Archiving AK with the UAA/APU Archives

Oral history interview from the UAA. Consortium Library. Archives and Special Collections. Student oral history interviews. Aiden Arel Gutierrez, a freshman political science major and Union of Students senator at UAA, is interviewed by Becky Butler Gallegos about his experience as a UAA student on April 8, 2025.

Bernice Nisbett, a fourth year PhD student in the Clinical-Community Psychology program at UAA, is interviewed by Becky Butler Gallegos about her experience as a UAA student on October 14, 2025.

Oral history interview from the UAA. Consortium Library. Archives and Special Collections. Student oral history interviews. Moira Marshall, a senior History major and intern in the Archives, is interviewed by Becky Butler Gallegos about her experience as a UAA student on September 24, 2026.

Oral history interview from the UAA. Consortium Library. Archives and Special Collections. Student oral history interviews. Rachel Nill, interdisciplinary graduate student, is interviewed by Becky Butler Gallegos about her experience as a UAA student on June 24, 2024.

Oral history interview from the UAA. Consortium Library. Archives and Special Collections. Student oral history interviews. Caleb Yabes, a graduate student in the Master of Public Policy program at UAA, is interviewed by Becky Butler Gallegos about his experience as a UAA student on October 8, 2026.

Julia O'Malley, granddaughter of Fred and Lidia Selkregg, speaks with archivist Becky Butler Gallegos about her family's papers. Lidia Selkregg was a land use planner, University of Alaska Anchorage faculty member, earthquake researcher, and Anchorage Assemblywoman (among many other things!). Fred was an insurance adjustor, Postmaster of Anchorage, code enforcement officer (again, among many other things!). In fact, we learn Fred was a mystic in this episode!

View the description of the Fred and Lidia Selkregg papers here: https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-0631/

Cover photo is the Selkreggs with their children and grandchildren. It was taken circa 1977-1983 for one of Lidia Selkregg's Assembly campaigns.

John Wolfe joins archivist Becky Butler Gallegos to discuss the papers of his mother, Helen D. Nienhueser. Nienhueser was a Department of Natural Resources land use planner, advocate for trails and political issues, and author of "55 Ways to the Wilderness of Southcentral Alaska." Nienhueser's papers are available to the public at the UAA/APU Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections. You can view her collection description and get the link to her digitized photographs here: https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-1476/

Neil C. Johannsen joins archivist Becky Butler Gallegos to his career with the Alaska State Parks and his related collection held by the UAA/APU Archives.

Link to the Neil C. Johannsen Alaska State Parks history collection: https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-1046/

Cover photo is provided by Neil C. Johannsen and is taken in Kachemak Bay State Park.

Becky and Luna discuss the digitization of tapes from the Commonwealth North records. They also get into the possibilities of AI transcription.

Find links mentioned in the podcast on the Archives' blog: https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/2025/08/08/archiving-ak-federal-lands-3-commonwealth-north/

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