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Hi, You may know all of this and it isn't radio related bu I see these on a search on Archive.org, if they are of any help: https://archive.org/search.php?query=1925%20nome%20sled%20dog Thanks. Gene On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:30 PM Barton, Matthew <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello Sarah, > > Unfortunately, there virtually no surviving radio broadcasts from 1920s of > any kind. It was not until the mid-1930s that the network has systems in > place to archive their broadcasts. It was expensive, and most local radio > broadcasts did much less, if any. > > You may have seen this at the Library of Congress's website: > https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-20/ > > It will give you an idea of some of LOC's relevant holdings. > > It's great and inspiring moment in history. I wish you luck with it! > > All the best, > > > Matthew Barton > Library of Congress > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List < > [log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Sarah Craig > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 2:00 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Archival about 1925 sled dog relay to Nome to save > town from epidemic? > > 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 > > > > -- > c. 406.570.0436 > www.sarahcraigmedia.com >