Reminiscences of Joseph Anthony Beirne : oral history, 1957.

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Reminiscences of Joseph Anthony Beirne : oral history, 1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309720800

Early experiences in Western Electric maintenance shop; communications workers in the Depression; origins of Communications Workers of America, role in CIO; unification of AFL and CIO.

Transcript: 86 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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