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OH5/SR    -­‐    update  5/19/14    

Oral History of L a b o r and W o r k p l a c e

in the Oregon Historical Society

Sound Recordings Collection i/t = in transit to OHS collection * = student interviewer, ATU 757 sponsor ** = student interviewer, Ore.AFL-CIO sponsor OHS SR.# 1600 Lowell Ashbaugh, Retail Clerks Local 1257, 2/11-3/1/93 by Thomas Rand-Luby, 7 hours, (transcript)** 1236 Kernan Bagley by Brent Turvey, 5 hrs. - African American access to Federal Court employment as U.S. Marshall 1601 John Bailey, 5/93 by Rick Harmon, 7 hrs.

- independent organizer (hospital workers, Multnomah County Library, Oregon Historical Society).

11091 Lajos Balogh, 2006 by Jim Strassmaier, 8 hrs. - musicians union, Oregon Symphony as workplace. 1301 Gary Baker by Clark Hansen, 12 hrs.

- management of Fred Meyer Inc. labor affairs. 363 John Ball, IWA

by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. 11185 Edward L. Barnes, IBEW Local 48, 2008 by Jim Strassmaier, 21 hrs. 364 Janet Baumhover, Actors Guild by Nellie Fox Edwards 2 hrs. 9533 by Charles DiGregorio, 2 hrs. 365 Jess Bell by Nellie Fox Edwards, 2 hrs.

Bergsend, Gary – see series: Columbia River Bill Bires – see series: NW Labor College 366 Clint Boehringer by Nellie Fox Edwards, 2 hrs. 11253 Mary Botkin,* AFSCME 11020? by Carey Myles, PSU - in progress – see also series: NW Labor College Bob Boyer – see series: NW Labor College 11288 Marjorie Burns, 6/21/03 by Nellie Fox Edwards, 3 hrs. 1081 H. Albert Campbell by Jim Strassmaier, 15 hrs. - workplace Lakeshore Cement, Consolidated Freightways Victor Chapman – see series: NW Labor College Robin Chilstrom – see series: NW Labor College 377 CIO convention,1955 1 hr. 378 CIO convention, [n.d.] 1 hr. 11140 Susan Dobrof, 11/27/06-8/23/07

by Jim Strassmaier, 39 hrs. - worker comp lawyering E., Dick – see series: NW Labor College Dysart, Dorothy D. - see series: Centralia Massacre

11397 Keith Edwards, IBEW Local 48 - by Noah Thomas,Concordia,6 hrs. continuing 1602 Nellie Fox Edwards, UFCW, AFL-CIO 2/6/86-2/23/88, 2008 by Bill Koen. Jim Strassmaier, 28 hrs., (outline/index/transcript) 11262 Jean Eilers, UFW, SEIU by Carolyn Matthews, 12 hrs. 11401 Madelyn Elder, CWA by Lane Poncey - in progress 11333 Sandy Ellis, OEA by Heather Burmeister, PSU, 9 hrs. Everest, Charles - see series: Centralia Massacre

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Fagerness, Theodore J. - see series: Centralia Massacre i/t Feminism conference, 1976 Robin Romapus, chair Jane Ferguson – see series: NW Labor College Findley – see series: NW Labor College 11343 Irv Fletcher, AFL-CIO - by Jim Strassmaier, 17 hrs. 11191 Fred Meyer Co. ads re August 1994 strike 294 Aaron Frank, Meier & Frank. Co. - speech 24 March 1949, classic appeal to employees re union formation i/t Tim Gauthier, NECA by Jim Strassmaier, 2008 (Michael O'Rourke, video) 3 hrs. Gideon, Alex - see series: Centralia Massacre 367 Walter Gray, UAW, AFL-CIO Cope Dir. by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. Griswold, Eva - see series: Centralia Massacre 1103 Richard Groener, State Senator 11238 Michael Gutwig,* editor NW Labor Press by James Louderman, 8 hrs. i/t Carol Hawes, 8/9/01-6/24/02 by Jim Strassmaier, 16 hrs.; workplace Dammasch; nurse's union, strike 11261 Paul Headley, ATU* by Jeff Baker i/t Ron Heintzman, ATU by Jim Strassmaier, 29 hrs. 756 Herbert Hill, NAACP Conference on Labor, 2/7/60 Mike Hereford – see series: NW Labor College 11112 Jan Hostetler – see series: NW Labor College 1604 ILWU voices 368 Lon Imel, Retail Clerks by Nellie Fox Edwards, 2 hrs. 11189 Brooke Jacobson, ATF by Carolyn Matthews, 17 hrs.

369 Keith Johnson, IWA by Nellie Fox Edwards, 2 hrs. 11177 by Carolyn Matthews, 12 hrs. Noreen Saltveit Kelly (McGraw) by Nellie Fox Edwards, 3 hrs. 1277 by Diane Rynerson, 5 hrs. - see also Noreen S.K. McGraw 1081 Sary Khauv, 1992-93, 2006 by Jim Strassmaier, 12 hrs. - Jantzen workplace. 11257 Harold King, AWPPW 2/22-5/6/04 by Scott Deckelmann, 17 hrs. 370 Earl Kirkland, Building Trades, AFL:- CIO by Nellie Fox Edwards, 1.5 hrs. 1603 Gene Klare, Office Workers, ed. NW Labor Press 11260 by Nellie Fox Edwards, 2 hrs. 11271 Labby, Manley (courtesy of Jewish Museum), labor in 1930s, 40s by Nancy Fain, 2 hrs. Jewell Labelle – see series: NW Labor College 3811 Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky, LLP: "Lawyers Making History," CDs. Lee, Virgil - see series: Centralia Massacre 11171 Leedham, Thomas Sr., newspaper strike by Jim Strassmaier, 5 hrs. Jerry Lembke – see series: NW Labor College 11003 Hans Linde, Arbitrator - by Michael O'Rourke, 55 hrs. 11395 Edward Lindquist, labor lobbyist - by Ryan Wisnor, 11 hrs. 11284 John Little, VML by Joel Thomas, Irma Ramirez, Rachel Schwartz, Jayne Stevens, 5 hrs. Wayne Locy– see series: Columbia River 1266 Bill Lubersky, labor lawyer. John Lund – see series: NW Labor College 2472 Noreen Saltveit Kelly McGraw,labor law by Kay Reid, 8 hrs. 2409 PNLHA conf. Tankersley case presentation 5/12/07 (video) - migramt labor and Federal courts

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371 Inez McPherson by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. 1605 Thomas Malloy, Teamster lobbyist by Adam Hodges, 11/7/94-, 6 hrs. (partial transcript)** 4001 Charles B. Maxey, 2/25-5/3/94 by Jim Strassmaier, 12 hrs.(transcript) - wartime shipyards Afro-American union experience. 11272 Wallace W. "Wally" Mehrens, Columbia Pacific Building Trades by Gregory Karnes, 12 hrs. 11267 Paul Meyer, labor law by Elaine Weinstein, Heather Brunner, 8 hrs. Mills, William H. - see series: Centralia Massacre i/t Mary Mitchell, 2/6-3/13/03 by Jim Strassmaier, 11 hrs. - nurses organizing in Portland area. i/t Phil Mitchell, ILWU, 3/13/03 by Jim Strassmaier 2 hrs. 2410 Sonny Montez, VML by Noreen Kelly McGraw, 4 hrs. 11264 Joe Murphy, IWW by Joel Rosenblit, 1 hr. Gene Nelson, IWW by Joel Rosenblit, 1 hr. 11230 Helen Nickum, ATU 575 Exec. Secretary, ERA activist by Gregory Karnes, 11 hrs. Nielson, Kim – see series: Columbia River. 1603 Northwest Oregon Labor Council, Labor History Committee Labor history panel presentation, 1/24/94. Roy Ockert – see series: NW Labor College 1606 John O'Halloran, Iron Workers by Michelle Rene Weston, 8/3/95- 7 hrs. (outline/index)** Oliver, Marian (Camp) - see series: Centralia Massacre Oliver, Marian and Will - see series: Centralia Massacre

i/t Oregon Employment Agency hearing, 5/18/77, 2 hrs. i/t Oregon Senate Committee on Labor and Business Affairs, 4/26/77, Senate bill 435, 2 hrs. 11259 Don Patch, SEIU, PNLHA OR VP by Jim Strassmaier, 6 hrs. 372 LaRene Paul, Culinary Workers by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. Judy Pdrta – see series: NW Labor College. 373 William Perrin, AWPPW by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. Melinda Pittman – see series: NW Labor College. R., Quint – see series: NW Labor College. i/t Ramon Ramirez, PCUN, 5/12/07 - PNLHA conference presentation; farmworkers union (video by Michael O'Rourke). 11243 Linda Rasmussen, CWA by Jim Strassmaier, 11 hrs. 11194 Ken Richins, ATU* by Jim Kelsheimer-Sevick, 9 hrs. 11170 Marvin Ricks.ILWU, and family by Carolyn Matthews, 12 hrs. 11400 Ross Rieder, PNLHA - by Jim Strassmaier, 6 hrs continuing Judith Rizzio – see series: NW Labor College. i/t Betty Roberts, judge by Nellie Fox Edwards, 2 hrs. 11197 Joel Rosenblit, SEIU by Jim Strassmaier, 16 hrs. 607 Julia Ruuttila memorial service, 5/5/91 1 hr. 1607 Julia Ruuttila, 3/95 by Michelle Rene Weston, radio presentation. KPSU, 1 hr. 9519 by Roberta Watts, 3 hrs. 11030 by Sandy Polishuk, 25 hrs. 374 Thomas Scanlon, Office Workers, AFL- CIO Oregon Treasurer by Nellie Fox Edwards, 2 hrs. 1613 Mel Schoppert, ATU by Jim Strassmaier, 12 hrs.

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11136 George W. Starr, 2007 by Jim Strassmaier, 9 hrs. i/t Susan Stoner, ATU by Carolyn Matthews, 2008, 15 hrs. 1604 Jesse Stranahan, ILWU by Bill Patten, 1/7/95- 6 hrs. (transcript)** 11070 Jess and Lois Stranahan by Sandy Polishuk, 3 hrs. 375 Carl Strumpf, mediator by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. 11302 Paul Stuckenschneider, U.S. Mediator - by Jim Kelsheimer-Sevick, 21 hrs continuing 376 Gertrude Sweet, Culinary Workers by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. 11129 Al Strassmaier, workplace Eugene by Jim Strassmaier, 4 hrs. 11130 Monroe Sweetland UAW address 10/14/38 Herman Teeple, IBEW Local 48 by Nellie Fox Edwards, hrs. i/t George Wasch by Jim Strassmaier, 17 hrs. - IBEW in the television industry, mgmt perspective. i/t Eugene Watson, ATU* by Jim Strassmaier, 4 hrs. i/t Ed Whelan, Firefighters, AFL-CIO

by Jim Strassmaier, 15 hrs. Don Willner, labor lawyer, State legislator

by Jim Strassmaier, 2/19-12/13/03, 21 hrs Don Willner, PNLHA conference presentation, 5/12/07 (Michael O'Rourke video) Brad Witt, UFCW Local 555 – see series: NW Labor College. 11183 Betty Wollam, ILWU 1934 strike by Janet Dietz, 4 hrs.

Special oral history series Centralia Massacre 5052 Dysart, Dorothy D. by Jackie Morgan, 1 hr. 5058 Dysart, Dorothy D. by Julia Miller, 1 hr. 5059 Everest, Charles by Jackie Morgan, 1 hr. 5060 Fagerness, Theodore J. by Julia Miller, 2 hrs. 5056 Gideon, Alex by Jackie Morgan, 1 hr. 5051 Griswold, Eva by Jackie Morgan, 2 hrs. 5053 Lee, Virgil by Jackie Morgan, 1 hr. 5054 Oliver, Marian by Jackie Morgan, 2 hrs. 5055 Oliver, Marian (Camp) and Will by Julia Miller and Mande Rice, 1 hr. 5057 Miles, William H. by Jackie Morgan, 2 hrs. Labor on the Columbia River Columbia River Studies Center oral history series 2760.1 Gary Bergsend by Donna Sinclair, 5 hrs; re lumber mills, ferry and tugboat operation. 2760.2 Kim Nielson, 2 hrs. - re ferry operation. 2760.3 Wayne Locy by Michael O’Rourke, 6 hrs. - re river shipping. 2760.4 Dennis Brown by Michael O’Rourke, 4 hrs. - re river pilot work.

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Northwest Labor College series by Ira Woodward 11111 Bill Bires 11020 Mary Botkin 11106, 11025 Bob Boyer 11109, 11028 Victor Chapman 11105 Robin Chilstrom 11114 Norm Diamond 11102 E, Dick 11113 Jane Ferguson 11026 Findley 11103 Mike Hereford 11112 Jan Hostetler 11015 Jewell Labelle 11108, 11014 Jerry Lembke 11110, 11016 John Lund 11100 Roy Ockert 11109, 11018 Judy Pdrta 11101 Melinda Pittman 11102 R., Quint 11017 Judith Rizzio 11104 Brad Witt Ruuttila, Julia project (see also: Centralia Massacre series) by Sandy Polishuk 11031 Adolphson, LeRoy 11032 Allen, Joan, 2 hrs. 11033 Auerbach, Roger, 1 hr. 11034 Denny Beagle, 1 hr. 11l035 Boyer, Robert, 2 hrs. 11036 Brewster, Mary Jane, 2 hrs. 11037 Lee Coe, 2 hrs. 11038 Curl, Hank and Martina, 1 hr. 11039 Curl, Martina, 1 hr. 11041 Fambro, Clara, 3 hrs. 11040 Fambro, Robert, 3 hrs. 11042 Fanz, James & Charlotte, 2 hrs. 11043 Farrell, Lorine, Russ, Sharon, 2 hrs. 11044 Ford, Sandra, 1 hr. 11045 Gates, George, 1 hr. 11046 Hill, Linell, 2 hrs. 11047 Hill, Ruth, 2 hrs. 11048 Jermany, Theophilus, 1 hr.

11050 Paul Meyer, 1 hr. 11051 Evelyn Murray, 1 hr. 11052 G. "Johnnie" Parks, 3 hrs. 11053 Frank Pozzi, 2 hrs. 11054 Jim Running, 1 hr. 11062 Ruuttilla luncheon speakers,, 2 hrs., @ ILWU convention 1991, 3 hrs. 11055 Jason Ruuttila, 1 hr. 11056 Ryan Ruuttila, 2 hrs. 11057 Shane Ruuttila, 4 hrs. 11058 Rhys Scholes, 1 hr. 11059 Larry Selton, 2 hrs. 11064 Roger Sid, 3 hrs. 11066 Scotty & Helen Sinclair, 2 hrs. 11069 Valerie Taylor, 3 hrs. 11060 Dick Wise, 1 hr. 11065 Mary Wisser, 1 hr. 11067 Don & Betty Wollum, 3 hrs.

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M e s s a g e s from the P a s t

Recordings on Labor and Workplace

in the Oregon Historical Society Oral History Collection

~ Oregon Labor Oral History Program

sponsored by Pacific NW Labor History Assn.

~~~ For whom this history is told ~

- For those who have lived that history, tribute to what they've faced and what they have achieved. - For their families, that the values they've sought to live by may more surely enter, and endure through, coming generations. - For unions, providing the greater understanding and wiser choices that come with historical perspective. - For publicists and activists to enlighten and stimulate our communities with lessons from the challenges of the past. - For students, in their search for truth in the fuller realities of life in society, and for ideals worth living by. - For historians - for that complete "History of Labor in the Pacific Northwest" yet to be written.

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Capturing our labor history live: oral history project in motion ~ the Oregon story.

Recording in full the personal recollections of sisters and brothers who have ‘been through it, and seen it all’ – how better could you preserve the collective history of labor unions and life in the workplace? Back in the mid-1980s, AFL-CIO's Nellie Fox Edwards began interviewing union friends and colleagues. The tapes ended up at the Oregon Historical Society, becoming part of an oral history collection that aimed to include ‘Labor’ as a subject of major focus. This vital work of preservation is now being carried forward by participants in the Oregon Labor Oral History Program, in affiliation with the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association - PNLHA, sponsor of the annual history conferences in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. A new form of sponsorship materialized in 2010 with the decision of ATU 757 to create an ongoing oral history fund through a monthly per capita contribution by ATU members. In the past two years this fund has underwritten four substantial oral histories by Portland State University student interviewers. In addition to course credit and benefit of personal enlightenment, each received a stipend of $500. The ATU project in its second year began reaching out to other organizations, sponsoring interviews with Mike Gutwig, editor of "Northwest Labor Press" and AFSCME leader Mary Botkin.

How they've done it in Iowa ~ The properly established oral history program - permanent, secure, maximally productive - without a major source of steady funding is a 'pipe dream.' In Iowa the dream has became a true reality. The Iowa Federation of Labor in 1954 started an interviewing program that in following years recorded over 1,100 interviews. Full-swing operation dates from 1977 when the IFL in convention voted to levy a two-cent monthly per capita charge on its members. By 1992 a total of $196,000 had been raised from this source, plus special contributions from the U.A.W. and Teamsters. Sen. Tom Harkin secured in addition a $360,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to transcribe and index the growing collection of histories. Today the Iowa program enjoys official support from the Iowa Federation of Labor and operates in direct connection with the University of Iowa Labor Center. Its oral histories are on deposit at the Iowa State Historical Society, which also acts as primary archive for records of labor organizations. The current situation in Oregon has all the makings of a similar success story.

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Cover photo: PSU student James Louderman with Mike Gutwig, editor of the NW Labor Press celebrating completion of their oral history series. For more information - about sponsoring an oral history, or to volunteer for interviewing, research, or transcribing, etc. - contact: Carolyn Matthews matthews.carolyn.k@comcast.net. 503 287-7690 or Jim Strassmaier strassj@spiritone.com, 503 236-1094.

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