Fred D. Fletcher oral history
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
- Fletcher, Fred D. (Person)
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.
Additional collection guides
Acquisition Information
Interview conducted by Harvey Schwartz, 1999.
Creator
- Fletcher, Fred D. (Person)
- 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
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu