Oral Histories
Interview of Len De Caux
Labor activist and publicity director for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
- Subtitle:
- Early Days of a Labor Radical
- Series:
- Interviews not in a series, part one
- Topic:
- Social MovementsJournalismLabor Movement
- Biographical Note:
- Labor activist and publicity director for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
- Interviewee:
- De Caux, Len
- Persons Present:
- Tape I, De Caux and Amsden. Tape II, De Caux, Amsden, Rebecca Andrade, video operator, and five boys: Tracy, who lives with De Caux, Don, Regan, Terry, and Danny, all neighborhood children visiting De Caux and playing at his house.
- Place Conducted:
- De Caux's home in Glendale, California.
- Supporting Documents:
- Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
- Interviewer Background and Preparation:
- The interview was conducted by Jon Amsden, Oral History Program, UCLA; B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., history, University of London.
- Processing of Interview:
- Editing on both tapes was done by Librarian Constance Bullock. Principal Editor Richard Candida Smith reviewed the interview and provided the introduction. Editorial Assistant David Gist prepared the table of contents, index, and the interview history.
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.