Cathy Sherman
Cathy Sherman is a volunteer historian and recently-retired director of the Cordova library and Historical Museum. Sherman has been contributing to The Cordova Times for over a decade.
Museum Memories
This clam would be more than enough for a couple batches of chowder! Some very tricky photographic skills led to this posed photo.Commercial clamming...
Books about the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill are prolific
Never a pleasant memory for our community, but 30 years have passed and reflecting on the changes and progress since the Exxon Valdez Oil...
Museum Memories: 30 Years of Healing
It took Cordovans some time to move forward from the disaster of the ’89 oil spill. In fact, the community became a subject for...
Oil Spill exhibit will remain on display in museum for remainder of year
The Cordova Historical Society and Museum are pleased to share the latest of completed exhibitions in the new Cordova Center space. To share the...
Museum Memories
All Aboard! In this photo from the Cordova Historical Society collection a Copper River and Northwestern Railway engine and cars await passengers ready to...
April is poetry month
On the horizon is one of our favorite months of spring. April not only signals the end to a very long winter in Alaska,...
Museum Memories
Honoring the colors of the American flag are the military personnel stationed at the Mile 13 air base. Note in the background the tail...
Welcome Junior Library Guild collection!
The Cordova Public Library has been striving to bring a complete collection of materials to all ages of our community. Through a subscription service...
Museum Memories
The booming metropolis of Cordova at the turn of the century, complete with an unpaved First Street and wooden boardwalk through town. Not many...
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
On March 2, we mark the birthday of beloved children’s author Theodore Geisel better known as Dr. Seuss. Many a child has grown up...
