Oral history interview with Vincent Raymond Dunne

Titles: Oral history interview with Vincent Raymond Dunne (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Vincent Raymond Dunne (1889-1970) was born in Kansas City, but he spent most of his boyhood on a farm in central Minnesota. He became active in the IWW when a migrant worker on the West Coast, and in 1920 joined the Communist Party. He was a major organizer of the 1934 truckers' strike in Minneapolis, and an active Trotskyite throughout his life. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life on the farm; early work in West and experiences in the IWW and the Communist Party in 1920s. The Trotskyites and philosophical differences with Communists; the Socialist Workers Party; 1934 Truckers' Strike; organizing radical labor groups.

Dates

• 04/27/1969 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Dunne, Vincent R.
• interviewer: Goff, Lila Johnson

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 73
• Accession Number: AV2000.165

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 45 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:43:50 running time

Subjects

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