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Anchorage
City in the United States
Bahá’í Float in annual Anchorage Fourth of July Parade, 1950.
Location of Anchorage
Statistics:
Number of Bahá'ís
 -  Bahá'í source  
 -  Non-Bahá'í source 362[1]
History:
Firsts
 -  Bahá'í to visit Emogene Hoagg 
 -  Local Bahá'í Dr. Gayne Gregory
Victoria Robarts 
 -  Pioneers Orcella Rexford
Honor Kempton 
 -  Local Assembly 1943 
How to contact:
 -  Email anchorage@akbnc.org 
Official Website https://anchoragebahai.org/
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Anchorage is the most populated city in the U.S. State of Alaska.

History[edit]

Early Efforts[edit]

In 1919 Emogene Hoagg briefly visited Anchorage while accompanying Marion Jack on a teaching trip to Alaska. Emogene visited Anchorage alone while Marion stayed in Juneau.[2] Another early Bahá’í to visit Anchorage was Orcella Rexford who visited Anchorage during a teaching tour of Alaska in June 1922, and gave a talk on the Faith to five-hundred people which resulted in two people, Dr. Gayne Gregory and Victoria Robarts, declaring.[3]

Gayne Gregory married Orcella Rexford in November 1922, and they returned to Anchorage in July 1923 and began holding firesides with some people declaring. They hoped to establish a Bahá’í Center, but found this difficult as most of the population of Anchorage only lived in the city for a short time, and they departed the city in 1924, leaving the community in the care of Victoria Robarts who also departed Alaska shortly afterwards resulting in the community stagnating.[4]

Honor Kempton in 1946.

Initial Long-term Pioneers[edit]

In 1937 Shoghi Effendi called for the Bahá’í community to re-establish the Faith in Alaska,[5] and Honor Kempton pioneered to Anchorage in 1939, having initially pioneered to Alaska arriving in Juneau earlier the same year.[6] She decided to open a bookstore in the city, and Vivian Kinsell introduced her to Janet Whitenack, a lady who had moved to Alaska from the United States at the same time as Honor who was also planning to open a bookstore. Janet had heard of the Faith in New York, and she became a Bahá’í on August 6, 1939, nine days after meeting Honor,[7] however she moved from Anchorage very shortly afterwards.[8]

By November 1939 Kempton had established her bookshop, called The Book Cache,[9] and she began contributing a weekly article on books to a local newspaper in which she occasionally mentioned Bahá’í books. She also began giving talks, speaking at a Women's Club, and at a formal dinner held by the U. S. Commissioner, and several people began studying the Faith through her efforts by February 1940.[10] By September 1940 a local minister began actively working to oppose Honor's teaching efforts, however she was undaunted and wrote:

"I am definitely marked in town and I am glad of it. The time has come, I feel, for me to take my stand for the Bahá’í Faith, especially in these difficult and stormy times. Nothing can hurt me and no matter how they try to hurt the Book Cache, it will only serve to deepen my own experience of the confirmations from unseen sources."[11]

As of October 1941 there were three Bahá’í pioneers living in Anchorage, including Myrtle Dodge who arrived the previous year,[12] and two active study groups had been formed with six interested individuals participating regularly.[13] In 1942 there were two declarations in Anchorage, one of whom was Vivian Kinsell,[14] however Kempton had to leave for California to undergo medical treatment for four months.[15][16]

Establishment of the Administration[edit]

Eight people had declared in Anchorage by 1943, however most of them moved to the United States,[17] and by March 1943 there were only four Bahá’ís living in Anchorage,[18] but the National Teaching Committee had hopes that a Local Spiritual Assembly could soon be established.[19] In support of this goal Janet Whitenack returned to Anchorage, resigning from a job to make the move,[20] Frances Wells pioneered to the city from San Bernardino, California,[21] Verne Stout pioneered from Geneva, New York, and Dagmar Dole pioneered from Glendale, California.[22] The Assembly was successfully established on September 4, 1943, rather than April 21, 1944, with the Guardian's approval,[23] and it was the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Alaska.[24]

In 1944 the Bahá’í community of Anchorage successfully conducted a radio broadcast on the Centennial of the Bahá’í Faith on the station KFQD,[25] published publicity broadsides in local newspapers, and taught the Faith in neighboring communities through correspondence and sending literature.[26] There was one declaration that year,[27] Janet Whitenack and Verne Stout married, marking the first Bahá’í wedding in Alaska, and Florence and Maurice Green had a baby, marking the first birth in a Bahá’í family in Alaska.[28] By 1946 there was a weekly Bahá’í radio program being broadcast in Anchorage,[29] a book display was placed in the Anchorage Public Library, and Betty Becker began a weekly fireside on the Dawn-breakers[30] which was held on Sunday mornings and featured a waffle breakfast.[31] These efforts resulted in five declarations in the city that year.[32][33][34] One of these declarations was the first youth Bahá’í of Alaska, Donna Robinson.[35] In December 1946 the community hosted a World Fellowship Dinner attended by sixty people, including African-American, Japanese-American, indigenous Alaskans, Mexicans, Irish, Scottish, and English participants,[36] At the close of 1946 Anchorage also contributed a pioneer to the international efforts of the Bahá’í community with Honor Kempton pioneering to Luxembourg.[37]

Anchorage celebration of the Birth of the Báb, 1947.

In 1947 there were nine declarations,[38][39][40] and Anchorage contributed another international pioneer with Dagmar Dole pioneering to Denmark.[41] the following year local newspaper featured an article on Dagmar Dole, based on a letter she had sent from Denmark.[42] Throughout the year the community continued their weekly radio program, newspaper advertising, firesides and study class,[43] and in May 1947 they held a series of public meetings at the Anchorage Hotel, with Verne Huffman, Salvatore Pelle, and Betty Becker speaking on the Faith.[44] Pelle had discovered the Faith and declared only a few weeks before delivering two talks in the series.[45] In September the Anchorage Assembly decided to try and achieve incorporation so that it could purchase land, and Howard Brown and his wife both declared at the same time, marking the first time a whole family had accepted the Faith in Alaska.[46] In October the community consulted on the message from Shoghi Effendi, The Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour and how they could begin engaging the indigenous peoples of Alaska.[47] By November the Anchorage Bahá’ís had established two new study classes, held several Holy Day celebrations, and held a celebration of International Bahá’í Youth Day.[48] In December an Anchorage newspaper published a story on the Wilmette Temple, marking the first time the Temple had been reported on in Alaska.[49]

In February 1948 the Anchorage LSA achieved incorporation, which was featured as a front page article of the Anchorage Daily Time.[50] The Anchorage Bahá’ís also received publicity when the Anchorage Youth Council noted that the Bahá’ís were actively working against race discrimination in the city.[51] In early 1949 the community had three declarations,[52][53] one of which was that of Agnes Parent, who was the first indigenous Alaskan to declare in Alaska.[54] By October three soldiers serving at Fort Richardson became Bahá’ís in Anchorage, and the first Bahá’í wedding officially conducted by the Local Spiritual Assembly was held.[55] In August the Bahá’í Youth Committee of Alaska held a conference in Anchorage and a Youth Summer School, which featured presentations on the Temple, the Central Figures, and Bahá’í Administration in late 1948.[56] In November 1949 the Anchorage Assembly was donated twenty acres of land outside the city,[57] and in December the first Bahá’í wedding in Alaska which did not require an additional civil ceremony was held in Anchorage for Wallace Harrison and Agnes Parent, which was also the first Bahá’í wedding in Alaska for an indigenous Bahá’í.[58]

In 1950 the Anchorage community celebrated World Religion Day by putting on an art exhibition which they estimated was viewed by two hundred people.[59] In February 1950 an indigenous dance group visiting Anchorage from King Island for the annual Fur Rendevous attended a dinner held by the Bahá’í community.[60] Throughout 1950 the Bahá’í community held weekly public meetings in a Doctors' Clinic, delivering a 36 lesson study program based on Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era, contributed a float to the annual Anchorage Fourth of July parade,[61] continued to conduct radio broadcasts, and the youth held several firesides with teaching efforts resulting in six declarations.[62] Internally the Bahá’í community had four weddings in 1950, held children's classes, and a party for the Intercalary Days.[63]

In 1951 a second Local Spiritual Assembly was formed for Anchorage Recording District,[64] and it was incorporated on January 19, 1955.[65] The Bahá’ís participated in the Fourth of July parade again in 1951, winning a prize for their float which emphasized the oneness of humanity,[66] and continued conducting radio broadcasts, with one including a talk by Edgar Russell on how world religion can foster world unity.[67] In 1952 the Anchorage Bahá’ís purchased an area in a cemetery for the Bahá’í community,[68] and secured permission for Bahá’í children to be exempt from school attendance on Holy Days.[69] The community also conducted twenty-one firesides in one month during the year,[70] and offered classes on Comparative Religion for youth.[71]

Haziratu'l-Quds of Anchorage, Alaska, 1955.

Anchorage During the Ten Year Crusade[edit]

In early 1953 Rose Perkal and the Caldwell family visited Anchorage on their way to pioneer goals of the Ten Year Crusade,[72] and by the following year many Bahá’ís of Anchorage had pioneered to Seward, Valdez, and Ketchikan to support the Ten Year Crusade.[73] In November 1953 Betty Becker was interviewed on local radio about her attendance of the Intercontinental Conference in the United States held to launch the Ten Year Crusade.[74] In December 1953 an Alaska Convention was held at which a Haziratu'l-Quds Fund was established for constructing a National Alaskan Haziratu'l-Quds and entrusted to the Anchorage LSA.[75] The fund received a $500 donation from Shoghi Effendi the following year.[76] The Bahá’ís considered using the 20 acres of land they already owned, but this land was ten miles from the city itself, which the Guardian felt was too far away to be practical.[77]

By January 1955 the Anchorage Bahá’ís had raised $2000 for the Haziratu'l-Quds Fund,[78] and on March 15 they purchased purchased a single story three room log house with a one-room studio attached in the city to serve as the National Hazira of Alaska.[79] It was dedicated on August 6 by Auxiliary Board member Florence V. Mayberry at the close of the 1955 All-Alaska Summer Teaching Conference.[80] The Conference was attended by forty-three Bahá’ís and speakers included Florence, Rex King, and Ted Anderson, and tape recordings of Juliet Thompson and Curtis Kelsey recounting the early days of the Faith in America were listened to.[81]

Other activity during 1955 included the Anchorage community holding public speaking and group dynamics classes in addition to their firesides, deepenings,[82] and radio broadcasts.[83] Notable events were that the Anchorage Bahá’ís entertained the King Island indigenous dancers again when they visited Anchorage for the Fur Rendezvous in 1955,[84] donated books to the Elmendorf Air Force base library at the request of their librarian,[85] and participated in a Civil Rights Conference held in October.[86] In 1956 Anchorage and Anchorage Recording District began holding events at the Haziratu'l-Quds, including a weekly children's class.[87] They held a joint Naw-Ruz celebration attended by forty Bahá’ís and guests at the Haziratu'l-Quds.[88] In June a public meeting was held at the Haziratu'l-Quds at which a Bahá’í who had recently visited the middle east gave a talk on nationalism.[89]

Youth with Paul Haney at first Alaska National Convention, Anchorage, 1957.

In 1957 Alaska formed its own independent National Spiritual Assembly, with the first National Convention being held in Anchorage, and the Anchorage Haziratu'l-Quds becoming the National Haziratu'l-Quds of Alaska. Hand of the Cause Paul Haney attended the Convention, and it was attended by sixty-six people. There were also two public meetings held during the Convention, with on being attended by eighty-seven people.[90] In May 1957 Wilma and Arthur Gregory donated ten acres of land to the Anchorage Recording District Assembly.[91] Throughout 1957 firesides began to be held at the Haziratu'l-Quds, as well as continuing to be held in Bahá’í homes.[92] In 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1962 the National Convention of Alaska was again held in Anchorage.[93][94][95][96]

The 1960's[edit]

In 1963 the Mayor of Anchorage, George Sharrock, issued a special proclamation acknowledging World Religion Day.[97] In March 1964 there was a large earthquake in Alaska which caused a number of Bahá’ís of Anchorage to be cut off from access to their homes due to general destruction and threats of landslides, and the Hazira was seriously damaged. Local Bahá’ís assisted the Civil Defense and health and sanitation work in the aftermath.[98] The Haziratu'l-Quds had to be abandoned due to the damage and a new building was purchased in 1965[99] which was three miles south of Anchorage.[100]

In 1965 the Alaska National Convention was held in Anchorage, and attended by Hand of the Cause Zikrullah Khadem.[101] The 1966 National Convention was also held in Anchorage.[102] In 1967 the National Convention was held in Anchorage and attended by Hand of the Cause John Robarts,[103] and later in the year Hand of the Cause Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí visited Alaska and spoke at the Haziratu'l-Quds and Safehaven Recreation Hall in Anchorage, as well as attending meetings at some Bahá’í homes.[104] In 1968 the National Convention of Alaska was held in the Anchorage-Westward Hotel and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the National Assemblies formation was celebrated.[105] In September 1969 Hand of the Cause ‘Alí-Akbar Furútan visited Alaska for the first time and held two deepening conferences in Anchorage.[106]

The 1970's[edit]

In 1971 and 1972 the National Convention was held in Anchorage and attended by Counsellor Florence Mayberry.[107][108] A strong youth group was formed in Anchorage in 1972,[109] and a teaching campaign called the Massive Encounter was held, which resulted in four hundred people becoming engaged with the Faith in the Anchorage area.[110] In November 1972 the Mathew Kaszab Institute was dedicated by the Bahá’ís in the Greater Anchorage area.[111] In 1973 Rúḥíyyih Khánum visited Alaska for thirty days, making six visits to Anchorage during her visit.[112] In August 1975 the first Bahá’í Youth Conference of Alaska was held at the Matthew Kaszab Institute in Anchorage.[113] In 1975 a new Haziratu'l-Quds began to be constructed in Anchorage,[114] and it was dedicated during a deepening conference in November.[115]

In July 1976 an International Bahá’í Conference was held in Anchorage for the middle of the Five Year Plan,[116] with Hand of the Cause Collis Featherstone attending as representative of the Universal House of Justice.[117] William Sears and John Robarts also attended.[118] In December 1976 a Nineteen Day Concept Conferences was held in Anchorage at which the concept of the Feast was studied.[119] In September 1977 an institute for Local Spiritual Assembly trainers was held at the Mathew Kaszab Institute,[120] and a National Teaching Conference was held in Anchorage which ‘Alí-Akbar Furútan spoke at.[121] In 1978 the Bahá’í community won first place for their float entered into the annual Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Parade,[122] and held a series of training institutes to train Bahá’ís to serve on teaching or consolidation teams in June.[123] In October 1978 John Robarts attended the National Teaching Conference in Anchorage, and several Bahá’ís volunteered to pioneer to Alaska's foreign teaching goals.[124]

Recent Events[edit]

In January 1982 young Bahá’ís of Anchorage started a monthly[125] gathering called Claritea Coffeehouse which aimed to be an alternative to drinking alcohol which began with fourteen attendees, but grew to be attended by over one hundred by June.[126] In March 1982 the Bahá’í community of Anchorage presented an award for service to humanity to Della Keats, an Inupiat healer, in memory of Honor Kempton, at a ceremony which was attended by Lauretta King and Raul Pavon.[127] The Honor Kempton Award for service to humanity began to be awarded anuually by the Alaska Bahá’í community after this.[128] In June 1983 a Bahá’í International Youth Conference was held at West High School in Anchorage which was attended by four hundred people.[129] In 1984 Connections Ltd., a Bahá’í owned television production company based in Anchorage, won best energy documentary at the 26th Annual International Film and Television Festival in New York City.[130]

In more recent years the Anchorage Bahá’í community has begun holding study circles, children's classes, junior youth activities and devotionals which are open to the wider community as well as Bahá’ís.[131]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

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