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Brass Worker’s History Project Collection
Collection, M-33
1919 – 1983
1995
1995
The Brass Worker’s History Project was organized in the early 1980s by four people: Janet Stackhouse, Jerry Lombardi, Jeremy Brecher and Hank Murray. The group was influenced by a shared interest in public history: a push away from researching and writing about “the greats” of history, and an investigation into everyday life. In Brass Valley they write: “We see this kind of history, not as an academic exercise, but as a social act, a way people can communicate with each other about their experiences, needs, aspirations, and potentials.”(272)
Utilizing new oral history techniques, the Jeremey Brecher and Janet Stackhouse interviewed 80 Brass Valley workers in 51 interviews. They were interested in people’s everyday lives, their social clubs and neighborhoods, their work, and their involvement, if any, in labor movements.
Utilizing new oral history techniques, the Jeremey Brecher and Janet Stackhouse interviewed 80 Brass Valley workers in 51 interviews. They were interested in people’s everyday lives, their social clubs and neighborhoods, their work, and their involvement, if any, in labor movements.
The Brass History Workers Project Collection spans from 1919-1995 and documents the project to learn more about the public history of brass valley workers. The collection is broken into 5 series. One series, Labor Movement, is further divided into 5 subseries that reflect donations of materials about the labor movement from specific individuals, and one general subseries about the labor movement in the Brass Valley. The collection contains photocopies of documents and a diary, handbooks and materials for brass factory employees, newspaper clippings, redacted FBI files, correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Additionally, there are 51 oral history interviews were conducted with 80 individuals between 1980 and 1981. These are largely on cassette tapes, though some were also videotaped. The video tapes are restricted due to format issues. Additionally, several of the interviews have been restricted due to sensitive content at the request of the interviewee. The oral histories are in the process of being digitized.
Additionally, there are 51 oral history interviews were conducted with 80 individuals between 1980 and 1981. These are largely on cassette tapes, though some were also videotaped. The video tapes are restricted due to format issues. Additionally, several of the interviews have been restricted due to sensitive content at the request of the interviewee. The oral histories are in the process of being digitized.
The collection is broken into 5 series. One series, Labor Movement, is further divided into 5 subseries that reflect donations of materials about the labor movement from specific individuals, and one general subseries about the labor movement in the Brass Valley. Efforts were made to adhere to original order.
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