Guide to the Indivisible: Stories of American Community.
Alaskan fishing communities project records
1999-2001
Collection number: HMC-0507.
Creator:
Davis, Lynn.
Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies.
Lund, Jens, 1946-.
Rankin, Tom.
Stack, Trudy Wilner.
University of Arizona. Center for Creative Photography.
Title: Indivisible: Stories of American Community. Alaskan fishing communities project records.
Dates: 1999-2001.
Volume of collection: 1.0 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Records related to a documentary project on Alaskan fishing communities.
Organizational history:
Indivisible: Stories of American Community is a national documentary project that examined community life in America through photographs and recorded audio interviews. The project attempts to depict the creativity, energy, and depth of local involvement by various people in twelve communities located throughout the country. It was conducted by the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University in conjunction with the University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography (CCP) with funding from a Pew Foundation grant. The project directors were Tom Rankin (CDS) and Trudy Stack (CCP). One of the twelve communities on which the project focused was the Alaskan fishing communities. The Alaska project included interviews with fishers and those involved in related work in Kodiak, Spruce Bay Old Harbor, Yakutat, Fairbanks, Sitka, Unalaska, Homer, Anchorage, and Cordova. The Alaska interviews were conducted by Jens Lund. The Alaska related photographs were taken by Lynn Davis.
Collection description:
This collection contains records relating to the documentary project Indivisible: Stories of American Community, Alaskan Fishing Communities as well as general records relating to the Indivisible national project. The Alaska fishing materials include audiocassette recordings of interviews, working logs, transcripts, slides, black and white photographs, and other materials.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Audio recordings; 1999
Series 2: Audiocassette working logs; 1999
Series 3: Transcripts of interviews; 1999
Series 4: Photographs; 2001
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections. Please note access and use restrictions below.
Access restrictions: Researchers wishing to access this collection must fill out an Indivisible project research form as well as the Archives research form.
Use restrictions: The records in this collection are available for noncommercial, public service, and educational purposes only. Note that the logs and transcripts are for reference purposes only (they have not been checked for accuracy); researchers are prohibited from quoting from them by the Center for Documentary Studies agreement. Commercial or other use of any photographs, interviews, or other materials must be arranged with the CDS.
Rights note: Copyright to collection materials is not held by the Archives.
Preferred citation: Indivisible: Stories of American Community. Alaskan fishing communities project records, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Separated materials: The Indivisible project book: Local heroes changing American has been placed in the Consortium Library’s Rare Books collection.
Related materials: The main Indivisible project archives are held at Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography.
Acquisition note: The collection was given to the Archives in 2001.
Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Dennis F. Walle in 2002. The guide to the collection was updated to meet current standard by Arlene Schmuland in 2018. Materials relating to the main project were removed at that time.
Container list:
Series 1: Audio recordings; 1999. 0.3 cubic feet.
This series contains the original audiocassette recordings of meetings, events, and interviews of individuals selected for inclusion in the Indivisible project. The recorder/interviewer was Jens Lund. The tapes are in two groupings: meetings/events and interviews. Each group is generally arranged alphabetically.
| Box/Item | Description | Dates |
| 1/1-5 | Alaska Marine Conservation Council (AMCC) board meeting | 1999 March 27-29 |
| 1/6 | Alutiiq Dancers Performance at the Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 1/7 | Kodiak Crab Festival Parade | 1999 May 29 |
| 1/8 | Memorial Service for Those Lost at Sea, Kodiak | 1999 May 30 |
| 1/9 | Blessing (Russian Orthodox) the Fleet, Crab Festival, Kodiak | 1999 May 31 |
| 1/10 | Anderson, Stosh [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 1/11 | Azuyak, Tony [commercial fisherman], Old Harbor | 1999 May 26 |
| 1/12 | Bennis, Francine, Anchorage | 1999 May 27 |
| 1/13 | Berns, Chris [commercial fisherman and AMCC member], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 1/14 | Berns, Wilma and Dave Hilty [commercial fishers], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 1/15 | Borbridge, Ted [subsistence fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 1/16 | Side A: Bowen, Nevette [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Yakutat. Side B: Mikol, Bob [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Fairbanks | 1999 March 28 |
| 1/17 | Clough, Phyllis [commercial fisher], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 1/18 | Else, Page [Sitka Conservation Council member], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 1/19 | Fields, Duncan [fisheries attorney and commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 31 |
| 1/20 | Fields, Leslie [commercial fisher] | 1999 May 25 |
| 1/21 | Fish, Steve [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Sitka | 1999 June 3 |
| 1/22 | Foster, Bill [charter boat captain and sport fisheries activist], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 1/23 | Galakionoff, Nick [Aleut elder and subsistence fisherman], Unalaska | 1999 May 23 |
| 1/24 | Golodoff, Ben and Suzi [subsistence fishers], Unalaska | 1999 May 23 |
| 1/25 | Grutter, Theo [commercial halibut fisherman] | 1999 June 6 |
| 1/26 | Guthrie, Ralph (Tlingit elder and subsistence and commercial fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 2 |
| 1/27 | Hendrickson, Pete [part-time commercial fisher] | 1999 May 23 |
| 1/28 | Holm, Oliver and Eva [commercial fishers], Spruce Bay | 1999 May 25 |
| 1/29 | Holm, Oliver | 1999 May 25 |
| 1/30 | Inga, George “Papa George.” | undated |
| 1/31 | Johnson, Brian. Party at Brian Johnson’s (Includes Chuck McWethy, Michael Patitucci, Elinor Poll Ramos, Denny Stihl, and Peter ?), Kodiak | 1999 May 30-31 |
| 1/32 | Johnson, Brian [former commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 29 |
| 1/33-34 | Johnson, Kristin Stahl [fisheries biologist, conservation activist, and fisherman’s wife], Kodiak | 1999 May 25 |
| 1/35 | Jordan, Eric [commercial fisherman and charter boat captain], Sitka | 1999 May 1 |
| 1/36 | Jordan, Eric. Charter fishing boat trip in Sitka Sound with Eric Johnson [on board are deck hands Brian McNitt and Floyd Tomkins] | 1999 June 2 |
| 1/37 | Macinko, Joe [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Kodiak | 1999 May 30 |
| 1/38 | McNally, Mary Jo [legal secretary, represents sportfishers on Halibut Task Force] | 1999 June 5 |
| 1/39 | Oleyer, Piama Robinson [Aleut subsistence fisher] | 1999 May 22 |
| 1/40 | Paden, Bill [commercial fisher] | 1999 June 3 |
| 1/41 | Peterson, Jeff [Alutiiq native; commercial fisher and guide], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
Series 2: Audiocassette working logs; 1999. 0.1 cubic feet.
This series consists of the working logs, or summaries, for most of the interviews listed in Series 1. Some logs represent recordings not present in series 1. Researchers may not quote from the logs in this collection. Quotes may be made from the audiocassettes. The logs are arranged in two groupings: the first grouping is of logs for which tapes exist in Series 1 and the second grouping is logs for tapes not in Series 1. Within each grouping, logs are generally in alphabetical order by event name or interviewee name.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 2/1 | Alaska Marine Conservation Council (AMCC) board meeting | 1999 March 27-29 |
| 2/1 | Alutiiq Dancers Performance at the Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 2/1 | Kodiak Crab Festival Parade | 1999 May 29 |
| 2/1 | Memorial Service for Those Lost at Sea, Kodiak | 1999 May 30 |
| 2/2 | Anderson, Stosh [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 2/2 | Azuyak, Tony [commercial fisherman], Old Harbor | 1999 May 26 |
| 2/2 | Bennis, Francine, Anchorage | 1999 May 27 |
| 2/2 | Berns, Chris [commercial fisherman and AMCC member], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 2/2 | Berns, Wilma and Dave Hilty [commercial fishers], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 2/2 | Borbridge, Ted [subsistence fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/2 | Side A: Bowen, Nevette [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Yakutat. Side B: Mikol, Bob [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Fairbanks | 1999 March 28 |
| 2/2 | Clough, Phyllis [commercial fisher], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 2/2 | Else, Page [Sitka Conservation Council member], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/2 | Fields, Duncan [fisheries attorney and commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 31 |
| 2/2 | Fields, Leslie [commercial fisher] | 1999 May 25 |
| 2/2 | Fish, Steve [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Sitka | 1999 June 3 |
| 2/2 | Foster, Bill [charter boat captain and sport fisheries activist], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/2 | Galakionoff, Nick [Aleut elder and subsistence fisherman], Unalaska | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/2 | Golodoff, Ben and Suzi [subsistence fishers], Unalaska | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/2 | Grutter, Theo [commercial halibut fisherman] | 1999 June 6 |
| 2/2 | Guthrie, Ralph (Tlingit elder and subsistence and commercial fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 2 |
| 2/2 | Hendrickson, Pete [part-time commercial fisher] | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/2 | Holm, Oliver and Eva [commercial fishers], Spruce Bay | 1999 May 25 |
| 2/2 | Johnson, Brian. Party at Brian Johnson’s (Includes Chuck McWethy, Michael Patitucci, Elinor Poll Ramos, Denny Stihl, and Peter ?), Kodiak | 1999 May 30-31 |
| 2/2 | Johnson, Brian [former commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 29 |
| 2/2 | Johnson, Kristin Stahl [fisheries biologist, conservation activist, and fisherman’s wife], Kodiak | 1999 May 25 |
| 2/2 | Jordan, Eric [commercial fisherman and charter boat captain], Sitka | 1999 May 1 |
| 2/2 | Jordan, Eric. Charter fishing boat trip in Sitka Sound with Eric Johnson [on board are deck hands Brian McNitt and Floyd Tomkins] | 1999 June 2 |
| 2/2 | Macinko, Joe [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Kodiak | 1999 May 30 |
| 2/2 | McNally, Mary Jo [legal secretary, represents sportfishers on Halibut Task Force] | 1999 June 5 |
| 2/2 | Oleyer, Piama Robinson [Aleut subsistence fisher] | 1999 May 22 |
| 2/2 | Paden, Bill [commercial fisher] | 1999 June 3 |
| 2/2 | Peterson, Jeff [Alutiiq native; commercial fisher and guide], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 2/3 | Mechau, Dorik and Carolyn Servid [nonprofit Island Institute], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/3 | Powell, Guy C [retired fisheries biologist], Kodiak | 1999 May 29 |
| 2/3 | Price, Chris [Environmental Coordinator for Qawalingen], Unalaska | 1999 May 21 |
| 2/3 | Schmidt, Julia, Suzanne [fisheries observer], Kodiak | 1999 May 29 |
| 2/3 | Skordahl, Jay [commercial fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 1 |
| 2/3 | Stinson, Jay E. [commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 2/3 | Storrs, Bob [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Unalaska | 1999 May 22 |
| 2/3 | Tellman, Walter [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Unalaska | 1999 March 27 |
| 2/3 | Tellman, Walter (second interview) | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/3 | Tellman, Walter, crabbing trip in Captain’s Bay off Unalaska | 1999 May 21 |
| 2/3 | Thomas, Mark E. [small boat fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 31 |
| 2/3 | Side A: Ujioka, Glenn [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Cordova and Side B: Seaton, Paul [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Homer | 1999 March 28 |
Series 3: Transcripts of interviews; 1999. 0.2 cubic feet.
This series consists of the working transcripts for most of the interviews listed in Series 1. Some transcripts represent recordings not present in series 1. Researchers may not quote from the transcripts in this collection. Quotes may be made from the audiocassettes. The transcripts are arranged in two groupings: the first grouping is of transcripts for which tapes exist in Series 1 and the second grouping is transcripts for tapes not in Series 1. Within each grouping, transcripts are generally in alphabetical order by event name or interviewee name.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 2/4 | Alaska Marine Conservation Council (AMCC) board meeting | 1999 March 27-29 |
| 2/4 | Memorial Service for Those Lost at Sea, Kodiak | 1999 May 30 |
| 2/5 | Anderson, Stosh [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 2/5 | Azuyak, Tony [commercial fisherman], Old Harbor | 1999 May 26 |
| 2/5 | Berns, Chris [commercial fisherman and AMCC member], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 2/5 | Berns, Wilma and Dave Hilty [commercial fishers], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 2/5 | Borbridge, Ted [subsistence fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/5 | Side A: Bowen, Nevette [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Yakutat. Side B: Mikol, Bob [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Fairbanks | 1999 March 28 |
| 2/5 | Clough, Phyllis [commercial fisher], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 2/5 | Else, Page [Sitka Conservation Council member], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/5 | Fields, Duncan [fisheries attorney and commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 31 |
| 2/5 | Fields, Leslie [commercial fisher] | 1999 May 25 |
| 2/5 | Fish, Steve [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Sitka | 1999 June 3 |
| 2/5 | Foster, Bill [charter boat captain and sport fisheries activist], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/5 | Galakionoff, Nick [Aleut elder and subsistence fisherman], Unalaska | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/5 | Golodoff, Ben and Suzi [subsistence fishers], Unalaska | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/5 | Grutter, Theo [commercial halibut fisherman] | 1999 June 6 |
| 2/5 | Guthrie, Ralph (Tlingit elder and subsistence and commercial fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 2 |
| 2/5 | Hendrickson, Pete [part-time commercial fisher] | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/5 | Holm, Oliver and Eva [commercial fishers], Spruce Bay | 1999 May 25 |
| 2/6 | Johnson, Brian. Party at Brian Johnson’s (Includes Chuck McWethy, Michael Patitucci, Elinor Poll Ramos, Denny Stihl, and Peter ?), Kodiak | 1999 May 30-31 |
| 2/6 | Johnson, Brian [former commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 29 |
| 2/6 | Johnson, Kristin Stahl [fisheries biologist, conservation activist, and fisherman’s wife], Kodiak | 1999 May 25 |
| 2/6 | Jordan, Eric [commercial fisherman and charter boat captain], Sitka | 1999 May 1 |
| 2/6 | Jordan, Eric. Charter fishing boat trip in Sitka Sound with Eric Johnson [on board are deck hands Brian McNitt and Floyd Tomkins] | 1999 June 2 |
| 2/6 | Macinko, Joe [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Kodiak | 1999 May 30 |
| 2/6 | McNally, Mary Jo [legal secretary, represents sportfishers on Halibut Task Force] | 1999 June 5 |
| 2/6 | Oleyer, Piama Robinson [Aleut subsistence fisher] | 1999 May 22 |
| 2/6 | Paden, Bill [commercial fisher] | 1999 June 3 |
| 2/6 | Peterson, Jeff [Alutiiq native; commercial fisher and guide], Old Harbor | 1999 May 27 |
| 2/7 | Mechau, Dorik and Carolyn Servid [nonprofit Island Institute], Sitka | 1999 June 4 |
| 2/7 | Powell, Guy C [retired fisheries biologist], Kodiak | 1999 May 29 |
| 2/7 | Price, Chris [Environmental Coordinator for Qawalingen], Unalaska | 1999 May 21 |
| 2/7 | Schmidt, Julia, Suzanne [fisheries observer], Kodiak | 1999 May 29 |
| 2/7 | Skordahl, Jay [commercial fisherman], Sitka | 1999 June 1 |
| 2/7 | Stinson, Jay E. [commercial fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 28 |
| 2/7 | Storrs, Bob [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Unalaska | 1999 May 22 |
| 2/7 | Tellman, Walter [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Unalaska | 1999 March 27 |
| 2/7 | Tellman, Walter (second interview) | 1999 May 23 |
| 2/7 | Tellman, Walter, crabbing trip in Captain’s Bay off Unalaska | 1999 May 21 |
| 2/7 | Thomas, Mark E. [small boat fisherman], Kodiak | 1999 May 31 |
| 2/7 | Side A: Ujioka, Glenn [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Cordova and Side B: Seaton, Paul [commercial fisherman and AMCC Board member], Homer | 1999 March 28 |
Series 4: Photographs; 2001. 0.4 cubic feet.
The photographs are in two groupings, slides and prints. The slides are all in black and white.
| Box/Folder | Item | Description |
| 2/8 | AMCC1 | Theo Grutter, Sitka, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC2 | Theo Grutter’ son, Ivan, Sitka, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC3a-c | Triptych: Bob Storrs and his house, Unalaska, Aleutians, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC4 | Mount Edgecumbe from Eric Jordan’s boat, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC5 | Fish nets, Sitka, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC6 | Halibut, Sitka, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC7 | USS Northwestern, Dutch Harbor, Aleutians, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC8 | Holy Ascension of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Unalaska, Aleutians, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC9 | Raven totem, Sitka, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC10a-c | Triptych: landscape of Unalaska, Walter Tellman, Walter and Brenda Tellman in their boat, Aleutians, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC11 | House of subsistence fisherman, Kogwonton Street, Sitka, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC12 | Little Priest Rock, Sitka, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC13 | Tramp steamer, Unalaska, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC14 | Large Marge’s dog, World War II bunker, Dutch Harbor, Aleutians, 35mm slide |
| 2/8 | AMCC15 | Joe Shaishnikoff, Dutch Harbor, Aleutians |
| 2/8 | AMCC16 | William “Buzz” Lekanoff, Dutch Harbor, Aleutians |
| 2/8 | AMCC17 | Seafood processing plant worker, Sitka |
| 2/8 | AMCC18 | Deepwater rockfish, Sitka |
| 3 | 1 | Seafood processing plant worker, Sitka, print |
| 3 | 2 | House of a subsistence fisherman, Kogwonton Street, Sitka, print |
| 3 | 3-4 | Concrete pillar, possibly Aleutian Islands, print |
| 3 | 5 | Fish net with catch, print |
| 3 | 6 | Sailboat on dock hoist, print |
| 3 | 7 | Cargo containers, print |
| 3 | 8 | World War 2-era bunker, Aleutian Islands, print |
| 3 | 9 | St. Michael’s Cathedral, Sitka, print |
| 3 | 10 | Chapel of St. Herman, Kodiak, print |
| 3 | 11 | Freighters, print |
| 3 | 12 | Wreckage of a small boat, print |
| 3 | 13 | Grave marker in cemetery, print |
| 3 | 14 | Marker on Jessica Haggen’s grave, Sitka, print |
| 3 | 15-18 | Little Priest Rock, Dutch Harbor, print |
| 3 | 19 | Eagles perched on a hopper, print |
| 3 | 20 | Freighting trucks, print |
| 3 | 21 | Ships Dawn and Dusk, print |
| 3 | 22 | Unidentified man with dog at marina, print |
| 3 | 23 | Walter and Brenda Tellman, Unalaska, print |
| 3 | 24 | Unidentified man aboard fishing vessel, print |
| 3 | 25 | Men aboard the Pauline Lisle, Unalaska, print |
| 3 | 26 | Bob Storrs, Unalaska, print |