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 the Japanese on Kodiak Island. He speaks of Pearl Harbor, relations with the Soviet Union, and the influence of unions. The interview has quotes from McCurdy’s book "Don’t Leave Any Holidays."

Copyright agreement: Yes, interviewee only granted permission to use oral history for exhibition. Edited transcript is okay to use; if audio is cut to match edited transcript.
Digitized: Yes, from analog cassette to .wav files and to CD (.cda files)
Re-Digitized in 2025 from analog cassette to .wav file.
Transcript: Yes, scanned from original analog to .pdf (final); original hard copy of rough draft and final transcript in admin file. (Transcript has been online since before 2017, so left online.)