Paul Buhle Rhode Island Labor Collection
University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
Published in 2013
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Paul Buhle Rhode Island Labor Collection |
| Date range: |
1984-2000, (bulk 1984-2000) |
| Creator: |
Buhle, Paul 1944- |
| Extent: |
4 box(es)
(2 linear feet)
|
| Abstract: |
The collection reflects Paul Buhle's involvement in labor history. It includes tapes and transcriptions of working life in Rhode Island as well as images featured in his book, "Images of American Radicalism." |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
University Archives and Special Collections
|
| Collection number: |
Mss. Gr. 231 |
Scope & content
The Paul Buhle Rhode Island Labor Collection includes tapes and transcriptions of interviews from Buhle's project regarding working life in Rhode Island as well as numerous images from his book "Images of American Radicalism."
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series as follows:
- 1. Oral History Project Interviews
- 2. Cassette Tapes
Biographical note
Paul Buhle is a historian of labor history, popular culture, and social movements as well as a professor emeritus of Brown University. Buhle has published or edited over 30 histories of radicalism and popular culture including "Images of American Radicalism." He also founded the Oral History of the American Left archives at New York University in 1976 and is a co-founder of the Rhode Island Labor History Society. In addition to the Oral History of the American Left, Buhle created an oral history archive at the Rhode Island Historical Society regarding working class life in Rhode Island and published "Vanishing Rhode Island," an illustrated history of Rhode Island that encourages preservation. His current research includes a history of Jewish Americans and popular culture, ecological history, and vernacular visual culture.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit. |
| Use of the materials: |
Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication. |
| Preferred citation: |
Paul Buhle Rhode Island Labor Collection, Mss. Gr. 231, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections. |
| Contact information: |
University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
|
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
The Paul Buhle Rhode Island Labor Collection was given to Special Collections in July of 2009 by a deed of unrestricted gift signed by Scott Molloy. Molloy received this material from Buhle. |
|
|
|
|
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Abigail Casavant. |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Abigail Casavant
2013 May 29, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 3 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
Inventory
Series 1. Oral History Project Interviews
In Series I, there are typed transcriptions of interviews Buhle conducted for his Oral History of Rhode Island Labor project.
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
|
African Americans, Photos from Images of American Radicalism
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
|
Articles by Buhle, Paul
|
|
1987, 1994, 2003 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
|
Bagdikian, Ben - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1984 Sep 05 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
|
Bell, Ray - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1985 Aug 02 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
|
Brown, Edwin, excerpt - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
|
Clerical Workers (excerpts) - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
|
Coen, John - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1984 Mar 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
|
El- Amin, Theresea, Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1997 Nov 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 |
|
Gonsalves, Tony - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
2000 Nov 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 10 |
|
Hoolihan, Pat, Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview) (Contains Original Cassette Tape)
|
|
1997 Nov 03 |
| Box 1, Folder 11 |
|
Jewish Americans, Photos from Images of American Radicalism
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 12 |
|
Landan, Rick - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1999 Oct 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
|
Martland, Douglas - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1984 Aug 03 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 |
|
Matteos, Salah - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
2000 Dec 06 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 |
|
McElroy, Ed - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1986 May 24 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 |
|
Miller, Linda - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1999 Oct 28 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 |
|
Mulvey, Joseph - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1983 Sep 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 |
|
Negative Copies from 'Images of American Radicalism"
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 19 |
|
Odsen, Martin - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1984 Sep 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 20 |
|
Olneyville Address, Rough Draft by Paul Buhle
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 21 |
|
Oral History Interview Tapes, Oral History of Rhode Island Labor
|
|
1983-2002 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 |
|
Oral History of Rhode Island Labor: Guide to the Collection, Paul Buhle
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 22a |
|
Oversize Photos from "Images of American Radicalism"
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 23 |
|
Pereira, Jenny - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
2002 Dec 06 |
| Box 2, Folder 24 |
|
Photos from "Images of American Radicalism
|
|
undated |
| Box 2, Folder 25 |
|
Photos from "Images of American Radicalism
|
|
undated |
| Box 2, Folder 26 |
|
Photos from "Images of American Radicalism
|
|
undated |
| Box 3, Folder 26a |
|
Photos from "Images of American Radicalism
|
|
undated |
| Box 3, Folder 27 |
|
Rayner, Doug - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
2002 Oct 16 |
| Box 3, Folder 28 |
|
Rigney, James - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1985 Jun 13 |
| Box 3, Folder 29 |
|
Russian Americans, Photos from 'Images of American Radicalism"
|
|
1995 |
| Box 3, Folder 30 |
|
Scunzio, John - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1984 May 06 |
| Box 3, Folder 31 |
|
Shelton, Henry - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1985 Jul 30 |
| Box 3, Folder 32 |
|
Socialism, Photos from Images of American Radicalism
|
|
undated |
| Box 3, Folder 33 |
|
Tetrault, Fr. Raymond - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Interview)
|
|
1997 Oct 01 |
| Box 3, Folder 34 |
|
"Vanishing Rhode Island" Exhibit Information and Photos, Paul Buhle
|
|
1992 |
| Box 3, Folder 35 |
|
Volunteers in Public Schools - Paul Buhle Oral History of Rhode Island Labor (Group Interview)
|
|
1999 Mar 02 |
Series 2. Labor History Cassette Tapes
In Series II, there are numerous cassette tapes containing miscellaneous oral history interviews (not pertaining to the project in Series I), and recordings of talks and lectures given about issues in labor history, including "Labor and Communism" and "Labor and Organizing."
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
|
Unknown Tape
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
|
Manny Cunha Interview
|
|
1976 Oct 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
|
Rick Brooks - Childhood, parents (Side A), Travel, Brown, RIWA (Side B)
|
|
[19??] Nov 18 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
|
Talk (Sides 1 & 2)
|
|
[19??] Jul 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
|
Jack Chatfield (Sides A & B) (Tape 1)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
|
Jack Chatfield (Sides A & B) (Tape 2)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
|
Jack Chatfield (Sides A & B) (Tape 3)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
|
Jack Chatfield (Sides A & B) (Tape 4)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 9 |
|
Irwin Becker (Sides A & B) (Tape 1)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 10 |
|
Irwin Becker (Sides A & B) (Tape 2)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 11 |
|
Labor & Organizing #1 (Side 1: John L. Lewis (undated), Emil Rieve (1950), Anderson CCC (1946), George Baldanzi (1949, 1952), Walter Reuther (1955))
|
|
1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, undated |
| Box 1, Folder 12 |
|
Labor & Organizing #1 (Side 2: William Kircher (1967), Cesar Chavez (1967, 1974), Frank Fitzsimmons (1974), Don MacDonald (1957))
|
|
1957, 1967, 1974 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
|
Labor & Taft-Hartley #2 (Side 1: Harry Truman (1946, 1947), Robert Taft (1946), William Green (1948), Phil Murray (1949), Emil Rieve (1950), John L. Lewis (1951), Dwight Eisenhower (1952))
|
|
1946-1952 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 |
|
Labor & Taft-Hartley #2 (Side 2: Al Hayes (1955), Nelson Rockefeller (1963), George Meany (1966))
|
|
1955, 1963, 1966 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 |
|
Labor & Communism #3 (Side 1: 1949 CIO Convention, George Baldanzi (1949), John Stanley (1949), Jack Knight (undated), Ben Gold (undated), Emil Rieve (undated), Reuther on Khrushchev (1959))
|
|
1949, 1959, undated |
| Box 1, Folder 16 |
|
Labor & Communism #3 (Side 2: Reuther on Khrushchev, cont., John F. Kennedy (1961), J. Addington Wagner (1955), Omer Becu (1955), George Meany (1961))
|
|
1955, 1959, 1961 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 |
|
AFL-CIO Merger/UAW Split #4 (Side 1: George Meany (1955, 1963), Walter Reuther (1955, 1968), Eleanor Roosevelt (1955))
|
|
1955, 1963, 1968 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 |
|
AFL-CIO Merger/UAW Split #4 (Side 2: Douglas Fraser (1977))
|
|
1977 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 |
|
McClellan Committee & Teamsters Expulsion #5 (Side 1: Dave Beck (1957), Walter Reuther (1957), James Hoffa (1957))
|
|
1957 |
| Box 1, Folder 20 |
|
McClellan Committee & Teamsters Expulsion #5 (Side 2: John J. Murphy (1957), Einar Mohn (1957), John English (1957), George Meany (1957), James Hoffa (1963))
|
|
1957, 1963 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 |
|
Labor and Civil Rights #6 (Side 1: George Meany (1955, 1959), A. P. Randolph (1959), Joseph Curran (1959), James Carey (1959))
|
|
1955, 1959 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 |
|
Labor and Civil Rights #6 (Side 2: Martin L. King (1961, 1963, 1968), Bayard Rustin (1969), Jerry Wurf (1963))
|
|
1961, 1963, 1968, 1969 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 |
|
Labor and the War Effort #7 (Side 1: Samual Gompers (1918), F. D. Roosevelt (1941), William Green (1942), George Meany (1942, 1944), Sidney William (1942))
|
|
1918, 1941, 1942, 1944 |
| Box 1, Folder 24 |
|
Labor and the War Effort #7 (Side 1: Samual Gompers (1918), F. D. Roosevelt (1941), William Green (1942), George Meany (1942, 1944), Sidney William (1942))
|
|
1918, 1941, 1942, 1944 |
| Box 1, Folder 25 |
|
Labor and Foreign Policy #8 (Side 1: Emil Rieve (1950), George Meany (1965), H. Humphrey (1965), Walter Reuther (1965), Emil Mazey (1965), Jerry Wurf (1971))
|
|
1950, 1965, 1971 |
| Box 1, Folder 26 |
|
Labor and Foreign Policy #8 (Side 2: George Meany (1975), Norman Thomas (1967))
|
|
1967, 1975 |
| Box 1, Folder 27 |
|
Early Social Issues and Labor #9 (Side 1: W. J. Bryan (1896, 1912), W. H. Taft (1906, 1912), T. Roosevelt (1912), W. Wilson (1912), F. LaGuardia (1945))
|
|
1896, 1906, 1912, 1945 |
| Box 1, Folder 28 |
|
Early Social Issues and Labor #9 (Side 2: Eugene V. Debs (1904), Tom Mooney (1939), Upton Sinclair, King Coal (1960), Fliver King (1960), The Jungle (1960))
|
|
1904, 1939, 1960 |
| Box 1, Folder 29 |
|
Siste (Sides 1 & 2) (Tape 1)
|
|
1977 Oct 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 30 |
|
Siste (Side 1 & 2)) (Tape 2)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 31 |
|
Siste (Side 1 & 2) (Tape 3)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 32 |
|
Louigi Nardella (Sides 1 & 2) (Tape 1)
|
|
1977 Dec 02 |
| Box 1, Folder 33 |
|
Louigi Nardella (Sides 1 & 2) (Tape 2)
|
|
1977 May 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 34 |
|
Louigi Nardella (Sides 1 & 2) (Tape 3)
|
|
1977 May 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 35 |
|
Louigi Nardella (Sides 1 & 2) (Tape 4)
|
|
1977 Dec 02 |
| Box 1, Folder 36 |
|
Louigi Nardella (Sides 1 & 2) (Tape 5)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 37 |
|
Eugene Debs, "Winning a World for Socialism" (Side A), William Verrings Bryant (Side B)
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 38 |
|
Fifth Annual New England Labor History Conference, The Great Depression and the Rise of Organized Labor: Oral History of the 1930s: Union Activists of the 1930s Recall Our Labor History (Lawrence Spitz, Anne Burlak Timpson, Jim Bollen, Nick Aiello) (Tape
|
|
1994 May 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 39 |
|
Fifth Annual New England Labor History Conference, The Great Depression and the Rise of Organized Labor: Oral History of the 1930s: Union Activists of the 1930s Recall Our Labor History (Lawrence Spitz, Anne Burlak Timpson, Jim Bollen, Nick Aiello) (Tape
|
|
1994 May 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 40 |
|
Fifth Annual New England Labor History Conference, The Great Depression and the Rise of Organized Labor: Joseph Sullivan, Labor Historian Coxey's Army Thru Rhode Island: 1894, A Centennial Observance
|
|
1994 May 13 |
| Box 1, Folder 41 |
|
La Survivance
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 42 |
|
Right & Might
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 43 |
|
M. Van Leestan - OIC
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 44 |
|
The Lawrence Strike of 1912
|
|
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 45 |
|
Interview with James Joseph Quinn (undated) (Side A), Interview with James John Lombardi (1976 Oct 27) (Side B)
|
|
1976 Oct 27, undated |
| Box 1, Folder 46 |
|
Interview with William R. Thompson (Side A & B)
|
|
1976 Jan 28 |
| Box 1, Folder 47 |
|
Interview with William R. Thompson (2nd interview) (Side A & B)
|
|
undated |