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Title: Fred D. Fletcher oral history
Creator: Labor Archives and Research Center
Schwartz, Harvey
Fletcher, Fred D., 1920-
Date Created and/or Issued: [1999-06-16,1999-07-02,1999-07-27,1999-08-24]
Contributing Institution: San Francisco State University, Labor Archives and Research Center
Collection: California Revealed from Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University
Rights Information: Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Labor Archives and Research Center (LARC), J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description: Official, Bay Area Newspaper Guild, 1952-1981; grew up in San Francisco and Palo Alto; joined Pile Drivers Local 34, 1941; worked as a reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 1948-1958; worked as principal organizer of the Bay Area Newspaper Guild Local 52, 1949-1952; served as an officer for the Guild (including a stint as president), 1952-1981; elected at-large vice president of the California Labor Federation, 1963; gives his recollections of the San Francisco Examiner and News-Call Bulletin merger of 1965 and the San Francisco newspaper strike of 1968.
Type: sound
Format: Master
Audio cassette
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 15 Tapes of 15
Identifier: Oral History Collection
csfst_000012_t1; csfst_000012_t2; csfst_000012_t3; csfst_000012_t4; csfst_000012_t5; csfst_000012_t6; csfst_000012_t7; csfst_000012_t8; csfst_000012_t9; csfst_000012_t10; csfst_000012_t11; csfst_000012_t12; csfst_000012_t13; csfst_000012_t14; csfst_000012
Language: English
Subject: Journalists--Labor unions--California
Labor leaders--California--Interviews
Newspaper employees--Labor unions--California--San Francisco
Strikes and lockouts--Newspapers--California--San Francisco
San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild
Place: San Francisco (Calif.)
Provenance: Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University
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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