Interview of former cigar workers Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette S. Oksa
Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette Oksa talk about their lives, families, and their work in a cigar factory in Detroit, Michigan. They also discuss being born in Poland and emigrating to the U.S., their education, their union activity, race relations in Detroit neighborhoods and in the workplace, and the Polish community in Detroit.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 1981-02-09
- Interviewees
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Piwkowski, Helen
- Interviewers
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Oska, Jeannette S., 1911-2009
Dobija, Jane
- Sponsors
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Michigan Labor History Society
- Subjects
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Piwkowski, Helen
Oska, Jeannette S., 1911-2009
Cigar industry
Cigar makers
Emigration and immigration
Families
Labor unions
Polish people
Race relations
Michigan--Detroit
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Series
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Detroit labor history tours
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:43:30
- Venue Note
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Recorded 1981 February 9
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 42423
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13084239
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