Thank you for all of this! It's very helpful. I appreciate this listserv so
much. Hope everyone has a happy thanksgiving,
Best
Sarah

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 5:01 PM Deborah Heiligman <
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> Sarah,
> My sister-in-law wrote a book about Balto for kids back in the 80's. You
> probably already know this, but she writes: "I don't know of any oral
> histories or radio reports, but I do know that the New York Times reported
> on the relay as it happened..." Natalie had to read on microfiche, but of
> course you can just do it online now. Some of those reports may mention
> radio...?
>
>
> Deborah Heiligman
>
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>
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> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:01 PM Sarah Craig <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi ARSC,
> >
> > I hope this finds everyone well!
> >
> > I'm doing a story about the 1925 sled dog relay in the race to deliver
> > antiserum and save the town of Nome, Alaska from a diptheria epidemic.
> >
> > I know that this was around the time that radio first started making its
> > way around the US -- so I'm looking for  news reports of the relay, of
> the
> > epidemic, or of the resulting tours from the sled dogs and their mushers
> > that were made famous. (Their names were Togo with musher Leonard
> Seappala
> > or Balto with musher Gunnar Kaasen, might be others I don't know
> about..).
> >
> > I'm also looking for any other oral histories or interviews of any
> > survivors of the epidemic or of the mushers themselves or the doctor,
> > Curtis Welch, or anyone else involved. If you have any leads, I would be
> > very thankful!
> >
> > Best
> > Sarah
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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