Oral history interviews of the Studebaker Oral History Project, 1984-1985.

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Oral history interviews of the Studebaker Oral History Project, 1984-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53891255

Project consists of 50 interviews with former workers at the South Bend, Indiana Studebaker plant.

Transcripts: 50 v.Sound recordings: 82 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each)

Indiana University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7672543

Indiana University

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