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  • Title: Carl T. Anderson oral history
    Date: 1987 October 29
    Creator: Labor Archives and Research Center
    Extent: Transcript: 1 folder; Tapes: 1 audio cassette
    Collection number: larc.oh.anderson
    Abstract: Sound recording of interview with Carl T. Anderson conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Discusses childhood in Scotland and Denmark, arrival in U.S. in 1943, and working on the construction of the Carquinez Bridge; joined Pile Drivers Union when twenty-eight years old; lifelong Socialist; describes battle over Communists in the Union; retired in 1985.
    Location: Collection is available onsite.
    Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English.

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Labor Archives and Research Center (LARC), J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    Carl T. Anderson oral history. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center

    Acquisition Information

    Interview conducted by Adah Bakalinsky, 1987.

    Biography

    Member, Pile Drivers Local 34.

    Scope and Contents

    Sound recording of interview with Carl T. Anderson conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Discusses childhood in Scotland and Denmark, arrival in U.S. in 1943, and working on the construction of the Carquinez Bridge; joined Pile Drivers Union when twenty-eight years old; lifelong Socialist; describes battle over Communists in the Union; retired in 1985.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Piling (Civil engineering) -- United States -- History.
    Piling (Civil engineering) -- California -- History.
    Pile drivers -- California -- Interviews.
    Pile drivers -- Labor unions -- California.
    Socialists -- United States -- Interviews.
    Audiocassettes.
    Oral histories.
    Anderson, Carl
    Bakalinsky, Adah
    United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders. Local Union no. 34