The reminiscences of John W. Edelman
Series: Columbia University oral history collection -- pt. 2, no. 58
Published: 1975
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Labor; Working class
Other titles: Edelman, John W.
Description: Labor representative. Topics include: education; early experiences on fringes of Socialist movement; condition of hosiery workers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during the late 1920 and the Depression: role of hosiery workers union in the American Federation of Labor; AFL conventions; beginnings of Textile Workers Union of America; its role in the Congress of Industrial Organizations; influence of Communist Party in the CIO; merger of the CIO and the AFL; impressions of men and women prominent in the labor movement.
Notes: Transcript of interviews conducted for the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University in 1956 and 1957.

Includes index.

Microfiche of typescript. Glen Rock, N.J. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1975. -- 3 sheets ; 11 x 15 cm. -- (Columbia University oral history collection ; pt. 2, no. 58)