Oral history project interviews, 1985-1986.

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Oral history project interviews, 1985-1986.

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Interviews conducted by Rick Halpern and Roger Horowitz under a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The 128 interviewees are primarily members and former members of local unions of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (CIO).

300 tape recordings and0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925569

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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