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Oral history interview with Farhat Ziadeh, January 18, 2002

This interview with Farhat Ziadeh, the founder of the Jackson School’s Middle East Center and the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization at the University of Washington, was conducted by Margaret Kraushaar for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on January 18, 2002. He was an eminent scholar of Islamic law, a barrister, an Arabic grammarian, a leading…
ID Number:2019.35.1.72
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Junkoh Harui, April 20, 2004

Interview with Junkoh Harui, the owner of Bainbridge Gardens on Bainbridge Island, with Julie Kressen on April 20, 2004, for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bainbridge Gardens was started in 1911 by Harui's father and uncle. In 1941, they were forced to leave to Moses Lake during World War II. In 1958, Harui and his wife, Chris, opened the Island's…
ID Number:2019.35.8.6
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Elsie Anderson, October 18, 2004

Interview with Elsie Anderson, a Boeing employee during World War II. She started as a stenographer in the engineering department and retired as an executive secretary. Topics discussed include taking test pilots out to the hangar, playing Christmas music on the organ during lunch hours, work attire, and what Boeing was like when the war ended. Interview conducted by Patricia…
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.1
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Donna Bajocich, August 18, 2004

Interview with Donna Bajocich, a Boeing employee who worked as a riveter during World War II. Topics discussed include her work as a riveter, pressure from unwelcoming men who wanted her to leave her position, and her union membership and participation in a strike. Interview conducted by Constance Schnell in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: Rosies Oral History Project…
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.3
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Margaret Berry, September 23, 2004

Interview with Margaret Berry, a Boeing employee during World War II. She was employed as a bucker and a riveter. Topics discussed include the relationship between bucking and riveting, having to buck her own rivets, racial diversity, and plane restoration. Interview conducted by Patricia Hackett Nicola for the Speaking of Seattle: Rosies Oral History Project on September 23, 2004.
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.4
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Katie R. Burks, July 28, 2005

Katie Burks discusses her move to Seattle from Birmingham, Alabama to work as a mechanic for Boeing during World War II. She includes details about her social, family, and work life, unions, the YWCA and Mount Zion Church, discrimination in the South and Seattle she faced as an African American woman, and returning to work at Boeing in 1950. Interview…
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.1
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Vivian Laye, September 13, 2005

Interview with Vivian Laye, a Boeing employee during World War II, conducted by Anita Warmflash in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: African American Rosies Oral History Project in September 2005. Topics discussed include: moving to Seattle, her Boeing-subsidized education and work-life balance, the union, and other employment.
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.2
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Katherine D. Thompkins, September 1, 2005

Interview with Katherine D. Thompkins, a Boeing employee during World War II, conducted by Anita Warmflash in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: African American Rosies Oral History Project. Topics discussed include: moving to Seattle, difficulties with welding, working at the Boeing Little Red Barn, and the union. Please note that second part of interview is missing.
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.3
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Tomio Moriguchi, April 20, 2010

Interview with Tomio Moriguchi conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in April 2010. Moriguchi was the CEO of the Uwajimaya supermarket chain in Seattle from 1965 to 2007. Topics discussed include his family's incarceration during World War II, the family business, and his advocacy work.
ID Number:2019.35.16.13
Date:2010
Image of Chung Sun Cafe menu, circa 1943
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Chung Sun Cafe menu, circa 1943

The Chung Sun Cafe in Ballard was owned and operated by Hoisan Chinese immigrants Thomas Tan Chinn and Fong Ten Ng Chinn. Located at 5133 Ballard Avenue, the restaurant operated from the early 1940s until Thomas Chinn's sudden death in 1974. Mr. Chinn, a resident of Ballard, was also a member of the Chong Wa Benevolent Association and the Gee…
ID Number:2021.15.2
Date:Circa 1943
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