Century 21 Oral History Guide

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CENTURY 21 ORAL HISTORY GUIDE
CONTENTS
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Oral History Guide .................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Key to Terms........................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Repository Contact Information ..................................................................................................................................... 21
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INTRODUCTION
The following document is a list of oral histories related to the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair (Century 21 Exposition) located in Seattle or accessible online. It is the result of a volunteer research project carried out in late 2011 and early 2012, and supervised by MOHAI and Seattle Public Library staff. It is not intended to be a comprehensive catalog but rather to serve as a guide for researchers interested in the fair and how Seattleites remembered it.
The fair meant many things to many people, and this project has sought to represent a broad selection of perspectives. In addition to the major players in the fair’s planning, administration and promotion, the narrators include architects, artists, musicians, restaurant workers, visitors, and local residents who hosted visitors and saw their neighborhoods transformed by the fair.
The 50th anniversary of the fair has prompted many people to share their memories, often in the form of online videos or interviews for film and television programs. At the moment, this list does not contain anything so recent; instead, its purpose is to give researchers a sense of what is already available.
Finally, it is important to note that many of the interviews listed here were conducted by students at the secondary and college levels rather than by trained oral history interviewers.
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ORAL HISTORY GUIDE
Narrator: Dorlene Agenbroad
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Architecture, Popular Culture, High Art & Culture, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Agenbroad visited the fair from Eugene, OR; general impressions of the fair, monorail, architecture, folk dances, computer.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Arthur Ayres
Date of Recording: 1986
Repository Name: Queen Anne Historical Society
Record Number: 44A
Focus/Key Terms: General
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? No
Content Notes: A working-class Queen Anne resident, Ayers visited the fair with his children; saw the fair as a way to get the Opera House built.
Other Notes: Interview recorded for a student project at SPU.
Narrator: Mary Beth Bakke
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Exhibits, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Bakke, visited the fair, was impressed by the GE building, bubbleator, surprised by the success of the fair, "city treasures" it left, "put Seattle on the map."
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Virginia Banks
Date of Recording: 1974
Repository Name: UW Special Collections
Record Number: 2602-001
Focus/Key Terms: High Art & Culture, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio 4
Format: Sound Tape Reel
Copyright Released? Yes
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: An artist, Banks mentions the fair's influence on Seattle's art scene in a general interview about her career.
Other Notes: Access restricted to tape but transcript is available to the public.
Narrator: Ray Bowman
Date of Recording: 1999
Repository Name: Queen Anne Historical Society
Record Number: 149A
Focus/Key Terms: General
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Bowman gives a general history of the fair on a walking tour of the Seattle Center.
Other Notes: Recording of a walking tour; not an oral history per se. Poor recording quality.
Narrator: Eddie Carlson
Date of Recording: c.1985
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number:
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Commerce
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: Beta, VHS, Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes (DVD)
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Hotelier and businessman Carlson chaired the World’s Fair Commission, the organizing muscle behind the 1962 Century 21 Exposition.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Art Chantry
Date of Recording: 2007
Repository Name: EMP
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Popular Culture, High Art & Culture, Architecture
Audio/Video: Video
Format: Beta
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: A graphic designer known for posters and album covers, Chantry discusses the fair in the context of space-age modernism, political climate before '60s social movements, Seattle's self-promotion as a futuristic city.
Other Notes:
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Narrator: Arlene Chinn
Date of Recording: 1999
Repository Name: Wing Luke
Record Number: 1990.200.107
Focus/Key Terms: Popular Culture, Commerce
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes (pdf)
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Mrs. Chinn and her husband Stanley opened Chinn’s Tea House at the food court at the 1962 World’s Fair and kept it going until 1978.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Gordon Clinton
Date of Recording: 2004
Repository Name: Historylink.org
Record Number: Essay 7697
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Government/Legislation
Audio/Video: Typed transcript
Format: (not sure about original format)
Copyright Released? Creative Commons license/some rights reserved
Digitized? Yes (online)
Transcription? http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=7697
Content Notes: Clinton served as mayor of Seattle from 1956 to 1964. The interview deals with many aspects of his tenure as mayor, including the fair.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Gerald Cone
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Commerce, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Cone started a printing business, printed materials for exhibitors in fair; his daughter also sold film at the fair. Also discusses food, computer, "cultural explosion" after the fair. Notes that fair planners didn't predict '60s social movements.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Don & Marilyn Covey
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Legacies, Administration, Architecture
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD 6
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: The Coveys lived in Seattle, visited the fair, saw the Space Needle go up; discuss admiration for Carlson, cooperation between public and private sectors, civic pride, architecture.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Norman Davis
Date of Recording: 1977
Repository Name: UW Special Collections
Record Number: 2661-003
Focus/Key Terms: High Art & Culture, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? Yes
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Davis served as the fair's Director of Fine arts, mentions it in broader discussion of his career; felt that Seattle's art scene would have developed even without the boost provided by the fair.
Other Notes: Access restricted to tape but transcript is available to the public.
Narrator: Mike Dederer
Date of Recording: c.1985
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number:
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Commerce
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: Beta, VHS, Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Dederer, prominent in the fur business, volunteered for and chaired the Century 21 Corporation which organized and ran the fair.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Ewen Dingwall
Date of Recording: 1991
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: 1992.39.1
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Government/Legislation, Commerce, Legacies, General
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Municipal politician Dingwall served as the fair's vice president and general manager, getting it national support and publicity; general interview about the fair and his role in it.
Other Notes: Same as 1991 Dingwall interview at UW Special Collections
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Narrator: Ewen Dingwall
Date of Recording: 1985
Repository Name: UW Special Collections
Record Number: 0420-002
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Commerce, Legacies, General
Audio/Video: Typed transcript
Format: (not sure about original format)
Copyright Released? Yes
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Dingwall served as the fair's vice president and general manager. He discusses motivation for the fair (cultural facilities, economic benefits); influence of Disney, urban blight, Boeing, other fairs; "serious, thoughtful" French exhibit about problems of the future; science exhibit; impact/legacies.
Other Notes: This is not a verbatim transcript but a paraphrased version written by historian John Findlay using the tape recording.
Narrator: Ewen Dingwall
Date of Recording: 1991
Repository Name: UW Special Collections
Record Number: 0420-003
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Government/Legislation, Commerce, Legacies, General
Audio/Video: Typed transcript
Format: Originally Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Municipal politician Dingwall served as the fair's vice president and general manager, getting it national support and publicity; general interview about the fair and his role in it.
Other Notes: Same as 1991 Dingwall interview at MOHAI.
Narrator: Ted & Nancy Edquist
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: The Edquists visited from Pullman, WA; discuss exhibits, food, theater, inventions (Tang/powdered drinks, robotics, computer), rides. Established Seattle as a Pacific Rim, international city.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: James Ellis
Date of Recording: 1988
Repository Name: King County Archives
Record Number: 263.6.5 8
Focus/Key Terms: Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? Public domain
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Ellis, the founder of the Forward Thrust Committee which promoted initiatives to support urban development in the late 1960s, discusses Forward Thrust's inspiration in the 1962 fair.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Beverly Feeney
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Exhibits, Administration, Government/Legislation
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Feeney's husband worked on the fair at the Dept. of Commerce in Washington, D.C; she discusses science exhibits, politics, limited opportunities for women.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Donald Foster
Date of Recording: 1975
Repository Name: UW Special Collections
Record Number: 2847-001
Focus/Key Terms: High Art & Culture, Administration, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? Yes
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Foster served as Director of Exhibits for the fair and was responsible for the Northwest Designer Craftsmen Exhibit (Northwest Craft Center after the fair); discusses this, arts at the fair in general (especially contemporary art) as part of an interview
Other Notes: Access restricted to tape but transcript is available to the public.
Narrator: Laurene Gandy
Date of Recording:
Repository Name: SPL
Record Number: 614747
Focus/Key Terms: Icons, Administration, International Relations
Audio/Video:
Format:
Copyright Released?
Digitized?
Transcription? 9
Content Notes: Laurene Gandy was fair promoter Joe Gandy's wife, and acted as hostess to several international icons such as Elvis, Prince Phillip, Robert Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Paul Gillingham
Date of Recording: 1995
Repository Name: EMP
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Popular Culture
Audio/Video: Video
Format: Beta
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: A folk and blues musician, Gillingham played at the fair; musicians saw the fair as a way to get exposure, meet other musicians.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Audrey Gruger
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Exhibits, Legacies, Popular Culture
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Gruger volunteered for the League of Women Voters at the UN booth; also shares general impressions of the fair.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Joseph Hall
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Exhibits, Populat Culture
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Hall visited the fair several times and hosted visitors; he offers general observations of exhibits, Gracie Hanson's show, science and culture legacies. Also met Dwight Eisenhower.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: L. Jane Hastings
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI 10
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Architecture, Popular Culture, Icons
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Hastings worked for James Chiarelli's architecture firm, who co-designed the Opera House; also discusses Gracie Hanson, meeting Ella Fitzgerald, other architectural aspects of the fair, foreign visitors, pre-fair construction.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Jane Huson
Date of Recording: 1988
Repository Name: King County Archives
Record Number: 263.6.5
Focus/Key Terms: High Art & Culture, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? Public domain
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Huson's discussion of her career in arts and recreation with the King Co. Parks Department touches on the impact of the fair on local art and culture.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Floyd & Lucy Hutton
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: The Huttons visited the fair, were new to Seattle at the time; discuss novelty of science exhibits, food, etc.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Norma Kathy
Date of Recording: 1978
Repository Name: Queen Anne Historical Society
Record Number: 12A
Focus/Key Terms: General, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? No 11
Content Notes: Kathy discusses the demolition of Warren Avenue School and other buildings to make way for the fair, and how the fair and the Seattle Center brought Queen Anne into the orbit of downtown.
Other Notes: Interview recorded for a student project at SPU.
Narrator: Seig & Ruth Keimle
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Exhibits, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Mr. Keimle, a teacher at Garfield High, brought his science students to the fair; they also discuss race relations (in schools and at the fair), scientific predictions of the fair, impact on Seattle's image.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: H. Dewayne Kreager
Date of Recording: c.1985
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number:
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Commerce
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: Beta, VHS, Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Kreager, a businessman, was one of the most active and influential boosters of the fair.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Steve Lalor
Date of Recording: 2000
Repository Name: EMP
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Popular Culture
Audio/Video: Video
Format: Beta
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: A folk musician, Lalor mentions his bandmate's participation in the Century 21 marching band.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Phyllis Lamphere
Date of Recording: 2009 12
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Exhibits, Legacies, Popular Culture, High Art & Culture
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Lamphere discusses being exposed to foreign cultures, science pavilion, Gracie Hanson; legacies ("re-birth of Seattle") she was later on the Science Center board and City Council.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Thelma Lehmann
Date of Recording: 1974
Repository Name: UW Special Collections
Record Number: 2554-001
Focus/Key Terms: High Art & Culture, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Sound tape reel
Copyright Released? Yes
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: An artist, critic and collector, Lehman opened the first gallery dedicated to African art in Seattle with her husband Hans; in a general oral history she mentions the impact of the fair on Seattle's art scene.
Other Notes: Access restricted to tape but transcript is available to the public.
Narrator: Alycia Long Allen
Date of Recording: 2000
Repository Name: EMP
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Popular Culture
Audio/Video: Video
Format: Beta
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Allen, director of Experience Arts Camp, compares World's Fair to EMP's transformation of the Seattle Center (and resistance to those projects).
Other Notes:
Narrator: Charles Moriarty
Date of Recording: 1988
Repository Name: Queen Anne Historical Society
Record Number: 4A
Focus/Key Terms: General, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No 13
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Moriarty discusses the demolition of Warren Avenue School and other buildings to make way for the fair, and how the fair and the Seattle Center brought Queen Anne into the orbit of downtown.
Other Notes: Interview recorded for a student project at SPU.
Narrator: Tomio Moriguchi
Date of Recording: 1999
Repository Name: Densho
Record Number: denshovh-mtomio-01-0013
Focus/Key Terms: Commerce, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video
Format: Digital
Copyright Released? Permission may be required
Digitized? Yes (online at densho.org)
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: CEO of Uwajimaya Moriguchi discusses how the fair provided a platform for the business (his father's at the time) to reach out to non-Japanese customers.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Roy W. Morse
Date of Recording: 1994
Repository Name: Book available at SPL
Record Number: Interview #10
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Government/Legislation
Audio/Video:
Format: Published as a book, currently out of print
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Morse, Roy W. with Howard Rosen and Jan Klippert. An Interview with Roy W. Morse. Public Works Historical Society Oral History Interviews 10. Kansas City, Missouri: Public Works Historical Society, 1994.
Content Notes: Morse served as City Engineer and Chairman of the Board of Public Works from 1957 to 1971, presiding over the world's fair site planning and its conversion into the Seattle Center.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Alice Moss
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, High Art & Culture
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Moss visited from Portland, OR; mostly went for art exhibits. Also discusses Civil Rights Movement, personal travel.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School. 14
Narrator: Raymond Olsen
Date of Recording: 1988
Repository Name: King County Archives
Record Number: RG166.06/S439
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Government/Legislation
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? Public domain
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: State Senator Olsen served on the World's Fair Commission throughout its existence and was a prominent figure in the fair.
Other Notes:
Narrator: James Perry
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Commerce, General
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Perry was a bus driver and drove visitors to Seattle.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Cleo Peterson (Whitman)
Date of Recording: 1986
Repository Name: Queen Anne Historical Society
Record Number: 113A
Focus/Key Terms: General, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Peterson's family home was demolished to make way for the fair; also discusses fair in general, "did a lot for us."
Other Notes: Interview recorded for a student project at SPU.
Narrator: Frank Pritchard, Jr.
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Promotion, Legacies, Commerce
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No 15
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Pritchard advertized the fair in California (including in schools), and printed envelopes with a World's Fair theme.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Paul & Mary Margaret Pruitt
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Exhibits, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: The Pruitts lived in Seattle (Mr. Pruitt was a minister), visited the fair and hosted visitors; discuss exhibits, computer, concerns about advance of technology, religion, impact of the fair on tourism, etc.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Mary (Connie) Ritter
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Architecture
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Ritter worked for NBBJ Architecture, which did design work for Key Arena and the Pacific Science Center (under supervising architect Minorou Yamasaki), taking notes at the jobsite; also visited fair on lunch breaks.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Al & Junius Rochester
Date of Recording: c.1985
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number:
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Government/Legislation
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: Beta, VHS, Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Politician Al Rochester was the original advocate and founder of Century 21.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Helen Shelton 16
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, High Art & Culture
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: A lifelong Seattleite, Miller discusses the Space Needle, impact on the arts scene (theater), seeing foreign people, civic pride.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Oliver Skanse
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: General, Exhibits, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Skanse, Episcopal priest and music educator, visited the fair shortly after moving to Seattle; impressed by emphasis on technology and urban planning, international exhibitions.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Admiral Smith
Date of Recording: 1962
Repository Name: Seattle Municipal Archives
Record Number: Series 5210-01, Box 164, Folder 2
Focus/Key Terms:
Audio/Video:
Format:
Copyright Released?
Digitized?
Transcription?
Content Notes:
Other Notes: KXA interview with Smith about world's fair in 1962; not an oral history per se.
Narrator: Leroy Soper
Date of Recording: 2009
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: None
Focus/Key Terms: Commerce, Architecture, Legacies
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Mini Digital Cassette, DVD
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? Yes
Transcription? No 17
Content Notes: Soper, a UW bookstore employee, helped install a bookstore at the Science Pavilion; discusses watching Yamasaki work, exhibits, John Wayne, fair's effect on the Seattle arts scene.
Other Notes: Interview conducted for student project at the Northwest School.
Narrator: Grace Stone
Date of Recording:
Repository Name: Queen Anne Historical Society
Record Number: 9A
Focus/Key Terms: General, Legacies
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Stone describes the fair as "wonderful"; discusses some local resistance to it and laments the "deterioration" of the Seattle Center.
Other Notes: Interview recorded for a student project at SPU.
Narrator: William S. Street
Date of Recording: c.1985
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number:
Focus/Key Terms: Administration, Commerce
Audio/Video: Video, Audio
Format: VHS, Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? No
Content Notes: Street, who headed Frederick & Nelson, served as Chairman of the Century 21 Exhibition.
Other Notes:
Narrator: Paul Thiry
Date of Recording: 1991
Repository Name: MOHAI
Record Number: 1992.39.2
Focus/Key Terms: Architecture
Audio/Video: Audio
Format: Cassette
Copyright Released? No
Digitized? No
Transcription? Yes
Content Notes: Thiry was supervising architect for the fair and designed the Coliseum (now Key Arena).
Other Notes:
Narrator: Paul Thiry
Date of Recording:
Repository Name: SPL
Record Number: 626666 18
Focus/Key Terms: Architecture
Audio/Video:
Format:
Copyright Released?
Digitized?
Transcription?
Content Notes: Thiry was supervising architect for the fair and designed the Coliseum (now Key Arena).
Other Notes:
Narrator: Paul Thiry
Date of Recording: 1983
Repository Name: Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Record Number:
Focus/Key Terms: Architecture
Audio/Video: Typed transcript
Format: Originally Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? Yes
Digitized? Yes (online at aaa.si.edu)
Transcription? http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-paul-thiry-11659
Content Notes: Thiry served as supervising architect for the fair; discusses planning the fair, original plan to cover entire center w/ aluminum canopy, working with Minorou Yamasaki, controversies surrounding fair architecture, uses of Key Arena, other Seattle projects
Other Notes:
Narrator: Edward B. Thomas
Date of Recording: 1983
Repository Name: Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Record Number:
Focus/Key Terms: High Art & Culture, Legacies
Audio/Video: Typed transcript
Format: Originally Analog Cassette
Copyright Released? Yes
Digitized? Yes (online at aaa.si.edu)
Transcription? http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-edward-b-thomas-11764
Content Notes: Museum curator and educator Thomas discusses the impact of the fair on the NW art scene.
Other Notes:
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KEY TO TERMS
Term
Definition
Item/Collection Name
Name of publication or name of the collection of which the resource is a part
Record Number
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Type of Record
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Content
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Repository Name
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Repository Contact Info
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Notes
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Search Terms
Administration
Of or relating to the administrational and organizational planning and operations of the Fair
Architecture
Of or relating to the architecture and architects of the Fair, or architecture resulting from the Fair
Commerce
Of or relating to commercial and economic activities
Exhibits
Of or relating to displays, demonstrations and exhibits at the Fair
Government/Legislation
Government papers and documents (local, regional, and national) related to the Fair
General
General content relating to the Fair
High Art & Culture
Of or relating to fine arts, decorative arts, performance arts, music
Icons
Of or relating to iconic structures, people, and/or legacies of the fair
International Relations
Of or relating to international relations, events and diplomacy
Popular Culture
Of or relating to popular culture including sports, music, film, theater, amusement, etc
Legacies
Of or related to the short- and long-term legacies of the Fair
Unknown
Content or parts of the record content is unknown
Record Types
Architectural Drawings/Plans
Drawing, plans, models, etc relating to structures built due to the fair - both on and off the Seattle Center campus
Art
Drawing, paintings, sculpture, models, etc created for and/or exhibited at the Fair
Administrative documents
Written documents reflecting administrational and organizational planning and operations of the Fair
Audio recording
Any audio based materials, including analogue tapes, digitized recordings, etc
Clippings
Clipped excerpts from newspapers, magazines, etc
Correspondence
Letters, memos, postcards, etc that was created at the time of the Fair 20
Ephemera
Written and/or printed materials directly related to, and created because of, the Fair including: brochures, guidebooks, maps, tickets, stickers, etc
Film/video recording
Film and video from or related to the Fair
Legal document
Documents related to legislation or legal matters surrounding the fair.
Map
2-D images showing the spatial layout of the Seattle Center, Seattle, and the region, as relating to the Fair
Miscellaneous
Collections of various materials
Photograph
Prints, negatives, or other original images documenting the fair
Unknown
Contents is unknown
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REPOSITORY CONTACT INFORMATION
Institution: Museum of History & Industry
Website: www.seattlehistory.org
Address (location): 2700 24th Ave East, Seattle, WA
Phone number: (206) 324-1126
General email: library@seattlehistory.org
Personal contact name: Carolyn Marr
Personal contact email: carolyn.marr@seattlehistory.org
Institution: Seattle Public Library Special Collections
Website: www.spl.org
Address (location): 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA
Phone number: 206-386-4636
General email: http://www.spl.org/about-the-library/contact-the-library/e-mail-form
Personal contact name: Bo Kinney
Personal contact email: Bo.Kinney@spl.org
Institution: University of Washington Special Collections
Website: www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections
Address (location): Allen Library South, Basement, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Phone number: 206-543-1929
General email: http://www.lib.washington.edu/SpecialColl/general/questionform.html
Personal contact name: Blynne Olivieri
Personal contact email: blynne@uw.edu
Institution: Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Website: wingluke.org
Address (location): 719 South King Street, Seattle, WA
Phone number: (206) 623-5124
General email: http://wingluke.org/contactform.aspx?id=General%20Mailbox
Personal contact name: Bob Fisher
Personal contact email: bfisher@wingluke.org
Institution: King County Archives
Website: www.kingcounty.gov/operations/archives.aspx
Address (location): 1215 E. Fir St., Building A, Seattle, WA
Phone number: 206-296-1538
General email: archives@kingcounty.gov
Personal contact name: Janette Gomes
Personal contact email: janette.gomes@kingcounty.gov
Institution: Densho
Website: www.densho.org
Address (location): 1416 S. Jackson St., Seattle, Washington
Phone number: (206) 320-0095
General email: http://www.densho.org/learning/default.asp
Personal contact name: Dana Hoshide
Personal contact email: dana.hoshide@densho.org
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Institution: Historylink.org
Website: www.historylink.org
Address (location): 1411 4th Avenue, Suite 803, Seattle, WA
Phone number: 206.447.8140
General email: admin@historylink.org
Personal contact name:
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Institution: Experience Music Project
Website: www.empmuseum.org
Address (location): 325 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA
Phone number: 206.770.2700
General email: experience@empmuseum.org
Personal contact name: Erin Wheeler
Personal contact email: erinw@empmuseum.org
Institution: Queen Anne Historical Society
Website: qahistory.org
Address (location): Bayview Manor, 11 West Aloha St., Seattle, WA
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Personal contact name: Verna Ness
Personal contact email: vernaness@yahoo.com
Institution: Seattle Municipal Archives
Website: www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
Address (location): 600 Fourth Avenue, Third Floor, City Hall, Seattle, WA
Phone number: (206) 233-7807
General email: archives@kingcounty.gov
Personal contact name: Anne Frantilla
Personal contact email: Anne.Frantilla@seattle.gov
Institution: Smithsonian Archives of American Art
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