Violet Orr oral history, 1919-1976 bulk 1976.

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Violet Orr oral history, 1919-1976 bulk 1976.

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Transcript and sound recording of Lucille Kendall's 1976 interviews with Violet Orr, including a brief interview with Violet's husband Paul Orr; an interview history; and one folder of Orr family papers and photographs, dated from 1919 to 1976. The interviews document Violet Orr's childhood and marriage; her trip with Paul Orr to the Soviet Union in the 1920s; her activities as a Communist Party organizer in the 1930s and '40s in California, including her involvement in the San Francisco laundry workers' union and work for the radical newspaper, the People's World; and the Orrs' experiences during the post-war Red Scare.

Transcript and papers: 2 folders (0.1 linear ft.)Tapes: 15 audiocassettes

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8150307

California historical society

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Orr, Violet

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Violet Orr was active in the Communist Party in California in the 1930s and 1940s, serving as an organizational secretary in Oakland; a candidate for State Assembly from Richmond (1934); a laundry worker and labor organizer in San Francisco (1935-1937); and an advertising and circulation manager of the People's World in San Francisco and Los Angeles (1937-1946). From the description of Violet Orr oral history, 1919-1976 bulk 1976. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: ...

Orr, Paul G.

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Kendall, Lucille,

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