Melvyn Dubofsky Audio-Visual Materials
Collection Number: 6218 AV
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Melvyn Dubofsky Audio-Visual
Materials, 1971-1974
Collection Number:
6218 AV
Creator:
Dubofsky, Melvyn
Quantity:
0.6 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Audiovisual materials.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This is a collection of interviews about John L. Lewis with
W. Jett Lauck, A.H. Raskin, Len DeCaux, David Dubinsky and Jacob
Potofsky.
Language:
Collection material in English
Melvyn Dubofsky is the Bartle Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at the
State University of New York at Binghamton.
This is a collection of interviews about John L. Lewis with W. Jett Lauck, A.H.
Raskin, Len DeCaux, David Dubinsky and Jacob Potofsky.
All audio cassettes in this collection have been digitized.
Names:
Dubofsky, Melvyn, 1934-
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
Lauck, W. Jett (William Jett), 1879-1949
Raskin, A. H. (Abraham Henry), 1911-
DeCaux, Len
Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982
Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel), 1894-1979
Form and Genre Terms:
Audiovisual materials.
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Melvyn Dubofsky Audio-Visual Materials #6218 AV. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Item 1 | 1974 | |
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Format: Audio cassette tape
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4/18/1974. Run time 0:47:12. Recording begins mid-interview. Topics include
Jacob Potofsky discussing his experiences with John L. Lewis in the 1930s
and 1940s, the United Mine Workers, Lewis' FBI file, disagreements between
Potofsky, Lewis, and Sidney Hillman, experiences with Lewis' family, W. Jett
Lauck, Philip Murray, the suggestion that Lewis would resign as president of
the CIO if Roosevelt was elected, the United Mine Workers breaking their
affiliation with the CIO, Lewis' involvement with communists, Lewis'
relationship with Jewish people. Recording ends mid-sentence.
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| Box 2 | Item 1 | 1974 | |
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Format: Audio cassette tape
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6/4/1974. Run time 0:55:06. Recording begins mid-interview. Topics include A.
H. Raskin discussing John L. Lewis in the 1940s, how they first met,
changing impressions of Lewis over time, Lewis' health and career,
impressions of Lewis' family, Daniel Tobin, David Dubinsky's statements
about the AFL and CIO merging, Lewis' political commitments during and after
WWII, anti-trust questions, his involvement with Eaton, President Truman's
foreign policies, Lewis' offer to run for Vice President, Lewis in
comparison to other labor leaders, his relationship with employees, his
connections with coal companies, Lewis' ego and power, and how Lewis ran the
CIO. Recording ends mid-sentence.
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| Box 3 | Item 1 | 1971 | |
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Format: Audio cassette tape
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4/7-8/1971. Run time 1:03:18. Recording begins mid-interview. Topics include
Leonard DeCaux discussing his approach to books on labor history and why he
wrote them the way he did including the book "Labor Radical: From the
Wobblies to CIO, a personal history", Dubofsky's views on labor history,
errors the 'left' made during the CIO period, DeCaux's generous attitude
toward Hillman and Murray, thoughts on the communist movement, Lewis'
efforts to control the union and how it changed over time, Lewis as a man
without philosophy class distinctions, policy making by the AFL-CIO,
discovering labor leaders that had Communist ties and the conflict about how
to report it, the 'players' in building the CIO and their connections, the
influence of the Cold War on the labor movement, the CIO's communist purge,
Lewis and the labor movement during the 1930's, Roosevelt, the New Deal, and
W. Jett Lauck's influence on Lewis.
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| Box 4 | Item 1 | 1972 | |
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Format: Audio cassette tape
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9/21/1972. Run time 0:46:45. Recording begins mid-interview. Topics include
David Dubinsky discussing his first meeting with John L. Lewis, his
resignation from the Executive Council, Dubinsky's efforts toward peace and
reunification, his involvement with the CIO and the AFL, analysis of why
Lewis rejected the agreement in 1937, Dubinsky's relationship with Lewis and
with President Roosevelt, Lewis' political beliefs, his relationships with
Jews, social events with Lewis or his family, Dubinsky compares Lewis with
other labor leaders, Lewis' relationship with communists.
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| Box 5 | Item 1 | ||
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Format: Audio cassette tape
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No date. Run time 0:21:17. Topics include Melvyn Dubofsky analyzing his
interviews and recording verbal notes.
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