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Nerland, Leslie interview (08/31/1981) 02 of 09

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Collection Name	Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections
Identifier	UAF-H82-43-02
Title	Nerland, Leslie interview (08/31/1981) 02 of 09
Description	(4:49 min.) (02 of 09) 2. Important issues . Les was interested in statehood and getting a fair share for Alaska; he was less interested in specific issues. Proponents of statehood wanted to get out from control of the Department of the Interior. Coastal regions had issues with fishing fleets from Seattle; in the interior the concern was resource extraction of minerals like gold. Oil was not an issue at this time.
Creator	Nerland, Les (Narrator) Schneider, William (Interviewer)
Subject.TGM	Statehood Constitutional conventions Fishing industry Mining Political activity
Personal Name	Nerland, Les (Arthur Leslie), 1902-1992
Location	Fairbanks (Alaska)
Region	Interior Alaska Outside
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date.original	08/31/1981
Type	Sound Recording
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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