Jim Wakefield oral history recording

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https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/c3e9edcf975e04d462910065bbee6495.mp3

Title

Jim Wakefield oral history recording

Description

An audio recording of an oral history of Jim Wakefield, Meteorologist and head of the Portland office of the National Weather Service, on the Vancouver tornado of 1972. The recording starts in the middle of the interview and ends before the interview is over. In the interview, Wakefield and the interviewer talk about the tornado that happened in Vancouver and their opinions on the possible climate change over the last hundred years. They cover topics such as having the buildings secured, the level of preparedness in the northwest as in the midwest, and whether people were able to take pictures of the tornado. Wakefield had put out a notice in the 'Columbian' asking for people to submit pictures of the storm, but he was not very hopeful. There is a lot of background noise throughout the entire recording including telephones ringing, the tapping of a typewriter, and an airplane flying overhead. Sometimes it is hard to discern what the speakers are saying.

Contributor

Lucia, Ellis

Creator

Wakefield, Jim

Source

Pacific University Archives

Date

1972

Is Part Of

Ellis Lucia papers

Format

Audiocassettes

Language

English

Identifier

PUA_OH_43

Subject

Oregon -- History

Rights

In Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Extent

1 sound cassette (32 min.)

Spatial Coverage

Portland (Or.)

Type

Sound