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Wyndham Mortimer collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0051

Scope and Contents note

This collection primarily contains correspondence and reports about the UAW organizing drive in the aircraft industry of Southern California, particularly the Vultee and North American Aviation strikes. There is a complete series of The Vultee Striker, and news clippings on the North American strike. His “Fellow Members of the C.I.O.” letters discuss the purging of leftists from the Los Angeles CIO Industrial Union Council and the trial of Harry Bridges among other topics.

Dates

  • 1939 - 1960
  • Majority of material found within 1939 - 1941

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet ( (1 box))

Language of Materials

English

Processing Information

Processed with Guide Abstract updated based on guide. Paper copy of guide needs to be printed from the digital file and added to the guides binder.

Status
Completed
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571