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Stories of a second-generation ironworker from Iowa : oral history transcript / 1992.
BANC MSS 93/4 c; Phonotape 2637 C:1-4
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Title:

Stories of a second-generation ironworker from Iowa : oral history transcript / 1992
Stories of a second generation ironworker from Iowa
On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California

Creator/Contributor:

Mays, Ira Dale, 1918-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Dunning, Judith, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Mays discusses his family background, Waterloo, Iowa; Free Methodist Church; move to Richmond, WWII; Kaiser Shipyards: schedule, supervision, pranks, women welders; ironworkers: health risks, women and minorities in trade, work on Richmond- San Rafael Bridge; postwar Richmond.

Date:

1992 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
Iron and steel workers -- California -- Interviews
Richmond (Calif.) -- History
United States -- California -- Berkeley

Note:

Ira Dale Mays ; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1985.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. (Classified as: Phonotape 2637 C:1-4).
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
96 p. : ill., port. ; 28 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z357k
BANC MSS 93/4 c
Phonotape 2637 C:1-4

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

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http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z357k