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Fred D. Fletcher oral history

 Item
Identifier: larc-oh-fletcher

Scope and Content of Collection

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

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Biography/Administrative History

Official, Bay Area Newspaper Guild, 1952-1981; grew up in San Francisco and Palo Alto; joined Pile Drivers Local 34, 1941; worked as a reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 1948-1958; worked as principal organizer of the Bay Area Newspaper Guild Local 52, 1949-1952; served as an officer for the Guild (including a stint as president), 1952-1981; elected at-large vice president of the California Labor Federation, 1963.

Extent

15 audio cassettes

Language of Materials

English

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.

Acquisition Information

Interview conducted by Harvey Schwartz, 1999.

Title
Fred D. Fletcher Oral History
Author
Finding aid created by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
Date
2017
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in: English.

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
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