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Doug Colp is interviewed by Margaret Van Cleve on January 20, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska [sound recording].
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Doug Colp is interviewed by Margaret Van Cleve on January 20, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska [sound recording].
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[sound recording].
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2 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min. each) : analog.
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Recorded on January 20, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Doug Colp is interviewed by Margaret Van Cleve on January 20, 1994 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Colp, a lifelong Alaskan, talks about his early childhood on a fox farm about 5 miles by water from Petersburg. Schooled at home until the 7th grade, he completed his public school education in Petersburg, and graduated from UAF in mining engineering in 1940. His career in mining took him to most areas of Alaska. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII. After the war, he mined in the Livengood and Cleary Creek regions, and later worked as superintendent at Usibelli Coal Mine. He was there on the day of the Anchorage earthquake in 1964, when Emile Usibelli was killed. Colp also taught for the school of mines at UAF, along with consulting work, and designed a sluice box that allowed for continuous operation.
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