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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)
- January 2014 (1)
- December 2013 (1)
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- 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)
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- July 2012 (4)
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- May 2012 (7)
- April 2012 (6)
- March 2012 (39)
- February 2012 (49)
- January 2012 (4)
Tag Archives: Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
Interview With Cynthia Johnson
From the interview with Cynthia Johnson of Lake Oswego, OR conducted by Rae Tennyson at the Fort Worden History Center on July 7, 2002. Ms. Johnson and her young son Shane had been participating in Centrum’s Festival of American Fiddle … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Banjo Players, Cajun Music, Cape Breton Music, Centrum, Centrum Foundation, Children's Music Education, Dewey Balfa, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Fiddlers, Folk Music, Fort Worden, Irish Music, Mexican Music, Musicians, Old time Music, Scottish Music, Shane Johnson, Traditional Music
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Interview With Darrel R. “Gus” Gustafson
An excerpt from the interview with Darrel R. “Gus” Gustafson of Edgewood, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on September 25, 2012 by Clio Ward. Mr. Gustafson worked at Fort Worden from April 1973 until December … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged An Officer and a Gentleman movie, Ballet Camps at Fort Worden, Building 225 at Fort Worden, Centrum Foundation, Cooks, Dancers, Debra Winger, Dining Hall at Fort Worden, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Fire Protection at Fort Worden, Food at Fort Worden, Fort Worden, Fort Worden State Park Conference Center, Glen Bellerud, Improvements to Fort Worden, Louis Gossett jr, McCurdy Pavilion, Movie Company Personnel, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Port Townsend, Renovation of Buildings at Fort Worden, Richard Gere, Tourism at Fort Worden
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Interview With Kay W. Wilson
From the interview with Kay W. Wilson of Silverdale, WA conducted by Henry West at the Fort Worden History Center on July 7, 2002. At the time, Ms. Wilson, a former resident of Port Townsend, was attending the Festival of … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged American Music, Appalachian Music, Appalachian Musicians, Balloon Hangars, Bertram Levy, Blimp Hangars, Cape Breton Fiddlers, Cape Breton Musicians, Cape Breton Pianists, Centrum, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Folk Music, McCurdy Pavilion, Piano Accompaniment Styles, Piano Instruction, Tents, Traditional Music
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Interview With Patricia S. Simpson
From the interview with Patricia S. Simpson of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Patience Rogge on March 6, 2008. Ms. Simpson worked as a secretary at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center for two years, … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Centrum, Chetzemoka Park, Dr. Bill Shire, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Fort Worden, Foxes, Friends of Fort Worden, Gus Lindquist, Mary Johnson, Musicians, Port Townsend Police, Runners and Running, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Telephone Operators, Telephone Switchboards, Typewriters, Wildlife
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Interview with Ryan J. Thomson
From the interview with Ryan J. Thomson of Newmarket, NH conducted by Rae Tennyson at the Fort Worden History Center on July 6, 2002. Mr. Thomson described himself as “a full time folk musician” and here he tells how, in … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Bertram Levy, Centrum, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Fiddles, Folk Musicians, Frank Ferrell, Music Festivals, Port Townsend
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