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Schwartz, Harvey

 Person

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Red Alexander oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-alexander
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Robert "Red" Alexander conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Describes boat building in military, World War II; master boat builder for Pacific Dry Dock/Crowley Maritime in East Bay, 1950-1979; traces great changes in shipbuilding over time; master model ship builder whose replicas are widely known in maritime circles.

Dates: 1997 March 12

Allan Brotsky oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-brotsky
Abstract

Sound recording of Allan Brotsky interview conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Brotsky recounts his life as a Bay Area labor and civil rights attorney.

Dates: 2005 November 4-22

Fred Brusati oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-brusati
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with electrician Fred Brusati conducted by Harvey Schwartz.

Dates: 1987 April 28

Carol Cuénod oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-cuenod
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Carol Cuénod conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Topics include insightful reflections on politically active mother, Left politics in California during 1940s-1950s, California Labor School, and International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Dates: 1994 August 9-September 19

Fred D. Fletcher oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-fletcher
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Fred D. Fletcher (b. 1920) conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Gives his recollections of the San Francisco Examiner and News-Call Bulletin merger of 1965 and the San Francisco newspaper strike of 1968.

Dates: 1999 June 16-July 27

Founders of Labor Archives and Research Center oral histories

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Identifier: larc-oh-founders
Abstract

Sound recording of interviews with labor and academic people involved in the founding of the Labor Archives in 1985 including Sandra Cate (Labor Foundation), Robert W. Cherny (SFSU History Dept.), Joanne Euster (SFSU, Director of Libraries), Lawrence Ianni (SFSU administrator), David Jenkins (retired ILWU), David F. Selvin (retired Newspaper Guild, Labor Foundation member), and Eric Solomon (SFSU administrator).

Dates: 1986 July 15 - October 17

Golden Gate Bridge Workers oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-oh-bridgeworkers
Abstract

Sound recordings of ten interviews with Golden Gate Bridge workers, some of their wives, and nurses who cared for them, conducted by Harvey Schwartz. These interviews were collected between April 4 and August 6, 1987, as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History Project.

Dates: 1987

Stanley Lathen oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-lathen
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Stanley Lathen conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Central figure in labor movement of Vallejo, California, World War II until retirement, 1968; organizer for Vallejo Plasterers Union, early 1930s to 1941; in 1941 revitalized Retail Store Employees Union Local 373 of Solano and Napa counties; led Local 373 for twenty-seven years; greatly expanded local's membership and influence while taking central role in civic affairs and Democratic Party politics.

Dates: 1997 May 16

Dan Mahoney oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-mahoney
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Dan Mahoney conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Irish nationalist, peace advocate, and organizer for Newspaper Guild in New York City; discusses Irish working class family life before World War II, co-founding chapter of the League against War and Fascism in high school, organizing for Guild in 1930s, Left politics, and his staff job with Hotel Workers Union, New York, after the war; ultimately settled in California.

Dates: 1997

Madeline Mixer oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-mixer
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Madeline Mixer conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Recalls classes from Clark Kerr, UC Berkeley, and work for UC's Heller Committee for research in social economics; contains rich assessment of Women's Bureau leadership in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s, and in-depth coverage of own pioneering advocacy of non-traditional job training and placement for women, 1972-1996.

Dates: 1998 March 10

Additional filters:

Subject
Oral histories. 17
Audiocassettes. 15
Labor unions -- California -- History. 6
Labor leaders -- California -- Interviews. 4
Blue collar workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
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Bridges -- Design and construction -- Employees 2
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Design and construction 2
Labor union members -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews. 2
Longshoremen's Strike, San Francisco, Calif., 1934 2
Political activists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews. 2
San Francisco State College -- Faculty -- Interviews. 2
San Francisco State College -- Faculty -- Political activity. 2
Teachers' unions -- California. 2
Women in the labor movement -- California. 2
Agricultural laborers -- California -- San Joachin Valley. 1
Agricultural laborers -- California. 1
Archives -- California -- San Francisco -- History 1
Audiotapes. 1
Building trades -- Employees -- Labor unions -- California. 1
Civil rights lawyers -- California -- Interviews. 1
Clerks (Retail trade) -- California -- Labor unions. 1
Communists -- California -- Interviews. 1
Community organization -- California. 1
Employee screening--California. 1
Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews. 1
Journalists--Labor unions--California. 1
Labor laws and legislation -- California. 1
Labor lawyers -- California -- Interviews. 1
Labor movement -- California -- History. 1
Labor movement -- California -- Vallejo -- History. 1
Labor union leaders -- California. 1
Labor unions -- California -- San Francisco -- History. 1
Migrant labor -- California -- San Joachin Valley. 1
Migrant labor -- California. 1
Newspaper employees--Labor unions--California--San Francisco. 1
Occupational training for women. 1
Political participation -- California. 1
San Francisco State College -- Student strike, 1968-1969. 1
Sex discrimination in employment. 1
Shipbuilding -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History. 1
Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Labor unions--California. 1
Shipwrights--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Interviews. 1
Shipyards -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History. 1
Stevedores -- California -- San Francisco. 1
Stevedores -- Labor unions -- California -- San Francisco. 1
Stevedores--California--San Francisco--Interviews. 1
Stewards--California--San Francisco--Interviews. 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- California 1
Strikes and lockouts--Newspapers--California--San Francisco. 1
Student strikes -- California -- San Francisco. 1
Women -- Employment -- United States -- History. 1
Women -- Employment. 1
Women labor union members--California--San Francisco--Interviews. 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area. 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- California. 1
World War, 1939-1945. 1
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