Oral history interview, 1972 Mar.

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Oral history interview, 1972 Mar.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70955216

Interview, with brief catalog and transcript, with Brown of the United Paperworkers International Union about his fight for safety in working conditions and difficulties in organizing the workers; also speaks on the split between the AFL and CIO.

1 audiotape (1 hr.)

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8050860

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