#1 Memo to Library Board -- GM & UAW
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Oct. 12, 2010
MEMORANDUM
TO: Library Board
FROM: Bryan J. McCormick
RE: GM & UAW: In Their Own Words
Sue Braden, Reference Librarian, will be receiving a Governor’s Archives Award for her
work on the GM & UAW: In Their Own Words project. The following is a description of
that project, including a link to the page on our library website.
GM & UAW: In Their Own Words
A collection of interviews with General Motors employees, union members and others
involved in Janesville's manufacturing history.
The Interviews
Retirees of Janesville's General Motors plant and other workers were interviewed as part
of the City of Janesville Bicentennial Oral History Project in 1976.
About the Project
In 1976, twelve local retired employees discussed their work in Janesville. Interviews
include growing up in Janesville, social life, union organizing activities, family
background and their work in Janesville during the first half of the 20th century.
The original interviewing project was conceived by then Rock County Historical Society
director Richard Hartung, and sponsored by the Janesville Bicentennial Heritage
Committee, chaired by George Hickey. Clem Imhoff interviewed the twelve men in
1976.
The original interviews are listed in our catalog under the title Janesville Bicentennial
Oral History Project: Janesville Labor Movement, GM and UAW, by the Janesville
Bicentennial Committee.
We wish to thank the Hedberg Public Library Foundation, Janesville's UAW Local 95,
Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Commercial Bank of Janesville and
Amy Dooley for their financial support.
Thanks also to Hedberg Public Library librarians and volunteers for their efforts.
Harris Reporting Company of Janesville was hired to transcribe the audiocassette tapes,
completing their work in September, 2009.
http://hedbergpubliclibrary.org/in_their_own_words.html