| Title: |
Joseph D. Keenan
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Harry S Truman Museum and Library
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| Collection: |
Truman Library Oral History Program
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| Description: |
As a Chicago labor official has served as Secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Since 1940 his positions have included: Labor Adviser to the Associate Director General, Office of Production Management, 1940-41; Associate Director, Labor Production Board, 1942; Vice Chairman, labor production, War Production Board, 1943-45; Labor Adviser to General Lucius D. Clay, Berlin, Germany, 1945-47; Secretary-Treasurer, Building and Construction Trades Dept. (AFL), 1950-54; Director, Labor's League for Political Education (AFL), 1948-55; Director, Committee on Political Education (AFL-CIO), 1955 to present; and International Secretary, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1954 to the present.
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| Extent: |
61 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/keenanjd.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1971 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Keenan, Joseph D., 1896-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
5-Nov-1896
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Labor official
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| Age at speaking: |
75
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| Document location: |
Washington, DC
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| Document date: |
02-Feb-1971
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| Interviewer: |
Hess, Jerry N.
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| People discussed: |
Harry S. Truman; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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| Historical events discussed: |
Cold War, 1945-1989; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Cold War, 1945-1989; District of Columbia; Harry S. Truman; North America; Oral history; Political campaigns--United States; Political parties; Presidents--Term of office--United States; Presidents--United States; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; United States; United States--Politics and government; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
European Recovery Program; Marshall Plan; Truman administration
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0032096-35327
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