Oral history interview, 1972 Sept. 09.

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Oral history interview, 1972 Sept. 09.

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Interview with Achroyd, at Sanford, relating to his activities as laborer in the Sanford woolen mill, with other family members; effect of Depression on the mill; slow organization of labor; efforts of United Textile Workers of America and Textile Workers Union of America to organize the workers; Taft-Hartley Act of 1947; Maine State Labor Organization; organization of locals in Dexter and Oakland, Me.; and interactions between local politicians and local labor organizations.

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Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center

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