Interview session 2, 1981 January 22
Scope and Contents
Tape 3, Side 1, to partway through Tape 5, Side 1. In the second interview session, conducted on January 22, 1981, Duniway discusses his relationship with his father, talks about traveling to Europe with his family, and speaks about teachers at Stanford University, Carleton College, and the University of California at Berkeley who influenced him. He describes how he became an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. He talks about collections he processed, and discusses his work as a reference librarian there during World War II. He speaks about his transfer to the West Coast as a field representative for the National Archives at the Office of Price Administration. He also talks about his involvement with the American Association for State and Local History. He describes the creation of the Oregon State Archives, and how he became Oregon’s first state archivist in 1946. He talks about collecting government records for the archives, about the archives’ storage space, and about how advances in technology changed the field of records management over the 20th century. He then discusses his involvement with the historic preservation of several buildings in Salem, particularly the Asahel Bush house.
Dates
- Creation: 1981 January 22
Creator
- From the Collection: Duniway, David (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Dodds, Linda S. (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
2.25 audiocassettes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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