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Bon Davis with moderator Jerry Reinwand on KUAC-FM radio program University of Alaska Radio Forum, date unknown [sound recording].
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Bon Davis with moderator Jerry Reinwand on KUAC-FM radio program University of Alaska Radio Forum, date unknown [sound recording].
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1 sound reel (ca. 60 min.) : analog.
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Bon Davis with moderator Jerry Reinwand on KUAC-FM radio program University of Alaska Radio Forum, date unknown. Reinwand and Davis talk about how Davis and his wife Bernice started out as teachers; coming to Alaska to work on a defense project near Excursion Inlet; taking Bernice to see the Mendenhall Glacier and winding up in the middle of a shooting range; taking pictures illegally; seeking a homestead site along the old Richardson Trail; building a cabin without any know-how; schooling their sons by correspondence; homestead chores; family discussions; the value of studying on one's own; selling the homestead to a development company; how Davis Subdivision became North Pole, Alaska; finding work with the Bureau of Prisons in Fairbanks; moving to Nome to work as supervisor of Nome Jail; becoming a probation officer after statehood; prospecting for gold in the summer;and unique qualities of Nome.
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Portion of title: University of Alaska Radio Forum [sound recording].