Arthur K. Bierman oral history
Scope and Contents
Sound recording of interview with Arthur K. Bierman conducted by Peter Carroll. Describes his role in organizing opposition to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1959-1960; faculty union organizing (American Federation of Teachers) at San Francisco State University in 1952-1968; and offers a detailed look into the 1968-1969 student and faculty strike at San Francisco State.
Dates
- 1992 January 14
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Biography
San Francisco State University professor and leader in the faculty strike of 1969.
Extent
7 audio cassettes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with Arthur K. Bierman conducted by Peter Carroll. Describes his role in organizing opposition to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1959-1960; faculty union organizing (American Federation of Teachers) at San Francisco State University in 1952-1968; and offers a detailed look into the 1968-1969 student and faculty strike at San Francisco State.
Acquisition Information
Interview conducted by Peter Carroll, 1992.
- American Federation of Teachers
- Audiocassettes.
- College students -- Political activity.
- Oral histories.
- San Francisco State College -- Faculty -- Political activity.
- San Francisco State College -- Student strike, 1968-1969.
- San Francisco State College -- Students
- Student strikes -- California -- San Francisco.
- Teachers' unions -- California.
- Title
- Finding aid to the Arthur K. Bierman 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