"Twentieth Century Trade Union Women: Vehicle for Social Change" Oral History Transcripts

Collection Number: 6342 OHT

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

"Twentieth Century Trade Union Women: Vehicle for Social Change" Oral History Transcripts, 1970-1987

Collection Number:

6342 OHT

Creator:

Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations University of Michigan

Quantity:

2 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Oral histories.

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Language:

Collection material in English

SUBJECTS

Names:

Balanoff, Elizabeth

Barron, Sara

Bernhardt, Debra

Bowie, Carol

Callahan, Mary

Cameron, Cindia

Cobble, Susan

Cohen, Sophie

Conroy, Catherine

Craig, Bette

Day, Clara

Dubrow, Evelyn

Elkuss, Mary Lawrance

Fese, Marie

Findlay, James

Julik, Gary

Simmons, Christian

Smith, Judy

Frank, Mary Ellen

Frederickson, Mary

Fredgant, Sara

Gladstein, Caroline Decker

Goldfarb, Lyn

Kliener, Lydia

Miller, Christine

Gordon, Gloria

Haener, Dorothy

Hall, Jacquelyn

Herstein, Lillian

Hoffman, Alice

Jeffrey, Mildred

Jones, Brownie Lee

Kemp, Maida Springer

Kennedy, Ola

Kimmel, Elizabeth

Kleiner, Lydia

Lucia, Carmen

Lunsford, Minnie

Lynch, Florence

Maietta, Julia

McElrath, Ah Quon

McGill, Eula

Merrill, Barbara

Meyerowitz, Ruth

Mount, Julia Luna

Neal, Arline

Neal, Fannie

Newman, Pauline

Nord, Elizabeth

Norwood, Rose

O'Farrell, Brigid

Palmquist, Rose

Peterson, Florence

Peurala, Alice

Pincus, Celia

Podojil, Antoinette

Reverby, Susan

Rikard, Marlene Hunt

Roberts, Geraldine

Roberts, Lillian

Robinson, Dolly Lowther

Roffman, Marion

Rostan, June

Schacht, John

Schwenkmeyer, Frieda

Scott, Glenn

Sullivan, Anna

Sweet, Gertrude

Tanzer, Shirley

Taylor, Pauline

Thornburgh, Lucille

Turner, Doris

Van Raaphorst, Donna

Ward, Angela Gizzi

Wertheimer, Barbara

Wiencek, Ruth

Wigderson, Seth; Bette Craig

Wilson, Becca

Wooding, Nelle

Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU)

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

American Labor Education Service (ALES)

Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (BRAC)

Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union (CAWIU)

Communications Workers of America (CWA)

Domestic Workers of America (DWA)

Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union (HERE)

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)

International Union of Electrical Workers (IU)

National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees (NUHHCE) (1199)

Office Workers Union (OWU)

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT)

Progressive Party

Service Employees' International Union (SEIU)

Textile Workers' Union of America (TWUA)

United Auto Workers (UWA)

United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA)

United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW)

United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)

United Rubber Workers (URW)

United Steelworkers of America (USA)

Form and Genre Terms:

Oral histories.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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:

"Twentieth Century Trade Union Women: Vehicle for Social Change" Oral History Transcripts #6342 OHT. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Sara Barron Interviewed by Barbara Wertheimer	1976
		Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 2	Mary Callahan Interviewed by Alice Hoffman	1976
		International Union of Electrical Workers (IU). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 3	Sophie Cohen Interviewed by Deborah Shaffer and Carol Brightman	1977-1978
		Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Box 1	Folder 4	Catherine Conroy Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1976
		Communications Workers of America (CWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 5	Clara Day Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1978
		International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 1	Folder 6	Evelyn Dubrow Interviewed by Lydia Kleiner	1976
		International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 7	Mary Lawrance Elkuss Interviewed by Gloria Gordon	1978
		Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA).
Box 1	Folder 8	Marie Fese Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1978
		Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (BRAC). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 1	Folder 9	Sara Fredgant Interviewed by Alice Hoffman	1976
		Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 10	Caroline Decker Gladstein Interviewed by Susan Cobble	1976
		Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union (CAWIU). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 1	Folder 11	Dorothy Haener Interviewed by Lyn Goldfarb, Lydia Kliener, and Christine Miller	1978
		United Auto Workers (UWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 12	Lillian Herstein Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1970-1971
		American Federation of Teachers (AFT). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 13	Mildred Jeffrey Interviewed by Ruth Meyerowitz	1976
		United Auto Workers (UWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 14	Brownie Lee Jones Interviewed by Mary Frederickson	1976
		American Labor Education Service (ALES). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 15	Maida Springer Kemp Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1978
		International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 16	Maida Springer Kemp Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1978
		International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 17	Ola Kennedy Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1977
		United Steelworkers of America (USA). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 1	Folder 18	Elizabeth Kimmel Interviewed by Glenn Scott	1979
		International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU).
Box 1	Folder 19	Carmen Lucia Interviewed by Seth Wigderson and Bette Craig	1976-1978
		United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 20	Minnie Lunsford Interviewed by June Rostan	1977
		United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 21	Florence Lynch Interviewed by Debra Bernhardt	1978
		United Rubber Workers (URW).
Box 1	Folder 22	Julia Maietta Interviewed by Alice Hoffman	1976
		Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 23	Ah Quon McElrath Interviewed by Marion Roffman	1976
		International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 1	Folder 24	Eula McGill Interviewed by Jacquelyn Hall	1976
		Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 1	Barbara Merrill Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1978
		Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
Box 2	Folder 2	Julia Luna Mount Interviewed by Becca Wilson	1977-1978
		United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 2	Folder 3	Arline Neal Interviewed by Lyn Goldfarb	1976
		Service Employees' International Union (SEIU). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 4	Fannie Neal Interviewed by Marlene Hunt Rikard	1977
		American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 5	Pauline Newman Interviewed by Barbara Wertheimer	1976
		International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 6	Elizabeth Nord Interviewed by James Findlay, Gary Julik, Christion Simmons, and Judy Smith	1975-1976
		Textile Workers' Union of America (TWUA). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 2	Folder 7	Rose Norwood Interviewed by Brigid O'Farrell	1978
		International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 8	Rose Palmquist Interviewed by Mary Ellen Frank	1977
		International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 9	Florence Peterson Interviewed by Ruth Meyerowitz	1976
		United Auto Workes (UWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 10	Alice Peurala Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff	1977
		United Steelworkers of America (USA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 11	Celia Pincus Interviewed by Alice Hoffman	1976
		Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT).
Box 2	Folder 12	Antoinette Podojil Interviewed by Lydia Kleiner	1976
		Textile Workers' Union of America (TWUA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 13	Geraldine Roberts Interviewed by Donna Van Raaphorst	1977
		Domestic Workers of America (DWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 14	Lillian Roberts Interviewed by Susan Reverby	1978
		American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 15	Dolly Lowther Robinson Interviewed by Bette Craig	1976
		Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 16	Frieda Schwenkmeyer Interviewed by Bette Craig	1976
		Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 17	Anna Sullivan Interviewed by Brigid O'Farrell	1978
		Textile Workers' Union of America (TWUA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 18	Gertrude Sweet Interviewed by Shirley Tanzer	1976
		Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union (HERE). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 19	Pauline Taylor Interviewed by Debra Bernhardt	1978
		Progressive Party.
Box 2	Folder 20	Lucille Thornburgh Interviewed by June Rostan	1978
		Textile Workers' Union of America (TWUA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 21	Doris Turner Interviewed by Cindia Cameron	1978
		National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees (NUHHCE) (1199).
Box 2	Folder 22	Angela Gizzi Ward Interviewed by Susan Cobble	1976
		Office Workers Union (OWU).
Box 2	Folder 23	Ruth Wiencek Interviewed by Carol Bowie	1976
		Communications Workers of America (CWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2	Folder 24	Nelle Wooding Interviewed by John Schacht	1970
		Communications Workers of America (CWA).
Box 2	Folder 25	Program on Women and Work	1981
		Preliminary Sourcebook of Oral Histories of Trade Union and Working Women in the United States. Compiled by M. Brady Mikusko, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan-Wayne State University
Box 2	Folder 26	Black Women Oral History Project: Guide to the Transcripts	1987
		Edited by Ruth Edmonds Hill and Patricia Miller King, The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College

Contents

"Twentieth Century Trade Union Women: Vehicle for Social Change" Oral History Transcripts

Collection Number: 6342 OHT

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library