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Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge
Stacey Carkhuff (now Baldridge) worked in the Project Jukebox office of the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2008 and 2009 while she was a graduate student. She conducted oral history interviews about community change along the Alaska Highway and completed the "Changing Communities" Alaska Highway Project Jukebox using Testimony Software in fulfillment of her master's degree in Northern Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in May 2009.
As Interviewer
| Interview Title | Archive #: Oral History | Project | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Gallen | 2009-07-02 | Alaska Highway |
Ada Gallen was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Ada's house in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Ada talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip at Northway and the changes these brought to her community and region. She talks about seeing black soldiers for the first time, the military men dating Native women, and the jobs and economic opportunities the projects brought to the area. She also talks about living a traditional subsistence lifestyle before the coming of the highway. |
| Polly Hyslop | 2009-07-04 | Alaska Highway |
Polly Hyslop was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Polly talks about growing up in and near Northway and how the community and lifestyle has changed in her lifetime. She particularly reflects on the positive and negative impacts from construction of the Alaska Highway. Polly also talks about the importance of preserving her Native language and Native cultural traditions, how she feels like a voice for Indigenous people when speaking up about their rights, and having a spiritual connection to trails and the land. |
| Julius Sam | 2009-07-06 | Alaska Highway |
Julius Sam was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hysolp at his home in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Julius talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip at Northway and the changes these brought to the community and region. He discusses the traditional subsistence lifestyle of moving around the country and how the highway changed this, attending school and learning English, interacting with the black soldiers working on the highway, and being hired to work on the airport and highway. He also talks about negative impacts upon the youth, as well as some positives that the highway has brought. |
| Cherie Marunde | 2009-07-08 | Alaska Highway |
Cherie Marunde was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Cherie's home in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Cherie talks about construction of the Alaska Highway, and reflects on positive and negative impacts the road has had on her community. She discusses changes to traditional hunting and gathering areas, the use of Native corporation lands, protecting traditional uses of land and water, the seasonal round of subsistence activities, and her family's trapping lifestyle. She also talks about preserving her Native language and the role that the highway played in loss of Native culture. |
| Oscar Albert | 2009-07-10 | Alaska Highway |
Oscar Albert was interviewed on October 11, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Oscar's home in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Oscar talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip at Northway and the changes these brought to the community and region. He discusses their traditional hunting and trapping practices, interacting with the Army men who came to work on the road and airstrip, and getting a job on the airport project. |
| Rachel Thomas | 2009-07-11 | Alaska Highway |
Rachel Thomas was interviewed on October 21, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at Rachel's home in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this interview, Rachel looks through a collection of her photographs and talks about driving the Alaska Highway in 1954. She discusses the road conditions, camping, road construction delays, animals seen along the way, and the fun she and her three friends had on this road trip. Rachel also talks about the lack of hotel accommodations, and how places and people along the road have changed since that first trip. |
| Laura Sanford | 2009-07-13 | Alaska Highway |
Laura Sanford was interviewed on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Laura's home in Tok, Alaska. In this interview, Laura talks about growing up living a seasonally based subsistence lifestyle and how things changed with the construction of the Alaska Highway. She discusses interacting with the African-American soldiers, the effect the highway had on village life and transportation, and the presence of non-Natives in the region. |
| Ellen Demit, Interview 3, Part 1 | 2009-07-15_PT.1 | Alaska Highway |
Ellen Demit was interviewed on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Ellen's home in Tok, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Ellen talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the changes the road brought to her community of Healy Lake and the region. She discusses living a traditional subsistence lifestyle, the epidemic that struck the village of Healy Lake, her travels around the region, and the challenges of raising her children and earning money to support them. She also talks about how things changed once the Alaska Highway was put in, interacting with the soldiers working on the road, and she tells a story about a bear. |
| Ellen Demit, Interview 3, Part 2 | 2009-07-15_PT.2 | Alaska Highway |
This is the continuation of an interview with Ellen Demit on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Ellen's home in Tok, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Ellen shares a traditional story about a bear and the boy in the woods who got married, talks about the importance of respecting animals, and sings the traditional Eagle Song in her Native Upper Tanana Athabascan language. |
| Lavell Wilson, Interview 1 | 2009-07-17 | Alaska Highway |
Lavell Wilson was interviewed on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at his home in Tok, Alaska. His wife Catherine was also present during the interview. In this interview, Lavell talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the Northway Airport and changes these brought to the communities and the region. He discusses growing up in the area and seeing how things changed during his lifetime, and how the road construction and influx of soldiers and non-Natives impacted the local Native population. He also talks about the jobs the construction projects brought, how animals and hunting were affected by the road, and how the presence of the road improved travel and transportation in the area. |
| Ellen Davignon | 2009-07-18 | Alaska Highway |
Ellen Davignon was interviewed on November 6, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at Ellen's home in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Ellen talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and changes this brought to the region. She discusses growing up in the area, how things changed with the construction of the highway and airstrips, interacting with the soldiers who worked on the road, and improvements to transportation and purchasing of supplies. Ellen also talks about her father and family, running a lodge and later a campground, and the effects of tourism and the highway on the local economy. |
| Evelyn Mae "Babe" Richards | 2009-07-20 | Alaska Highway |
Evelyn Mae "Babe" Richards was interviewed on November 6, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at Babe's home in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Babe talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and changes this brought to the region. She discusses growing up in the area, how things changed with the construction of the highway, what it was like to live along the highway, the good and bad that came with the highway, changes in transportation, and interacting with the soldiers who worked on the highway. She also talks about how Whitehorse has changed, growing up among Native children, and problems with residential schools. |
| R. L. "Curley" Graham | 2009-07-22 | Alaska Highway |
R.L. "Curley" Graham was interviewed on November 7, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at his home in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Curley talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip in Whitehorse and changes these brought to the region. He discusses working on the road and airstrip construction, how Whitehorse has changed, working with the soldiers, and his work as a mechanic and moving equipment. He also talks about newspaper stories about the highway, changes in transportation, accidents and funny things that happened, the influx of new people into the area, and education. |
| Charles Eikland, Sr. | 2009-07-24 | Alaska Highway |
Charles Eikland, Sr. was interviewed on November 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at his home in Destruction Bay, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Charles talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the changes this brought to the region. He discusses growing up living a traditional subsistence lifestyle and following cultural traditions, using a dog team, going to Dawson City to buy supplies, gardening, and attending school. He also talks about how the highway brought in more western culture, the people who worked on the road construction, the effect of the road on the traditional way of life, the need for education, and seeing the trees being knocked down in preparation for the road. |
| Ray Jackson | 2009-07-25 | Alaska Highway |
Ray Jackson was interviewed on February 27, 2009 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ray was a former chief of the Champagne-Aishihik Nation near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. He was visiting Fairbanks for the Canada Days conference at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Stacey conducted the interview as a session of the conference, so in addition to her questions there are questions from Mary Ehrlander, Linda Johnson, Ashley Camara and Mike Koskey who were members of the audience. In this interview, Ray talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the changes this brought to the region. He discusses the traditional territory of the Champagne Band, how the Native groups moved around before and after construction of the highway, an accident and other memories he has from the early days of the road, the highway's impact on the local Native culture and lifestyle, and wildlife management in the Kluane Lake area. He also talks about his time as the chief of the Champagne-Aishihik Nation, working on Native land claims, and attending the 1973 Ottawa Land Claims Conference. |
| Susan Larrabee | 0000-00-00 | Alaska Highway |
Susan Larrabee was interviewed by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this interview, Susan talks about her experience growing up in Delta Junction, Alaska along the Alaska Highway, changes she has seen over time, and impacts the highway has had on communities and people in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, Canada. She also talks about the role of tourism, the frontier myth of driving the highway, and the history of the road and its influence. There is no audio for this interview, so there is no Oral History Archive # because the interview was never accessioned in the UAF Oral History Collection. Only a brief summary/transcript outline of the interview was provided for this project. |
As Transcriber
| Interview Title | Archive #: Oral History | Project | Abstract | Transcriber |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Gallen | 2009-07-02 | Alaska Highway |
Ada Gallen was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Ada's house in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Ada talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip at Northway and the changes these brought to her community and region. She talks about seeing black soldiers for the first time, the military men dating Native women, and the jobs and economic opportunities the projects brought to the area. She also talks about living a traditional subsistence lifestyle before the coming of the highway. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Polly Hyslop | 2009-07-04 | Alaska Highway |
Polly Hyslop was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Polly talks about growing up in and near Northway and how the community and lifestyle has changed in her lifetime. She particularly reflects on the positive and negative impacts from construction of the Alaska Highway. Polly also talks about the importance of preserving her Native language and Native cultural traditions, how she feels like a voice for Indigenous people when speaking up about their rights, and having a spiritual connection to trails and the land. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Julius Sam | 2009-07-06 | Alaska Highway |
Julius Sam was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hysolp at his home in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Julius talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip at Northway and the changes these brought to the community and region. He discusses the traditional subsistence lifestyle of moving around the country and how the highway changed this, attending school and learning English, interacting with the black soldiers working on the highway, and being hired to work on the airport and highway. He also talks about negative impacts upon the youth, as well as some positives that the highway has brought. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Cherie Marunde | 2009-07-08 | Alaska Highway |
Cherie Marunde was interviewed on October 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Cherie's home in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Cherie talks about construction of the Alaska Highway, and reflects on positive and negative impacts the road has had on her community. She discusses changes to traditional hunting and gathering areas, the use of Native corporation lands, protecting traditional uses of land and water, the seasonal round of subsistence activities, and her family's trapping lifestyle. She also talks about preserving her Native language and the role that the highway played in loss of Native culture. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Oscar Albert | 2009-07-10 | Alaska Highway |
Oscar Albert was interviewed on October 11, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Oscar's home in Northway, Alaska. In this interview, Oscar talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip at Northway and the changes these brought to the community and region. He discusses their traditional hunting and trapping practices, interacting with the Army men who came to work on the road and airstrip, and getting a job on the airport project. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Rachel Thomas | 2009-07-11 | Alaska Highway |
Rachel Thomas was interviewed on October 21, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at Rachel's home in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this interview, Rachel looks through a collection of her photographs and talks about driving the Alaska Highway in 1954. She discusses the road conditions, camping, road construction delays, animals seen along the way, and the fun she and her three friends had on this road trip. Rachel also talks about the lack of hotel accommodations, and how places and people along the road have changed since that first trip. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Laura Sanford | 2009-07-13 | Alaska Highway |
Laura Sanford was interviewed on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Laura's home in Tok, Alaska. In this interview, Laura talks about growing up living a seasonally based subsistence lifestyle and how things changed with the construction of the Alaska Highway. She discusses interacting with the African-American soldiers, the effect the highway had on village life and transportation, and the presence of non-Natives in the region. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Ellen Demit, Interview 3, Part 1 | 2009-07-15_PT.1 | Alaska Highway |
Ellen Demit was interviewed on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Ellen's home in Tok, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Ellen talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the changes the road brought to her community of Healy Lake and the region. She discusses living a traditional subsistence lifestyle, the epidemic that struck the village of Healy Lake, her travels around the region, and the challenges of raising her children and earning money to support them. She also talks about how things changed once the Alaska Highway was put in, interacting with the soldiers working on the road, and she tells a story about a bear. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Ellen Demit, Interview 3, Part 2 | 2009-07-15_PT.2 | Alaska Highway |
This is the continuation of an interview with Ellen Demit on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at Ellen's home in Tok, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Ellen shares a traditional story about a bear and the boy in the woods who got married, talks about the importance of respecting animals, and sings the traditional Eagle Song in her Native Upper Tanana Athabascan language. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Lavell Wilson, Interview 1 | 2009-07-17 | Alaska Highway |
Lavell Wilson was interviewed on October 25, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge and Polly Hyslop at his home in Tok, Alaska. His wife Catherine was also present during the interview. In this interview, Lavell talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the Northway Airport and changes these brought to the communities and the region. He discusses growing up in the area and seeing how things changed during his lifetime, and how the road construction and influx of soldiers and non-Natives impacted the local Native population. He also talks about the jobs the construction projects brought, how animals and hunting were affected by the road, and how the presence of the road improved travel and transportation in the area. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Ellen Davignon | 2009-07-18 | Alaska Highway |
Ellen Davignon was interviewed on November 6, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at Ellen's home in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Ellen talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and changes this brought to the region. She discusses growing up in the area, how things changed with the construction of the highway and airstrips, interacting with the soldiers who worked on the road, and improvements to transportation and purchasing of supplies. Ellen also talks about her father and family, running a lodge and later a campground, and the effects of tourism and the highway on the local economy. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Evelyn Mae "Babe" Richards | 2009-07-20 | Alaska Highway |
Evelyn Mae "Babe" Richards was interviewed on November 6, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at Babe's home in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Babe talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and changes this brought to the region. She discusses growing up in the area, how things changed with the construction of the highway, what it was like to live along the highway, the good and bad that came with the highway, changes in transportation, and interacting with the soldiers who worked on the highway. She also talks about how Whitehorse has changed, growing up among Native children, and problems with residential schools. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| R. L. "Curley" Graham | 2009-07-22 | Alaska Highway |
R.L. "Curley" Graham was interviewed on November 7, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at his home in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Curley talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the airstrip in Whitehorse and changes these brought to the region. He discusses working on the road and airstrip construction, how Whitehorse has changed, working with the soldiers, and his work as a mechanic and moving equipment. He also talks about newspaper stories about the highway, changes in transportation, accidents and funny things that happened, the influx of new people into the area, and education. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Charles Eikland, Sr. | 2009-07-24 | Alaska Highway |
Charles Eikland, Sr. was interviewed on November 10, 2008 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge at his home in Destruction Bay, Yukon Territory, Canada. In this interview, Charles talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the changes this brought to the region. He discusses growing up living a traditional subsistence lifestyle and following cultural traditions, using a dog team, going to Dawson City to buy supplies, gardening, and attending school. He also talks about how the highway brought in more western culture, the people who worked on the road construction, the effect of the road on the traditional way of life, the need for education, and seeing the trees being knocked down in preparation for the road. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Ray Jackson | 2009-07-25 | Alaska Highway |
Ray Jackson was interviewed on February 27, 2009 by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ray was a former chief of the Champagne-Aishihik Nation near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. He was visiting Fairbanks for the Canada Days conference at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Stacey conducted the interview as a session of the conference, so in addition to her questions there are questions from Mary Ehrlander, Linda Johnson, Ashley Camara and Mike Koskey who were members of the audience. In this interview, Ray talks about the construction of the Alaska Highway and the changes this brought to the region. He discusses the traditional territory of the Champagne Band, how the Native groups moved around before and after construction of the highway, an accident and other memories he has from the early days of the road, the highway's impact on the local Native culture and lifestyle, and wildlife management in the Kluane Lake area. He also talks about his time as the chief of the Champagne-Aishihik Nation, working on Native land claims, and attending the 1973 Ottawa Land Claims Conference. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |
| Susan Larrabee | 0000-00-00 | Alaska Highway |
Susan Larrabee was interviewed by Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this interview, Susan talks about her experience growing up in Delta Junction, Alaska along the Alaska Highway, changes she has seen over time, and impacts the highway has had on communities and people in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, Canada. She also talks about the role of tourism, the frontier myth of driving the highway, and the history of the road and its influence. There is no audio for this interview, so there is no Oral History Archive # because the interview was never accessioned in the UAF Oral History Collection. Only a brief summary/transcript outline of the interview was provided for this project. |
Stacey Carkhuff Baldridge |