Violet Orr oral history 1919-1976 1976

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Violet Orr oral history 1919-1976 1976

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Transcript and sound recording of Lucille Kendall's 1976 interviews with Violet Orr, including a brief interview with Violet's husband Paul Orr; an interview history; and one folder of Orr family papers and photographs, dated from 1919 to 1976. The interviews document Violet Orr's childhood and marriage; her trip with Paul Orr to the Soviet Union in the 1920s; her activities as a Communist Party organizer in the 1930s and '40s in California, including her involvement in the San Francisco laundry workers' union and work for the radical newspaper, the ; and the Orrs' experiences during the post-war Red Scare. People's World

2 folders; (0.1 linear feet); 15 audiocassettes

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California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6657236

California historical society

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Orr, Paul

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People's world (San Francisco, Calif.).

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Orr, Violet

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Violet Orr was active in the Communist Party in California in the 1930s and 1940s, serving as an organizational secretary in Oakland; a candidate for State Assembly from Richmond (1934); a laundry worker and labor organizer in San Francisco (1935-1937); and an advertising and circulation manager of the People's World in San Francisco and Los Angeles (1937-1946). From the description of Violet Orr oral history, 1919-1976 bulk 1976. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: ...