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Oral history interview with Wilfred Miller, Nels Nelson, and Roy St. Clair, January 17, 1985
Contact MOHAI to OrderInterview 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 Homefront Oral History Project on January 17, 1985, begins with each man’s story of how he came to work at Lake Washington shipyard. They speak about the changes war brought to production, the shortage of Navy inspectors, worker wages, working conditions, safety standards, transportation, women welders, a worker strike before Pearl Harbor, union activity, goofing off at work, shipyard security, and wartime entertainments, including shipyard prostitution.
Copyright agreement: Yes
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.
The interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on January 17, 1985, begins with each man’s story of how he came to work at Lake Washington shipyard. They speak about the changes war brought to production, the shortage of Navy inspectors, worker wages, working conditions, safety standards, transportation, women welders, a worker strike before Pearl Harbor, union activity, goofing off at work, shipyard security, and wartime entertainments, including shipyard prostitution.
Copyright agreement: Yes
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.
ID Number: 1985.134.15
Date: 1985
Creator(s):
Miller, Wilfred, Interviewee;
McConaghy, Lorraine, Interviewer;
Nelson, Nels, Interviewee;
St. Clair, Roy, Interviewee
Physical Description: 2 sound cassettes (125 min. 23 sec.) : analog + 1 transcript (42 pages)
Additional Information: Inventoried as part of a 2018 4Culture Collections Care grant.
View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv89619
View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv89619
Credit: MOHAI, Life on the Homefront Oral History Collection, 1985.134.15
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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