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The shipboard murder case : labor, radicalism, and Earl Warren, 1936-1941 : oral history transcript /
BANC MSS 77/55 c; Phonotape 916 A; Phonotape 917 A; Phonotape 918 A; ...
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Title:
The shipboard murder case: labor, radicalism, and Earl Warren, 1936-1941 : oral history transcriptCreator/Contributor:
Ramsay, Ernest G., 1909-1982, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Grossman, Aubrey, 1911-, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Harris, Myron, 1888-1973, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Resner, Herbert, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, Miriam Dinkin, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Odeen, Peter, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Stein, Miriam Feingold, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Interviews with six participants in the 1936 murder case (known also as the King-Ramsay-Conner case) which involved Earl Warren
as Alameda County District Attorney and members of the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association as defendants.
Copies of photographs and documentary material included. Interviews also include comments on the labor movement on the Bay
Area waterfront in the 1930s, Harry Bridges, the influence of the communist party in maritime unions, etc.
Date:
1972 (issued)Contents:
Reminiscences of a defendant in the shipboard murder case / Ernest G. Ramsay -- A defense attorney assesses the King, Ramsay,
Conner case / Aubrey Grossman -- A defense attorney reminisces / Myron Harris -- The recollections of the attorney for Frank
Conner / Herbert Resner -- The King-Ramsay-Conner Defense Committee, 1938-1941 / Miriam Dinkin Johnson -- Captain of the Point
Lobos / Peter Odeen.
Subject:
n-us-caRamsay, Ernest G -- 1909-1982 -- Interviews
Grossman, Aubrey -- 1911- -- Interviews
Harris, Myron -- 1888-1973 -- Interviews
Resner, Herbert -- Interviews
Johnson, Miriam Dinkin -- Interviews
Odeen, Peter -- Interviews
Warren, Earl -- 1891-1974
King, Earl -- -1964
Conner, Frank J -- -1969
Alberts, George W -- 1898-1936
Bridges, Harry -- 1901-1990
Bridges, Harry -- 1901-1990
Warren, Earl -- 1891-1974
Trials (Murder) -- California -- Alameda County
Public prosecutors -- California -- Alameda County
Merchant mariners -- California
Unskilled labor -- California
Employees -- California
Blue collar workers -- California
Labor unions -- California
Strikes and lockouts -- California
Blue collar workers
Employees
Labor unions
Politics and government
Strikes and lockouts
Unskilled labor
California -- Politics and government
California
United States -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
tape recorded interviews conducted 1972-1975 by Miriam Feingold Stein for the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1976 : and related material.
Phonotapes also available.
Includes indexes.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyOral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume ([329] leaves) ; 28 cm + related material.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1z6z
BANC MSS 77/55 c
Phonotape 916 A
Phonotape 917 A
Phonotape 918 A
Phonotape 919 A
Phonotape 920 A
Phonotape 921 C
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.