, and sometimes controversy: Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline Lecture Series.

Together, we see how communities grew and changed… how stories were told and retold… and how each generation made sense of the world around them.

Through a partnership between KUAC and the Alaska Film Archives at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, more than a thousand historical KUAC programs have been digitized and preserved. And they’re all available for viewing online.

This project is part of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a national effort supported by the Mellon Foundation, GBH in Boston, and the Library of Congress.

To start exploring, visit americanarchive.org and search for “KUAC Alaska.” Or visit KUAC.org for links.