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Oral history interview with Ewen Dingwall, January 23, 1985
Contact MOHAI to OrderInterview with Ewen C. Dingwall, the executive secretary to Mayor William Devin during World War II, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on January 23, 1985. Topics discussed include Japanese American incarceration, civil defense volunteering, and wartime efforts to expand the Seattle Planning Commission's mission to include long-term planning. He also discusses his role in bringing the World's Fair to Seattle, including the infrastructure at Seattle Center.
Copyright agreement: Yes
Digitized: Yes, from analog cassette to .wav files and to CD (.cda files).
Re-digitized on 12/22/2025 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.
Copyright agreement: Yes
Digitized: Yes, from analog cassette to .wav files and to CD (.cda files).
Re-digitized on 12/22/2025 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: 1985.134.5
Date: 1985
Physical Description: 1 sound cassette (61 min. 7 sec.) : analog + 1 transcript (16 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, 1985.134.5
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects:
World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII),
Japanese American Incarceration,
Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair)
Media:
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