"Twentieth Century Trade Union Women: Vehicle for Social Change" Oral History Transcripts, 1970-1987
Collection Number: 6342 OHT

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
"Twentieth Century Trade Union Women: Vehicle for Social Change" Oral History Transcripts, 1970-1987
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6342 OHT
Creator:
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Michigan
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
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Preferred Citation

"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.

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
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
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
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
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
Textile Workers Union of America
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)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Sara Barron Interviewed by Barbara Wertheimer
1976
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Box 1 Folder 4
Catherine Conroy Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff
1976
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 1 Folder 6
Evelyn Dubrow Interviewed by Lydia Kleiner
1976
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA).
Box 1 Folder 8
Marie Fese Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff
1978
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
United Steelworkers of America (USA). This interview was marked restricted as of 1981.
Box 1 Folder 18
Elizabeth Kimmel Interviewed by Glenn Scott
1979
Scope and Contents
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU).
Box 1 Folder 19
Carmen Lucia Interviewed by Seth Wigderson and Bette Craig
1976-1978
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
United Rubber Workers (URW).
Box 1 Folder 22
Julia Maietta Interviewed by Alice Hoffman
1976
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
Box 2 Folder 2
Julia Luna Mount Interviewed by Becca Wilson
1977-1978
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
United Auto Workes (UWA). This interview is available in Catherwood Library on microfiche.
Box 2 Folder 10
Alice Peurala Interviewed by Elizabeth Balanoff
1977
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT).
Box 2 Folder 12
Antoinette Podojil Interviewed by Lydia Kleiner
1976
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
Progressive Party.
Box 2 Folder 20
Lucille Thornburgh Interviewed by June Rostan
1978
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees (NUHHCE) (1199).
Box 2 Folder 22
Angela Gizzi Ward Interviewed by Susan Cobble
1976
Scope and Contents
Office Workers Union (OWU).
Box 2 Folder 23
Ruth Wiencek Interviewed by Carol Bowie
1976
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
Communications Workers of America (CWA).
Box 2 Folder 25
Program on Women and Work
1981
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
Edited by Ruth Edmonds Hill and Patricia Miller King, The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College