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Jan Yaeger
Jan Yaeger is the curator and environmental educator at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In 2014 and 2015, she conducted interviews with residents of Seldovia for the Seldovia Native Tribe's "In Our Own Words Project" and was a collaborator on the Seldovia Project Jukebox.
As Interviewer
Interview Title | Archive #: Oral History | Project | Abstract |
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Alta Colberg | 2014-17-01 | Seldovia |
Alta "Patty" Colberg was interviewed on August 20, 2014 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Alta talks about moving to Seldovia as a child and what it was like growing up in Seldovia. She also talks about raising her own family in Seldovia, about Seldovia's Fourth of July celebrations, and about the changes that she has witnessed in the community during her lifetime. |
Laurel Baird | 2014-17-05 | Seldovia |
Laurel Baird was interviewed on October 10, 2014 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Conference Center in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Laurel talks about her family background and growing up in Seldovia. She shares memories of playing as a child, what the community was like and activities they did, and particular people she remembers. She also mentions changes after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake. |
Fred Elvsaas, Interview 2 | 2014-17-04 | Seldovia |
Fred Elvsaas was interviewed on September 24, 2014 by Jan Yaeger at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Fred talks about commercial setnet fishing, the equipment used, and maintaining his gear. He also talks about establishment of the Seldovia Native Association, their land selections, and business deals. |
Andy Anderson, Part 1 | 2014-17-08_PT.1 | Seldovia |
Andy Anderson was interviewed on January 30, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Andy talks about coming to Seldovia, getting hired as the police chief, and the challenges of being a police officer in a small town. He also talks about changes in Seldovia after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake. |
Andy Anderson, Part 2 | 2014-17-08_PT.2 | Seldovia |
This is the continuation of an interview with Andy Anderson on January 30, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Andy talks about what Seldovia was like when he first arrived, changes in Seldovia brought about by the Urban Renewal Program after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, and being police chief. He also talks about the road to Jakolof Bay and some of the old-timers of Seldovia. |
Carl Lindstedt, Jr. | 2014-17-10 | Seldovia |
Carl Lindstedt, Jr. was interviewed on February 5, 2015 by Jan Yaeger in the Seldovia Village Tribe's small conference room in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Carl talks about his father, his fishing, and his role in Seldovia, including owning the Linwood Bar. Carl also talks about his own fishing and memories of growing up in Seldovia, including the boardwalk. swimming hole and beaches, going to school, and some of the old-timers in the community. He also discusses how the community has changed and the arrival of the ferryboat, Tustumena. |
Doug Pieren | 2014-07-09 | Seldovia |
Doug Pieren was interviewed on February 4, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Doug talks about his family history in Alaska dating back to 1934, the Ekren Cannery at Kasitsna Bay, working in the canneries, the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, and changes in Seldovia. He also talks about his interest in gardening, as well as rock and artifact collecting. |
Hugh Q. Smith | 2014-17-07 | Seldovia |
Hugh Q. Smith was interviewed on January 20, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Conference Center in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Hugh talks about his career as a shop and math teacher in Seldovia, as well as his work as a contractor building homes and public buildings around Seldovia. He also talks about the changes he has seen in the community and what he foresees for the future. |
Joseph "Josie" Carlough | 2014-17-06 | Seldovia |
Joseph "Josie" Carlough was interviewed on January 8, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Village Tribe's Senior Meals Room in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Josie talks about growing up and going to school in Seldovia, working as a commercial fisherman, and operating the Knight Spot Bar. He also talks about experiencing the 1964 Alaska Earthquake in Kodiak, as well as changes in fishing and in the community of Seldovia. |
Louis "Lou" Collier | 2014-17-03 | Seldovia |
Louis "Lou" Collier was interviewed on August 20, 2014 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Conference Center in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Lou talks about the history of Seldovia from when there were active canneries, to the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, to how the Urban Renewal Program changed the physical layout of the community, to construction of the new school and community building. He also talks about local government, politics, and planning in Seldovia. |
John and Darlene Crawford | 2014-17-02 | Seldovia |
John and Darlene Crawford were interviewed on August 20, 2014 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Conference Center in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, John and Darlene talk about life in Seldovia in the early days and the first cars in the community, and changes in the community after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake with the Urban Renewal Program and new construction. John also talks about establishment of the Seldovia Native Association (SNA) and the Seldovia Village Tribe. Darlene also talks about tourism and the future of the community. They both talk about the sense of community and what a nice place Seldovia is to raise a family. |
Shirly Giles | 2014-17-11 | Seldovia |
Shirly Giles was interviewed on August 17, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Shirly talks about arriving in Seldovia, the 1964 Earthquake and the subsequent changes that occured in the community. She also talks about working at the library, getting a new school built with a swimming pool, and how Seldovia celebrates Fourth of July. In her discussion of community change, Shirly mentions introduction of cars, the role of the school, businesses that have come and gone, and wintertime activities. |
John Gruber, Part 1 | 2014-17-13_PT.1 | Seldovia |
John Gruber was interviewed on September 3, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, John talks about his family history in Seldovia. He talks about family members coming to Seldovia, his father's work as a pilot, his mother, Cecelia "Midge" Gruber, and his grandmother Susan English who was postmaster starting around 1925. He also talks about what the community was like when he was growing up and other people who lived there. |
John Gruber, Part 2 | 2014-17-13_PT.2 | Seldovia |
This is a continuation of the interview with John Gruber on September 3, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, John talks about his grandparents, Jack and Susan English, their love for the community of Seldovia, and their role in the community changes and Urban Renewal after the 1964 Earthquake. He also talks about what Seldovia was like when he was a child, how it changed after the earthquake, and the history of some of the old buildings still standing around town. |
Michael "Mike" Miller, Part 1 | 2014-17-15_PT.1 | Seldovia |
Michael "Mike" Miller was interviewed on February 3, 2016 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Mike talks about growing up in Seldovia, and about his father, Dick Miller, who was a bush pilot and then a police officer in Seldovia. Mike shares childhood memories of playing on skiffs, trapping, hunting, and building cabins. He also talks about changes to Seldovia after the Urban Renewal program after the 1964 Earthquake, about some of the people of Seldovia, as well as about his career as a commercial fisherman and some of the boats he worked on and people he worked with. |
Michael "Mike" Miller, Part 2 | 2014-17-15_PT.2 | Seldovia |
This is a continuation of the interview with Michael "Mike" Miller on February 3, 2016 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Mike talks about memories of Russian Christmans celebrations when growing up in Seldovia, his experience with the 1964 Earthquake on a boat in Adak, Alaska, and his father's work as a police officer in Seldovia, including some of the difficult things he had to deal with. Mike also talks about why he decided to return to and settle in Seldovia. |
Dr. Larry Reynolds | 2014-17-16 | Seldovia |
Dr. Larry Reynolds was interviewed on December 11, 2014 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Larry talks about coming to Seldovia in 1974 and starting a medical practice. He talks about the early days when conditions and equipment were poor, the contributions of the Hospital Guild, and changes in the practice of medicine in rural Alaska. He also talks about his passion for backcountry skiing and camping in the mountains near Seldovia, including his role in designing a teepee-style nylon tent. |
Jack Thomas | 2014-17-14 | Seldovia |
Jack Thomas was interviewed on July 19, 2016 by Jan Yaeger at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Jack talks about working in the logging business at Jakolof Bay, fishing for crab with Joseph "Josie" Carlough, and how much he likes the freedom on living in a place like Seldovia. He talks about his friends Jack Hopkins and Bob Gruber, and about his welding and building activities. |
Clara Moonin | 2014-17-17 | Seldovia |
Clara Moonin was interviewed on September 16, 2016 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Museum in Seldovia, Alaska. Clara's daughter, Margaret Moonin, was also present during the interview and asked a few questions, although sometimes she can be hard to hear because she did not have a microphone. In this interview, Clara talks about growing up in English Bay (Nanwalek), Port Graham, and Seldovia, Alaska and the Russian Orthodox traditions which were strong during that period. She talks about celebrating Christmas and Easter, including dying Easter eggs, baking and decorating Easter bread, making paper flower decorations, and giving things up for Lent for forty days, such as meat, chewing gum, and playing. She also talks about the history of the church buildings, traditional medicine remedies, and collecting and eating clams, cockles and snails. |
Lillian Elvsaas and Sharon Bond | 2014-17-18 | Seldovia |
Lillian Elvsaas and her daughter, Sharon Bond, were interviewed on September 7, 2017 by Jan Yaeger at the Public Library in Homer, Alaska. In this interview, Lillian and Sharon share their memories of Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Seldovia, Alaska, and discuss Russian Orthodox traditions in the communities in the area. They talk about resident priests versus traveling priests, how the number of people attending services has changed, specific traditions followed for Lent, Christmas, New Year's, Name's Day, and weddings, and how traditions are carried out differently in different places. They also discuss the closing, restoration, and re-consecration of Saint Nicholas Church in Seldovia. |
Helen Josefsen and Trinket Gallien | 2014-17-19 | Seldovia |
Helen Nagy Josefsen and her daughter, Trinket Nagy Gallien, were interviewed on October 1, 2017 by Jan Yaeger at the Harbor Lights House Assisted Living Facility in Soldotna, Alaska. In this interview, Helen talks about growing up in Seldovia, attending school, and operating a beauty shop in Anchorage. She also talks about Russian Orthodox church traditions, restoration of Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox church in Seldovia, and the work she did to start the museum in Seldovia and take in community donations of artifacts. Throughout the intervew, Trinket helps her mother remember details by offering prompts and reminders based on things she has heard in the past. |
As Transcriber
Interview Title | Archive #: Oral History | Project | Abstract | Transcriber |
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Fred Elvsaas, Interview 1, Part 1, Side A | 2008-21_PT.1_SIDEA | Seldovia |
Fred Elvsaas was interviewed on August 8, 2008 by Charles Mobley for the Seldovia Sewer and Water Monitoring -- Archeological Monitoring Project at Fred's home in Seldovia, Alaska. This is Side A of the first part of a two part interview. In this part of the interview, Fred talks about growing up in Seldovia, being a kid on the boardwalk, his family's activities, fishing, and various buildings and businesses in the community. |
Jan Yaeger |
Fred Elvsaas, Interview 1, Part 1, Side B | 2008-21_PT.1_SIDEB | Seldovia |
This is a continuation of the interview with Fred Elvsaas on August 8, 2008 by Charles Mobley for the Seldovia Sewer and Water Monitoring -- Archeological Monitoring Project at Fred's home in Seldovia, Alaska. This is Side B of the first part of a two part interview. In this part of the interview, Fred continues to talk about growing up in Seldovia, and various buildings and businesses in the community. He also talks about Seldovia getting running water and sewer, the local sawmill, as well as fishtraps and canneries. |
Jan Yaeger |
Fred Elvsaas, Interview 1, Part 2 | 2008-21_PT.2 | Seldovia |
This is a continuation of the interview with Fred Elvsaas on August 8, 2008 by Charles Mobley for the Seldovia Sewer and Water Monitoring -- Archeological Monitoring Project at Fred's home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Fred talks about the 1964 Alaska Earthquake and the changes to Seldovia with reconstruction after the earthquake. He also talks about his father-in-law, Dad Ritchie. |
Jan Yaeger |
Hugh Q. Smith | 2014-17-07 | Seldovia |
Hugh Q. Smith was interviewed on January 20, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Conference Center in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Hugh talks about his career as a shop and math teacher in Seldovia, as well as his work as a contractor building homes and public buildings around Seldovia. He also talks about the changes he has seen in the community and what he foresees for the future. |
Jan Yaeger |
Joseph "Josie" Carlough | 2014-17-06 | Seldovia |
Joseph "Josie" Carlough was interviewed on January 8, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at the Seldovia Village Tribe's Senior Meals Room in Seldovia, Alaska. In this interview, Josie talks about growing up and going to school in Seldovia, working as a commercial fisherman, and operating the Knight Spot Bar. He also talks about experiencing the 1964 Alaska Earthquake in Kodiak, as well as changes in fishing and in the community of Seldovia. |
Jan Yaeger |
Walter McInnes, Side A | 2008-20_SIDEA | Seldovia |
Walter McInnes was interviewed on August 7, 2008 by Charles Mobley at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this first side of a two-sided original tape recording, Walter talks about working on DEW-line construction in Canada, coming to Seldovia, loading freight on and off of ships, and how the community of Seldovia has changed. He talks about how there used to be canneries and how the town has physically changed since the 1964 Alaska Earthquake and the Urban Renwal Program. He also talks about the bars and social life in the early days. |
Jan Yaeger |
Walter McInnes, Side B | 2008-20_SIDEB | Seldovia |
This is the continuation of an interview with Walter McInnes on August 7, 2008 by Charles Mobley at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this second side of a two-sided original tape recording, Walter talks about changes in Seldovia after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake including flooding and the physical layout of the community. He also talks about logging and the sawmill, working as a bartender, and a number of old-timers. |
Jan Yaeger |