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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: Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center
Interview With Dave Backman
From the interview with Dave Backman of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center on March 29, 2007 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Backman grew up in Port Townsend, and after retiring moved back to his hometown. He served … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Children's Games, Cottage Parents, Dave Edwards, Football, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Parade Ground, High School Sports, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Juvenile diagnostic and Treatment Center--Residents
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Interview With JDC
From the interview with JDC of Olympia, WA conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on April 13, 2004. JDC was a resident of the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center for six to eight weeks at about … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Army, Cedar Creek Forestry Camp, Effect of Military Service, Fort Worden, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Juvenile Reformatories, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With April N. Miller
Excerpts from the interview with April N. Miller of New York, NY conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on February 7, 2012 by Eleanor Rigby. Ms. Miller is the daughter of Marshall Earl Miller and Muriel Smock … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged 4-H, Artillery Hill, Chaplains at Fort Worden, Children's Games, Choir at Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Dressage, Equitation, Families of Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Fort Worden, Horsemanship, Horses, Jefferson County Fair, Jody Stewart, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Marshall Earl Miller, Muriel Smock Miller Severns, Ponies, Port Townsend School District No. 50, Rhododendron Festival Activities, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With Don Willott
From the interview with Don Willott of Bainbridge Island, WA conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on March 23, 2004. Mr. Willott worked at the Fort Worden Juvenile Treatment Center from September 1967 to June 1968 … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Bob Warfield, Cascadia Diagnostic Center, Commanding Officers Quarters, Echo Glen, Forestry Camps, Fort Worden, Graduate Students, Green Hill School, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Juvenile Justice System, Port Townsend, Practicum in Social Work, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Sentencing of Juveniles, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), University of Washington School of Social Work, Western State Hospital
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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 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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