Guide to the Women on the Waterfront Oral History Project Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Women on the Waterfront Oral History Project Collection
Creator:
California State University, Northridge. University Library
Identifier/Call Number: URB.WOWOH
Extent:
1.60 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1992-2005
Date (bulk): 1992-1997
Abstract: The oral history interviews of female
ILWU members were conducted between the years 1993 and 1997 as part of the ILWU, Local 13
"Women on the Waterfront" Oral History Project. They were conducted as a continuation of the
ILWU Oral History Project which documented the stories of the union's workforce who labored
on the docks of the Southern California Waterfront between the 1930s and 1960s. After the
"1982 Golden et al. Consent Decree" more and more women came to work on the West Coast
docks. These oral histories began to tell the story of waterfront from a female
perspective.
Language of Material: English
Historical Note:
The library created this collection of materials for study and research.
Scope and Contents
The
Women of the Waterfront Oral History Project Collection
consists of oral history interviews of female ILWU members conducted between the
years 1993 and 1997 as part of the ILWU, Local 13 "Women on the Waterfront" Oral History
Project. They were conducted as a continuation of the ILWU Oral History Project which
documented the stories of the union's workforce who labored on the docks of the Southern
California Waterfront between the 1930s and 1960s. After the "1982 Golden et al. Consent
Decree" more and more women came to work on the West Coast docks. These oral histories began
to tell the story of waterfront from a female perspective.
In the early 1990s, Dr. Nancy Fernandez and several of her students from the CSUN History
Department, in cooperation with the Urban Archives Center, undertook the "Women on the
Waterfront" project to collect the personal stories of the women who worked the docks
alongside the men, as well as those women who worked for the union as secretarial workers.
Members of the ILWU Ladies Auxiliary, Local 8 were also asked to participate in the oral
history project.
Some of the issues touched upon in these oral histories include family life of the women
laborers, sexual and racial discrimination on the docks, the yearly picnic commemorating the
"Bloody Thursday" strikes of 1934 and the Modernization and Mechanization Agreement which
brought more women to work on the waterfront. In 1995, the Urban Archives Center was awarded
a generous grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust to continue work on the "Women on the
Waterfront" project. Final accessioning and transcription of this oral history project was
completed in November 2005.
The collection is divided into two series,
Audio Recordings
(1992-1997) and
Transcripts (2005).
Arrangement of Materials:
Series I: Audio Recordings, 1992-1997
Series II: Transcripts, 2005
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Jessica Geiser, 2014
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Audiovisual materials
Series I: Audio Recordings, 1992-1997
Box 1, Item 1
Benson, Gertha - Legal Secretary for George Shibley, ILWU Local 13 Legal
Counsel, Part 1,
1992 October 15
Box 1, Item 2
Benson, Gertha - Legal Secretary for George Shibley, ILWU Local 13 Legal
Counsel, Part 2,
1992 October 15
Box 1, Item 3
Chandler, Peggy - ILWU, Local 8 Ladies Auxiliary,
1993 January 14
Box 1, Item 4
Cummings, Jackie - ILWU-PMA (Pacific Maritime Association) Alcoholism and
Drug Treatment and Recovery Program, Part 1,
1995 August 22
Box 1, Item 5
Cummings, Jackie - ILWU-PMA (Pacific Maritime Association) Alcoholism and
Drug Treatment and Recovery Program, Part 2,
1995 August 22
Box 1, Item 6
Dacquisto, Cynthia - ILWU, Local 13,
1993 June 8
Box 1, Item 7
Daley, Edna - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1993 November 16
Box 1, Item 8
Daley, Edna - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1993 November 16
Box 1, Item 9
Grassi, Frances R. - ILWU, Local 8 Ladies Auxiliary, Part 1,
1993 January 28
Box 1, Item 10
Grassi, Frances R. - ILWU, Local 8 Ladies Auxiliary, Part 2,
1993 January 28
Box 1, Item 11
Gray, Lois L. - ILWU Local 8 Ladies Auxiliary, Part 1,
1995 July 21
Box 1, Item 12
Gray, Lois L. - ILWU Local 8 Ladies Auxiliary, Part 2,
1995 July 21
Box 1, Item 13
Hoffman, Carole - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1996 May 26
Box 1, Item 14
Hoffman, Carole - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1996 May 26
Box 1, Item 15
Hummel, Lynn - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1996 November 4
Box 1, Item 16
Hummel, Lynn - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1996 November 4
Box 1, Item 17
Hummel, Lynn - ILWU, Local 13, Part 3,
1996 November 4
Box 1, Item 18
Hummel, Lynn - ILWU, Local 13, Part 4,
1996 November 4
Box 1, Item 19
Kaunisto, Helen E. - ILWU, Local 8 Ladies Auxiliary,
1993 March 4
Box 1, Item 20
Luse, Andrea - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1996 June 9
Box 1, Item 21
Luse, Andrea - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1996 June 9
Box 1, Item 22
Maynez, Cathy (Moore) - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1996 September 30
Box 1, Item 23
Maynez, Cathy (Moore) - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1996 September 30
Box 1, Item 24
Miller-Cibel, Linda - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1993 January 23
Box 1, Item 25
Miller-Cibel, Linda - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1993 January 23
Box 1, Item 26
Monje, Patricia - ILWU, Local 13,
1997 January 8
Box 1, Item 27
Quadres, Katie - ILWU, Local 8 Ladies Auxiliary,
1993 January 14
Box 1, Item 28
Rivera, Esther - ILWU, Local 13 Secretary,
1993 January 20
Box 2, Item 1
Rosas, Diana - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1997 February 3
Box 2, Item 2
Rosas, Diana - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1997 February 3
Box 2, Item 3
Vogt, Kristi - ILWU, Local 13, Part 1,
1993 November 11
Box 2, Item 4
Vogt, Kristi - ILWU, Local 13, Part 2,
1993 November 11
Box 2, Item 5
Vogt, Kristi - ILWU, Local 13, Part 3,
1993 November 11
Box 2, Item 6
Vogt, Kristi - ILWU, Local 13, Part 4,
1993 November 11
Series II: Transcripts, 2005
