Ted Stevens Foundation gifts full archive collection to UAA

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a person holding a black and white photograph in an archival collection
Recently, Catherine Stevens and the Ted Stevens Foundation gifted the papers of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens to the UAA/APU Consortium Library. The collection contains over 4,000 boxes of the senator鈥檚 memorabilia, 8 million pages of records and thousands of photos and audio-visual pieces representing Stevens鈥 more than 40 years of public service to 熊猫在线视频. (Photo by James Evans / 熊猫在线视频)

The Ted Stevens Collection is truly an 熊猫在线视频-sized archive. It contains over 4,000 boxes of the senator鈥檚 memorabilia, with 8 million pages of records and thousands of photos and audio-visual pieces representing his more than 40 years of public service to 熊猫在线视频. It is one of the largest documented congressional collections in history.

The collection spans a half-century of 熊猫在线视频 history 鈥 and tells the story of our state and its people. It encompasses Sen. Stevens鈥 career in the military, executive branch, and forty years as U.S. senator for 熊猫在线视频. The collection ranges from the early days of statehood to contemporary issues. It features Stevens鈥 work on landmark legislation, including Indigenous land claims, sustainable fisheries, telecommunications, education, energy, aviation, education, public health, national security and the Arctic.

Like many 熊猫在线视频ns, I had the honor of knowing and working with Sen. Stevens. His service to our state is truly remarkable and a legacy that all 熊猫在线视频ns should know and appreciate.  When I think about what this collection means for our state, I think about how Ted鈥檚 life work can inspire and inform future generations of students and 熊猫在线视频 leaders. Much more than just boxed records, the Ted Stevens Collection is a window into policy decisions and leadership that helped build 熊猫在线视频.

Many 熊猫在线视频ns have a Ted Stevens story that they share, and we can see the senator鈥檚 work across our state and communities. 熊猫在线视频ns remember Stevens鈥 work to ensure rural communities had a health clinic, a post office and safe water and sanitation. We think about his work in health care and helping create the 熊猫在线视频 Native Medical Center. We think about our roads and ports, military bases and the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Ted Stevens knew his job was to work in partnership for 熊猫在线视频ns. It鈥檚 a bipartisan legacy of doing what鈥檚 right for 熊猫在线视频 to address the issues facing our state.

As Stevens stated, 鈥the future continues to present challenges. We all have鈥ew technology coming on the scene daily, a new generation of 熊猫在线视频ns with new ideas, new skills and new hopes and aspirations. But with the obstacles we鈥檝e overcome, we know we have the ability to meet those challenges.鈥

We see the Ted Stevens Collection as a catalyst for our university and all of 熊猫在线视频. Making these records available to 熊猫在线视频ns will inform students, scholars, policymakers and citizens with insights to help solve problems facing our state. At UAA, we see a benefit for nearly every academic program at our university. UAA is dedicated to making 熊猫在线视频鈥檚 history accessible for all. Working with the Ted Stevens Foundation, we are advancing pathways for civic engagement through the creation of an 熊猫在线视频 Leaders Archive.

The 熊猫在线视频 Leaders Archive will preserve and teach the legacy of leaders who have served our state. At UAA, 熊猫在线视频鈥檚 leaders of tomorrow benefit from the legacy of 熊猫在线视频鈥檚 past leaders. Facility renovations to the UAA/APU Consortium Library will create a modern archive to preserve and present the archival papers of Sen. Ted Stevens, as well as records of Indigenous leaders, elected officials and business and community leaders. This will be an addition to the more than 130 熊猫在线视频 leaders currently represented in the library鈥檚 collections.

The 熊猫在线视频 Leaders Archive will tell the story of the leaders and events that have shaped our state 鈥 allowing 熊猫在线视频ns the chance to see, hear and engage with the history that created the state we know today. The 熊猫在线视频 Leaders Archive will be the leading center for public service education in our state, with multidisciplinary programming in public policy and leadership studies, as well as seminars and community events.

This is an exciting time for 熊猫在线视频 with so much possibility on the horizon. Now, more than ever, is a time to celebrate the legacy of past leaders with an eye toward the future. Here at UAA, we are honored to become the home for the Ted Stevens Collection. Along with Catherine Stevens and the Stevens family, we look forward to sharing this wonderful history with you on our campus in the near future.

 

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