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Interviewee | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Interviewer's Affiliation | Location of Interview | Description Sort descending | Collection Name |
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William M. Akutagawa, Jr. | Warren Nishimoto | 12-12-1989 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History , State of Hawai'i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism | Kaunakakai, HI |
William M. Akutagawa, Jr. was born February 18, 1948 on Moloka'i. His late father, William M. Akutagawa, Sr., was the son of Japanese immigrants. His mother, Katharine Hagemann Akutagawa, is the daughter of a German immigrant father and Hawaiian mother. William grew up in KamalO and visited his grandparents in 'Ualapu'e often, spending much of his youth fishing the waters off of 'Ualapu'e Fishpond. He attended Kilohana School and Moloka'i High School, graduating in 1966. |
Ualapue: Molokai: Oral Histories from the East End |
William Mankin | Diane Rabson, Patrice Pazar | 08-11-2004 | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | Unknown |
William Mankin begins by speaking about the origin of his “Physics of a Cup of Coffee” seminar and his relationship with Jack Herring of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, New York. After graduating from Southwestern (now called Rhodes College), Mankin received a scholarship to attend the Summer Institute in Space Physics offered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) where he learned about radiative transfer. |
UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection |
William McKusic | Joshua | 10-03-2003 | Friendship Museum , Friendship Village School | Friendship, ME |
William McKusic, commonly known as Bill, was born on September 21, 1971, and relocated from Rockland to Friendship ten years ago. With a background in plumbing and carpentry, Bill has been actively involved in lobstering for the past two decades, primarily serving as a sternman. Alongside his lobstering profession, he is a father of three children. |
Finding Friendship Oral History Project |
William Overholtz | Madeleine Hall-Arber | 07-18-2016 | NOAA-NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science Center | Unknown |
William Overholtz was born and raised in Lima, Ohio. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in fresh waters fisheries and limnology from Ohio State and his Ph.D. from Oregon State. He began his career with the Fish and Wildlife Service at Rock Island, Illinois. In 1976, Overholtz began working at Woods Hole and completed many survey cruises on various foreign vessels His work focused on groundfish and herring. He spent time in the population dynamics group as well as working on acoustic surveys and assessment modeling. He retired from NMFS after 34 years of service. |
Voices from the Science Centers |
Dr. Bill Schaaf | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Jeff Govoni, Douglas Vaughan | 04-04-2022 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
William, born and raised in Ohio, embarked on an academic journey that laid the foundation for his remarkable career. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1960, marking the beginning of his pursuit of knowledge. Not long after, he furthered his education by earning a Master's degree in statistics from the University of North Carolina, followed by a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. |
NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Willis Blount | Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | 09-25-2005 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Willis Blount, a distinguished fisherman and shipbuilder, was born in Putnam, Connecticut, in 1945. He inherited his maritime passion from a family deeply entrenched in shipbuilding and fishing traditions. Blount's early exposure to the maritime world led him to develop a connection to both shipbuilding and fishing. His journey encompassed innovative contributions to the industry and a lifelong dedication to the sea. |
The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Willy Phillips | Barbara Garrity-Blake | 12-06-2016 | Carolina Coastal Voices | Columbia, NC |
Willy Phillips is a seasoned professional in the commercial fishing industry, with a particular focus on crabbing. He has spent a significant portion of his life in fish houses and has been deeply involved in fisheries legislation. Phillips has been an advocate for the crab fishery and has worked towards the development of a crab management plan. He has also been a vocal critic of the commercial fishing industry, proposing a complete shutdown and rebuild of the industry in North Carolina. |
1997 North Carolina Fisheries Reform Act |
Wilson Acosta | Unknown | Louisiana Sea Grant | Morgan City, LA |
Wilson Acosta has been fishing since he was a boy. Now in his 60's, he is considering selling his boat and retiring. |
Shrimp Tales | |
Winfield Lash | Shawn, Steven | 10-12-2003 | Friendship Museum , Friendship Village School | Friendship, ME |
Winfield Lash, commonly known as Winnie Lash, was born on July 5, 1918, and spent the majority of his life in Friendship, Maine. He and his wife Barbara have been married for 63 years and have seven children, 17 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. After working at the Camden Shipbuilding Company and Bath Ironworks, he worked at the W. S. Carter Boat Yard, which was owned by his uncle, Scott Carter. When his uncle died in 1946, he and Charles Sylvester bought the yard. Two years later, Sylvester sold his share to Winnie’s brother Douglas, and the yard became known as Lash Brothers. |
Finding Friendship Oral History Project |
William John Cowart, Jr. | Carrie Kline, Michael Kline | 12-10-2003 | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | Unknown |
With a father and grandfather who ran a cannery at the steamboat wharf, John Cowart's telling brought to life the Adams Floating Theatre, the rich singing of the Black men in his family’s oyster house, and the dynamic interaction at the country store. |
Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project |
Kimberly Carroll | Sara Wood | 09-10-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Mt. Pleasant, SC |
With her father in the Air Force, Kimberly Carroll grew up living in all parts of the country: Mississippi, Florida, Alaska, and finally Charleston. In 1992 she was working as a radiologist at Roper Hospital when she met Raul Morales, a crabber and native of Cuba, while hanging out on a shrimp boat in Mount Pleasant. They fell in love, and Kimberly started selling fresh catch for Raul’s seafood business, Raul’s Seafood, which was located at Shem Creek on the Geechee Dock. Kimberly sold to 150 restaurants across the Lowcountry. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Arnold "Woody" Bowers | Millie Rahn | 09-25-2004 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Woody Bowers is a former fisherman and captain who fished for 17 years and then went on occasional fishing trips. Woody Bowers used to fish for codfish, haddock, flounders, and yellow tails, among other species, and the boat he worked on could carry up to two hundred thousand pounds of fish. The boat mostly fished on Georges Bank, where Bowers looked for the species of fish he wanted based on his past experience. |
The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Wynn Gale | Jamekia Collins, Amber Chulawat | 01-29-2022 | Georgia Southern University, UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | Darien, GA |
Wynn Gale is a lifelong resident of Darien, Georgia, and a fourth-generation fisherman. He began his career in commercial fishing at the age of twelve. Despite a brief attempt at a career in law enforcement, Gale returned to the fishing industry, following in the footsteps of his family who have only ever worked in fishing. Over the years, Gale has observed a significant decrease in the number of boats fishing in the area. He has also experienced the financial challenges of the industry, having had to sell his shrimp boat due to high dock rent and the lack of a crew. |
Boat Stories |
Dwight "Wynn" Darwin Gale, Jr. | Savannah Bell, Amber Gosser | 03-24-2018 | UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, Georgia Southern University | Darien, GA |
Wynn Gale is a lifelong resident of Darien, Georgia, and a fourth-generation fisherman. He began his career in commercial fishing at the age of twelve. Despite a brief attempt at a career in law enforcement, Gale returned to the fishing industry, following in the footsteps of his family who have only ever worked in fishing. Over the years, Gale has observed a significant decrease in the number of boats fishing in the area. He has also experienced the financial challenges of the industry, having had to sell his shrimp boat due to high dock rent and the lack of a crew. |
Fishing Traditions & Fishing Futures in Georgia |
Yancy Welch | Susan Testroet-Bergeron | 08-02-2018 | Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act | Oak Grove, LA |
Yancy William Welch, born on December 9, 1965, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a lifelong resident of Oak Grove, a small town located approximately 40 miles away. Raised in a family deeply rooted in the rural traditions of Louisiana's wetlands, Welch's upbringing was characterized by a strong sense of community and family involvement in shared tasks, such as gardening and cattle rearing. His family's livelihood was primarily based on agriculture and hunting, with his father working as a school teacher to supplement their income. |
CWPPRA Personal Reflections: Environmental Portraits and Oral Histories of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands Stakeholders |
Yen Cheung Au | Warren Nishimoto | 03-29-1984 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | Kalihi, HI |
Yen Cheung Au, Chinese, the sixth of sixteen children, was born in Waiahole, Oahu on March 7, 1894. His father was a rice farmer in Waiahole. Yen Cheung helped his father in the fields by scaring away the birds which threatened the rice crops. He also helped the family by catching fish and shrimp. |
Kalihi: Place of Transition |
Barbara J.H. Cannon | Jeanne Johnston, Susan Tissot | 02-21-1997 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | Kula, HI |
Young marrieds in 1946, a woman and her husband were caught in the 1946 tsunami, which destroyed their beachfront house in Spreckelsville. She details their swimming to safety along with neighbors and coping in the aftermath of the flooding. Also recalled is the 1960 tsunami as it affected Kailua, Oahu. |
Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
Randolph L. Ferguson | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Douglas Vaughan, Jeff Govoni | 07-25-2023 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
Dr. Randolph “Randy” L. Ferguson was born in Wisconsin along the shores of Lake Michigan and During his mid-teens the family moved to New York; there, he enrolled in Cornell University and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor’s Degree concentrating in Environmental Sciences. He entered graduate school at Florida State University in Tallahassee and received his Ph.D. from FSU in 1971; his dissertation dealt with the effects of light and temperature on the growth and productivity of phytoplankton. |
NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Mary K. Bercaw Edwards | Molly McElroy | 04-24-2020 | University of Connecticut | Mystic, CT |
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Maritime Studies Capstone Seminar Oral History Project |
Rick Waters | Alex Zweig | 04-21-2020 | University of Connecticut | Noank, CT |
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Maritime Studies Capstone Seminar Oral History Project |
Allyn B. Powell | Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Jeff Govoni, Douglas Vaughan, Joseph W. Smith | 02-13-2023 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Doug Willis | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Douglas Vaughan | 06-06-2022 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Joseph W. Smith | Don Hoss, Jeff Govoni | 11-07-2022 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
William “Bill” Hettler | Joseph W. Smith, Ford Cross | 03-13-2023 | NOAA Fisheries | Morehead City, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Aleta Hohn | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Jeff Govoni, Douglas Vaughan | 03-07-2022 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Randall “Randy” Cheek | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Douglas Vaughan | 03-05-2020 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Herb Prythrech | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Douglas Vaughan | 07-17-2017 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
John Baptist | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Douglas Vaughan | 03-01-2017 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Gene Huntsman | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Douglas Vaughan | 07-18-2019 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Eldon J. Levi | Joseph W. Smith | 05-07-2011 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |