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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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Recent Posts
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)
- January 2014 (1)
- December 2013 (1)
- November 2013 (1)
- October 2013 (1)
- September 2013 (2)
- August 2013 (3)
- July 2013 (2)
- June 2013 (6)
- May 2013 (2)
- April 2013 (1)
- March 2013 (4)
- February 2013 (5)
- January 2013 (4)
- December 2012 (7)
- November 2012 (8)
- October 2012 (2)
- September 2012 (2)
- August 2012 (8)
- July 2012 (4)
- June 2012 (4)
- May 2012 (7)
- April 2012 (6)
- March 2012 (39)
- February 2012 (49)
- January 2012 (4)
Tag Archives: Cottages
Interview With GEW
From the interview with GEW of Issaquah, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield on May 11, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. GEW was a resident of the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center here as well as several other juvenile … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged A Frame Houses, Beach Parties, Bunkers, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Trees, Cottages, Dick Roberts, Discipline, Fake Fireplace Brick Paper, Fights, Fort Worden Visitor Information Center, Isolation Areas, Jail, Miss Vineyard, Parental Neglect, Pokey, Port Ludlow WA, Renault Dauphine Automobiles, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Siamese Cats, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Structure of Lifestyle
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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 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 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 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 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 George Earl
From the interview with George Earl of Port Townsend conducted by Carter Huth on December 23, 2004. Mr. Earl was a teacher at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Mr. Earl died in 2006. Here he discusses what it was … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Classrooms, Closing of the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Cottages, Green Hill, Teachers
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