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Description
Sound recording of Lucille Kendall's 1976 interviews with Violet Orr, including a brief interview with Violet's husband Paul Orr. The interviews document Violet Orr's childhood and marriage; her trip with Paul Orr to the Soviet Union in the 1920s; her activities as a Communist Party organizer in the 1930s and '40s in California, including her involvement in the San Francisco laundry workers' union and work for the radical newspaper, the People's World; and the Orrs' experiences during the post-war Red Scare.
Type
sound
Format
Original Sound Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
15 Tapes of 15
Identifier
MS 3516 CT 30.1-30.15 chi_00009_t1 -> chi_00009_t15
Language
English
Subject
Communism--California Communists--California Laundry workers--Labor unions--California--San Francisco Radicalism--California--Newspapers People's world (San Francisco, Calif.)
Provenance
California Historical Society California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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