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Oral history interview with Craig Nelson, April 27, 2004
Interview with Craig Nelson conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project on April 27, 2004. At the time of the interview Nelson was the engineering manager at Nelson Irrigation Corporation (NIC) in Walla Walla, WA. NIC plans, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells proprietary products for the agricultural irrigation equiptment market.
ID Number:2019.35.8.10
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Greg Taylor, March 30, 2004
This March 2004 interview is with Greg Taylor, President of Liberty Orchards in Cashmere, WA, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Taylor gives a history of the company, founded in the early 20th century by his grandfather and uncle, Armenian immigrants. The family grew apples and pears, but storage challenges stimulated the development of…
ID Number:2019.35.8.14
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Elsie Anderson, October 18, 2004
Interview with Elsie Anderson, a Boeing employee during World War II. She started as a stenographer in the engineering department and retired as an executive secretary. Topics discussed include taking test pilots out to the hangar, playing Christmas music on the organ during lunch hours, work attire, and what Boeing was like when the war ended. Interview conducted by Patricia…
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.1
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Donna Bajocich, August 18, 2004
Interview with Donna Bajocich, a Boeing employee who worked as a riveter during World War II. Topics discussed include her work as a riveter, pressure from unwelcoming men who wanted her to leave her position, and her union membership and participation in a strike. Interview conducted by Constance Schnell in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: Rosies Oral History Project…
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.3
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Margaret Berry, September 23, 2004
Interview with Margaret Berry, a Boeing employee during World War II. She was employed as a bucker and a riveter. Topics discussed include the relationship between bucking and riveting, having to buck her own rivets, racial diversity, and plane restoration. Interview conducted by Patricia Hackett Nicola for the Speaking of Seattle: Rosies Oral History Project on September 23, 2004.
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.4
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Katie R. Burks, July 28, 2005
Katie Burks discusses her move to Seattle from Birmingham, Alabama to work as a mechanic for Boeing during World War II. She includes details about her social, family, and work life, unions, the YWCA and Mount Zion Church, discrimination in the South and Seattle she faced as an African American woman, and returning to work at Boeing in 1950. Interview…
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.1
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Vivian Laye, September 13, 2005
Interview with Vivian Laye, a Boeing employee during World War II, conducted by Anita Warmflash in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: African American Rosies Oral History Project in September 2005. Topics discussed include: moving to Seattle, her Boeing-subsidized education and work-life balance, the union, and other employment.
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.2
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Katherine D. Thompkins, September 1, 2005
Interview with Katherine D. Thompkins, a Boeing employee during World War II, conducted by Anita Warmflash in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: African American Rosies Oral History Project. Topics discussed include: moving to Seattle, difficulties with welding, working at the Boeing Little Red Barn, and the union. Please note that second part of interview is missing.
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.3
Date:2005
Ephemera
By-Laws of Local Union 77 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1949
In 1891, ten electrical workers in St. Louis banded together to form the first nationwide union for electrical work. The union was originally called the National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, but changed to its current name, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), in 1905. As of 2023, the IBEW represents approximately 820,000 workers in the United States and Canada,…
ID Number:2020.26.13
Date:1949
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Precision Engineering, Inc. brochure, Seattle, circa 1978
Precision Engineering began as a crankshaft repair shop in 1948. In 1968, the company moved to 1231 Director Street near the border of Seattle and Tukwila, joining other industrial operations near the Duwamish River. By 1978, the firm had plants in Seattle and Portland that specialized in the manufacturing and repair of hydraulic equipment, particularly for the lumber and construction…
ID Number:2021.86.5
Date:Circa 1978