Oral history interview, 1973.

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Oral history interview, 1973.

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Interview, with brief catalog, from the Town of West Bath, Me., with Snowdon, about early union activity, working conditions, union organizers, strikes at the shipyard, and merger between AF of L and CIO.

1 audiotape (1 1/2 hr.)

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051829

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