Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Philip Taft, 1976.
Creator: | Taft, Philip, 1902-1976 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 164 pages Sound recording 4 audiocassettes Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteLabor historian
Scope and ContentsChildhood, New York, N.Y. and on the road: hostels, hobo jungles, migrant work, railroading; membership in Industrial Workers of the World, 1917; University of Wisconsin, co-author HISTORY OF LABOR IN THE UNITED STATES; Industrial Workers of the World: importance of halls, extent of movement, nature of membership; federal and state arbitration experience since 1937, Rhode Island Wage Board, panel member War Labor Board; union discrimination against blacks, women; 1954-59 writing history of American Federation of Labor; book on United Federation of Teachers; future of labor movement. Impressions of Roger N. Baldwin, George Meany, Albert Shanker
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980
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