Stack (Loretta Starvus) Oral History, 1986 July 22-November 21

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Summary

Title:
Loretta Starvus Stack oral history
Dates:
1986 July 22-November 21
Creators:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Abstract:
Sound recording of interview with Loretta Starvus Stack conducted by Lucille Kendall. Discusses working-class childhood in Willimantic, Connecticut; her time with the party; and imprisonment as one of Smith Act defendants in 1951. Discusses the conditions of being jailed with the other female defendants, the strategy of their legal defense, and her feelings of the Communist Party USA's New York leadership going "underground" after the Smith Act arrests.
Extent:
17 audio cassettes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English.
Preferred citation:

Loretta Starvus Stack oral history. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center

Background

Scope and content:

Sound recording of interview with Loretta Starvus Stack conducted by Lucille Kendall. Discusses working-class childhood in Willimantic, Connecticut; her time with the party; and imprisonment as one of Smith Act defendants in 1951. Discusses the conditions of being jailed with the other female defendants, the strategy of their legal defense, and her feelings of the Communist Party USA's New York leadership going "underground" after the Smith Act arrests.

Biographical / historical:

Smith Act Defendant and Communist Party member.

Acquisition information:
Interview conducted by Lucille Kendall in 1986.
Physical location:
Collection is available onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2017-09-20 20:13:07 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Loretta Starvus Stack oral history. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center

Location of this collection:
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
Contact:
(415) 405-5549
specialcollections@sfsu.edu
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