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The story of a rebel : San Francisco : oral history transcript / 1957.
BANC MSS C-D 4018; Phonotape 3399 C:1-17; Phonotape 522 B; BANC CD 274:1-17 no.1; ...
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Title:

The story of a rebel: San Francisco : oral history transcript / 1957

Creator/Contributor:

Billings, Warren K., 1893-1972, creator, Interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Gilb, Corinne Lathrop, 1925-, Interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Industrial Relations., Oral History Project.

Abstract:

Notes on his background and early life; work in New York; radical labor activities in San Francisco; trial and conviction with Tom Mooney for the San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade bombing, July 22, 1916; defense efforts, including the California Supreme Court hearings; commutation of sentence by Governor Olson; subsequent activities.

Date:

1957 (issued)

Contents:

Reel 1: Jan. 9, 1957? (interviews 1-2), 1336 ft. -- Reel 2: Mar. 15, 1956, 1021 ft. -- Reel 3: Jan. 16, 1957, 333 ft. -- Reel 4: Jan. 29, 1957, 991 ft. -- Reel 5: Feb. 14, 1957, 941 ft. -- Reel 6: Feb. 19, 1957, 1976 ft. -- Reel 7: Mar. 12, 1957, 1237 ft. -- Reel 8: Feb. 29, 1957, 1505 ft. Interview notes also available.

Subject:

Mooney, Thomas J -- 1882-1942
Labor movement -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Labor unions -- Organizing
Strikes and lockouts -- California
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government

Note:

Warren Knox Billings ; tape recorded interview conducted in 1957 by Corinne L. Gilb, for the Oral History Project, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley,
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or for permission to publish to the Director of the Institute of Industrial Relations of the University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

xvii, 375 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.
8 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 1 track ; 7 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-D 4018
Phonotape 3399 C:1-17
Phonotape 522 B
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.1
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.2
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.3
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.4
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.5
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.6
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.7
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.8
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.9
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.10
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.11
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.12
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.13
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.14
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.15
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.16
BANC CD 274:1-17 no.17

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or for permission to publish to the Director of the Institute of Industrial Relations of the University of California, Berkeley.