Geraldine DeFant Interview Transcript
Dates
- 1990-03-22
Summary
Geraldine Defant discusses her life spent working for the organization of unions. Topics include her personal history, her beginnings working for the Chicago Relief Administration, the difficult process of unionizing the H.W. Gossard garment plants in Ishpeming and Gwinn, and her current job as Marquette County Commissioner.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish the Geraldine DeFant Interview Transcript must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, mrobyns@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Extent
1 item (1 text file (18 pages))
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
MSS-027, Geraldine DeFant papers
- Gossard Company Strike, Ishpeming, Mich., 1949. Subject Source: Local sources
- Gwinn (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ishpeming (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marquette County (Mich.). Board of Supervisors
- Oral histories (document genres). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Politics and government. Subject Source: Fast
- Transcripts. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Upper Peninsula (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
