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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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- February 2015 (1)
- January 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (2)
- November 2014 (3)
- October 2014 (4)
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- July 2014 (6)
- June 2014 (7)
- May 2014 (5)
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- December 2012 (7)
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Category Archives: Washington State Parks
Interview With Robert C. Petersen
From the interview with Robert C. Petersen of Long Beach, WA conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on January 4, 2007 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Petersen served on the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission from 1991 … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Decision-Making, Firearms, Guns, Law Enforcement, Park Rangers, Police Mentality, Ranger Training, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, Washington State Parks Commissioners
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Interview With Gary Cummins
From the interview with Gary Cummins of Port Townsend conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on January 3, 2012. Mr. Cummins is the chair of the Fort Worden Advisory Committee, he retired from a long and … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Fort Worden Advisory Committee, Fort Worden Management, Fort Worden Public Development Authority, National Park Service Retirees, Organizational Change, Public Development Authority, Public Process in Decision-making, Rumors
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Interview With Carmyn Shute
From the interview with Carmyn Shute of Port Townsend conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on April 14, 2011. Ms. Shute is Conference Coordinator 3 at Fort Worden State Park Conference Center, where she has worked … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Blues, Centrum, Complete Meeting Package Program, Conference Planning, Customer Service Specialists, Fiddle tunes, Fort Worden Partners, Fort Worden-Employees, Jazz Port townsend, Lifelong Learning Center Plan, Madrona MindBody Institute, Mission of Fort Worden, Parade Grounds, Port Townsend School of Woodworking, Program managers, Steve Shively, Susan Thomas, Third Ear, Tribal Canoe Journey, Voice Works
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Interview With Mancel May
From the interview with Mancel May of Olympia, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield on June 10, 2003 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. May was employed by Washington State Parks Development Team as Supervisor of Concessions and Leases from 1967 … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Ang Taylor, Charles H. Odegaard, Concessions and Leases at Fort Worden, Dan Evans, Discovery Bay Lodge and Restaurant, Fort Worden History, Glen Bellerud, Gus Lindquist, Jim Farmer, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Washington Governor Dan Evans, Washington State Legislature Appropriations, Washington State Parks Development Team
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Interview With Steven R. Ballou
From the interview with Steven R. Ballou of Port Townsend conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on October 26, 2004. He worked as production manager for Centrum from April 1996 to November 1999, and then became … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Boat Haven in Port Townsend, Caretakers, Centrum, Exchange Programs with France, Foresters, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Nathalie Ballou, North Carolina, Portsmouth Virginia, Poulsbo Washington, Romances, Sailboats
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Interview With Kate Burke
From the interview with Kate Burke of Port Townsend conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on April 12, 2010. Ms. Burke was Park Manager at Fort Worden from 2003 to 2012. Here she describes the process … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Carol Shiffman, Centrum, Conference Centers, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden Advisory Committee, Fort Worden Partners, Interviews, Jack Hartt, Mike Zimmerman, Park Managers, Park Rangers, Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce, Ranger Training, Russell Hendricks, State Parks, Susan Thomas, Timothy Caldwell, Todd Jensen, Washington Laws and Administrative Codes, Wayne McLaughlin
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Interview With Thatcher Bailey
From the interview with Thatcher Bailey conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on January 26, 2012 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Bailey worked for Centrum at several different times in different capacities. Here he describes how he came … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Amherst College, Centrum, Chevy Chase Inn, Chevy Chase Resort, Chimacum Elementary School, Interns, Joseph Wheeler, Marjorie Nelson, Marrowstone Music Festival, Mary Chase, Northwest Artists, Phillip Bailey, Point Hudson, Port Townsend, Victor Steinberg, Washington State Support for the Arts
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Interview with Jeffrey D. Wheeler
From the interview with Jeffrey D. Wheeler of Camano Island, WA conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on March 20, 2007 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Wheeler is a Ranger at Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island. … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Blaine Bellerud, Cama Beach State Park, Centrum, Children's Games, Dan Harpole Cistern, Dodgeball, Fort Worden State Park, Glen Bellerud, Joseph Wheeler, Madrona MindBody Institute, Park Rangers, Rainier Beer, Tunnels at Fort Worden
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Interview with Anne Unbedacht
From the interview with Anne Unbedacht of Port Townsend conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on August 21, 2008. Here she describes her former job in catering for the defunct Community Enterprises at Fort Worden, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Battery Tolles, Community Enterptises, Kitchen Shelter at Fort Worden, Parents, Wedding Planning, Weddings
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