Oral
History Interviews
Since 1997, ATA has been recording 'oral history' interviews with veteran trappers and hunters from around the state. The Hunter Heritage Foundation of Alaska is also a partner in this effort.
The primary purpose of the project is to preserve the memories of people who live an active outdoor lifestyle. In this way, we can help maintain the traditions of consumptive use. The secondary purpose is to share these memories with a wide audience. Material gathered during the interviews has appeared in both newspaper and magazine articles. Excerpts of the audio recordings have been broadcast on radio. Audio CD copies and hard-copy transcripts are available for sale on this web site.
Read some of the brief biographic sketches in this section. Select an audio CD or written transcript. We're sure that you will enjoy hearing stories of life on The Last Frontier.
Audio CDs containing interviews with the people featured here are available for $5 each.
Thanks to a grant
from ConocoPhillips, we are also able to offer transcripts of selected
oral history interviews. Price is the same ($5) as for the audio CD
recordings (please add $5 for overseas mail). Can also be sent as a
digital file to your e-mail address.
Please order via the regular retail section of this web site.
Click here for a story on the Oral History Interview Project in Alaska Wildlife News.
Here is an overview of what information is currently available:
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| Ted Almasy | ||||
| Steven Attla | ||||
| Red Beeman |  |
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| Jack Beesler | ||||
| Johnny Bennett | ||||
| Dennis Branham |  |
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| Jim Brooks | |
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| Earl Callihan | |
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| Richard Carroll | ||||
| Ted Case | |
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| Loren Croxton | |
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| Dean Cummings, Sr. | ||||
| Ken Deardorff | |
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| Ken Eichner | ||||
| Glenn Despain | |
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| Ken Fanning | |
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| Darrell Farmen | |
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| Jim Faro | |
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 NEW! Bill
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| Art Fields | |
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| Roy Folger | |
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| Ben Forbes | |
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| Herbert Foster | |
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| Mickey Foster | |
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| NEW! Richard
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| Al Franzmann | |
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| Lyle Garner | |
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| Marlin Grasser | |
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| Chuck Gray | ||||
| Adam Greenwald | |
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| Dick Hamlin | |
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| Larry Henslee | |
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| Tor Holmboe | |
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| Bob Hufman | ||||
| Russ Ivey | ||||
| Jake Jacobsen | |
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| Red James | |
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| George Johnson | ||||
| Loyal Johnson | |
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| Bruce Johnstone | ||||
| NEW! Daniel
Karmun |
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| Tom Kilfoyle | ||||
| Paul Kirsteatter | |
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| Eino Kuoppala | |
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| Tom Lewis | ||||
| Ron Long | |
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| Paul LeRoux | |
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| NEW! Herman
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| NEW! June
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| Bud Nelson | |
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| Bill Neuman | |
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| Dick Newton | ||||
| John Nicholson | ||||
| Hjalmar Olson | ||||
| Norm Olson | ||||
| Eddie Opheim | |
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| Jim Parker | |
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| Bob Pegau | |
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| Jake Phillips | |
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| Norm Phillips | |
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| Bob Rausch | |
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| Jim Rearden | ||||
| Julius Reynods | |
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| Jim Rood | |
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| Carl Rosier | |
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| Harvey Samuelson | ||||
| Joar Savland | ||||
| Ross Schaffer | |
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| Leroy Shebal | ||||
| Peter Shepherd | ||||
| Alf Skaflestad | ||||
| Windy Skaflestad | |
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| Tarleton Smith | |
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| Chuck Snyder | ||||
| Sam Snyder | ||||
| Ron Somerville | |
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| Richard Stough | ||||
| Don Strode | |
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| Norm Sutliffe | |
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| Roger Tachik | ||||
| Ivan Thorall | |
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| Fred Thomas | |
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| Ray Tremblay | ||||
| Will Troyer | ||||
| Bob Uhl | |
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| Frank Walter | ||||
| Bud Wiese | |
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| Paul Williams | ||||
| Dean Wilson | |
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| Meryl Wolford |
ATA expresses its deepest appreciation to the Hunter Heritage Foundations of Alaska for sponsoring our oral history project.