| Title: |
James West
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Washington. Library. Special Collections
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| Collection: |
Communist Party Oral History Interviews
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| Description: |
Born in New York City in 1914, the son of a shoemaker and a garment worker, Jim West joined the Young Communist League at age 15 and soon after served his first jail term for picketing. He talks about his work with YCL in the early 1930s and two years studying in the Soviet Union, as well as his years in Seattle as Northwest organizer for the YCL (1937-1942). He also discusses his work in the shipyards and describes some of the Party leaders from that time.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
West, James, 1914-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1914
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| Speaker place of birth: |
New York, NY; New York; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Age at speaking: |
88
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| Document date: |
08-Apr-2002
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| Interviewer: |
Black, Gordon; Grijalva, Brian
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| Organizations discussed: |
Communist Party U.S.A.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States; Washington
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Communism; Communist parties; Communist Party U.S.A.; Communist party work; Communists--United States; North America; Oral history; United States; Washington
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025979-27925
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