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Oral history interview with Chester Kingsbury and Reverend Robert Shaw, April 18, 1985

Oral history interview with Chester Kingsbury and Reverend Robert Shaw about the peace movement during World War II, their attempts to undermine racism after World War II, and religious organizing for peace. The interview was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 18, 1985.For Shaw and Kingsbury, the fight against the war…
ID Number:1985.134.8
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Aki Kurose, January 31, 1985

Interview with Aki Kurose conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project in 1985. In this interview Kurose discusses being incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center and the Minidoka Relocation Center, how the concentration camps undermined the traditional closeness of Japanese-American families, her family's response to Pearl Harbor, and her experience of being part of…
ID Number:1985.134.9
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Henry MacLeod, March 26, 1985

Henry MacLeod was born in 1911 in Tacoma, Washington. He earned a BA degree at University of Washington in 1932. He joined the Seattle Times in 1932 and worked as the city editor during World War II. This interview with MacLeod, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on March 26, 1985, discusses the…
ID Number:1985.134.10
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Harold and Eileen Mansfield, December 27, 1984

Harold Mansfield was born in 1912 in White Salmon, Washington. He earned a BA in journalism. He joined Boeing as a publicity manager in 1936, and was the author of Vision: A Saga of the Sky (1956), a history of the Boeing Airplane Company.In this interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on…
ID Number:1985.134.11
Date:1984
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Oral history interview with Robert McAusland, December 17, 1984

Robert McAusland was a twelve-year old boarding at Lakeside School on the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. In this interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on December 17, 1984, McAusland recalls airplanes, the camouflaged Boeing plant, and the airplane crash at Frye Packing Plant. He speaks about youth culture during the…
ID Number:1985.134.12
Date:1984
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Oral history interview with Horace W. (H.W.) McCurdy, April 25, 1985

This interview was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 25, 1985. H.W. McCurdy built Naval bases in Alaska and ships in Seattle during the 1930s, and in this interview he talks of the trials of running his business prior to and during World War II. He discusses being under attack from…
ID Number:1985.134.13
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Lucile McDonald, April 6, 1985

Lucile Saunders McDonald was born in 1898 in Portland, Oregon. She worked as a journalist in Oregon, Argentina, and New York before an eleven-year hiatus while living in Europe. At the start of World War II, she joined the staff of the Seattle Times and stayed there for 23 years. In this interview with Lucile McDonald conducted by Lorraine McConaghy…
ID Number:1985.134.14
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Wilfred Miller, Nels Nelson, and Roy St. Clair, January 17, 1985

Interview with Wilfred Miller, Nels Nelson, and Roy St. Clair about their employment at the Lake Washington Shipyards. Topics discussed include the production changes brought by war, the shortage of Navy inspectors, worker wages, working conditions, safety standards, women welders, union activity, and a worker strike prior to Pearl Harbor.The interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the…
ID Number:1985.134.15
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Frank Miyamoto, April 23, 1985

S. Frank Miyamoto was born in 1912 in Seattle to Issei immigrants. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (1936) and Master of Arts (1938) degrees in sociology from the University of Washington. His first faculty appointment was at the University of Washington in 1941 -- an appointment that was terminated when he was forceably removed due to his Japanese heritage.…
ID Number:1985.134.16
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Frances Owen, January 29, 1985

Interview with Frances Owen conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on January 29, 1985. Owen learned of Pearl Harbor on the radio. Soon afterwards, her husband volunteered for service. She learned to be quite handy in his absence, had a variety of extra people share her home, and volunteered for children’s causes while…
ID Number:1985.134.17
Date:1985
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