Scope and Contents Tape 1, Side 1, through Tape 2, Side 1. In the first interview session, conducted on February 27, 1999, Rosolie discusses his family background and early life in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, including his parents' jobs, his experience growing up in subsidized housing, and his early education in Catholic schools. He also talks about discrimination his mother experienced due to her Italian ancestry. He discusses serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970, during the Vietnam War,...

Scope and Contents Tape 2, Side 1, through Tape 4, Side 1. In the second interview session, conducted on March 2, 1999, Rosolie discusses his involvement in the Coalition for Safe Power and his opposition to the construction of nuclear power plants along the Columbia River, particularly Portland General Electric’s Trojan Nuclear Power Plant and the N reactor in Hanford, Washington. He speaks about working to get the Trojan plant decommissioned, and discusses what he felt upon learning that the plant would...