Carl T. Anderson oral history
Scope and Contents
Sound recording of interview with Carl T. Anderson conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Discusses childhood in Scotland and Denmark, arrival in U.S. in 1943, and working on the construction of the Carquinez Bridge; joined Pile Drivers Union when twenty-eight years old; lifelong Socialist; describes battle over Communists in the Union; retired in 1985.
Dates
- 1987 October 29
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Biography
Member, Pile Drivers Local 34.
Extent
1 audio cassette
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with Carl T. Anderson conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Discusses childhood in Scotland and Denmark, arrival in U.S. in 1943, and working on the construction of the Carquinez Bridge; joined Pile Drivers Union when twenty-eight years old; lifelong Socialist; describes battle over Communists in the Union; retired in 1985.
Acquisition Information
Interview conducted by Adah Bakalinsky, 1987.
- Audiocassettes.
- Bakalinsky, Adah (Interviewer)
- Oral histories.
- Pile drivers -- California -- Interviews.
- Pile drivers -- Labor unions -- California.
- Piling (Civil engineering) -- California -- History.
- Piling (Civil engineering) -- United States -- History.
- Socialists -- United States -- Interviews.
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders. Local Union no. 34
- Title
- Finding aid to the Carl T. Anderson 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
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San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu