Finding aid to the Faith Craig Petric Oral History
Finding aid created by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
Labor Archives and Research Center
2017
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722
larc@sfsu.edu
Title: Faith Craig Petric oral history
Date (inclusive): 1993 March 7-June 7
Creator:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Extent:
Transcript: 1 folder; Tapes: 5 audio cassettes
Collection number: larc.oh.petric
Contributing Institution: Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Abstract: Sound recording of interview with Faith Craig Petric conducted by Estelle Freedman. Describes her social work with poor and
migrant farm workers, 1930s and 1940s; her time as a ship fitter during World War II; her longtime affiliations with the I.W.W.,
the California State Employees Association, the San Francisco Folk Music Club, and the Freedom Song Network; her career as
a folk singer; and her life as a single mother, feminist, and committed leftist.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Collection is open for research.
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Faith Craig Petric oral history. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center
Interview conducted by Estelle B. Freedman, 1993.
Activist and folk singer.
Sound recording of interview with Faith Craig Petric conducted by Estelle Freedman. Describes her social work with poor and
migrant farm workers, 1930s and 1940s; her time as a ship fitter during World War II; her longtime affiliations with the I.W.W.,
the California State Employees Association, the San Francisco Folk Music Club, and the Freedom Song Network; her career as
a folk singer; and her life as a single mother, feminist, and committed leftist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agricultural laborers -- California.
Migrant labor -- California.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- California.
Audiocassettes.
Oral histories.
California State Employees' Association
Industrial Workers of the World
San Francisco Folk Music Club
Petric, Faith
Freedman, Estelle B., 1947-