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Jerry Fuchway, Phyllis Brown, Connie Conrad, Ed Fairbanks, Elma McMillen, and Stan Selmer participate in an Elderhostel panel discussion on April 2, 1990 in Skagway, Alaska.
Title:
Jerry Fuchway, Phyllis Brown, Connie Conrad, Ed Fairbanks, Elma McMillen, and Stan Selmer participate in an Elderhostel panel discussion on April 2, 1990 in Skagway, Alaska.
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Physical Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
For educational and non-profit uses only. For commercial uses, please contact the UAF Oral History Program.
Event Note:
Recorded in Skagway, Alaska on April 2, 1990.
Abstract:
Jerry Fuchway introduces the panelists. Stan Selmer talks about the 1929 video of the railroad, refurbishing White Pass Railroad cars before the railroad opened again in 1988 as a tourist railroad, deaths during the construction of the railroad during 1898 to 1900, preparing for the summer season on the railroad, maintenance work, and locomotives. Phyllis Brown talks about her grandfather settling in Skagway, her mother coming to Skagway in the late 1920s, caring for the collection of her maternal aunt, the streetcar, the size of her aunt's Alaska collection, and some of the artifacts in the collection. Connie Conrad talks about filming the train, coming to Alaska on a visit and staying, teaching, the size of the school when she first arrived in Skagway, students going on to college out of state, caliber of the high school students in Skagway, and volunteer activity. Elma McMillen talks about coming from Missouri to Skagway and deciding to stay and teach in Skagway. Jerry Fuchway talks about the rabbit ranch in Skagway. Ed Fairbanks talks about coming to Skagway in 1946, his father managing a grocery store, living at the face of Davidson Glacier his first summer in Alaska, the Park Service restoration of buildings, his education in Skagway, wildlife, grocery supplies in the early days, his father starting a store in 1958, the water supply in Skagway, public utilities in early Skagway, City Council and planning and zoning, voter turnout, the city budget, and oil money paying for expenditures and education.
Location of Originals:
Original tape recordings Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park; P.O. Box 517, Skagway, AK 99840; USA; 907-983-9200.
Restrictions on Access:
Access restricted, inquire at Oral History office.
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