(2:30 min.) (03 of 08) 3. Outside [non-Alaskan] control Still thinks at time of interview that becoming a commonwealth would have been better. Sees a major problem with control in Washington instead of in the states, and the same thing for...
(2:39 min.) (06 of 12) Types of development in Alaska after Statehood and the Resource Article development -- resources; 33 -- strategic minerals; undeveloped minerals -- Alaska; oil on Arctic Coast; 1920 -- husband forced down; Prudhoe Bay --...
(3:03 min.) (04 of 08) 4. Statehood changes Should be locals in control rather than those in Washington. Clem states we were given control over the natural and biological resources in the state and then the federal government reneged with...
(3:53 min.) (05 of 12) Experiences working towards Statehood; Senate of the United States; arguments for and against Statehood; Statehood Bill passed -- June 30th, 8 pm 1958; American -- Alaskan; worked towards Statehood -- no blood shed;...
(4:40 min.) (12 of 12) Occupation Shemya runway washed away--Took a few days to get back to Anchorage--wrote history of Alaska construction--lots of people wrote it Bush edited--Left over the Alaska Highway--short time in states--then to south...
(4:44 min.) (05 of 08) 5. Autonomy Which direction should we move in next? More autonomy is better -- get more states together to lobby for more autonomy. People should keep an eye on government because they will always try and keep...
(5:35 min.) (06 of 08) 6. Urban-rural divide The divide was not an issue until the majority of population moved to the city. Clem sees states outside Alaska as being willing to take advantage of Alaska's resources. Diane thinks that many...
(6:09 min.) (14 of 20) (Wholesaling structure/DEW line and Pipeline--DEW line--Pipeline--Alaska Steamship did DEW line project (single employer)--Pipeline was handled by different contractors and subcontractors that each did their own...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
1 map on four sheets. Shows wagon roads, sled roads, pack trails, and telegraph and telephone lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Drawn by Jas. H. Watson, C.E., Superintendent, A.R.C." Insets: [St. Lawrence...
1 map on four sheets. Shows wagon roads, sled roads, pack trails, and telegraph and telephone lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Drawn by Jas. H. Watson, C.E., Superintendent, A.R.C." Insets: [St. Lawrence...
1 map on four sheets. Shows wagon roads, sled roads, pack trails, and telegraph and telephone lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Drawn by Jas. H. Watson, C.E., Superintendent, A.R.C." Insets: [St. Lawrence...
1 map on four sheets. Shows wagon roads, sled roads, pack trails, and telegraph and telephone lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Drawn by Jas. H. Watson, C.E., Superintendent, A.R.C." Insets: [St. Lawrence...
10 min, 2 sec film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks long-time staffer Marie [Matsuno] Nash, who recently retired as director of Stevens's...
14 min, 10 sec film clip, color/sound. From voice-over introduction: "This week's edition of The Alaska Report features a recent floor statement by Senator Stevens on recent attmpts to rewrite the history of the United States involvement in...