Duration | 01:02:41.504 |
Abstract | Bradford discusses his life in Flint, Michigan, and La Crosse, Wisconsin. He describes his work at the Buick Motor Division of General Motors in Flint, local politics, and Ku Klux Klan activity. He also mentions moving to Melrose Park, Illinois to work for the Buick plant there. Finally, he discusses his move to La Crosse to work in the air conditioning industry at Trane Company, and he recalls city government and community life. |
Interviewee | Bradford, Richard |
Interviewer | Fredricks, Howard R. |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Type of resource | sound recording |
Genre | sound |
Genre authority | marcgt |
Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Date published | 1977-12-15 |
Date captured | 2018-05-21 |
Language | eng |
Subject topic | Bradford, Richard -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Buick Motor Company Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Automobile industry and trade -- Michigan -- Flint Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Air conditioning industry -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Flint (Mich.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH |
Content | 00:00:00—Employment, Fry-Lawson and Company, Chicago, IL, late 1940s | 00:01:40—Employment, Hotpoint Company, enamelware, Chicago, IL, 1947 | 00:08:10—Employment, Hart Schaffner and Marx, clothing, Chicago, IL, 1948-1952 | 00:10:20—Unions, The Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Sidney Hillman, founder, close friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945), Chicago, IL, 1940s | 00:12:20—Hart Schaffner and Marx, factory operations, Chicago, IL, 1948-1952 | 00:14:20—Isadore Karish, Russian, coat shop manager, Chicago, IL, 1948-1952 | 00:20:17—Salaries, Hart Schaffner and Marx, Buick Motors Division, Chicago, IL, 1948-1952 | 00:24:15—Employment, Fairbanks-Morse, electrical equipment, diesel engines, Beloit, WI, 1952 | 00:31:55—Employment, Trane Company, factory expansion, La Crosse, WI, 1954 | 00:41:00—Trane Company, divisions | 00:44:48—Trane Company, plant protection, security | 00:47:17—Industries, Beloit Iron Works, Warner Brake Company, Freeman Shoe Company, Beloit, WI, 1952 | 00:50:15—African-Americans, foundry working conditions, Beloit, WI, 1941-1945 | 00:54:30—Race relations, discrimination, African-Americans, Beloit, WI, 1954 | 01:00:43—Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 1952 |
Source note | Tape 5 of 9. |
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Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
ID | aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000141 |
Doi | 18-0141 |