Iowa Labor History Oral Project

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3	A. Jack Lewis oral history interview, June 13, 1983	Military service, Labor unions, United States. Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, Apportionment (Election law), Teamsters, Lobbying, Political activity, World War, 1939-1945, Lewis, A. Jack, 1920-, Hughes, Harold E. (Harold Everett), 1922-1996, National Federation of Post Office Clerks. Local 44, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Iowa. General Assembly, United States Postal Service, United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
4	A. P. Butts oral history interview, August 9, 1978	Railroad employees, Labor unions, Coal mines and mining, Depressions, Railroads, Work environment, Railroad engineers, Butts, Albert Parks, 1888-, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Division 38, United Mine Workers of America, United States -- Iowa -- Fort Dodge, 1900-1910, 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950
5	Abe Meacham oral history interview, November 6, 1981	Safety, Labor unions, Packing-houses, Depressions, Immigrants, Foreign workers, Incentives in industry, Mexican Americans, Employee selection, Strikes and lockouts, Women employees, World War, 1939-1945, Meacham, Abe, 1905-, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 38, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Armour and Company, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Hormel Foods Corporation, United States -- Iowa -- Mason City, United States -- Minnesota -- Austin, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970
6	Adolph Hanson oral history interview, April 22, 1982	Hanson, Adolph, United States -- Iowa -- Dubuque
7	Adrian Cross oral history interview, July 22, 1980	Ordnance industry, Labor unions, Farm equipment, Strikes and lockouts, Communism, Company unions, Work environment, Collective bargaining, Collective labor agreements, Grievance procedures, Piecework, World War, 1939-1945, Cost-plus contracts, Cross, Adrian, 1912-, United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America. Local 109, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 1309, International Harvester Company, American Federation of Labor, Case tractors, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), United States -- Iowa -- Quad Cities, United States -- Iowa -- Bettendorf, United States -- Illinois -- Rock Island, 1930-1940, 1940-1950
8	Al Bybee oral history interview, April 18, 1980	Labor unions, Automobile repair shops, Grievance procedures, Boards of trade, Janitors, Depressions, Labor Day, Packing-houses, Plant shutdowns, Railroads, Traveling sales personnel, School employees, Teamsters, Political activity, World War, 1939-1945, Bybee, Al, 1904-, Hughes, Harold E. (Harold Everett), 1922-1996, Building Service Employees' International Union. Local 228, United States -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs, United States -- Iowa -- Honey Creek, 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
9	Al Chidester oral history interview, August 28, 1997	Meat industry and trade, Strikes and lockouts, Packing-houses, Chidester, Al, 1929-, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local P-46, Rath Packing Company, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States -- Iowa -- Waterloo, United States -- Iowa -- Albia, United States -- Iowa -- Cedar Falls, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980, 1980-1990
10	Al Gardner oral history interview, September 8, 1977	Musicians, Dance orchestras, Stagehands, Gardner, Al, 1909-, Petrillo, James C. (James Caesar), 1892-1984, American Federation of Musicians, National Cash Register Company, United States -- Iowa -- Dubuque, United States -- Ohio -- Dayton, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970
11	Al McDonell oral history interview, August 12, 1991	Grievance arbitration, Collective bargaining, Collective labor agreements, Drug testing, Grievance procedures, Correctional personnel, Wages, Work environment, Training, Political activity, Public employees, McDonell, Al, 1958-, AFSCME. Local 2985, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 1970-1980, 1980-1990, 1990-2000
12	Al Schultz oral history interview, October 30, 1997	Schultz, Al, United States -- Iowa -- Mason City
13	Al Skinner oral history interview, June 24, 1998	Skinner, Al, United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines
14	Al Thompson oral history interview, July 18, 1991	Safety, Labor unions, Strikes and lockouts, Political activity, Railroads, Switchmen, Collective bargaining, Thompson, Al, 1951-, United Transportation Union. Local 316, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States -- Iowa -- Clinton, 1970-1980, 1980-1990, 1990-2000
15	Albert Jennings oral history interview June 26, 1981	Military service, Labor leaders, Race relations, Strikes and lockouts, Fire fighters, Collective bargaining, Collective labor agreements, Grievance procedures, Labor union members, Elections, City councils, Work environment, Labor Day, Labor unions, Lobbying, Political activity, Public employees, Women employees, Jennings, Albert, 1923-, International Association of Fire Fighters. Local 66, Deere & Company, Iowa. General Assembly, United States -- Iowa -- Waterloo, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
16	Albert Major oral history interview, August 28, 1981	Labor unions, Communism, Depressions, Public employees, Major, Albert, 1910-, Blue, Robert Donald, 1898-1989, AFSCME. Local 616, United States -- Iowa -- Ottumwa, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970
17	Albert Von Ah oral history interview, May 6, 1982	Safety, Labor unions, Automation, Upholstery trade, Labor Day, Incentives in industry, Labor unions and mass media, Newspapers, Political activity, Sit-down strikes, Strikes and lockouts, Teamsters, Time study, Grievance procedures, Collective bargaining, Work environment, Wildcat strikes, Women employees, Von Ah, Albert, 1920-, Blue, Robert Donald, 1898-1989, Upholsterers' International Union of North America. Local 1861, Dubuque Trades and Labor Congress, AFL-CIO, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, United States -- Iowa -- Dubuque, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
18	Alice Jackson oral history interview, December 4, 1981	Safety, Labor unions, Strikes and lockouts, Women employees, Political activity, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Jackson, Alice, 1936-, Iowa Ordnance Plant (Burlington, Iowa), International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Lodge 1010, United States -- Iowa -- Burlington, 1960-1970, 1970-1980, 1980-1990
19	Alice Mataya Dial oral history interview, September 14, 2015	Dial, Alice Mataya, 1955-, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 431, United States -- Iowa -- Ottumwa
20	Alice Oltmanns oral history interview, June 28, 1982	Labor unions, Boards of trade, Strikes and lockouts, Clothing trade, Collective bargaining, Voter registration, Packing-houses, Piecework, Political activity, Railroads, Apportionment (Election law), Teamsters, Time study, Women employees, World War, 1939-1945, Oltmanns, Alice, 1913-, Culver, John C., 1932-, Hughes, Harold E. (Harold Everett), 1922-1996, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 303, Swift & Company, American Federation of Grain Millers. Local 6, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Swift & Company, United States -- Iowa -- Clinton, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970
21	Alice Whipple oral history interview, March 14, 1980	Social service, Depressions, Food relief, Women social workers, Women employees, Whipple, Alice, 1895-, Booth, Harry, 1892-, Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926, United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines, United States -- Iowa -- Burlington, United States -- Iowa -- Davenport, 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
22	Allan Bull oral history interview, November 13, 1997	Bull, Allan, United States -- Iowa -- Mason City
23	Alvin C. Drews oral history interview, October 6, 1982	Military service, Safety, Labor unions, Lithographers, Photoengraving, Newspaper employees, Collective bargaining, Mergers, Technological innovations, Wages, Work environment, Printing industry, Drews, Alvin C., 1918-, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, Amalgamated Lithographers of America. Local 584, United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
24	Alvin (Jack) Melsha oral history interview, November 21, 1977	Safety, Labor unions, Child labor, Depressions, Explosions, Corn products industry, Packing-houses, Meat industry and trade, Work environment, Strikes and lockouts, World War, 1939-1945, Melsha, Alvin, 1903-, Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969, United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 3, Penick & Ford, Ltd., United States -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids, 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950
25	Andrew Dergo oral history interview, October 22, 1979	Labor unions, Immigrants, Depressions, World War, 1939-1945, Political activity, Strikes and lockouts, Construction equipment industry, Migrant agricultural laborers, Foreign workers, Machinists, Dergo, Andrew, 1913-, Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 831, Iowa Manufacturing Company, Quaker Oats Company, Industrial Workers of the World, United Mine Workers of America, United States -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
26	Andy Frommelt oral history interview, September 8, 1977	Political activity, Labor unions, Frommelt, Andy, Iowa. General Assembly, United States -- Iowa -- Dubuque
27	Anna Mae Weems oral history interview, February 27, 1997	Weems, Anna Mae, 1926-, United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 46, Deere & Company, University of Iowa, Rath Packing Company, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, AFSCME, United States -- Iowa -- Waterloo, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
28	Anthony I. (Tony) Fetter oral history interview, October 9, 1979	Safety, Labor unions, Depressions, Foundries, Incentives in industry, Strikes and lockouts, Wildcat strikes, Time study, Fetter, Anthony I. (Tony), 1927-, Helstein, Ralph, 1908-, United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 3, United States -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
29	Anthony Pavek oral history interview, November 16, 1978	Labor unions, Labor union meetings, Labor union members, Cement industries, Work environment, Child labor, Depressions, Armistice Day, Immigrants, Foreign workers, Industrialization, Pavek, Anthony, 1902-, United Cement, Lime, and Gypsum Workers International Union. Local 106, Lehigh Portland Cement Company, United States. Works Progress Administration (Iowa), United States -- Iowa -- Mason City, 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
30	Anthony "Tony" Olls oral history interview, April 9, 1978	Labor unions, Depressions, Football, Poliomyelitis, Vaccination, United States. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, Cable cars (Streetcars), Apprenticeship programs, Open and closed shop, United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, Wildcat strikes, Olls, Anthony, 1908-, Reagan, Ronald, Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 441, Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority, United States. National Recovery Administration, United States. Works Progress Administration (Iowa), United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
31	Archie Clements and Murie Dietz oral history interview, March 1978	Military service, Safety, Labor leaders, African American labor union members, Company unions, Depressions, Sex discrimination, Discrimination in employment, Machinists, Collective bargaining, Collective labor agreements, Grievance procedures, Grievance arbitration, World War, 1939-1945, Washing machine industry, Employee selection, Work environment, Wildcat strikes, Clements, Archie, Dietz, Murie, Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Lodge 1318, United States -- Iowa -- Waterloo, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
32	Arlene Klinker oral history interview, March 31, 1983	Labor unions, Political activity, Women employees, Klinker, Arlene, 1932-, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 179, AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education, Democratic Party (Iowa), United States -- Iowa -- Cherokee, 1970-1980, 1980-1990
33	Arnold Menke oral history interview, February 2, 1982	Labor unions, Depressions, Labor Day, Labor unions and education, Machinists, Collective bargaining, Elections, Labor leaders, Paint industry and trade, Work environment, Political activity, Right to labor, Labor laws and legislation, Women employees, World War, 1939-1945, Menke, Arnold, 1918-, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Lodge 1043, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, United States -- Iowa -- Fort Madison, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
34	Art Wagner oral history interview, June 12, 1980	Community service, Labor unions, Depressions, Farm equipment, Work environment, Immigrants, Foreign workers, Machinists, Grievance procedures, Grievance arbitration, Piecework, Time study, Wildcat strikes, Wagner. Art, 1912-, United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America. Local 123, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Lodge 2048, Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.), United States -- Iowa -- Quad Cities, United States -- Iowa -- Davenport, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
35	Arthur Moore oral history interview, November 19, 1981	Railroad employees, Laborers, African American railroad employees, Race relations, Brickworks, Depressions, Race discrimination, Discrimination in employment, Tramps, Labor unions, Railroads, Supervision, Moore, Arthur, 1896-, International Association of Railway Employees, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, United States -- Iowa -- Mason City, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970
36	Asa Lesline oral history interview, March 30, 1983	Safety, Incentives in industry, Labor unions, Strikes and lockouts, Employee selection, Sit-down strikes, Collective bargaining, Collective labor agreements, Labor leaders, Women employees, World War, 1939-1945, Packing-houses, Meat industry and trade, Lesline, Asa, 1911-, United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 71, Swift & Company, United States. National Guard Bureau, United States -- Iowa -- Sioux City, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
37	August "Bud" Thill oral history interview, April 21, 1982	Churches, Labor unions, Credit unions, Depressions, City councils, Mergers, Labor Day, Wages, Work environment, Ice industry, Newspapers, Political activity, Strikes and lockouts, Teamsters, Collective bargaining, Grievance procedures, Trucking, Warehouses, Cold storage, Thill, August, 1912-, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 421, AFL-CIO, Dubuque Trades and Labor Congress, United States -- Iowa -- Dubuque, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
38	A.W. Mullen oral history interview, July 28, 1978	Military service, Safety, Depressions, Building trades, Labor unions, Lobbying, Plumbers, World War, 1914-1918, Strikes and lockouts, Apprenticeship programs, Collective labor agreements, Collective bargaining, Technological innovations, Training, Political activity, Steam engineers, Mullen, A.W., 1897-, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry. Local 18, United States. Works Progress Administration (Iowa), United States -- Iowa -- Sioux City, 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960
39	Axel Andersen oral history interview, August 22, 1978	Andersen, Axel, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United States -- Iowa -- Sioux City
40	Barbara Wear oral history interview December 4, 1995	Wear, Barbara, 1943-, Aluminum, Brick, and Glass Workers International Union. Local 105, United States -- Iowa -- Quad Cities, United States -- Iowa -- Bettendorf
41	Barney Hassel oral history interview, November 11, 1978	Labor unions, Boxing, Depressions, Packing-houses, Meat industry and trade, Work environment, Strikes and lockouts, Hassel, Barney, 1907-, Industrial Workers of the World, United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 79, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.), Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, United States -- Iowa -- Estherville, Fort Peck Dam (Mont.), 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950
42	Basil Harris oral history interview, October 29, 1979	Labor unions, Communism, Food packaging machinery industry, Piecework, Strikes and lockouts, Time study, Wildcat strikes, Women employees, Grievance procedures, Collective bargaining, Harris, Basil 1920-2002, United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America. Local 155, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 1024, Cherry-Burrell Corporation, United States -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970
43	Becky Bradish oral history interview, June 25, 1998	Bradish, Becky, United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines
44	Ben Cooksey oral history interview, August 1, 1980	Labor leaders, Labor unions, Machinists, Grievance arbitration, Grievance procedures, Mexican Americans, Railroads, Political activity, Race relations, Strikes and lockouts, Railroad repair shops, National Railroad Shopmen's Strike, U.S., 1922, United States. Railway Labor Act, Ethnic neighborhoods, Yellow dog contract, Cooksey, Ben, 1923-, Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Lodge 529, United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board, United States -- Iowa -- Quad Cities, United States -- Illinois -- Rock Island, United States -- Illinois -- Silvis, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
45	Ben Houts oral history interview, June 10, 1980	Military service, Work environment, Grievance arbitration, Grievance procedures, Labor leaders, Elections, Labor unions, World War, 1939-1945, Strikes and lockouts, Jurisdiction, Houts, Ben, 1910-, Aluminum Workers of America. Local 105, Aluminum Company of America, National Maritime Union of America, United Steelworkers of America, United States -- Iowa -- Quad Cities
46	Bernard Hellige oral history interview, February 1, 1982	Health & welfare, Military service, Railroad employees' unions, Labor unions, Carpenters, Apprenticeship programs, Collective bargaining, Jurisdiction, Competition, Mergers, Elections, Wages, Work environment, United States. Davis-Bacon Act, Industrialization, Labor Day, World War, 1939-1945, Building trades, Railroads, Pen industry, United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, Right to labor, Hellige, Bernard, 1920-, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 373, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 410, United States -- Iowa -- Fort Madison, 1930-1940, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980
47	Bernard Rankin oral history interview, November 6, 1979	Labor unions, Company unions, Sex discrimination, Discrimination in employment, Electronic industries, Collective bargaining, Grievance procedures, World War, 1939-1945, Women employees, Rankin, Bernard, 1912-, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 1362, Collins Radio Company, United States -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids, 1940-1950
48	Betty Noe oral history interview, December 10, 1981	Safety, Labor unions, United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rubber industry and trade, Company unions, Strikes and lockouts, Foreign workers, Immigrants, Piecework, Layoff systems, Work environment, Time study, Collective bargaining, Collective labor agreements, Grievance arbitration, Grievance procedures, Labor union members, Wildcat strikes, Women employees, Sex discrimination, Discrimination in employment, Women labor union members, World War, 1939-1945, Noe, Betty, 1921-, United Rubber Workers of America. Local 444, Sheller-Globe Corporation, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), United States -- Iowa -- Keokuk, 1940-1950, 1950-1960, 1960-1970, 1970-1980

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Title: Iowa Labor History Oral Project
Contributor: Iowa Labor History Oral Project
Date Created: 1976/2018
Description: The Iowa Labor History Oral Project (ILHOP) is an innovative statewide initiative to document Iowa’s rich labor and working class history through the collection and preservation of oral histories. A joint project of the Iowa Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO), the University of Iowa Labor Center, and the State Historical Society of Iowa, ILHOP is widely recognized as a model for long-standing university-community engagement, and as one of the most comprehensive state-level labor oral history collections in the world.Oral Historian John McKerley joined the Labor Center in 2013 to conduct new ILHOP interviews focused especially on preserving stories reflecting major events and struggles since the 1970s, including the origins and growth of Iowa’s public sector unions; workplace impacts of industrial, economic, and political transformations in recent decades; and experiences of women, minorities, and new immigrants in Iowa workplaces.ILHOP audio recordings, interview transcripts, and thousands of related documents, photos, and artifacts are available to the public via the Iowa Labor Collection in the State Historical Society Library in Iowa City. Transcripts for over one thousand ILHOP interviews can be found on the Iowa Digital Library.The collection provides rich resources for educators, researchers, and students, and has served as the basis for scores of books, essays, and dissertations, including Shelton Stromquist’s 1993 Solidarity and Survival: An Oral History of Iowa Labor in the Twentieth Century.ILHOP’s Origins And ScopeILHOP was launched in the early 1970s by leaders of the Iowa Federation of Labor (IFL) whose delegates voted to fund the project. The IFL collaborated with the University of Iowa Labor Center to convene a statewide committee of historians and labor leaders who for two decades coordinated professional recording and transcription of over 1,100 oral histories, ongoing collection of related archival documents, and work with the State Historical Society of Iowa to ensure preservation of materials recovered by the project.Original ILHOP interviews captured diverse experiences of miners who had worked in 19th-century Iowa coal mines, women who entered previously all-male industries during World War II, and labor leaders who helped establish many of Iowa’s first craft and industrial unions during the first half of the twentieth century in communities including Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Dubuque, Ottumwa, the Quad Cities, Sioux City, and Waterloo.Interviewees represent 75 different occupational groups, ranging from barbers, machinists, rubber workers, letter carriers, and teachers, to Iowans employed by railroads, in the building and construction trades, and in key Iowa industries such as farm implement manufacturing, meatpacking, and grain processing; for example, more than 200 interviews deal directly with the packinghouse industry in various locations around the state.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: Labor unions
Labor leaders
Strikes and lockouts
Subject: Place: United States -- Iowa
Archival Collection: Iowa Labor History Oral Project
Collection Guide: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/ilhop/
Date Digital: 2017/2019
Contact Information: Contact the State Historical Society of Iowa: https://www.iowaculture.gov/
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): interviews
Item Type (IMT): mp3; pdf