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Eleanor Oakes

Eleanor "Ellie" Oakes was born in 1927 in Alameda, California. She was trained as a nurse at Mary's Health in San Francisco, California. Eleanor came to Alaska in 1951 as a public health nurse stationed at the US Public Health Service Native hospital in Tanana, Alaska. Her husband was a doctor with the Public Health Service and when he was transferred from Tanana to Nome, Alaska in 1953, Eleanor went with him. She has lived and worked in Nome as a medical provider ever since. Mostly she worked out of the hospital in Nome, but sometimes made trips to the neighboring villages. Eleanor retired from being a nurse in 1990 and continued to live in Nome.

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Community Health Aide Program

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Eleanor Oakes	Eleanor "Ellie" Oakes was interviewed on November 8, 2005 by Karen Brewster in the Kawerak Corporation building's conference room in Nome, Alaska. Eleanor is a private person who had to be strongly persuaded to do this interview, so she has chosen not to make it available on the Internet. In this interview, she talks about coming to Alaska, her early nursing jobs, what conditions were like at the Nome hospital, the duties of a public health nurse, and how she has seen rural health care change over the years. This interview is only available at the Oral History Program, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Please contact Robyn Russell at (907) 474-6773 or rlrussell@alaska.edu to obtain a copy of the recording.	2004-17-23	Community Health Aide Program	Nov 8, 2005