| Title: |
Reminiscences of Jacob Samuel Potofsky
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A102
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background and education in Russia; emigration to United States, Chicago; first job in Hart, Schaffner and Marx; 1910 Chicago clothing worker strike; United Garment Workers; Sidney Hillman; arbitration agreements; formation of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; industrial unionism; union banking; experiments with unemployment insurance; cooperative housing; the Depression; the New Deal.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 833 leaves, Tape: 3 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1964 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Potofsky, Jacob Samuel, 1894-1979
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1894
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| Speaker occupation: |
Union official
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| Age at speaking: |
70
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| Document date: |
1964
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| Interviewer: |
Gold, Neil
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| Organizations discussed: |
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1914-1976; American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC; United Garment Workers of America, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1914-1976; American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC; Insurance, Unemployment; Labor unions--Officials and employees; North America; Textile workers--Labor unions; United Garment Workers of America, New York, NY; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Housing, Cooperative; New Deal, 1933-1939; Potofsky, Jacob Samuel, 1894-1979
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016853-12296
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