Bellingham Centennial Oral History Project Records 2003-2005

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Bellingham Centennial Oral History Project Records 2003-2005

The Bellingham Centennial Oral History Project records document the personal responses to significant experiences and events by long-time residents of Bellingham as a part of the city's centennial celebration. Both the audio and video interviews of Bellingham residents represent an economic, ethnic, and physical cross section of the Bellingham community and covers a broad range of topics including local environmental issues, healthcare, entertainment, Native American issues and other ethnic and race relations, industry and businesses, transportation, and education.

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Sternhagen, Nina

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Watts, Dr. Arthur

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Tweit, Gordy

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Bellingham Centennial Committee.

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Hovde, Lenny

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Roberts, Jim (James H.)

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Black Dog Productions

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Garlick, George

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Long time residents of Whatcom county, George and Lois Garlick, are well-known in the local community for their environmental work. George Garlick (1911-2005) was born at Mountain View, near Ferndale, Washington to Edsil and Mary Garlick. He later attended the University of Washington and obtained a degree in Fisheries there. George was later drafted during World War II and sent to England in a hospital unit and then to France and Germany. After the war he came back to F...

Intalco Aluminium Corporation

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Sternhagen, John

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Hillaire, Pauline

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Western Washington University. Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

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On June 10, 1999 a gas pipeline, operated by Olympic Pipe Line, burst and dumped almost 230,000 gallons of fuel into nearby Whatcom Creek in the heart of Bellingham, Washington. The fuel flowed 1 1/2 miles downstream before being accidentally ignited by two ten year old boys playing with fireworks near the creek. Wade King and Stephen Tsiorvas died the following day from severe burns. Eighteen year old flyfisherman, Liam Wood, also died along the creek due to fume inhalation and drowning. The fi...

Watts, Margaret

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Georgia Pacific Corporation

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Port of Bellingham (Wash.)

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Asmundson, Tut

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Davenport, George

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Bellingham Centennial Oral History Project.

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The Bellingham Centennial Oral History Project began in 2001 as an outgrowth of the Bellingham Centennial celebration which occurred from September 2003 to December 2004. The Centennial Committee met and proposed an oral history to add to Bellingham's documentary heritage. This collaborative effort on the part of the City of Bellingham, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, and Blackdog Productions sought out long-time residents of Bellingham to discuss their experiences...

Thompson, Myrtle Molly

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Garlick, Lois

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Hovde, Jane

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Born and raised in Washington State, artist Jane Hamilton (1921- ) met Annis Jorgen (A.J.) Hovde (1917-1984) while studying English and Art at Western Washington College of Education in Bellingham. The couple married in 1942, prior to A.J.'s three years of military service overseas. Jane received her teaching certificate in the same year, before completing a B.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Washington in Seattle. Following World War II, A.J. completed his B....

Russell, Betty

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Pacific American Fisheries, Inc.

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Pacific American Fisheries, Inc., conducted salmon fishing and canning operations on the Puget Sound and in Alaska between 1899 and 1965, with headquarters in Bellingham, Washington. Frank and E.B. Deming of Chicago formed Pacific American Fisheries (PAF) in 1899 following their purchase of Bellingham-based North Pacific Packing Company and its holdings of the Wright Brothers Fishing Company. The Demings established a shipyard on Eliza Island in Bellingham Bay, and in 19...