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Labor History

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ola Delight Cook papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1544
Abstract

Ola Delight Cook (1880-1958) was a railroad telegrapher, charter member of Commercial Telegraphers Union, worker for the American Federation of Labor, and an honorary trustee of Portland Central Labor Council. Collection includes correspondence, constitutions, financial reports and minutes relating to railroad unions, the AFL, the Portland Labor Temple and the YWCA, 1953-1958, Oregon political campaigns, 1948-1958, and Central Labor Council; diaries, 1914-1955; and ledger.

Dates: 1900-1958

Oral history interview with Jean A. Eilers

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11262
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jean A. Eilers conducted by Carolyn Matthews from August 10 to December 4, 2011, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Eilers discusses her involvement with union organizing in California and in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2011 August 10-December 4