Pittsburgh Oral History Project 1974 [audiotapes]

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Pittsburgh Oral History Project 1974 [audiotapes]

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Audio tapes include oral history interviews with African-Americans, Poles, Serbs, Slovaks and Ukrainians who worked in the steel industry during the twentieth century. Interviews cover topics such as demographics, immigration/migration, family history, urbanization, prohibition, unionization and other labor issues.

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7306384

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

Mason, Major.

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Bodnar, John 1944-

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John E. Bodnar has written several books on ethnic groups in Pennsylvania. From the description of Ethnic profile of Pennsylvania's population 1973. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48924645 This collection was an oral history project that was intended to explore the history and cultural diversity of Indiana's Asian Indian communities. The project was funded by a Clio Grant under the co-direction of John Bodnar at Indiana University-Bloomington and...

Murray, Phillip, 1886-1952.

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Gottlieb, Peter, 1935-

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.

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Pittsburgh Historical and Museum Commission.

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The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's Pittsburgh Oral History Project, conducted from 1974-1978 under the leadership of Dr. John Bodnar, sought information on shared experiences among different racial and ethnic groups. From the description of Pittsburgh Oral History Project 1974 [audiotapes] (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 31101345 ...