Oral history interview, 1972 Aug. 25.

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Oral history interview, 1972 Aug. 25.

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Interview with Simpson, at Millinocket, about his activities as paper industry worker with Great Northern Paper Company, elections of union officers, affects of World War I and later the Depression on the mill, various types of machinery and job opportunities, various positions within the union, and his impressions of unions today.

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Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center

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Paper industry worker, of Millinocket, Me.; b. in Scotland; arrived in U.S., 1912; member of International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and former employee of Great Northern Paper Company. From the description of Oral history interview, 1972 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975864 ...

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