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Interviews conducted by Loren E. Pennington as part of his research on Studebaker.

T.M., a non-union roofer and general contractor, was born and raised in Trenton, MI. T.M. got into the construction trade at age 18 after buying a house, realizing she could not afford to hire help she learned how to do the repair work herself. At…

Ted and Blanch Schmidt interview together.

This interview with Ted Brandt describes his lifetime of union involvement. The interview recalls Brandt's early Local One union involvement working as a journeyman lithographer. Brandt’s active role in union negotiations, his positions as…

Interview about his career as a speaker and writer with the Ohio CIO Council and the national CIO.

Child care and child development in metropolitan Detroit.

Terri Patterson is a structural ironworker with Ironworkers Local 25 and a third generation Native American ironworker. In this interview Terri describes the apprentice program and the classes. Many of her male relatives are in the field and she…

Thelma Estrin originally intended to become an accountant but became interested in engineering after taking a three-month training course at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1943 and working as a machinist at the Radio Receptor Company. When her…

Conducted by Jack W. Skeels between 1959 and 1963 as part of a University of Michigan - Wayne State University Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations project to document the early years of the United Automobile Workers union. All interviews…