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AFSCME Oral Histories

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Identifier: LOH002240

Abstract Between 1975 and 1985, the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University and AFSCME undertook a cooperative oral history project to gather and preserve the memories of key persons who witnessed or played a major role in the development of AFSCME. Professor of History Philip Mason headed the project and interviewed several leading AFSCME members. Collection consists of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with seven of AFSCME's important early figures: Gordon Chapman,...

Dates: 1976-06-13 - 1985-09-30

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Carl Salo Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002334

Abstract In 1985, Professor Betty Chmaj conducted an interview with Carl Salo, a Finnish immigrant who came to Detroit to work in the auto industry. This collection consists of the interview recording. Salo discusses Finnish participation in the labor movement, his early life in pre-World War I Finland, his experiences as an immigrant in the United States and his work in the automotive and tool-and-die industries.

Dates: 1975-08-11

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Detroit Labor History Tours Oral Histories

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Identifier: LOH001612

Abstract Detroit Labor History Tours was formed circa 1979-1980 as a non-profit endeavor organized by the Michigan chapter of Workers Education Local 189, with founding and early members Ron Alpern, Steve Babson, Dave Elsila, and John Revitte. In addition to their bus tours of Detroit focused on the city's labor history, the organization completed several educational projects and publications. Between 1981 and 1984, Detroit Labor History Tours staff and volunteers conducted an oral history project to...

Dates: 1980-02-09 - 1991-07-01; Majority of material found within 1980-07-01 - 1983-04-30

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Frank Cedervall Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002321

Abstract Labor historian Patrick Reagan interviewed IWW organizer and orator Frank Cedervall, who was the chief organizer for the Metal and Machinery Workers Industrial Union (MMWIU) and leader of its Cleveland Local 440, from the 1930s through the 1950s, with his brother, Tor. Collection consists of an interview recording. Cedervall discusses the idea, formation, and aims of the IWW, his hopes for the future of the radical labor movement, and to a lesser degree, his experiences with the IWW and MMWIU.

Dates: 1970 - 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Frank Felt Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002322

Abstract In 1975, professor of American studies Betty Ch'maj, with assistance from Dennis East, interviewed Frank Felt, a Finnish-American worker in the tool and die industry. Collection consists of a recording of the interview. Felt talks about Finnish contributions the labor movement in Finland and the United States, as well as his own experiences as a tool and die tradesman.

Dates: 1975-08-19

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Gloria Johnson Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002326

Abstract In 1993, Dennis Deslippe interviewed International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE) staffer and Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) president and co-founder Gloria Johnson for his book,

Dates: 1993-06-08

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irene Young Marinovich Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 2: G-M, Folder: 8

Identifier: LOH002328

Abstract In 1974, Susan Hartmann and Lucy Haessler interviewed Irene Young Marinovich, a veteran GM worker and local UAW leader at Detroit auto plants, including the General Motors Ternstedt Plant. Collection consists of the interview recording and transcript about the UAW and conditions for women workers in Detroit-area auto plants during the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: 1974-03-09

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irving Bluestone Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 5

Identifier: LOH002267

Abstract Sidney Kelman interviewed labor lawyer Irving Bluestone in 1975. Collection consists of interview recording and transcript covering his association with Walter Reuther, the Reuther Caucus, and issues confronting the UAW from the late 1930s through the 1940s.

Dates: 1975-05-01

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irving Richter Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002332

Abstract In 1988, R. T. King interviewed labor leader and academic Irving Richter. Collection consists of the interview recordings which focus on his career in the labor movement.

Dates: 1988

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

IWW Colorado Coal Strike of 1927 Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002337

Abstract Between 1974 and 1984, while completing graduate studies in sociology, Eric Margolis and Ron McMahan undertook two research projects that formed the University of Colorado Coal Project, documenting the memories and work of coal miners through interviews and photographs. The project included oral histories with former coal miners, community members, and experts across the Western United States, with a focus on Colorado. Coverage includes documentation of IWW members, activities, and events....

Dates: 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Jerry Tucker Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 4: Sm-T, Folder: 8-9

Identifier: LOH002259

Abstract Between March and June 2005, Mike Smith interviewed Jerry Tucker in a series of interviews. Tucker was a longtime union activist, former executive board member of the United Auto Workers International Union, and a founder of the UAW New Directions movement. He also spoke and wrote on labor issues. Collection consists of audio recordings for the entire interview and a partial, unedited transcript of the interview, covering the first five of the seven tapes. Tucker discusses topics such as his...

Dates: 2005-03-23 - 2005-03-24; 2005-06-17

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Joan Goddard Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 2: G-M, Folder: 2

Identifier: LOH002238

Abstract San Jose librarian Joan Goddard served as president of AFSCME Local 101 following the union’s 1981 contract fight centered on narrowing the gap between male and female municipal workers’ pay in San Jose, California. AFSCME Archivist Johanna Russ interviewed her in 2009. Collection consists of an audio recording and transcript of the interview. Goddard discusses her role in the negotiations and eventual strike during the AFSCME Local 101 (California) 1981 contract struggle.

Dates: 2009-07-07

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

John Herling Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001259

Abstract John Herling was a prolific journalist, working for several publications and serving as White House correspondent and syndicated columnist specializing in labor affairs throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He owned "John Herling's Labor Letter," which he edited and published from 1947 to 1990, as well as authoring several books, including Strikes Under the New Deal, The Great Price Conspiracy, and ...

Dates: 1911 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Katherine Ellickson Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 13

Identifier: LOH002279

Abstract Wayne State University Professor of History Philip Mason interviewed labor economist and activist Katherine Pollak Ellickson in 1975. Collection consists of interview recordings and transcript, in which she explains the inventory of the papers that she donated to Wayne State University. Topics covered include the women's rights movement and the labor movement, particularly within the AFL-CIO. Also covered is the AFL-CIO merger.

Dates: 1974-12-15

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Katherine Ellickson Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 14

Identifier: LOH002280

Abstract In early 1976, Dennis East of the Reuther Library interviewed labor economist and activist Katherine Pollak Ellickson in a continuation of an earlier interview series. Collection consists of interview recordings and transcript, in which she discusses topics such as health insurance in the United States, the President's Commission on the Status of Women, and women's rights in general.

Dates: 1976-01-10

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Margaret Greenfield Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002325

Abstract Around the 1970s, Aldo Lanza, a professor of American history at the University of Turin, interviewed Margaret Greenfield as part of his research on Brookwood Labor College. Margaret Greenfield was a secretary there. Collection consists of the interview recording. Greenfield talks about Brookwood Labor College during her time working there, particularly the school's efforts between 1926 and 1929 for its $1 million fund, with which she was involved, as well as her later work at the college.

Dates: 1970 - 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Michigan Politics and Labor Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: LOH000780

Abstract Between 1984 and 1995, labor attorney Tom Downs conducted oral history interviews with figures important to Michigan's political and labor history. Support for Downs' ongoing project was provided by the Reuther Library, the Michigan Political History Society, and others. Downs was also interviewed. Collection consists of either recordings and/or transcripts of 14 interviews. Participants discuss their backgrounds, entry into politics or the labor movement (or both), significant accomplishments...

Dates: 1984-04-13 - 1996-07-25

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Mildred Jeffrey Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002295

Abstract In August 2002, Mike Smith interviewed UAW labor leader and civil rights and women's rights activist Mildred "Millie" Jeffrey at the Walter P. Reuther Library in Detroit. Jeffrey was the UAW’s first female department head and directed, in succession, the Women’s Bureau, Community Relations Department, and Consumer Affairs Department. Collection consists of recordings of two interviews. Jeffrey discusses her childhood in rural Iowa, family, education, entry into the workforce and the labor...

Dates: 2002-08-08; 2002-08-28

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Olga Madar Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002327

Abstract In 1972, newscaster Joe Weaver and women's studies scholar Wendy Robbins interviewed Olga Madar for a Detroit television (TV-2) special report on women’s rights. Collection consists of an audio recording. Madar talks about her work on behalf of women's rights over the course of her long career in the UAW, including efforts to secure pay equity, maternity benefits, daycare, and better working conditions for both women and men; her hopes for the Equal Rights Amendment; and her own experiences...

Dates: 1972

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Paul Silver Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 3: O-Si, Folder: 10

Identifier: LOH002308

Abstract Around or before 1977, Sidney Kelman interviewed labor organizer Paul Silver. Silver was active in the UAW, including serving as president of UAW Local 351 from 1946 to 1964 and an assignment to the International UAW staff. Collection consists of interview recording and transcript. Silver talks about his family background including his socialist upbringing and its importance to his later beliefs and actions, his organizing at Detroit Steel Products and elsewhere, founding and leadership of UAW...

Dates: circa 1977

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Ruth Milkman Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP002097

Abstract Ruth Milkman (1954-) is a professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and the academic director at the Joseph F. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. Her professional focus is labor and labor movements, and she has published on a variety of topics revolving around work and organized labor in the United States. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her M.A. from the University of California, Berkley. Milkman’s early research focused on women workers during...

Dates: 1975 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1991

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

SEIU District 925 Legacy Project Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: LOH002073

Abstract The SEIU District 925 Legacy Project, conducted 2005-2007, aimed through a series of oral history interviews to chronicle the organization’s 20-year history (1981-2001) and provide insight into the relationship between the women’s movement and organized labor, during a time of great social and technological change. The project gathered interviews from women, and some men, involved in the founding and growth of District 925 and its efforts, with the association 9to5, National Association of...

Dates: 2005-01-25 - 2007-03-09

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Service Employees International Union Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: LOH001882

Abstract The SEIU conducted an oral history program with officers and members, primarily between 1973 and 1988, with additions in 2002-2005. The collections consists of 31 interviews. Transcripts exist for all but the Andy Stern interview. Audio recordings exist for all but the following interviews: Cooper, Eliaser, Glenn (UCLA), Hannon, Levey (individual), Liebes, Neal, and Smiley. The Pat Ford interview conducted on Hi8 videotape. Interviewees discuss their entry into the labor movement and SEIU,...

Dates: 1951 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1973 - 2005

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Valery Burati Oral History

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Identifier: LOH002320

Abstract Valery "Val" Burati, a specialist in international labor relations, was interviewed in February 1988. Interviewer is unidentified, but is presumed to be Philip Mason. The interview was meant to be the first in a series of interviews about Burati's life and work. Collection consists of an audio recording. Burati talks at length about his early life, including his early childhood in Austrian Tyrol (now part of Italy), his family's immigration to America, and his time growing up in New England...

Dates: 1988-02-06

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

William Lucy Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: LOH002239

Abstract William "Bill" Lucy was a long-serving leader in AFSCME. A civil engineer in Contra Costa, California, he joined AFSCME in 1956 and was involved in the Memphis sanitation workers strike of 1968. He served as Secretary-Treasurer of AFSCME from 1972 to 2010. He co-founded the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) in 1972 and was involved in the civil rights and anti-Apartheid movements. Philip Mason conducted an audio interview with William Lucy in 2001 and a video interview with him in 2002....

Dates: 2001-04-16; 2002-01-10

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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