Oral history interview with Elizabeth McCracken, 1959.

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Oral history interview with Elizabeth McCracken, 1959.

In 1959, the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University conducted oral history interviews with Michigan labor leaders who played a key role in the development of unionism in the automobile industry. Major subjects covered were: UAW organizing efforts, sit-down strikes of the 1930's, and policies of the Union during World War II.

Transcript: 38 leaves ; 29 cm.

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McCracken, Elizabeth, active 1959

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Organizer for the Mechanics Educational Society of America (MESA). From the description of Oral history interview with Elizabeth McCracken, 1959. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321331 ...

Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (University of Michigan-Wayne State University) : Unionism in the Automobile Industry Project

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In the fall of 1959, the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations began an oral history project on the development of unionism in the automobile industry. Interviewees were selected on the basis of (a) having played an important role in the development of automobile unionism, (b) being recommended as able to articulate their experience, and (3); being available. The interviewees included a number of present day key UAW leaders as well as many important past ...

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Skeels, Jack W.

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Mechanics Educational Society of America

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