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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

John Sanchez oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-sanchez
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Sound recording of interview with John Sanchez conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Former agricultural worker; recalls killing of unionists by growers in Pixley, California, during 1933 Central Valley cotton strike; describes harsh living and working conditions of Central Valley’s Mexican American cotton pickers, 1930s, and impact of mechanization, 1938-1941.

Dates: 1998 March 31