Labor Relations and Union Development in Duluth oral history interviews
Scope and Contents
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth, Minnesota area businesses and labor unions. Narrators comment, where appropriate, on the founding and growth of various businesses or labor organizations, the formation of corporate policies, labor-management relations, urban renewal, union philosophy and strategy, government regulation, binding arbitration, and the relationship of business and labor to political and civic affairs. Barbara Sommer, Northeast Minnesota Historical Center, University of Minnesota, Duluth, conducted the interviews in 1980-1981.
The collection consists of audiorecordings of the interviews. Please see individual entries for each interview; titles include participants' names and the name of the project.
Participants and Interview Dates:
Earl T. Bester, March 10 and 20, 1981
Helen and Russell Bridges, January 20, 21, 1981
George Dizard, March 20, 1981
Dudley Elliot, March 18, 1981
Edmund Waldemar "Wallie" Johnson, January 28, 1981
Patrick McMillen, Octorber 28, 1980
Eli J. Miletich, March 11, 1981
Curtis Miller, January 27, 1981
Edward L. “Buster” Slaughter, November 10, 1980
Lewis J. Wagner, February 10, 1981
Joseph Wiesinger, March 31, 1981
Dates
- 1980-1981
Creator
- Labor Relations and Union Development in Duluth Oral History Project (Duluth, Minn.) (Organization)
- Bester, Earl T., 1900 July 30-1986 April 18 (Person)
- Bridges, Helen and Russell (Family)
- Dizard, George, 1916-2001 (Person)
- Elliott, Dudley (Person)
- Johnson, E. Wallie, 1910-1981 (Person)
- McMillen, Patrick, circa 1895-1991 March 07 (Person)
- Miletich, Eli J. (Person)
- Miller, Curtis, 1921 June 19-1991 November 24 (Person)
- Slaughter, Edward L. "Buster", 1904 January 19-1991 December 20 (Person)
- Sommer, Barbara (Person)
- Wagner, Lewis J. (Person)
- Wiesinger, Joseph, 1906 May 24-1984 August 18 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth, Minnesota area businesses and labor unions. Narrators comment, where appropriate, on the founding and growth of various businesses or labor organizations, the formation of corporate policies, labor-management relations, urban renewal, union philosophy and strategy, government regulation, binding arbitration, and the relationship of business and labor to political and civic affairs. Historian Barbara J. Sommer conducted the interviews.
Extent
22.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth, Minnesota area businesses and labor unions. Barbara Sommer conducted the interviews in 1980-1981.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
Physical Description
Second copies of recordings stored separately.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- Audio Recordings Subject Source: Local sources
- Audiocassettes Subject Source: Local sources
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Local sources
- Business Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor, Organized Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor-management relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral history Subject Source: Local sources
- Oral history interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics Subject Source: Local sources
- Railroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Retail trade Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Urban redevelopment Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Urban renewal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Labor Relations and Union Development in Duluth oral history interviews
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
