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Ralph Helstein oral history interview, May 12, 1983

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Title: Ralph Helstein oral history interview, May 12, 1983
Creator: Helstein, Ralph, 1908-
Interviewer: Davis, Merle O.
Date Created: 1983-05-12
Notes: The digitization of these materials has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (https://www.archives.gov/nhprc).
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts
Antisemitism
Mergers
Imperialism
Communism
Race relations
Depressions
Discrimination in employment
Sex discrimination
Race discrimination
Agricultural laborers
Farmers
Floods
Civil rights movements
Meat industry and trade
Packing-houses
Sit-down strikes
Incentives in industry
Migrants
Foreign workers
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
Indians of North America
Collective bargaining
Racism
Segregation
Strikebreakers
Sugar trade
Teamsters
Automation
Pay equity
Wildcat strikes
Women employees
World War, 1939-1945
Subjects: Persons: Helstein, Ralph, 1908-
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
Dobbs, Farrell
Gorman, Patrick Emmet, 1892-1980
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lewis, John C.
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
Subjects: Corporate Bodies: United Packinghouse Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
AFL-CIO
Armour and Company
Hormel Foods Corporation
Industrial Workers of the World
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
John Morrell & Co.
National Farmers Organization (U.S.)
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
Swift & Company
United Farm Workers of America
Subject: Time: 1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
Subject: Place: United States -- Illinois -- Chicago
Collection Guide: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/ilhop/
Physical Description: 00:56:22; 01:04:29; 01:06:05; 01:01:12; 01:07:10; 01:53:32
Host institution: Iowa Labor History Oral Project
Date Digital: 2017-10-27; 2017-12-06
Rights Management: Copyright © 1983 Iowa Labor History Oral Project, Inc. Posted with permission.
Contact Information: Contact the State Historical Society of Iowa: https://www.iowaculture.gov/
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