| Title: |
Reminiscences of Maida Springer Kemp
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A41
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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: |
Black Women Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood and family in Panama; move to New York, NY; Garvey movement; black boarding school in New Jersey; trade union career: International Ladies' Garment Workers Union organizer, educational and business committeewoman, 1930-50, New York Women's Trade Union League, labor travels to England, Africa, Sweden, 1950-70s; impressions of Tom Mboya, A. Philip Randolph, Lester Granger, Pauline Newman, Rose Schneiderman, Charlotte Adelman, Frank Crossthwait, Fania Cohn, others in labor movement.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 101 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Kemp, Maida Springer, 1910-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1910
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| Speaker occupation: |
Trade unionist
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| Age at speaking: |
67
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Balanoff, Elizabeth
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American women; African Americans--History; Labor unions--Officials and employees; Oral history
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Kemp, Maida Springer, 1910-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020931-16371
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