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AFSCME Oral Histories
Collection
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
AFSCME Power to the Public Worker Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002243
Abstract
In 1973, Richard N. Billings and John Greenya contracted with AFSCME to write a history of the union, resulting in the 1974 book
Dates:
1973-03-26 - 1973-07-26
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
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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- Lucy, William, 1933- 2
- Mason, Philip P. (Philip Parker Mason) 2
- AFSCME. Local 101 (Santa Clara County, Calif.) 1
- Ames, Joseph Lynn, 1925- 1
- Billings, Richard N. 1
- Chapman, Gordon Warner, 1907- 1
- Church, Al 1
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.) 1
- Collins, Joe 1
- Dailey, Ed 1
- Goddard, Joan 1
- Greenya, John 1
- Kramer, Leo 1
- Kubista, Roy 1
- McEntee, William J. (William Joseph), 1903- 1
- Mire, Joseph 1
- Russ, Johanna 1
- Wurf, Jerry, 1919-1981 1
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