On H93-15-01, Bill Brown talks about his personal background, his involvement with the National Park Service, coming to Alaska, D-2, debates over park formation, Yukon-Charley Rivers, North Slope Borough, University of Alaska Arctic and Environmental Information and Data Center, ANILCA, NPS-Alaska Region, retirement, Gustavus, Randy Brown, hunting, trapping, D-2 land selection historical work, historic site surveys, Mike Kunz, Middle Fork of Upper Koyukuk, Russ Sackett, Jim Creech, Central Brooks Range Region, Gaunt Beauty, Tenuous Life, park management, Bob Marshall, mapping of Wiseman, U.S. Geological Survey, Arctic Village, Wild River Valley, North Fork of Koyukuk, historic site definition and preservation, Mascot Creek cabin, Yale cabin, Walker Lake, Melody Webb, Yukon Frontiers, Yukon River, Noatak, Kobuk region, native oral history traditions, cultural lands, oil exploration, Gates of the Arctic, ethnography, Dick Nelson, native adaptations, miners, Koyukon, Anaktuvuk Pass, Gwich'in Athabascan, Chandalar, anthropology, caribou, Paneak brothers, Fairbanks, Simon Paneak, Dr. Walter Johnson, Wiseman in 1940, Alaska Road Commission, Hammond River, Haul Road, perceptions of Indian hunters, placer gold mining, Navy and Coast Guard explorers, Onion Portage, Ernie Johnson, Federal division of land, Alaska Statehood Act, Bureau of Education, mining shafts, permafrost, mining in the winter, Salmon River, Kobuk River, Cosmos Hills, miners' strike, Seattle, Bettles, Territorial Department of Education school, Mr. Webster, Juneau, Mr. Minano, Japanese in Wiseman, communication networks, stringers, Seward, Gold Rush, White Pass, Chilkoot, University of Alaska--Alaska and Polar Regions, Alaska magazine, "Deep Hole Tobin", Tobin Creek, Wild Lake, mining on the Glacier River, steamboats, Kuskokwim, gold dredges.

On H93-15-01, Bill Brown talks about mining in Nome, deep hole mining, the mechanization of mining, National Archives, Allen McKinnet, mosquitoes, river captains, Joe Sun, Charlie Breck, Evansville, David Libby, Shungnak, native mining claims, native miners, Grant Spearman, Simon Paneak Museum, Arctic John, Togiak Lake, Anaktuvuk Village, Dr. Cambell, Elijah Kininia, Anna Nageak, Tishu Ulen, trapping in the Lower 48, native-white relations, caste system, Bill Schneider, Minchumina, Mt. McKinley, roadhouses, McGrath, impact of aviation, Stewart Udall, ANCSA, and the conservation movement.

On H93-15-02, Bill Brown talks about the origins of Gates of the Arctic National Park, ANCSA, National Monument Proposal of 1968, North Fork of Koyukuk River, Arrigetch Peaks, Walker Lake, John River, Anaktuvuk River, Lyndon Johnson, Antiquities Act, Bob Marshall, Central Brooks Range, Ernie Johnson, Craggy Peak, Mt. Oriole, Teddy Roosevelt, Mt. McKinley National Park, Sheldon Jackson, Mt. Doonerack, Wild River, Wild Lake, Anaktuvuk Pass, Noatak, Kobuk, ANILCA, Yukon Charley Rivers National Park, John Kauffman, Ray Bane, aircraft access, park service management in Alaska, Alaska Land Use Council, bears, Chip Dennerline, Chugiak, access to traditional hunting and fishing areas, North Slope Borough, Roger Siglin, Frank Willis, Kotzebue, Valley National Monument, Kruzenstern, Denali, local hire, and Shungnak.