Harry L. and Gretchen Billings interview, 1974.

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Harry L. and Gretchen Billings interview, 1974.

Harry and Gretchen Billings were longtime editors of the People's Voice, published in Helena, Montana, from 1939-1969. The paper was progressive in its orientation, supporting labor and the Democratic Party, and opposing corporate control of Montana and its mainstream press. (OH 2209)

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Montana Historical Society Library

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Billings, Gretchen

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Billings, Harry L., 1913-1990

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Harry Billings was a lineman for Iowa Electric Light and Power Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was an officer in the company union and an activist in the drive by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to organize his company in the 1930s. The Iowa Railway and Light Company changed its name to Iowa Electric Light and Power Company in 1932. From the description of Reminiscence on unionizing Iowa Electric Light and Power Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa : holograph. [1977?]...