WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 985

Title: Interview with Tom Girdler, Jr.

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Video

Date: 22 Dec 1992 (Created)

Original Summary:

Interview with Tom Girdler conducted for The Great Depression. Discussion centers on Mr. Girdler's father's leadership of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation in Aliquippa, PA and attempts at unionization at the mill, also the change in the relationship between labor and industry after the election of Franklin Roosevelt.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 56 min 53 sec

Genres: Interview

Subjects: Strikes and lockouts; New Deal, 1933-1939; Labor unions; Labor laws and legislation; Aliquippa (Pa.)

Name As Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D.; Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn); Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation; United States. National Labor Relations Board; Girdler, Tom

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Production Company	Blackside, Inc.
	Interviewee	Girdler, Tom
	Interviewer	James, Dante J.
	Cameraman	Malkames, Rick

Notes:

Subject : Tom Girdler, Jr.
Used in Episode Number : 315

Reference Materials ^x2

	Video
	Transcript

Items ^x7

	Item	Description
	985-1	Audio Tape : 1/4" Audio Tape
	985-2	Audio Tape : Audio Cassette
	985-3	Video Tape : U-matic
	985-5	Digital : Video/mpeg
	985-6	Safety Film : Original negative
	985-7	Video Tape : BetacamSP
	985-8	Digital : Video/quicktime

Contained By ^x1

	Title No	Title
	7596	The Great Depression [interviews]

Related Works ^x2

	Type	Title No	Title
		31	The Great Depression
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