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Box 2. Labor Movement.

African-American resident of Holland.

Derk M. Strauch (student) with Homer Hoeksema of the Protestant Reformed Churches.

Conducted by Jack W. Skeels between 1959 and 1963 as part of a University of Michigan - Wayne State University Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations project to document the early years of the United Automobile Workers union. All interviews…

Christine Modey on the history of the Hope College English department. Excerpts from college catalog, interviews with English department faculty and information from other sources

Brian Williams on the history of the Hope Religion department. Excerpts from college catalogs, interviews with religion department faculty, departmental requirements, chapel attendance controversy and information on key department members

Part 2 [Box 2]

Oral history interview.

In this interview Horace Sheffield, an administrative assistant with the UAW discusses his involvement with the organizing campaign at Ford, the involvement of NAACP on union’s side, and black and left wing political activities. Sheffield recalls…

Interviews conducted by Judith Stepan-Norris and Maurice Zeitlin for their book, Talking Union, a history of the organization and early years of UAW Local 600., the local representing workers at Ford’s Rouge plant.