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Golden Gate Bridge Workers oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-oh-bridgeworkers

Scope and Contents

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Labor Archives received a grant from the California Council for the Humanities to conduct interviews with nine bridge workers, two wives of bridge workers, and two nurses who cared for workers hurt on the job. Between April 4 and August 6, 1987, ten interviews were conducted by Harvey Schwartz as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History project.

Dates

  • 1987

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Labor Archives and Research Center (LARC), J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Extent

20 Cassettes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Sound recordings of ten interviews with Golden Gate Bridge workers, some of their wives, and nurses who cared for them, conducted by Harvey Schwartz. These interviews were collected between April 4 and August 6, 1987, as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History Project.

Acquisition Information

Oral histories conducted by Harvey Schwartz in 1987.

Creator

Title
Finding Aid to the Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History Collection
Author
Finding aid created by Marissa Friedman
Date
2020
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:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571