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| |  | U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, Juneau, 1958 | Legislators; Public speaking; | Senator John F. Kennedy speech. November, 10th, 1958
at Gross 20th Century Theatre, Juneau, AK. Introduction by Ernest Gruening. Recorded on ¼” reel-to-reel.
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| |  | Low Bandwidth File: U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, Juneau, 1958 | Legislators; Public speaking; Statehood | Senator John F. Kennedy speech. November, 10th, 1958
at Gross 20th Century Theatre, Juneau, AK. Introduction by Ernest Gruening. Recorded on ¼” reel-to-reel. | ASL-AV-PHONOTAPE-3-Kennedy |
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| |  | Alaska's Flag | Songs; | Audio file of a 45 RPM Phonographic Record of Alaska Flag Song. Total running time: 3 minutes, 49 seconds. Words by Marie Drake, music by Elinor Dusenbury. Original record issued by Royal Records, Douglas, Alaska, ca. 1940's-1950's. Visual elements added by Alaska State Library Historical Collections. | ASL-MS136-07-AlaskasFlag |
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| |  | Berle Mercer is interviewed by Jarrod Decker- TEST | Dogsledding; Shipping; Guides & scouts | Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the Healy, AK area, Anchorage in the 1950's and trucking up their first livestock, getting into packing by observing other people's needs and acquiring a permit to pack in Denali National Park, trying to get equine insurance and a concession in Denali National Park, guns being required by permit holders on account of an increased number of bear attacks, beginning to pack for climbers and packing for National Outdoor Leadership School for 12 years, experiences packing in Paul Petzolt's climbing group, the Muldrow Glacier surge and pioneering new trails, particularly for pack animals, establishing trails and his experience with the Wilcox expedition. | H2000-17-29 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 01 of 10 | Transportation; Immigrants; Naval yards & naval stations; Fishing; Sailing ships; | (5:56 min) (01 of 10) Childhood; born -- raised farm southern Norway; determined to go to United States; applied for immigration; 17 years old; Seattle; relatives in U.S.; lived with aunt; work -- shipyard; tried fishing; sailed ships -- Seattle to Alaska -- 1930; ship -- the Northland; Northland Transportation company; [Skinner], Bill; Ketchikan; Stock holders; 1935 -- first license; third mate; Passenger Ship; 1936 -- started sailing on license; 2nd mate -- chief mate; ship -- the North Sea; Chief Mate ship -- the North Coast; WWII 1941; army took the ship; left -- returned to Northland; pilot freighter; North Haven -- 1942; sailor | H84-27-01 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 02 of 10 | Transportation; Ships; Ship captains; | (4:03 min) (02 of 10) Chief officer -- 1942; masters license; Captain quit; master of the Northland ; April 1943 to October 1945; stayed shipmaster until retired in 1975; Northland transportation; stayed till 1948; took a trip to Norway; Alaska Steamship Company -- 1949; 1968 -- Alaska; left Alaska -- January 1975; Master of 17 different ships | H84-27-02 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 03 of 10 | Transportation; Tourism; Ships; Shipping; Hydroelectric power; Radar; | (8:36 min.) (03 of 10)
Ships; Northland Transportation -- 50 Passengers; the North Coast -- 140 passengers; the North Sea; the Aleutian -- tourist ship; the Baranoff; the Denali; the Aleutian carried 300 -- tourist trade; favorite -- the Baranoff; changes -- technology; sailing skills; no tow boats; hydraulics; cargo; navigation -- no radar; British Columbia waters; technological advancements; commercial; radar school; Skinner; radar -- prevented accidents; story of old timer who didn't like radar; snowstorm; saved a lot of worry | H84-27-03 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 04 of 10 | Storms; Shipping; Ships; Transportation; | (4:18 min.) (04 of 10)
Gulf; Cape Harmony; terrible storm; radar; losing ground; engineer; 2 mile from beach; daybreak wind switched; wind blowing them in; radar showed how close they were; quick storm; Gulf of Alaska notorious for surprise storms; amazing that they didn't lose any ships | H84-27-04 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 05 of 10 | Education; | (5:41 min.) (05 of 10)
Licenses; 3 years as able seaman to go for license; navigation school; ship handling; cargo; examination; serve time as 2nd or 3rd mate; take next exam; chief mates license; Masters license; pilot endorsements; Puget Sound; state license for Alaska; Coast Guard -- took over examinations; radar school; San Francisco; Seattle; schools; Maritime Administration School | H84-27-05 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 06 of 10 | Gyroscopes; Navigation; Radar; | (7:42 min.) (06 of 10)
navigating during WWII -- 1945; prior-magnetic compass; experiences with gyro; channel; gyro went out; light reflections; non-mechanical navigation; navigation school; electronic navigation; navigate using sun moon and stars; Loran navigation using master-slave station; radar range; tool dependability; difficult Alaskan navigation; piloting; British Columbia waters -- tricky | H84-27-06 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 07 of 10 | Storms; | (7:53 min.) (07 of 10)
Sea Knowledge & Experiences
Old timers -- local knowledge; Captain [Andrew Borkland]; every port in Alaska except Kuskokwim and Bethel; picture -- the Alaska; Crowley; compass; 1948; the Chena; propeller; brakes; engine; Coast Guard; tow boat; Seward -- Seattle | H84-27-07 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 08 of 10 | Ships; Shipping; War damage; | (8:08 min.) 08 of 10) Sailing before and after WWII 26 ship -- New Haven; convoy across the gulf; Dutch Harbor; blacked out ships; escorts; no communication between ships; submarines; torpedo; Gorgas; Benson; Kodiak Island; Japanese; post war schedules; Alaskan Run; 1952; passenger ships; the Aleutian, Baranoff & Denali; Chena freighter; Bristol Bay; Seattle; salmon; 2 to 3-week schedule | H84-27-08 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 09 of 10 | Retirement communities; Families; | (4:32 min.) (09 of 10)
Elizabeth Brastad joins conversation
schedules; home time; full life; never lonesome; orthopedics; gardening club; Norwegian group; retirement home; friends; husband came home -- their time; had twins; family first; scouts; back to Erling; Captain Benjamin Joyce; sons | H84-27-09 |
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| |  | Brastad, Erling interview (06/26/1984) 10 of 10 | Tourism; | (6:43 min.) (10 of 10)
Concluding recollections…
Captain Joyce; learned about piloting on the coast from Capt. Joyce; shared knowledge; no combination ships anymore; new tourist ships -- 500-1,000 people; no docking; glaciers; Sitka; Glacier Bay | H84-27-10 |
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| |  | Brian Okonek is interviewed by Dave Krupa- TEST | Mountaineering; Search & rescue operations | Brian Okonek talks about his introduction to outdoor activities and involvement in high school mountaineering club, exploring the Talkeetna area, meeting Dave Johnston, his trip in the Alaska Range, relationship with his dad and hopes for a circumnavigation of Denali mountain, climbing around Denali with his friends in the 1970's, winter ascent of Foraker and the forgotten sleeping bag, trips with Roger and Diane, climbing with Roger Cowles and meeting Roger Robinson, traveling in the mountains and finding relics and animals, complications of climbing, dealing with injuries and the remoteness of climbing, advantages of winter travel and winter climbing, an expedition on Mt. Deborah, the experience on Mt. Deborah, learning from experienced climbers and climbing partners, exploring Little Switzerland, a horrible experience on Mt. Spur, his dad being a big part of his climbing career, becoming a guide, the death of Ray Genet and the reality of climbing. | H2000-17-14 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (01 of 12) | Construction; War; Pregnancy; | (5:56 min.) (01 of 12)
Background and arrival in Alaska Auburn University--TVA heavy construction--B. B. Tally Construction quartermaster--Ladd Field construction Jan '41-- Four total projects Ladd Field, Ft. Richardson, Elmendorf and Yakutat & Ketchikan--Ladd field started in '39--Welling was just before--No buildings were finished upon arrival--On his way to Anchorage when war broke out--Pregnant woman and Bush headed to Anchorage--He got word of Pearl Harbor from KFAR and no military personnel had been told | H84-25-01 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (02 of 12) | War; Civil defense; National security; Forts & fortifications; War; | (5:14 min.) (02 of 12)
Building up defenses/Dutch Harbor and Adak Chief of construction operations--built 64 installations--Mostly coastal installations--Umnak Island construction 802 engineers/ 807 engineers Drexler?--attack on Dutch Harbor--Adak landing--lots of engineers and infantry--10 days to build a landing strip in the lagoon--B-17 landing | H84-25-02 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (03 of 12) | Construction; Piers & wharves; War; | (4:59 min.) (03 of 12)
Down the chain Marsden matting--harbor installation--dock washed away--Amchitka--Atka-- Attu and Kiska--Discrepancies with Lael Morgan--Garfield, (author) | H84-25-03 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (04 of 12) | Railroad construction & maintenance; Military reconnaissance; War; | (7:00 min.) (04 of 12)
Weather at Amchitka and railroad to bering sea Apr '42 Engineers got word from Service and Supply (Roosevelt) find Railroad route from Fairbanks to sea.--Town meeting of the 3000 population of Fairbanks--Lots of volunteers put into recon teams and sent all over the state--Route was looking to head toward Teller on the Bering Sea Coast--Railroad was to supply equipment to U.S.S.R.--British sonar made it easier to ship from eastern sea ports and less of a priority to ship from western coasts.--Mr. Delano FDR's father in law?? | H84-25-04 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (05 of 12) | Construction; Military facilities; Military mobilizations; War; | (6:33 min.) (05 of 12)
Building bases and prep for Attu 30,000 men working total--civilian contractors did lots of work--DeLong--General Tally--Cold Bay task force to retake Attu--General Buckner--Alaska scouts--12,000 men in first two weeks--2000 to 2500 Japaneese stopped all of them--shoe packs--typhoon suit from LL Bean--General Brown thought three days to cross the island, based on a map only | H84-25-05 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (06 of 12) | Military mobilizations; Transportation; War; | (6:12 min.) (06 of 12)
Lack of experience to arctic conditions Casualties due to cold--4 D-8 dozers stuck in tundra--Attu was a disaster, fiasco--Got winter supplies, shoe packs later--men stuck for 8 or 9 days --Japaneese were better equipped and prepared--National Guard unit from Sapporo, Hokaido--Tracked wagon was only useful transport--Had to go up the stream to get out of massacre bay | H84-25-06 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (07 of 12) | Military mobilizations; Transportation; War; | (6:24 min.) (07 of 12)
Supplies from Massacre Bay Winched up ridge--Lt. Col Green--disposition of Japanese forces--Getting supplies up to engineer hill--Building a switch back road--each man going up carried K-rations, bullets or mortar shells--poor intelligence--One of the Army's first amphibious assaults | H84-25-07 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (08 of 12) | Military mobilizations; Bulldozers; War; | (5:26 min.) (08 of 12)
More on supply transportation Poorly prepared and equipped--Pushed caterpillars (bulldozers) off the top of ridge--3 of 4 survived--built switchback down to cats--escorting an engineer company | H84-25-08 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (09 of 12) | Military mobilizations; War; | (8:13 min.) (09 of 12)
Battle on Attu Took company of engineers to a ridge --walked back in the dark--connected with another unit--Japanese followed their path and attacked--Screamed "mitsui?"--Many G. I.'s killed--Capt. killed--Japanese got behind him--Lt. Messing held them off | H84-25-09 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (10 of 12) | Military mobilizations; War; | (3:59 min.) (10 of 12)
Clean-up and next day Remaining Japanese ran into a draw--Engineer company sent in to kill the 26 or so--next day same thing happened again with--same results--only 30-40 left after that--Capt. Siddens charge--Two men made it further--both dead--Japanese started killing themselves | H84-25-10 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (11 of 12) | Prisoners of war; Military mobilizations; War; | (5:29 min.) (11 of 12)
Prisoners Few prisoners taken--Strip search at a distance--sent prisoner back to rear--had problems because G.I.'s wanted to kill him | H84-25-11 |
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| |  | Bush, James D., Jr. interview (05/24/1982) (12 of 12) | Military mobilizations; War; | (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 pacific | H84-25-12 |
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| |  | Chamberlain, Pearl Laska interview (05/24/1991) 01 of 09 | Biplanes; Flight training; AIrplanes; | 01 Began flying (2:43 min.) (01 of 09)
On her way to school she was able to see airplanes taking off from the local airport. She thought that was what she wanted to do with her life. She saved up the $125.00 but the flight school closed before she could save up enough to pay for lessons. She went to Bluefield West Virginia to get her solo pilot's license. She started with a biplane (Kinair fleet?) which was tricky on landings. | h91-26-01 |
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| |  | Chamberlain, Pearl Laska interview (05/24/1991) 02 of 09 | Flight training; Military air pilots; Airplanes; War; | 02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09)
During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do air acrobatics. Some of the controls were hard to reach since they were designed for men. Another course, the "instructor course", was offered. Pearl took and passed the instructor course. She was probably only one of ten women in the country who was allowed to take the courses. She taught Navy men to fly sea planes, then Army pilots. | h91-26-02 |
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| |  | Chamberlain, Pearl Laska interview (05/24/1991) 03 of 09 | Flight training; | 03 More military training (3:36 min.) (03 of 09)
Pearl went to Sweetwater, Texas, to train with the Women's Air Corps. She heard that there was a need for pilots in Alaska. In 1944, she headed to Fairbanks, Alaska. She got stuck in Seattle and had to convince authorities to let her come to Alaska. | h91-26-03 |
