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Peter Malmgren’s Interview
April 4, 2018
Peter Malmgren: Okay. My name is Peter Malmgren. It’s spelled M-a-l-m-g-r-e-n. My Spanish neighbors find it impossible to pronounce, but that in fact is my Norwegian family name. Nate Weisenberg: Where did you grow up? Malmgren: Newark, New Jersey. Weisenberg: When you were growing up, did you have a particular interest in oral history? Malmgren: […]
Oral History
Esequiel Salazar’s Interview
June 9, 2017
[Thanks to David Schiferl and Willie Atencio for recording this interview and providing a copy to the Atomic Heritage Foundation. Please note that approximately the first three minutes of the interview are audio only.] Willie Atencio: Your name? Esequiel Salazar: Esequiel Salazar. Atencio: Born where? Salazar: In Pojoaque. Atencio: Pojoaque. What was your first experience […]
Oral History
Jim Walther’s Interview
Kelly: This is Cindy Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation. It’s Friday, February 3rd, 2017. I’m in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and I’m with Jim Walther. First, could you say your name, your full name and spell it? Walther: Jim Walther, and that’s spelled J-I-M W-A-L-T-H-E-R. Kelly: I am here at your wonderful museum [National Museum of Nuclear Science and History], […]
Oral History
Floy Agnes Lee’s Interview
May 31, 2017
Cindy Kelly: I’m Cindy Kelly. I’m in Santa Fe. This is Monday, February 6, 2017, and I’m with Floy Agnes Lee, better known as “Aggie.” I’d like to start by asking Aggie to say her full name and spell it. Floy Agnes Lee: Okay. Well, my name is Floy, F-L-O-Y, Agnes A-G-N-E-S, Lee L-E-E. I’m […]
Oral History
Jay Shelton’s Interview
May 18, 2017
Kelly: I’m Cindy Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation, here in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is Saturday, February 4, 2017. I have with me Jay Shelton. My first question is to please say your name, full name, and spell it. Shelton: Jay Shelton, J-A-Y S-H-E-L-T-O-N. Kelly: Perfect. Now, Jay, why don’t you just tell a little bit about yourself […]
Oral History
Milton Levenson’s Interview
April 3, 2017
Cindy Kelly:  Okay. I’m Cindy Kelly, I’m in Alexandria, Virginia. It is January 9th, 2017. I have with me Milton Levenson. My first question to him is to please say his name and then spell it. Levenson: My name is Milton Levenson. No middle name. M-i-l-t-o-n, and Levenson is L-e-v-e-n-s-o-n. Kelly:  Terrific. At any rate, let’s […]
Oral History
Vincent and Clare Whitehead’s Interview – Part 2
December 16, 2016
[To see an edited version of the interview published by S. L. Sanger in Working on the Bomb: An Oral History of WWII Hanford, Portland State University, 1995, click here.] Clare Whitehead: I got raised to Tech Sergeant, so he immediately got raised to Tech Sergeant. He said, “Well, we figured it was too bad we […]
Oral History
Frank G. Foote’s and James F. Schumar’s Interview
October 23, 2015
Stephane Groueff: Okay, now it’s recording. Dr. Foote, you started telling me from the beginning— Frank G. Foote: Knowing nothing about the uranium, and this was supposed to be my new business; I’d go over to the library to find out what was known. Groueff: In 1942? Foote: In 1942, August. Ordinarily, you’d expect this […]
Oral History
John W. Healy’s Interview
July 20, 2015
John Healy: Hello. S. L. Sanger: Hello this is Mr. Sanger from Seattle, is this a good time to talk about Hanford, or no. Healy: Another one you may want to talk to is Carl Garmertsfelder in Knoxville. Sanger: In Knoxville, now what was his position? Oregonian said he was a radiation control manager. Healy: […]
Oral History
Isabella Karle’s Interview (2015)
April 20, 2015
Alexandra Levy: Okay. We’re here in Virginia on March 25, 2015 with Isabella Karle. Our first question is to please state your name and spell it. Isabella Karle: My name is Isabella Karle, I-S-A-B-E-L-L-A, and the last name, K-A-R-L-E. Levy: Great. If you could tell us a little bit about where you were born and […]