Post-1943 Oral Histories
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Post-1943 Oral Histories
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Oral histories with residents about the Hanford area during and following the Second World War
Description
Oral histories with residents about the Hanford area during and following the Second World War
Rights
Those interested in reproducing part or all of this collection should contact the Hanford History Project at ourhanfordhistory@tricity.wsu.edu, who can provide specific rights information for these items.
Items in the Post-1943 Oral Histories Collection
Interview with Mike Lawrence
Discusses Hanford's N Reactor, addresses its unique dual mission as both a production and power reactor, the significance of safety upgrades post-Chernobyl, and the importance of openness and stakeholder engagement.
N Reactor Opening Day
The document covers the opening ceremony and reflections on Hanford’s N Reactor, highlighting its historic significance, technological innovation, and its roles in both national defense and civilian power production. Speakers discuss the importance…
Interview with John Lucas
The interview with Jonathan Lucas details his work at Hanford’s N Reactor, describing duties ranging from fuel handling and reactor operations to writing new safety procedures after Chernobyl. He reflects on shift work, increased security in the…
Interview with Bob Heineman
Interview with Bob Heineman for the Hanford Oral History Project. Bob talks about his parents work at Hanford, his education in Police Science, and his work on Hanford Patrol.View the interview on YouTube
Interview with Christina Robison
Christina talks about her career as one of the first women to do "D&D" (decontamination and decommissioning) work at the Hanford Site.
Interview with Marjorie Ann McCormack
Margie talks about her involvement with Atomic Energy / National Labs, and Kadlec. She fondly remembers the Dorm Club.
Interview with Carlos Leon
Carlos Leon talks about the hiring process, the friends and mentors he had while working in the N Reactor.
Interview with Garrold Lyon
Garrold Lyon talks about his time working in Hanford Patrol and at various reactor sites and tank farms. He talks about his sons that still work at Hanford.
Interview with Donna Whiteside
Donna Whiteside reflects on moving to Richland when her father moved the family from Montana. Donna worked as a patrolman working graveyard or swing before taking other security related positions until she retired and traveled for sometime in her RV.
Interview with Betty Norton
Betty reflects on moving to Richland from Tennessee when her father (Cecil Bell) moved from working with Kankakee Ordnance to Hanford in February 1944.
Interview with Sandra Paine
Sandra Paine talks about her time working in the Tank Farms as a Nuclear Chemical Operator. She reflects on the changes that have happened and the pleasant memories while working at the Hanford site.
Interview with Joselito Ines
Lito Ines started as an apprentice operating engineer for the local 370 working as a heavy equipment operator. He immigrated from the Philippines at age 15 in 1967.
Interview with Cliff Groff
Cliff Groff was a reporter for the Tri-City Herald before becoming a writer for the Hanford Site. He started writing as an operations procedure specialist and retired as the senior engineering writer. In addition to working as a writer for the…
Interview with Peggy Gardner
Peggy Gardner relocated to the Hanford area when she followed her parents and started out working as a gas station attendant/mechanic/wrecker driver before accepting a machinist position with Westinghouse.
Interview with John Garcia
John Garcia's career at the Hanford Site spanned over 20 years, primarily working as a nuclear process operator at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) and as a health physics technician (HPT) at various facilities like PUREX, Tank Farms, and the True…
Interview with Jack Fix
Jack came to the Hanford site in 1969 as an intern and built his career at Hanford labs. He received an AEC Fellowship and worked with thermoluminescent dosimetry. Ultimately expanded the field of Medical Radiation Physics.
Interview with Robert Bown
Robert Brown started at the Hanford Site from 1948-1971. Robert worked for B Reactor and H Reactor, 300 area, 703, and was an elected member of the Richland City Council. He worked for General Electric, Douglas United Nuclear, and Energy Research and…
Interview with Larry Gabaldon
Larry Gabaldon moved to Washington in 1977 to work at the Hanford Site. Larry spent time in the 300 Area as an electrician, and also assisted at 100-N (N Reactor), Tank Farms, and the FFTF.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral…
Interview with John McFadden
John McFadden's father, Charles, was the superintendent of the Hanford (Wash.) school district and later an investigator workig for the Du Pont Company.
Interview with Bernal Femreite
Bernal Femreite came to the Hanford Site to work for Douglas United Nuclear. He worked in the 300 Area, and at many of the Hanford reactors.
Interview with Robert Drake
Robert Drake was a carpenter on the Fast Flux Test Facility, the WPPSS Project, and the Tank Farms.
Interview with Marilyn Drake
Marilyn Drake grew up in the North Richland Construction Camp, attended the John Ball School, and then lived in the town of Richland. Her father worked at the Hanford Site.
Interview with Marilyn DeVine
Marilyn (Em) DeVine spent part of her childhood in White Bluffs, living in an old farmhouse during the Manhattan Project. Her father was a patrolman and had to be stationed on the site.
Interview with Elaine Davis
Elaine Davis grew up in Richland in the early Cold War. Her father came to Richland in 1944 and was an administrator at Kadlec Hospital. Her older brother was the first baby born in the new town of Richland
Interview with Jim Daughtry
Jim Daughtry came to the Hanford Site to work at the Fast Flux Test Facility.
Interview with David Criswell
David Criswell worked at various facilities in the 300 area including separations labs and the PRTR.
The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by the Mission Support Alliance and the United States Department of Energy.
The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by the Mission Support Alliance and the United States Department of Energy.
Interview with Frank Cobb and George Swan
Frank Cobb constructed the "Redd Sled" to survey the salmon redd's of the Columbia River and to perform underwater water sampling near Hanford Reactors. George Swan worked for the Army Corps of Engineers and oversaw the salmon monitoring program…
Interview with Glen Clark
Glen Clark grew up in the pre-Manhattan Project towns of Hanford and White Bluffs and later moved to Richland as his parents went to work at the Hanford Site.
The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by the Mission Support Alliance and the…
The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by the Mission Support Alliance and the…
Interview with David Chambers
David Chambers worked for Batrelle in the 200 Areas
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the United States Department of Energy.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the United States Department of Energy.
Interview with Shirley Carlisle
Shirley Carlisle was born at Kadlec Hospital in Richland in 1947. In this interview she talks about her parent's work at Hanford and growing up in Richland
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral…
Interview with Andrew Reisenauer
Andrew Reisenauer moved to Richland, Washington in 1950 to work on the Hanford Site.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the…
Interview with John Williams
John Williams moved to Richland, Washington in 1944 as a child. John worked on the Hanford Site from 1962-1994 and opened the first vineyard on Red Mountain in 1973.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford…
Interview with Dave Harvey
Dave Harvey moved to Richland, Washington in 1993 to work on historic preservation of the Hanford Site.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
Interview with Jim Buske
Jim Buske was stationed at the Camp Hanford U.S. Army base from 1954-1956.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the United…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the United…
Interview with Steve Buckingham
This interview with Steve Buckingham is part of an effort to record the history of the T Plant, a facility that processed irradiated fuel from the B Reactor. Using the bismuth phosphate process, T Plant operations were able to extract plutonium from…
Interview with Dennis Brunson
Dennis Brunson moved to Richland, Washington in 1964. Dennis worked on the Hanford Site from 1964- 2008.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
Interview with Walter Braten
Walt Braten moved to Richland, Washington to work on the Hanford Site as a Patrolman. Walt worked on the site from 1978-1993.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by…
Interview with Tom Bennett
Tom Bennett moved to Richland, Washington in 1964 to work on the Hanford Site.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the United…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf of the United…
Interview with Edward Beck
Edward Beck moved to Richland, Washington in 1989 to work at the Hanford Environmental Health Foundation (HEHF).
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
Interview with James Bates
James Bates was born in Pasco, Washington in 1952 and grew up in Kennewick, Washington. James worked at Battelle Northwest from 1974-2008.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was…
Interview with Del Ballard
Del Ballard moved to Richland, Washington in 1951. Del worked on the Hanford Site from 1951-1994 and was influential in the formation of the B Reactor Museum Association.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The…
Interview with Donald Baker
Donald Baker moved to Richland, Washington in 1951. Don worked on the Hanford Site from 1951-1995.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on…
Interview with Eugene Astley
Eugene Astley moved to Richland, Washington in 1954. Eugene worked on the Hanford Site from 1954-1991.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
Interview with Jack Armstrong
Jack Armstrong moved to Richland, Washington as a child in 1944 and worked on the Hanford Site from 1961-2002.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
Interview with Dennis Armstrong
Dennis Armstrong moved to Richland, Washington in 1963 to work on the Hanford Site as a Mechanical Engineer.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
Interview with Ted Anderson
Ted Anderson moved to Richland, Washington in 1969 to work on the Hanford Site as a Chemical Engineer.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance…
Interview with James Anderson
James Anderson moved to Richland, Washington in 1944 as a child. James worked on the Hanford Site from 1962-2012.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support…
Interview with Douglas Alford
Douglas Alford moved to Richland, Washington in 1951 and worked on the Hanford Site from 1951-1982.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on…
Interview with Mel Adams
Mel Adams moved to Richland, Washington in 1979 and worked on the Hanford Site from 1979-2003.
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf…
An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by Mission Support Alliance on behalf…
Interview with Dan Ostergaard
An interview with Dan Ostergaard conducted as part of the Hanford Oral History Project. The Hanford Oral History Project was sponsored by the Mission Support Alliance and the United States Department of Energy.