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Title
Martin Adams Oral History
Series Title
Collection Guide
Finding aid to the Martin Adams Oral History
Created Date
May 21st, 1987
Description
Sound recording of interview with laborer and pile driver Martin Adams conducted by Harvey Schwartz. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Labor Archives received a grant from the California Council for the Humanities to conduct interviews with nine bridge workers, two wives of bridge workers, and two nurses who cared for workers hurt on the job. In his interview Adams discusses his early life, his work on the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges, and the net collapse of February 1937. At the 22, Adams moved to California to work on the Bay Bridge. At the completion of that job, he worked on the Golden Gate Bridge until it was near completion in 1937. Adams was an active member of Laborers' Locals 261 and 301, and later Pile Drivers Local 34.
Creators and Contributors
Creator:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Interviewer: Schwartz, Harvey
Interviewee: Adams, Martin
Copyright holder: Labor Archives and Research Center
Interviewer: Schwartz, Harvey
Interviewee: Adams, Martin
Copyright holder: Labor Archives and Research Center
Subject Topic
Subject Entity
Genre
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1930s
Language
Media Type
Format
Audio cassette
Extent
2
Tapes
Generation
Master
Silent or Sound
Sound
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Call Number
larc.oh.adams
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Email: larc@sfsu.edu
Phone: (415) 405-5571
Phone: (415) 405-5571
Organization Websites
Link to Internet Archive
Additional Technical Notes for Item
Original files were named; Martin_Adams_Sides1-2_a.wav, Martin_Adams_Sides1-2_b.wav, Martin_Adams_Sides3-4_a.wav, Martin_Adams_Sides3-4_b.wav. They were renamed as; csfst_000552_t01_a_prsv.wav, csfst_000552_t01_b_prsv.wav, csfst_000552_t02_a_prsv.wav, csfst_000552_t02_b_prsv.wav.