Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Elizabeth Watson

Titles: Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Elizabeth Watson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Elizabeth Watson was the widow of activist Chester Watson. She was born in New York. She met and married Watson and moved to Minnesota at age twenty-two. Chester Watson organized the League Against War and Fascism in Rochester and later became president of the Workers' Alliance. Her formal education was in art and she comments on her experiences in the WPA Art and Handicraft projects. The couple had one child. They moved to San Francisco; Mrs. Watson was living in California at the time of the interview. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: WPA Art Project; Handicraft Project; Chester Watson: background and career. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The transcript is only partially edited, and the spelling of many names is approximate. RESTRICTIONS ON USE: Interview cannot be quoted directly for publication.

Dates

• Approximately 1977 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Watson, Elizabeth
• interviewer: O'Connell, Tom
• interviewer: Trimble, Steve

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 30.68
• Accession Number: AV1990.228.81
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 30>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 15 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:42:09 running time

Subjects

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