Curator to share memorable pioneer voices
November 3, 2014
907-474-6997
11/3/14
“Pioneer Voices: Highlights of the Pioneers of Ӱpro Igloo No. 4 Audio Collection” will be presented on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, at 7 p.m. in the research room at the Ӱpro Rasmuson Library.
Leslie McCartney, oral history curator of the Ӱpro and Polar Regions Collections and Archives, will share memorable audio clips from the Pioneers of Ӱpro Igloo No. 4 collection. The Pioneers of Ӱpro made the recordings beginning early in the 20th century. They record the histories of hundreds of pioneers, from miners to homesteaders and captains of industry. The original media range from reel-to-reel tapes to CDs and are being preserved and made available online. The collection ranges from early gold camp days to the 1967 flood.
For more information, contact Leslie McCartney, the Ӱpro and Polar Regions Collections and Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, 907-474-7737 or lmccartney@alaska.edu.
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