| Title: |
Francis Brown
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Rowan University. History Department
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| Collection: |
We All Got History Oral History
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| Description: |
Francis Brown will tell you that he's lead a lucky life. Francis worked as a Ship Fitter at the New York Ship Yard during World War II. There he was able to participate in home front defense for the United States. After work Francis served his community as an Air Raid Warden, ensuring home front safety to his neighborhood. After the war, Francis held several other jobs, but explains that some of his most fulfilling work was setting up the Tri-County Football League for Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties.
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| Extent: |
7 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.rowan.edu/oralhistory/interviewSearch/displayTranscript.cfm?ID=21
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2001 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Brown, Francis, 1917-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
12-May-1917
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Foreman; Maintenance worker
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| Age at speaking: |
84
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| Document date: |
12-Nov-2001
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| Interviewer: |
Hagan, Keely
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| Locations discussed: |
Delaware; New Jersey; North America; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Delaware; Family; Labor unions; New Jersey; North America; Oral history; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; Shipyards; United States; Working class families
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Delaware Valley; Working people
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022478-23793
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