Life on the Homefront oral history collection, 1984-1985

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Life on the Homefront oral history collection, 1984-1985

1984-1985

http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv89619

Oral history interviews with individuals who lived in Seattle during World War II. The twenty-six oral history interviews captures memories of wartime Seattle from people who lived through it. Interviewees were selected for their collective insight into World War II's impact on morale, lifestyles, industry, entertainment, and race relations. In this collection, there are interviews with veterans, police officers, activists, entertainers, Japanese evacuees, and war workers. Interviewees include Morris Alhadeff, Dave Beck, Maurice Carlson, Mildred Cook, Parker Cook, Ewen Dingwall, Doris Eason, Howard Hurst, Chester Kingsbury, Aki Kurose, Henry MacLeod, Eileen Mansfield, Harold Mansfield, Robert McAusland, H.W. McCurdy, Lucile McDonald, Wilfred Miller, Frank Miyamoto, Nels Nelson, Frances Owen, Michael Pavone, Dr. Erroll Rawson, G. Spencer Reeves, Edith Robertson, Jerry Ross, Inez Sauer, Rev. Robert Shaw, Tomo Shoji, Bernice Simet, Olive Smith, Marjorie Sotero, Jean Sprague, Roy St. Clair, Arline Yarbrough, and Letcher Yarbrough. All the interviews were conducted by Lorraine McConaghy. The collection consists of analog audiocassettes, interview transcripts, and other material, including biographical information, clippings, and ephemera.

1.5 linear feet, (3 boxes)

eng, Latn

Museum of History and Industry

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SNAC Resource ID: 6863957

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Beck, Dave, 1894-1993

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David Lemuel Beck was born in poverty on June 16, 1894, in Stockton, California to Lemuel and Mary Beck. His first union job was as a laundry driver in Seattle, Washington where he became a member of Teamsters Local 566 Laundry and Dye Works Drivers. He was elected to the executive board of Local 566 in 1920 then in 1923 he was named president of Joint Council 28. In 1927 he was elected president of Local 566 in 1927 and that same year, he was hired by the international union as a full-time orga...

Carlson, Maurice, 1916-1987

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Pavone, Michael, 1903-1995

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McCurdy, H. W. 1899-

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Cook, Mildred M., 1916-2002

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Reeves, G. Spencer, 1907-1996

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Sotero, Marjorie E., 1915-2005

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Rawson, Erroll W., 1895-1989

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Kurose, Aki, 1925-1998

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Shoji, Tomo, 1913-1989

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MacLeod, Henry W., 1911-2000

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McConaghy, Lorraine

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McDonald, Lucile Saunders, 1898-1992

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Sprague, Jean,

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McAusland, Robert R., 1928-2004

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Yarbrough, Letcher L., 1908-1992

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Miyamoto, Frank

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Sauer, Inez B., 1910-1999

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Yarbrough, Arline J., 1912-

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Robertson, Edith A., 1907-1995

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Eason, Doris E., 1917-2001

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Museum of History and Industry (Seattle, Wash.)

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Simet, Bernice M., 1906-1998

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Boeing Airplane Company

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Mansfield, Harold H., 1912-1989

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Miller, Wilfred, 1912-1998

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Kingsbury, Chester H.

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Chester Kingsbury was an activist in the University District of Seattle. He was president of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (circa 1954), and a delegate to the Socialist Party convention in 1936. He was also a member of the Church of the People in the University District and the owner of the North Seattle Printing Company. His wife, Elsie Kingsbury, was a member of the Seattle Branch ...

Life on the Homefront Oral History Project

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The Life on the Homefront Oral History Project was part of a major exhibit at the Museum of History & Industry commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the end of World War II, "Life on the Homefront: Seattle and King County During World War II." The 1985 exhibit looked at the difficulties, sacrifices, and heroism of local residents at home during wartime. The project was funded in part by a grant from Humanities Washington. From the description of Life on the Homefront Oral His...

Cook, Parker E., 1905-1991

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Shaw, Robert, Reverend

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Alhadeff, Morris J., 1914-1994

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Mansfield, Eileen G., 1912-2000

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Hurst, Howard E., 1910-1999

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Dingwall, Ewen C., 1913-1996

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Managing director of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) in 1962. Ewen Dingwall was born in 1916 and graduated from the University of Washington in 1939. He spent his early career working for "good government" groups such as the Seattle Municipal League and the Washington Research Council, and was assistant to Seattle Mayor William Devin. When the state legislature created the Century 21 Exposition, Inc. in 1957, state and city leaders picked Dingwall to hea...

St. Clair, Roy L., 1911-1995

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