Interview session 7, 2011 November 30

Item — Audiocassette: 11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Selected portions of this session are restricted until 2032. In the seventh interview session, conducted on November 30, 2011, Eilers reads from and talks about a brief autobiographical essay. She speaks about the importance of unions and revisits the topic of her work with SEIU Local 49 to unionize employees of Providence hospitals. She talks about her early life in Portland and discusses how the city changed; about F. Leo Smith; and about her involvement with the Metropolitan Alliance for the Common Good. She also talks again about Occupy Portland.

Dates

Creation: 2011 November 30

Creator

From the Collection: Eilers, Jean A. (Jean Anne), 1940- (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Byrne, Bob (Robert N.), 1940- (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Byrne, Michela E. (Michela Eilers), 1983- (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Matthews, Carolyn K. (Carolyn Kay), 1944- (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Session 5 and portions of session 7 are restricted until 2032. The transcript and digitized audio files have been redacted to reflect the restriction. The remainder of the interview is open for research.