Deborah Shaffer papers for the film The Wobblies, 1979.

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Deborah Shaffer papers for the film The Wobblies, 1979.

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Files of filmmaker Deborah Shaffer for "The Wobblies," produced and directed by Shaffer and Stewart Bird. This 1979 film examines the Industrial Workers of the World labor union (IWW or the Wobblies), from 1905 to 1950, through interviews with surviving members. Included in the files are a copy of the film, transcript of the film, transcripts and original audio tapes of the interviews, archival master reels, negative reels, outtakes, voice over and narrative audio tapes, posters, photographs, and slides.

2.2 c.f.,165 tape recordings,8.0 c.f. of films, and22 additional films.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925982

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

Bird, Stewart

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Shaffer, Deborah Koetzle

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Documentary Filmmaker. From the description of Reminiscences of Deborah Shaffer : oral history, 2002-2004. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269259398 ...