Reminiscences of Rolland Jay Thomas, 1956.

Biographical Note

Union official

Scope and Contents

Early life and experiences as a migrant worker; early days of the automobile industry; formation of the United Automobile Workers; politics in election of officers; role of the Communist Party in the United Automobile Workers; Walter Reuther supporters

Subjects

• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
• Interviews.
• Labor unions--Officials and employees.
• Labor unions and communism.
• Migrant labor.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Thomas, R. J. (Rolland Jay), 1900-1967--Interviews.
• Toomey, John, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975