Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History Collection, 1987

Printable guide [HTML]

Title:: Golden Gate Bridge Workers oral history collection
Dates:: 1987
Creators:: Schwartz, Harvey
Abstract:: Sound recordings of ten interviews with Golden Gate Bridge workers, some of their wives, and nurses who cared for them, conducted by Harvey Schwartz. These interviews were collected between April 4 and August 6, 1987, as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History Project.
Extent:: 20 Cassettes
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Preferred citation:: Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History Collection. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center

Scope and content:: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Labor Archives received a grant from the California Council for the Humanities to conduct interviews with nine bridge workers, two wives of bridge workers, and two nurses who cared for workers hurt on the job. Between April 4 and August 6, 1987, ten interviews were conducted by Harvey Schwartz as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History project.
Acquisition information:: Oral histories conducted by Harvey Schwartz in 1987.
Physical location:: Collection is available onsite.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Blue collar workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Bridges -- Design and construction -- Employees
Names:: Adams, Martin
Brusati, Fred
Divita, Fred A.
Feliciano, Mary Zita
De Weese, Pat
Lambert, Evan C.
McIntyre, Alvina
Vestnys, Mary Louise
Noren, John
Urban, John
Vestnys, Bert
Vestnys, Walter L.
McIntyre, Glenn
Places:: Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Design and construction

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Marissa Friedman
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-08-28 18:04:09 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Labor Archives and Research Center (LARC), J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. 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:: Golden Gate Bridge Workers Oral History Collection. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center

Location of this collection:: San Francisco State University, Labor Archives and Research Center

J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460

1630 Holloway Ave

San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US