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Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Arthur (Art) Almeida of ILWU, Local 13. Topics discussed include San Francisco, California; San Pedro, California; Long Beach, California; the Great Depression; the Korean War; Kurt Johnson; Harry Bridges; Louis Goldblatt; and work on the waterfront. This interview covers the time period 1928-1982.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Don Birrer of ILWU, Local 4. Topics discussed include Vancouver, Washington; Jimmy Herman; workplace accidents; the 1971 ILWU strike; grain; and cargo at the waterfront. This interview covers the time period 1960-2013.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Jerry Bitz of ILWU, Local 8 and 40. Topics discussed include Portland, Oregon; crane driving; and the 1971 ILWU strike. This interview covers the time period 1959-2013.

Scope and Content: Oral history interview with Jerry Brady of ILWU, Local 63. Topics discussed include Wilmington, California; Southern California; Raymond Brady; Chuck Brady; Morey Segal; Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union; the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, the 1971 ILWU strike; Matson Company; poetry; and unloading hides. This interview covers the time period 1934-2002.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Charles Dean of ILWU, Local 19. Topics discussed include Seattle, Washington; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; the 1971 ILWU strike; Dave Beck; Seattle waterfront development; Mechanization and Modernization Agreement; Martin Jugum; Wayne Moisio; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Harry Bridges; Ron Magden; Jimmy Herman; Ricky Smith; Paul Allen; and Frank Brewster. This interview covers the time period 1940-2013.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Tom Dufresne of ILWU, Local 500. Topics discussed include Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Les Copan; Roy Smith; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Willie Adams; Wesley Furtado; Ray Familathe; the 1971 ILWU strike; pensions; asbestos; the 2002 ILWU lockout; solidarity between unions; the 1958 Canada ILWU strike; Canadian ILWU autonomy; 1966 statutory holiday pay denial; 1966 consolidation of Vancouver ILWU locals; Neptune Jade; Columbus, Ontario, Canada; and Cassiar, British Columbia, Canada. This interview covers the time period 1950-2013.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Jerry Garretson of ILWU, Local 63. Topics discussed include Wyoming; Los Angeles, California; Coos Bay, Oregon; Harold Duggett; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Elia Kazan; ILWU work life history; containerization; and the 1971 ILWU strike. This interview covers the time period 1944-2013.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Stephen Hanson of ILWU, Local 8. Topics discussed include Portland, Oregon; Roscoe Craycraft; Jess Stranahan; Harry Bridges; Sam Newhouse; Sam Kegal; Robert "Big Bob McElrath; Industrial Workers of the World; Marine Terminals Corporation; the 1971 ILWU strike; injuries; Port of Portland; farming; West Coast ports; the Vancouver ILWU strike; union politics; Crown Flour; Mechanization and Modernization Agreement; 1916 Everett Massacre; 1919 Centralia Massacre; The Oregonian; and the Taft-Hartley Act. This interview covers the time period 1968-2010.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Herb Howe of ILWU, Local 500. Topics discussed include Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; asbestos; amalgamation; containerization; the ILWU Executive Board; anti-nepotism rules; and casuals. This interview covers the time period 1944-2009.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Hugh Hunter of ILWU, Local 13. Topics discussed include Wilmington, California; World War II; cotton; pilferage; interracial marriage;drinking; accidents; Seamen's Union of the Pacific; and rubber. This interview covers the time period 1924-1986.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Ian Kennedy of ILWU, Local 52. Topics discussed include Seattle, Washington; Harry Bridges; Bob Vox; Sam Black; Sam Kagel; Art Mink; Mark Keller; Michele Drayton; David Olson; Chuck Bergquist; David Montgomery; Phil Lelli; one-door policy; communism; Boeing; and the Harry Bridges chair. This interview covers the time period 1936-2013.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Penne Lavery of ILWU, Local 13 and 63. Topics discussed include Long Beach, California; misogyny; Famine 500; teaching; banana cargo; race; racism; discrimination; local president; the 2002 ILWU lockout; Jim Lavery; and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. This interview covers the time period 1948-2007.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Len Meneghello of ILWU, Local 500. Topics discussed include Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers; Canada Pacific Railway; Western stevedoring; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; logging; mines; Mechanization and Modernization Agreement; and prejudice towards Italians. This interview covers the time period 1935-1999.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Herman Moreno of ILWU, Local 13 and 63. Topics discussed include San Pedro, California; Long Beach, California; Marine Clerks Association; fishmeal; misogyny; dispatching; nicknames; and the 1971 ILWU strike. This interview covers the time period 1955-1999.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Mike Mullen of ILWU, Local 14. Topics discussed include Los Angeles, California; Eureka, California; Sydney, Australia; Mexico City, Mexico; Labor Relations Counsel; Pacific Maritime Association; Patrick Stevedore; Paul Robeson; Melvin Van Peebles; Mickey Cohen; Jimmy Herman; containerization; mechanization; creatives on the waterfront; Australian longshore; Joe Hill; substance addiction; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Sweetback; and the 1971 ILWU strike. This interview covers the time period 1937-2013.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Charles Ollivier of ILWU, Local 14. Topics discussed include Eureka, California; Saint Sylvestre, France; Harry Bridges; Humboldt Bay Harbor District Commission; 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike; strikes in France; lumber; pulp; safety; and the 1971 ILWU strike. This interview covers the time period 1936-2001.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Tony Salcido of ILWU, Local 13. Topics discussed include Wilmington, California; San Pedro, California; Cristobal "Chuchu" Salcido; Bill Lawrence; ethnic division of products, unemployed 500; doubling up; sponsorship system; hides; and mechanization and modernization. This interview covers the time period 1929-1994.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Jim Brown of ILWU, Local 10. Topics discussed include San Francisco, California; Aberdeen, Scotland; ILWU, Local 67; Leo Robinson; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; the 1971 ILWU strike; containerization; apartheid; bakeries; and pay guarantee. This interview covers the time period 1939-1999.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Joe Clay of ILWU, Local 10 and 34. Topics discussed include San Francisco, California; Satin, Texas; Harry Bridges; Cleophas Williams; Jim Kearney; Cesar Chavez; Leo Robertson; United Airlines International Machinist Association; the 1971 ILWU strike; unity; race on the waterfront; racism; cotton picking in the US South; wildcat strike; and apartheid. This interview covers the time period 1937-2014.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Les Copan of ILWU, Local 500. Topics discussed include Vancouver, British Columbia; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers; Canada Pacific Railway; Western Stevedoring; Rogers Sugar; containerization; safety; ILWU Canada; the 1966 ILWU Canada Victoria Day Strike; World War II; Navy Service; pensions; prisons; iron foundry; homophobia; Dorchester Prison; and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. This interview covers the time period 1926-1988.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Don Daley of ILWU, Local 34. Topics discussed include Stockton, California; Jim Brown; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Eddie Robinson; Ralph Rucker; the 1971 ILWU strike; and the Mechanization and Modernization Agreement. This interview covers the time period 1944-2008.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Christine Gordon of ILWU, Local 13 and 63. Topics discussed include Long Beach, California; Catalina Island; misogyny; Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union; Inland Boatmen's Union; computerization; and grievances. This interview covers the time period 1944-2010.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Helena Jones of ILWU, Local 13 and 63. Topics discussed include Wilmington, California; misogyny; ironworkers; grievances; and San Francisco Bloody Thursday 1934. This interview covers the time period 1960-2009.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Mike Marino of ILWU, Local 500. Topics discussed include Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers; West Coast Seaman's Union; Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport, and General Workers; the AFL-CIO; Louie Goldblatt; Harry Bridges; Italians in Canada during World War II; Nicaraguan Civil War; unions in Canada; merchant ships; the 1971 ILWU strike; international interaction; scabs; amalgamation; and the 1966 ILWU Canada Victoria Day Strike. This interview covers the time period 1934-1999.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Walter "Pee Wee" Smith of ILWU, Local 16 and 200. Topics discussed include Alaska; Alaska Longshore Division; army service; the Vietnam War; logging; self-funded retirees; seine boat fishing; longshore fishing; Fort Ord, California; long distances. This interview covers the time period 1942-2014.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Macario Collado of ILWU, Local 14. Topics discussed include Maui, Hawaii; Eureka, California; Sacramento, California; Stockton, California; San Francisco, California; Coos Bay, Oregon; Port Hueneme, California; Kahului Railroad Company; West Falls Stevedoring Company; Bruce Hannon; ILWU, Local 142; hides; fishmeal; and the 1971 ILWU strike. This interview covers the time period 1966-2015.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Rich Austin of ILWU, Local 10. Topics discussed include San Francisco, California; Aberdeen, Washington; Berkeley, California; Everett, Washington; El Cerrito, California; Wilmington, California; Santa Rosa, California; Los Angeles, California; Seattle, Washington; Whidbey Island, Washington; Beijing, China; Parmelee Leonard Austin; Cleophas Williams; Harry Bridges; Louis Goldblatt; Curtis McClain; Manuel Dominguez; Herb Mills; Rich Austin, Jr.; Jamie Boland; Ron Thornberry; Danny Beagle; Jimmy Herman; Bill Ward; Bobby Olvera, Sr.; Revolutionary Union; Revolutionary Communist Party; House Un-American Activities Commission; ILWU, Local 6; ILWU, Local 10; Familias Unidas por la Justicia; US-China People's Friendship Association; United Farm Workers; Pacific Maritime Association; American Chemistry Council; ILWU, Local 19; Inland Boatman's Union; Coast Labor Relations Committee; United Labor of Everett; Boeing; Democratic Party; Republican Party; Sakuma Farms; Pacific Coast Pensioners Association; ILWU Puget Sound District Council; Industrial Workers of the World; US Communist Party; the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike; hiring halls; the 1971 ILWU strike; picketing, scabs; ILWU, Local 6; Taft-Hartley Act; injunction; union solidarity; ten guiding principles; United Farm Workers; business agent; asbestos; Inlandboatmen's Union; ILWU International Vice President; Coast Labor Relations Committee; United Labor of Everett; offshoring jobs; economic disparity; longshore closeness; We Do the Work Radio Show on KSVR; 2002 Lockout; Joe Miniace; single payer healthcare; union busting; Newt Gingrich; Bill Clinton; George W. Bush; social and economic justice; and peace. This interview covers the time period 1920-2016.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with John Cordocedo of ILWU, Local 500. Topics discussed include Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Bob Robinson; Harry Bridges; Roy Smith; Joe Moseley; Les Copan; Louis Goldblatt; John Arizumi; Squamish Nation; Canadian Security Intelligence Service; Port of Vancouver; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; International Longshoremen Association; First Nations; racial prejudice; longshore graveyards; British Columbia ILWU; ILWU books; foremen; technology; youth movement; the 1958 ILWU strike; wage parity; pensions; base rate; ILWU Canada; 1966 jailing of union leaders; computer dispatch; Canada Shipping Act; jurisdiction; statutory holidays; cemeteries; and Hawaii. This interview covers the time period 1933-2016.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Jimmy Donovan of the Maritime Union of Australia. Topics discussed include Sydney, Australia; Liverpool, Australia; Canberra, Australia; Paddy Crumlin; Harry Bridges; David Crockroft; Johnny Coombs; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; William "Willie" Adams; Bill Morris; E.V. Elliott; Jim Healy; Charlie Fitzgibbons; Norm Docker; Tas Bull; Kevin Robinson; Harry Black; Keith Jenkins, Jr.; Maritime Union of Australia; Waterside Workers Federation; Maritime Workers Credit Union; Seamen's Union of Australia; Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund; International Transport Workers' Federation; Australian Labor Party; Communist Party of Australia; the 1998 Australian waterfront strike; automation; containerization; international solidarity; Brexit; Australian trade; communism; international trade; NAFTA; and China. This interview covers the time period 1962-2016.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Vic Lopez of ILWU, Local 46 and 63. Topics discussed include Ventura, California; Cesar Chavez; Harry Bridges; Brotherhood of Carpenters; United Farm Workers; Sierra Club; bananas; forklift; preferred casuals; racial discrimination; ship gang positions; crane, welder; carpenter; Matson; Hanjin; injuries on the job; the 1971 ILWU strike; qualifications; trade school; retirement; automation; pensioners club; Civil War reenactment; hat collection; military service; Latinos; and Chicanos. This interview covers the time period 1942-2016.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Norman (Norm) Parks of ILWU, Local 8. Topics discussed include Portland, Oregon; Francis Murnane; Ezra Mansfield Parks; Louis Goldblatt; Marvin Ricks; Matt Meehan; Bill Ward; Billy Becker; Tom Warren; Sam Kagel; Lois Stranahan; Andrew Delaney; Leo Robinson; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Jimmy Herman; James Spinosa; Harry Bridges; International Woodworkers of America; United States National Guard; ILWU, Local 10; active duty; military bases; Occupy Wall Street; and Congress of Industrial Organizations. This interview covers the time period 1943-2016.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Nick Buckles of ILWU, Local 32 and 52. Topics discussed include Everett, Washington; Anchorage, Alaska; John Waddell; Linda Buckles; Tammy Buckles; Nick Buckles, Jr.; Bret Buckles; Orey Schwartz; Laborers' International Union; North Everett Little League; Industrial Workers of the World; Boeing; military service; the Vietnam War; construction; injuries; logs; Mechanization and Modernization; caucus delegate; the 1971 ILWU strike, assistant dispatcher; business agent; the 2002 ILWU lockout; benefits director; port commissioner; welfare director; Everett labor history; waterfront nicknames; the Everett Massacre; waterfront accidents; and waterfront deaths. This interview covers the time period 1942-2017.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Mary Fuller of ILWU, Local 19 and 52. Topics discussed include Seattle, Washington; Shoreline, Washington; Canada; Bob Lindsey; Bill Fairbanks; Port of Seattle; female longshoreman; and the 2002 ILWU lockout. This interview covers the time period 1952-2017.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Kristi Hagen of ILWU, Local 19 and 98. Topics discussed include Seattle, Washington; Squamish, Washington; Bob Lindsey; Bill Fairbanks; Jack Block; Big Al Witzler; Joe Alesio; Pete Gardner; University of Washington; Pacific Maritime Association; marriage; motherhood; pregnancy; alcoholism; addiction; jail; bartender; female longshoreman; sexual harassment; female foreman; discrimination lawsuit; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; lashing; loading hides; accidents on the job; and deaths on the job. This interview covers the time period 1949-2017.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Lloyd Hutton of ILWU, Local 13. Topics discussed include Rugby, North Dakota; Wilmington, California; Pusan, South Korea; Chemical Workers Union; Rich Austin; ranch; military service; Korean War; Vegetable Oil; cargo from Europe and Japan; cotton; copra; hides; the 1948 ILWU strike; and the 1971 ILWU strike. This interview covers the time period 1932-2017.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Marilyn Hutton, wife of Lloyd Hutton of ILWU, Local 13. Topics discussed include San Francisco, California; Wilmington, California; Fairfax, California; San Pedro, California; Parmelee Leonard Austin; Lloyd Hutton; Harry Bridges; Rich Austin; the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike; hides; copra; injuries on the job; the 1971 ILWU strike; Catalina; crane work; longshoreman wife; ILWU benefits; and health insurance. This interview covers the time period 1934-2002.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Mike Jagielski of ILWU, Local 18 and 23. Topics discussed include Tacoma, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Harry Bridges; Norman Parks; World War II; ILWU Local 8; Puerto Rico conflict; ILWU Local 23; loading cargo; Puerto Rico independence movement; army medic; prison; hides; lumber; and forklifts. This interview covers the time period 1947-2017.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Barney Sanders of the Maritime Union of Australia. Topics discussed include Sydney, Australia; Queensland, Australia; Western Australia; the Maritime Union of Australia; the Socialist Party of Australia; Australian Council of Trade Unions; Harry Bridges; Tas Bull; Paddy Crumlin; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Jimmy Donovan; Australia labor unions; pensioners; political stances of unions; Australian union mergers; consolidated allowance; the 1998 lockout; solidarity; surviving a strike; internationalism; apartheid; lobbying; pensions; Australian Medicare; the Liverpool Dockers Strike; and anti-union politicians. This interview covers the time period 1947-2009.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Gerald Anderson and Patricia Anderson of ILWU, Local 52. Topics discussed include Seattle, Washington; Tacoma, Washington; Lee Anderson; Shaun Maloney; John Mahoney; Harry Bridges; Martin Jugum; Harry "the Horse" Hilliard; Dick Moorke; Dwight Eisenhower; the Sailors' Union of the Pacific; crane operators; 1971 ILWU strike; Mechanization and Modernization Agreement; Seattle waterfront development; Tacoma, gentrification; museums; socialism; Trotskyism; World War II; and Alaska, fishing. This interview covers the time period 1940-2018.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Clayton Dela Cruz of ILWU, Local 142. Topics discussed include Oahu, Hawaii; Kauai, Hawaii; Haruo Dyna Nakamoto; Ah Quon McElrath; Wesley Furtado; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Eusebio "Bobo" Lapenia; sugar plantation; World War II; ethnicity; camps; Philippines; sugar industry; hotel industry; and being a business agent. This interview covers the time period 1947-2018.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Michele Drayton of ILWU, Local 52. Topics discussed include Seattle, Washington; Guam; Ian Kennedy; Art Mink; Frank Cappiello; Nelson Mandela; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; the US Communist Party; University of Washington; University of Guam; red diaper baby; Cold War; FBI tracking; Civil Rights; Guam culture; McCarthyism; Rusty Hook; Container Freight Station; union politics; 2002 ILWU lockout; and ILWU activism. This interview covers the time period 1945-2018.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Sharon Helgerson of ILWU, Local 8. Topics discussed include Portland, Oregon; Carl Helgerson; Al Sarcelli; Henry Lundy; Jesse Stranahan; Conrad Negstad; American Federation of Labor; Congress of Industrial Organizations, International Association of Machinists, Local 1005; Industrial Workers of the World; International Longshoremen Association; Pacific Maritime Association; Ku Klux Klan; women longshoremen; autoworkers; divorce; St. Johns neighborhood, Portland; 1948 ILWU strike; misogyny; and sexual harassment. This interview covers the time period 1937-2018.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Penny Jarigese of ILWU, Local 8. Topics discussed include Anchorage, Alaska; Seward, Alaska; Portland, Oregon; Powell's Books; Sharon Helgerson; Michael Powell; casual; women; foreman; female longshoreman; lashing; bears; grizzly bears; the 1964 Alaska earthquake; misogyny; sexual harassment; logs; discrimination lawsuit; and the ILWU Education Committee. This interview covers the time period 1952-2019.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Ian Kennedy of ILWU, Local 52. Topics discussed include Seattle, Washington; Seattle Pensioners Association; Labor Relations Committee; Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies; University of Washington; Labor Archives of Washington; Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies; union election; business agent; Jimmy Dean; Robert Olson, Jr.; Mike Withey; Randy Vekich; Carl Woeck; Charles "Chuck" Bergquist; Margaret Levi; Daniel Jacoby; David Olson; John Halgren; Sarah Laslett; Michael Honey; James "Jim" Gregory; Conor Casey; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Sam Junio; and Michele Drayton. This interview covers the time period 1980-2019.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Norman McLeod of ILWU, Local 10. Topics discussed include Oklahoma; San Francisco, California; George Cobbs; Roosevelt President; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Gene Vrana; Ralph Rucker; Cleophas Williams; Deborah McLeod; alcoholism; ILWU local 10 family culture; Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program; sober; segregation; racism; coffee; 1971 ILWU strike; family; vice president; and Alcoholics Anonymous. This interview covers the time period 1946-2019.

Scope and Content: Oral history video interview and transcript with Sadie Williams, wife of Cleophas Williams, of ILWU, Local 10. Topics discussed include Houston, Texas; San Francisco, California; Cleophas Williams; Harry Bridges; Willie Adams; Robert "Big Bob" McElrath; Brian McWilliams; Jimmy Herman; David Arian; Donald Trump; United Methodist; African Americans; Great Depression; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; ILWU drill team; Black churches; automation; robots; education; hotels; racism; and young people. This interview covers the time period 1924-2019.