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Harvey Marlin, Jr. is interviewed by Margaret Van Cleve on June 14, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska [sound recording].
Title:
Harvey Marlin, Jr. is interviewed by Margaret Van Cleve on June 14, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska [sound recording].
JLCTITLE245:
[sound recording].
Personal Author:
Marlin, Harvey W., Jr., 1918-
Physical Description:
1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min.) : analog.
Series:
Pioneers of Alaska - Igloo #4
General Note:
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Event Note:
Recorded on June 14, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Abstract:
Harvey Marlin, Jr. is interviewed by Margaret Van Cleve on June 14, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Marlin came to Alaska in 1929 with his family to live on a fox farm between Fairbanks and Nenana. Marlin graduated from Fairbanks High School in 1937, and worked in gold mining at Cleary dredge, Pedro dredge, and Cripple Creek #10 dredge until World War II. He spent the war years in the National Guard in places including Fort Richardson, Attu, and India. Marlin and Bobby Mitchell,along with three childhood friends, formed Ghemm Construction Company in 1952. The company has constructed bridges and buildings nearly everywhere north of the Alaska Range.
Personal Subject:
Johansen, Woodrow, (Henry Woodrow), 1919-1991.

Marlin, Harvey W., Jr., 1918-

Van Hook, Harvey.

O'Connor, Francis.

Mann, Dick.

Lennon, Al.

Cowden, Harry.

Thorup, Soren.

Heath, Earl.

Ailworth, Johnny.

Quimby, Cecil.

Whitehead, Fred.

Bayliss, Howard.

Hurley, Julian.

Wenzel, August.

Mitchell, Bobby.

Haggland, Paul B., Sr.

Geraghty, Clyde.

Adler, Don.

Wigger, Walt.

Rivers, Fern.

Wehner, "Chuck" Charles H., 1919-2010.

Beistline, Earl Hoover.

Lunt, Roy.

Frank, Con.

Black, George.

Pollock, Frank.

Hill, Dave.

Walker, Bert.

Marlin family.

Kunkel, Jack.

Marlin, Diana.

Block, George.

Heflinger, Carl.

Erickson, Carl.
Corporate Subject:
Mansen Osborne Company.

Fairbanks Exploration Company (Alaska)

Ghemm Construction Company (Alaska)

Fairbanks High School.

Mitchell Truck and Tractor (Alaska)

Elks Club (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Masonic Temple (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Northern Commercial Company.

Moose Hall (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Eagles' Lodge (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Northern Hotel (Fairbanks, Alaska)
Subject Term:
Gold mines and mining -- Alaska -- Pedro Creek.

Fox farming -- Alaska.

World War 1939-1945 -- Alaska.

Gold mines and mining -- Alaska -- Cripple Creek.

Mink farming -- Alaska.

Businessmen -- Alaska -- Biography.

Dredges -- Alaska.

Construction -- Alaska.

Small business -- Alaska -- Fairbanks.

Gold mines and mining -- Alaska -- Cleary.
Geographic Term:
Alaska Range (Alaska)

Whiskey Island (Alaska)

Tanana River (Alaska)

Walker's Fork (Alaska)

Dutch Harbor (Alaska)

Kotzebue (Alaska)

Big Delta (Alaska)

Harding Lake (Alaska)

Ester (Alaska)

Nenana (Alaska)

Attu Island (Alaska)

Valdez (Alaska)

Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)

Lisburne Peninsula (Alaska)

Chicken (Alaska)

Fortymile Region (Alaska)

Skagway (Alaska)

Mineral Creek (Alaska)

Dawson (Yukon)

Chicken Creek (Alaska)

Chilkoot Pass.

Fort Richardson (Alaska)

Fairbanks (Alaska)
Added Author:
Van Cleve, Margaret,
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