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About the FWOH Program
The volunteers of the Fort Worden Oral History Program have collected almost 300 interviews with the men and women who have served, lived, worked, or visited Fort Worden over its long history since the program’s inception in 2003. The interviews tell of the real life experiences of those who served at Fort Worden during the military era; who worked or lived here during the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center days; or have visited, participated in activities, or worked at the fort since it became a state park conference center.
These interviews, which have been transcribed and cataloged, form a rich treasure trove of stories that should be mined for source material by historians, students, genealogists, and writers.
Interviews by Subject
- 369th EASR
- Army
- Army Families
- Army Wives
- Artillery Hill
- Atomic Bomb Tests
- Campgrounds
- Centrum
- Centrum Foundation
- Children's Games
- Closing of the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center
- Coast Artillery-248th
- Coast Guard
- Commanding Officers
- Commanding Officers Quarters at Fort Worden
- Cottage Parents
- Cottages
- Death
- Discipline
- Enemy Fire
- Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th
- Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR)
- Ferries
- Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
- Fiddle tunes
- Fort Flagler
- Fort Lewis
- Fort Worden
- Fort Worden Parade Ground
- General James H. Cunningham
- Greenland
- Guns
- Hangar (Balloon)
- Harbor Entrance Control Post
- Housing
- Hydrophones
- Inchon Landing
- Isolation
- Japan
- Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center
- Korean War
- Korean War Era
- Living Conditions
- McCurdy Pavilion
- Meals
- Military Police
- Mines
- National Guard
- Navy
- Officers Row
- Park Rangers
- Point Wilson Lighthouse
- Port Townsend
- Prisoners of War
- Pusan
- Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
- Runaways
- Russians
- Seasickness
- Sergeants
- Shift Duty
- Ships
- Socialization
- Social Life
- Social Workers
- Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
- State Parks
- Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Submarines
- Target Practice
- Teachers
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- World War II
Interviews by Category
- General (2)
- Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center (47)
- Military (125)
- Washington State Parks (42)
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Interview Archives
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Category Archives: Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Interview With Jack Bilan
From the interview with Jack Bilan of Port Townsend conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on July 1, 2003. Mr. Bilan taught mathematics at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from 1968 until the Center closed … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Interview With Annette Bailey
From the interview with Annette Bailey of Sun City, AZ conducted by phone by John Clise on April 7, 2004 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mrs. Bailey’s late husband, L. Leslie Bailey, was Group Life Director at the Juvenile … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Beach, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center--Family Life, L. Leslie Bailey, Officers Row, Port Townsend, Socialization
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Interview With Doug R. Wiley
From the interview with Doug R. Wiley of Port Townsend, WA conducted by John Clise at the Fort Worden History Center on July 31, 2003. Mr. Wiley worked as a group life counselor at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Bullies, Counselors, Discipline, Isolation, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Socialization, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With Robert Stead
From the interview with Robert Stead of Federal Way, WA conducted by Patience Rogge on March 29, 2005 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Snead worked at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center when he was a … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cottage Parents, Cottages, Discipline, Green Hill, Isolation, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With Valerie O. Koschnick
From the interview with Valerie O. Koschnick of Centralia, WA on February 12, 2004 conducted by Patience Rogge. Ms. Koschnick is the widow of Robert Koschnick, the Superintendent of the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center when it closed in 1971. She … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Closing the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Social Service Department, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Superintendents
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Interview With Dean A. Shute
From the interview with Dean A. Shute of Rochester, WA conducted by Rick Martinez at the Fort Worden History Center on July 17, 2003. Mr. Shute worked at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from 1968 to 1971. Here he … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cottages, Discipline, Isolation, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With Elizabeth L. Reid
From the interview with Mrs. Elizabeth L. Reid conducted by Patience Rogge on October 11, 2007 at Mrs. Reid’s home in Port Townsend, WA for the Fort Worden Oral History Program. Mrs. Reid was employed as a Cottage Parent at … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cottage Parents, Cottages, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With CWP
From the interview with CWP of Renton, WA conducted by Tim Caldwell by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on November 7, 2006. CWP was a resident at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center in 1967-68 when … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Isolation, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Runaways, Socialization
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Interview With LRH
From the interview with LRH of Sumner, WA conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on November 2, 2004 from the Fort Worden History Center. LHR was a resident at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center in 1959 when … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cottages, Discipline, Isolation, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Socialization
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Interview With LKF
From the interview with LKF of Chattaroy, WA conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on January 29, 2008. LKF was a resident of the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center in 1957-58, when … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Bullies, Food, Juvenile Institutions-Recreation, Youth-Drug Use
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