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11. Interview of James L. Daugherty

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
13.3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Union organizer and president of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 1414. President of the California Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and member of the Communist Party.

12. Interview of William C. Oxley

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
President of the United Automobile Workers, Local 506 and president of the San Diego Industrial Union Council.

13. Interview of Paul Schrade

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
15.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy.

14. Interview of Ben Dobbs

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Labor Movement
Length:
14.6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor organizer and executive committee member of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.

15. Interview of Henry W. Fiering

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
12.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Union organizer for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union, and Federation of Retired Union Members (FORUM).

16. Interview of William Seligman

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
9.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor leader and arbitrator. Organizer for the Cap and Millinery Workers International Union and the United Shoe Workers of America.

17. Interview of Elinor Glenn

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
6.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Co-founding officer of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and president of the United Public Workers Local 246. General manager for GM at Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 434.

18. Interview of Angela Ward

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Communist Party
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were conducted by Constance Coiner, a faculty member at SUNY Binghampton and a former graduate student at UCLA, as background for her book Better Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur. They were donated to UCLA after her death by her husband, Stephe...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Communist Party and the Independent Progressive Party. Organizer for the Office and Professional Employees Union and the Utility Workers Organizing Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

19. Interview of Bill Bailey

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Communist Party
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were conducted by Constance Coiner, a faculty member at SUNY Binghampton and a former graduate student at UCLA, as background for her book Better Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur. They were donated to UCLA after her death by her husband, Stephe...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Communist Party. Served with the Republican forces of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.

20. Interview of Ruth Maguire

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Communist Party
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were conducted by Constance Coiner, a faculty member at SUNY Binghampton and a former graduate student at UCLA, as background for her book Better Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur. They were donated to UCLA after her death by her husband, Stephe...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Communist Party.