Senior Executive Producer
Karen Perdue

Producer/Director
Michael Letzring

Writers
Laurence A. Goldin
Terrence Cole
Michael Letzring

Narrator
Jim Cissell

Editor
Michael Letzring

2nd Unit Producers
Tim Olson
Robert Hannon

Associate Producer
Deb Lawton

Videographers
Michael Letzring
Tim Olson
Aaron Elterman
Mark Cosson

Aerial Sequences
Michael Letzring
Dave King - Last Frontier Helicopters

Production Assistant
Alex Foote

Script Consultants
Jack Coghill
Vic Fischer
Katie Hurley
George Rogers
Judge Tom Stewart
George Sundborg

Historical Film & Photo
Alaska Bar Association Archives
Alaska Film Archives University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska Moving Images Preservation Association
Alaska State Library Historical Collections
Administration Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Archives & Manuscripts Department Consortium Library University of Alaska Anchorage
Atwood Foundation BBC Motion Gallery
Jack Coghill, Personal Collection
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Katie Hurley, Personal Collection
The Library of Congress
National Archives & Records
New Jersey State Archives
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library Princeton University
Seward House Foundation Historical Association, Inc.
Helen Snedden, Personal Collection
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Yale Law School

Acknowledgements
Doris Ann Bartlett
Rep. Ethan Berkowitz
Seaborn Buckalew
Rep. John Coghill
Robert DeArmand
Neva Egan
Scott Goldsmith
Chuck Gray
Governor Jay Hammond
John Havelock
Steve Haycox
Governor Walter Hickel
Marlene Johnson
Sen. Albert Kookesh
Maynard Londborg
Governor Frank Murkowski
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski
Claus-M. Naske
Mary Nordale
Burke Riley
Jean Rogers
Helen Snedden
Governor Mike Stepovich
Sen. Ben Stevens
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens
John Whitehead

Creating Alaska Advisory Board
Doris Ann Bartlett
Chancy Croft
Neva Egan
Victor Fischer
Governor Jay Hammond
Stephen Haycox
Sidney Huntington
Katie Hurley
Marlene Johnson
Governor Mike Stepovich
Thomas Morehouse
Claus-M. Naske
Mary Nordale
Walter Parker
Brian Rogers
George Rogers
Grace Schaible
Thomas Stewart
George Sundborg, Sr.
William Tobin
Governor Walter Hickel.
Lew Williams, Jr.

Creating Alaska Steering Committee
Claudia Clark
Terrence Cole
Joe Hardenbrook
Patricia Harper
Deborah Lawton
Michael Letzring
Greg Petrowich
Ann Ringstad
Kate Ripley
Anna Sorensen

Special Thanks To
Dirk Tordoff
Willy Vinton

Executive Producers
Claudia Clark
Simon Phillips

Senior Executive Producer
Karen Perdue

For KUAC-TV

Production Unit
Aaron Elterman
Michael Letzring
Deborah Lawton
Mark Cosson

Engineering & Technology
Keith Martin
Jay Harris
Tom McGrane
Willy Forgue

Development & Outreach
Gretchen Gordon
Anne Biberman
Tammy Grove
Tammy Tragis-McCook
Ann Dowdy

Business & Administration
Greg Petrowich, CEO
Kathy Mosca
Kai Brojakowski
Carly Portell
Yvonne Nieman

Executive Producer
Claudia Clark

The Creating Alaska Project Supported by
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens
University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton

Funding for The 49th Star: Creating Alaska provided by
U.S. General Services Administration

Additional Funding for the Creating Alaska Project provided by
Support from BP and ConocoPhillips through contributions to the UA Foundation