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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
- March 2015 (6)
- February 2015 (1)
- January 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (2)
- November 2014 (3)
- October 2014 (4)
- September 2014 (1)
- July 2014 (6)
- June 2014 (7)
- May 2014 (5)
- April 2014 (1)
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- December 2012 (7)
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Category Archives: Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Interview With Joan Best
From the interview with Joan Best of Port Hadlock, WA conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Patience Rogge on July 15, 2008. Ms. Best worked at the Fort Worden Juvenile Treatment Center as a teacher from 1965 to … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Prostitution, Racism, Runaways, Teachers
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Interview With Robert J. Clouse
From the interview with Robert J. Clouse of Port Townsend, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield at the Fort Worden History Center on March 6, 2003. Mr. Clouse served in the U.S. Army 513th Missile Battalion at Fort Worden during the … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Military
Tagged 513th Missile Battalion, Air Defenses, Army, Radar Defense Networks, Tipsy Dog Radar, USS Elder, USS Redhead
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Interview With Edward M. Barcott
From the interview with Edward M. Barcott of Port Townsend conducted by Pam Clise at the Fort Worden History Center on January 28, 2003. Mr. Barcott was a teacher at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from 1959 to 1971. … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Child Abuse, Cottages, Reading-Remedial Teaching, Teachers
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Interview With Richard Wojt
From the interview with Richard Wojt of Port Townsend conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on October 26, 2004. Mr. Wojt was a science teacher at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from 1961 to 1964. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Classrooms, Fish Tank/Aquarium, Rats in a Cage (Classroom), Science Class, Teachers
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Interview with Ella Sandvig
From the interview with Ella Sandvig of Port Townsend conducted by Teddy Clark at the Fort Worden History Center on January 18, 2003. Ms. Sandvig worked at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from May 1958 to May 1971 as clerical … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Closing of the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Social Services Department
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Interview With Ann Robson
From the interview with Ann Robson of Issaquah, WA, conducted by Pam Clise on October 11,2003 at the Fort Worden History Center. Ms. Robson’s parents, Pauline and Tom Scott worked for the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from 1959 to 1972. … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cats, Housing, Parents, Secretary of Superintendent, Sense of Community, Superintendent
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Interview With Phil Rich
From the interview with Phil Rich of Port Townsend conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on September 25, 2008. Mr. Rich taught history at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Here he discusses two of his … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cottages, Earthquakes, History Class, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Teachers
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Interview With Stan Muench
From the interview with Stan Muench of Seattle conducted by phone from the Fort Worden Oral History Center by Patience Rogge on March 16, 2005. Mr. Muench was a staff social worker at the Fort Worden Juvenile Treatment Center from June 1969 to … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Beaches, Bliss Vista, Foghorns, Housing, Social Workers
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Interview With William E. Matheson
From the interview with William E. Matheson of Port Hadlock, WA conducted by Henry West at the Fort Worden History Center on November 7, 2002. Mr. Matheson worked at Fort Worden from December 1, 1959 to July 1, 1985. He began … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Construction, Dinky Locomotive (Recovery of), Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Maintenance, Management of Parks, State Parks
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Interview with E.G. “Gus” Lindquist
From the interview with E.G. “ Gus” Lindquist of Port Townsend, conducted by John Clise at the Fort Worden History Center on October 1, 2003. Mr. Lindquist was the first Superintendent of the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center. He died in … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Bliss Vista, Housing, Psychiatrist, Superintendent
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