Archiving AK with the UAA/APU Archives
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UAA/APU Archives and Special Collections collects, preserves, describes, and makes accessible records that document Alaska's past and present. In our podcast, Archiving AK, we interview fellow archivists, users of archives, and discuss our collections.
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Archiving AK, Federal Lands 6: Fred and Lidia Selkregg Papers
Hidden gemArchiving AK uses the Fred and Lydia Selkirk papers at UAA/APU in Anchorage to show how one family archive ties together civil rights, earthquake planning, and climate risk.
Mar 17, 2026·42m·2 clips - 2
Archiving AK, Federal Lands 5: Helen D. Nienhueser papers
Hidden gemArchiving AK's Federal Lands 5 centers on the Helen Nienhauser papers, with Becky Butler-Gallegos interviewing John Wolfe Jr.
Oct 23, 2025·28m·2 clips - 3
Archiving AK, Federal Lands 4: Neil C. Johannsen collection
Hidden gemNeal C.
Sep 16, 2025·29m·2 clips - 4
Archiving AK, Federal Lands 3: Commonwealth North records
Archivists discuss the Commonwealth North collection and their work on the Alaska Federal Lands Project.
Aug 8, 2025·12m - 5
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Hidden gemArchiving AK with the UAA/APU Archives records family memories of Michael Adolph, a University of Minnesota Medical School graduate who practiced in Mankato and served as a medical officer at a World War I prison camp.
Jun 11, 2025·32m·2 clips - 6
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Jun 11, 2025·50m - 7
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Hidden gem["Hilscher remembers inventing a 2.5-page radio story about 12-year-old Mabel Hartfield, then getting caught when a real Japan earthquake bulletin reached the ship.
Jun 11, 2025·48m·4 clips - 8
Archiving AK, Federal Lands 2: Don Grybeck slides
May 27, 2025·24m - 9
Archiving AK, Federal Lands 1: Joan Elva Corliss Papers
Mar 20, 2025·17m - 10
Archiving AK Season 3, Episode 4: Tourism Letters
Aug 6, 2024·18m - 11
Explaining Oral History
Jun 24, 2024·22m - 12
Archiving AK Season 3 Episode 3: WWII Letters
May 23, 2024·20m - 13
Archiving AK Season 3 Episode 2: Public Health Letters
May 2, 2024·49m - 14
We are fine: letters from the 1964 Alaska earthquake
Mar 27, 2024·34m - 15
Donald Mitchell interview with Richard Baenen, March 4, 1999.
Aug 31, 2022·2h 20m - 16
Donald Mitchell interview with Ramsey Clark, July 20, 1993.
Jul 12, 2022·2h 35m - 17
Donald Mitchell interview with Niilo Koponen, February 3, 1990
Jun 24, 2022·1h 21m - 18
Donald Mitchell interview with Ralph Perdue, August 30, 1989
May 27, 2022·1h 27m - 19
Donald Mitchell interview with Walter Hickel, November 22, 1989
May 18, 2022·53m - 20
Donald Mitchell interview with Dave Hickok, July 16, 1992
Apr 26, 2022·1h 56m - 21
Donald Mitchell interview with John Katz, September 11, 1992
Apr 15, 2022·1h 26m - 22
Donald Mitchell interview with Ken Jensen, January 30, 1990
Mar 18, 2022·1h 22m - 23
Donald Mitchell interview with Hugh Gallagher, September 12, 1992
Feb 27, 2022·37m - 24
Donald Mitchell interview with Victor Fischer, August 25, 1997
Feb 27, 2022·24m - 25
Donald Mitchell interview with Victor Fischer, December 1, 1989
Feb 27, 2022·36m - 26
Donald Mitchell interview with Emil Notti, November 15, 1989
Feb 25, 2022·1h 53m - 27
Donald Mitchell interview with Emil Notti, October 30, 1992
Feb 25, 2022·2h 1m - 28
Donald Mitchell interview with Roy Peratrovich, August 16, 1988
Feb 24, 2022·1h 35m - 29
Donald Mitchell interview with Maurice Carmody, February 11, 1993
An oral history interview with Maurice Carmody about his early experiences in Alaska and his involvement with the Tyonick area in 1939.
Feb 24, 2022·21m - 30
Donald Mitchell interview with Joe and Carolyn Begich, February 9, 1994
Jan 11, 2022·1h 34m - 31
Donald Mitchell interview with Frank Bracken, September 10, 1992
Jan 11, 2022·1h 43m - 32
Donald Mitchell interview with John Havelock, May 17, 1994
Dec 22, 2021·1h 41m - 33
Donald Mitchell interview with Ted Stevens, December 18, 1989
An oral history interview with a former U.S.
Dec 18, 2021·39m - 34
Donald Mitchell interview with Ted Stevens, December 2, 1993
An interview discussing Alaska's early statehood legal challenges and political conflicts over land claims.
Dec 18, 2021·33m - 35
Donald Mitchell interview with Red Boucher, October 7, 1993
An oral history interview with former Lieutenant Governor Red Boucher about Alaska's Native Land Claims movement and his role during the 1970s.
Dec 18, 2021·1h 12m - 36
Season 2, Episode 8: Freya Anderson on copyright
Oct 29, 2021·37m - 37
Season 2, episode 7: Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation Archives
Oct 22, 2021·39m - 38
Season 2, episode 6, part 2: Ketchikan Museums
Oct 20, 2021·43m - 39
Season 2, episode 6, part 1: Ketchikan Museums
Oct 18, 2021·46m - 40
Great Basin Institute & Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve
Oct 15, 2021·29m - 41
Season 2, Episode 4: David Bowie
Oct 11, 2021·28m - 42
Interview with Karen Gray and Leah Geibel
An interview with the Alaska State Archivist and an archivist about the State Archives' role, collections, and projects.
Oct 8, 2021·34m - 43
Interview with Erin Wahl
Oct 4, 2021·35m - 44
Interview with Julie Varee
Oct 1, 2021·44m - 45
Collecting our Community: Documenting Civic Action in Anchorage
Sep 13, 2021·27m - 46
Archiving AK episode 19: Preserving audio, video, and film related to public health in Alaska
Apr 8, 2020·20m - 47
Archiving AK episode 18: Emily Moore
Aug 29, 2019·15m - 48
Episode 17b: Veronica and grants
Jul 30, 2019·45m - 49
Episode 17a: Gwen and grants
Jul 30, 2019·43m - 50
Episode 16: an interview with Sarah Pace
Jun 25, 2019·30m