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Rachel Mason
Rachel Mason is a cultural anthropologist with the National Park Service in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2012, she became the Regional Anthropologist for the Ethnography Program. She was involved in the project planning and interviewing for the Exit Glacier Project Jukebox.
As Interviewer
Interview Title | Archive #: Oral History | Project | Abstract |
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Duane and Sanna LeVan, Part 1 | 2010-05-01_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Duane and Sanna LeVan were interviewed on April 9, 2010 by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, and Karen Brewster at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, the LeVans talk about life in Seward and how it has changed, and the 1964 Earthquake. They talk about skiing, hiking, camping, boating, hunting, and snowmachining in the Exit Glacier area, construction of Herman Leirer Road to the glacier, community use of the area, and their thoughts on the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Duane and Sanna LeVan, Part 2 | 2010-05-01_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Duane and Sanna LeVan by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, and Karen Brewster on April 9, 2010 at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, the LeVans talk about the various ways in which they have used the Exit Glacier area both before and after the road was put in, cross-country skiing and hunting, changes in Seward, their thoughts about the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park, and they mark uses and features on the map. |
Doug McRae, Part 1 | 2010-05-02_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Doug McRae was interviewed on April 10, 2010 by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, and Karen Brewster at his home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Doug talks about growing up in Seward, the 1964 Earthquake, his guiding business, hunting and trapping in the Seward area, changes in wildlife populations, mining, the Fish and Game Advisory Board, and carving. He talks about trapping, hunting, flying, and snowmachining in the Exit Glacier area, remote airstrips, old cabins, the stranded bulldozer up Resurrection River, the road to Exit Glacier, and the negative effects national parks have on hunting. |
Doug McRae, Part 2 | 2010-05-02_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Doug McRae by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, and Karen Brewster on April 10, 2010 at his home in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interivew, Doug continues to talk about his career as a hunting guide, his own hunting activities, the road to Exit Glacier, thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park, snowmachining, and his work as an artist making carvings out of antler. |
Gary Zimmerman, Part 1 | 2010-05-03_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Gary Zimmerman was interviewed on April 10, 2010 by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster, and Shannon Kovac at the Van Gilder Hotel in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Gary talks about his dad's snowmachine tourist operation, hunting, changes in wildlife populations, and his love of snowmachining, being a responsible snowmachiner, and snowmachine access issues. He talks about snowmachining and hunting in the Exit Glacier area, snowmachining and skiing on the ice field, changes in the glaciers, the road to the glacier, his thoughts about the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park and use and access issues. |
Gary Zimmerman, Part 2 | 2010-05-03_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Gary Zimmerman by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster, and Shannon Kovac on April 10, 2010 at the Van Gilder Hotel in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Gary talks about riding snowmachines on the Harding Icefield and near Exit Glacier, and ensuring that snowmachining continues to be an allowed use in Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Tom Gillespie, Part 1 | 2010-05-04_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Tom Gillespie was interviewed on April 11, 2010 by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at his home on Bear Lake in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Tom talks about growing up in the Exit Glacier Road area, logging and sawmills, flooding at Clear Creek and Old Exit Glacier Road, the 1964 Earthquake, changes in wildlife populations, backcountry trails and running routes, the Mount Marathon race, and changes in Seward. He talks about skiing, hiking, climbing, camping, snowmachining, trapping and hunting in the Exit Glacier area, expeditions on the Harding Icefield, and changes in the glacier. |
Tom Gillespie, Part 2 | 2010-05-04_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Tom Gillespie by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster on April 11, 2010 at his home on Bear Lake in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Tom talks about changes in Seward, mining, trapping, hunting, fishing, other subsistence activities, skiing and climbing in the Exit Glacier area, and his thoughts on the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Dan Seavey, Interview 1, Part 1 | 2010-05-05_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Dan Seavey was interviewed on April 11, 2010 by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, and Karen Brewster at his home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Dan talks about changes in Seward, the 1964 Earthquake, commercial fishing, his dog mushing career, and training and racing sled dogs. He talks about living on a homestead on Old Exit Glacier Road (Seavey's Corner), using horses, hunting and trapping in the Exit Glacier area, the road to the glacier, and local use of the area. |
Dan Seavey, Interview 1, Part 2 | 2010-05-05_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Dan Seavey by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason, and Karen Brewster on April 11, 2010 at his home in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Dan continues to talk about dog mushing in the Resurrection River valley, and about changes in Exit Glacier and Exit Glacier Road, flooding, trail use, and effects of establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Percy Blatchford | 2010-05-06 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Percy Blatchford was interviewed on April 12, 2010 by Rachel Mason, Don Callaway and Karen Brewster at the Van Gilder Hotel in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, he talks about his childhood, working as a longshoreman, the Native community in Seward and organization of the Qutekcak Tribe, hunting around Seward, changes in wildlife populations, and the 1964 Earthquake. He talks about helping build the Herman Leirer Road to Exit Glacier, especially the blasting work he did, how people have used the area, and how the road affected use. |
Warren and Mary Huss, Part 1 | 2010-05-07_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Warren and Mary Huss were interviewed on August 5, 2010 by Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster and Shannon Kovac at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Warren and Mary talk about hunting in the Seward area, changes in wildlife populations, life in Seward and how it has changed. They talk about hunting, trapping, snowmachining, skiing, hiking, and trails in the Exit Glacier area, the road to the glacier, changes in the glacier, and their thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Warren and Mary Huss, Part 2 | 2010-05-07_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Warren and Mary Huss by Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster and Shannon Kovac on August 5, 2010 at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Warren and Mary talk about their hunting and snowmachine activities in the Exit Glacier area, changes in wildlife populations and changes in Seward since they moved there, and views about the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park and how it should be managed. |
Louis "Packy" Dick | 2010-05-08 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Packy Dick was interviewed on August 5, 2010 by Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster and Shannon Kovac in his home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Packy talks about how he got his nickname, growing up in Seward, the effect of the military and how Seward has changed, the 1964 Earthquake, building the Lost Lake Trail, and hunting and changes in the wildlife population. He talks about snowmachining in the Exit Glacier area, the snowmachine tour operation on Exit Glacier, his snowmachine getting buried by heavy snow on the glacier, and building of the road and bridge to the glacier. |
Val Anderson | 2010-05-09 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Val Anderson was interviewed on August 6, 2010 by Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster and Shannon Kovac at his home in Seward, Alaska. Val's wife, Jean, was present at the interview and periodically added her own comments (she passed away in November 2010). In this interview, Val talks about growing up on the island and what life was like in the area in the 1930s and 1940s, his father's guiding operation, being in the Army in World War II stationed at Shemya Island, working as a longshoreman on the waterfront in Seward, the 1964 Earthquake, and how Seward has changed over time. He talks about helping build the Herman Leirer Road to Exit Glacier, especially the blasting work he did, and how people have used the area. |
Keith and Jackie Campbell, Part 1 | 2010-05-10_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Keith and Jackie Campbell were interviewed on August 6, 2010 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, the Campbells talk about life in Seward and how it has changed, Keith's work at the hospital, and their outdoors lifestyle and hunting in the Seward area. They talk about snowmachining, hunting, cross-country skiing, camping, and hiking in the Exit Glacier area, changes in the glacier and wildlife, construction of the road to the glacier, the snowmachine tour operation, and their thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Keith and Jackie Campbell, Part 2 | 2010-05-10_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an inteview with Keith and Jackie Campbell by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster on August 6, 2010 at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Keith and Jackie talk about construction of the road to Exit Glacier, their snowmachining, hunting and hiking activities, and establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Bob White, Part 1 | 2010-05-12_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Bob White was interviewed on August 7, 2010 by Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster, and Shannon Kovac at his gun shop in Seward, Alaska. At the time of the interview, he owned his own floor covering business and a gun shop. He is married to the daughter of Val and Jean Anderson. In this interview, Bob talks about his family background, commercial fishing, hunting, changes in Seward, and changes in wildlife populations. He talks about hunting, trapping, dogmushing, snowmachining, and using horses in the Exit Glacier area, cabins and airstrips, the stranded bulldozer up Resurrection River, the road to the glacier, changes to the river and glacier, and his thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Bob White, Part 2 | 2010-05-12_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of the interview done with Bob White by Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster, and Shannon Kovac on August 7, 2010 at his gun shop in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Bob talks about changes in Exit Glacier and the surrounding area, bear hunting, and the effect of Kenai Fjords National Park on his hunting activities. |
Keith Knighten, Part 1 | 2010-05-13_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Keith Knighten was interviewed on August 7, 2010 by Rachel Mason, Shannon Kovac and Karen Brewster at the offices of Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Keith talks about his childhood, becoming a pilot, working for the Coast Guard, flying adventures and crashes, the challenges of flying in the Seward area, changes in Seward, and activities at Nuka Bay. He talks about hunting in the Exit Glacier area, flying clients in and out of the area, snowmachine tourism on the glacier, the road to the glacier, and his thoughts on the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Keith Knighten, Part 2 | 2010-05-13_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Keith Knighten by Rachel Mason, Shannon Kovac and Karen Brewster on August 7, 2010 at the offices of Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Keith talks more about flying around the Seward and Kenai Fjords National Park area, the mine and airstrip at Nuka Bay, and being a bus driver for Dan Seavey's tour bus operation. |
Bud Rice, Part 1 | 2010-05-14_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Bud Rice was interviewed on December 10, 2010 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at the offices of the National Park Service in Anchorage, Alaska. In this interview, Bud talks about his glacier research, the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and being on the incident command team, and his work as a planner for the National Park Service. He talks about expeditions on the ice field and Exit Glacier, naming of Exit Glacier, scientific studies in Kenai Fjords National Park, changes in wildlife populations, the road to Exit Glacier, snowmachining, skiing, hunting, trapping, hiking, and camping in the Exit Glacier area, changes in the glacier, and local reaction to establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Bud Rice, Part 2 | 2010-05-14_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is a continuation of an interview with Bud Rice by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster on December 10, 2010 at the offices of the National Park Service in Anchorage, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Bud talks about skiing, hiking, snowmachining and hunting in the Exit Glacier area, changes in Exit Glacier, conducting scientific research on the glacier, working for the National Park Service on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and climate change issues. |
Mary Barry | 2010-05-15 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Mary Barry was interviewed on December 10, 2010 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at her home in Anchorage, Alaska. In this interview, Mary talks about her family history and growing up in Seward, effects of the military presence and tourism on Seward, and how she became a writer. She talks about use of the Exit Glacier area, construction of the Herman Leirer Road to the glacier, how that affected use of the area, and her thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Maranda Nelson | 2010-05-17 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Maranda Nelson was interviewed on May 11, 2011 by Rachel Mason, Karen Brewster, and Shannon Kovac at the Qutekcak Tribal Office in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Maranda talks about her childhood, the Native community in Seward, race relations, subsistence activities, changes in wildlife populations, and the 1964 Earthquake. She talks about trapping, berry picking, hunting, and skiing in the Exit Glacier area, the road to the glacier, and her thoughts on the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Page Spencer, Part 1 | 2010-05-18_PT.1 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Page Spencer was interviewed on May 12, 2011 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at the offices of the National Park Service in Anchorage, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Page talks about growing up, her family's outdoor-based lifestyle, her parents' backgrounds, her father's work and refuge management issues, changes in wildlife populations, mining, the 1964 Earthquake, and working on the Exxon Valdez oil spill for Kenai Fjords National Park. She talks about changes in Seward, impacts from the oil spill, the stranded bulldozer up Resurrection River, her father's traverse of the Harding Icefield, skiing, hiking, and snowmachining in the Exit Glacier area, the road to the glacier, changes to the glacier and wildlife, scientific issues, and thoughts about management practices for access to Exit Glacier. |
Page Spencer, Part 2 | 2010-05-18_PT.2 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
This is the continuation of an interview with Page Spencer by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster on May 12, 2011 at the offices of the National Park Service in Anchorage, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Page talks about cross-country skiing in the Exit Glacier area, changes in the glacier and animal populations, collecting mushrooms, impacts from snowmachines, and park management issues. |
Ralph and Anne Hatch | 2010-05-16 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Ralph and Anne Hatch were interviewed on May 10, 2011 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, the Hatches talk about Ralph's growing up at the Jessie Lee Home, life in Seward in earlier days, and the 1964 Earthquake. Ralph talks about his father's cabin at Black Point and other cabins in the area, hunting in the Seward area, and expeditions on the Harding Icefield. Anne talks about changes to Exit Glacier, effects of the road to the glacier, berry picking and mushroom hunting, and thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Gloria McNutt, Part 1 | 2013-14-15_PT.1 | Wrangell-St.Elias National Park |
Gloria McNutt was interviewed on January 23, 2015 by Karen Brewster and Rachel Mason at her home in Anchorage, Alaska. Gloria's daughter, Terry Stone, assisted with the interview and added her own memories to the discussion. Terry's husband, Roger, was also present during parts of the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Gloria talks about living in Texas and moving to Alaska, living on a homestead in Sterling, Alaska and working for the post office there. Then, she mostly she talks about her husband's guiding business based out of Chisana and Horsfeld in the Wrangell St. Elias Mountains. She talks about living at Chisana, helping with the groceries and food, running a bed and breakfast, changes in the wildlife populations, and the relationship between guides and the National Park Service. Gloria also looks at old photographs of their homestead at Chisana and talks about the various buildings and what life was like there. |
Gloria McNutt, Part 2 | 2013-14-15_PT.2 | Wrangell-St.Elias National Park |
This is a continuation of the interview with Gloria McNutt on January 23, 2015 by Karen Brewster and Rachel Mason at her home in Anchorage, Alaska. Gloria's daughter, Terry Stone, assisted with the interview and added her own memories to the discussion. Terry's husband, Roger, was also present during parts of the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Gloria continues to talk about her husband's guiding business based out of Chisana and Horsfeld in the Wrangell St. Elias Mountains. She talks about the areas used for hunting, making a living from guiding and changes in the guiding business. She also talks about living on a homestead and how her husband cared for the horses he used in guiding. |
Clarence Summers, Part 1 | 2013-14-22_PT.1 | Wrangell-St.Elias National Park |
Clarence Summers was interviewed on January 27, 2106 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at the offices of the National Park Service in Anchorage, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Clarence talks about being the first district ranger stationed in Yakutat, developing a relationship with the local community, and his law enforcement and permit issuing duties. He also talks about subsistence use in the parks, and making patrols into areas of Glacier Bay and Wrangell-St. Elias National Parks and Preserves. |
Clarence Summers, Part 2 | 2013-14-22_PT.2 | Wrangell-St.Elias National Park |
This is a continuation of the interview with Clarence Summers on January 27, 2016 by Karen Brewster and Rachel Mason at the offices of the National Park Service in Anchorage, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Clarence continues to talk about his years working as a ranger for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park based out of Yakutat, Alaska. He talks about regulating hunting and fishing, working with other Park Service employees, and relationships with the local Tlingit people and their historic uses of the Malaspina Forelands and surrounding areas. He also provides an overview of his Park Service career and talks about changes he has seen during his time in Alaska and at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. |
As Videographer
Interview Title | Archive #: Oral History | Project | Abstract | Date of Interview |
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Keith Freeman | 2010-05-11 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Keith Freeman was interviewed on August 7, 2010 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at his home in Cooper Landing, Alaska. In this interview, Keith talks about helping to build the Herman Leirer Road to Exit Glacier and getting the Cat across Resurrection River. |
Aug 7, 2010 |
Ralph and Anne Hatch | 2010-05-16 | Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park |
Ralph and Anne Hatch were interviewed on May 10, 2011 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, the Hatches talk about Ralph's growing up at the Jessie Lee Home, life in Seward in earlier days, and the 1964 Earthquake. Ralph talks about his father's cabin at Black Point and other cabins in the area, hunting in the Seward area, and expeditions on the Harding Icefield. Anne talks about changes to Exit Glacier, effects of the road to the glacier, berry picking and mushroom hunting, and thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park. |
May 10, 2011 |