Finding aid to the Red Alexander 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: Red Alexander oral history
Date: 1997 March 12
Creator:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Extent:
Transcript: 1 folder; Tapes: 5 audio cassettes
Collection number: larc.oh.alexander
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 Robert "Red" Alexander conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Describes boat building in military,
World War II; master boat builder for Pacific Dry Dock/Crowley Maritime in East Bay, 1950-1979; traces great changes in shipbuilding
over time; master model ship builder whose replicas are widely known in maritime circles.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English.
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Red Alexander oral history. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center
Interview conducted by Harvey Schwartz, 1997.
Member, Shipwrights Local 1149 and highly skilled boat builder by 1941.
Sound recording of interview with Robert "Red" Alexander conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Describes boat building in military,
World War II; master boat builder for Pacific Dry Dock/Crowley Maritime in East Bay, 1950-1979; traces great changes in shipbuilding
over time; master model ship builder whose replicas are widely known in maritime circles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Shipwrights -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.
Shipyards -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History.
Shipbuilding -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History.
Shipbuilding industry - -Employees -- Labor unions -- California.
World War, 1939-1945 -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Audiocassettes.
Oral histories.
Alexander, Robert
Schwartz, Harvey
Crowley Maritime Corporation
Shipwrights, Joiners and Boat Builders. Local 1149 (San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.)
Pacific Dry Dock Company