Madeline Bifelt is interviewed by Wendy Arundale on July 20, 1992 [sound recording].

Title:

JLCTITLE245:

[sound recording].

Personal Author:

Bifelt, Madeline Moses 1926-

Physical Description:

1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : analog.

Series:

National Park Service collection - Gates of the Arctic

Series Title:

National Park Service collection - Gates of the Arctic

General Note:

Typed summary available in Oral History office. This interview is copyrighted by the Oral History Program. For information about use, please consult the "Copyright Information" statement at the bottom of the interview page. To get to the interview page, click on the link at the bottom of this record.

Event Note:

Recorded on July 20, 1992 in Alaska.

Abstract:

Madeline Bifelt talks about her background, her family's yearly cycle of activities, her education, the sickness and death of her sister, her father's work on the boats and for Bettles store, the devastation of tuberculosis along the Koyukuk River, learning sewing, tanning, and beadwork, and the changes she has seen in technology and lifestyle.