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I don't know if you have contacted anyone in Alaska; probably. But if not, check with these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_serum_run_to_Nome -- has listed resources about it, but apparently no newspaper sources. https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/ https://tananayukonhistory.org/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/togo-siberian-husky-sled-dog-hero-of-1925/ CBC may have something in an archive in Vancouver, BC, CAN. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/apocalypse-then-diphtheria-1.6091850 On 11/19/2021 10:59 AM, Sarah Craig 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 > > >