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Sandlot baseball game. Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls was settled mostly by people from the middle west when water for irrigation was made available to the section. Twin Falls, Idaho

Sandlot baseball game. Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls was settled mostl...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A large boring mill in operation, machining a part for a 105 mm shell machine. Plant in Middle West. Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

A large boring mill in operation, machining a part for a 105 mm shell ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Switchman resting in the hump office while waiting for the next cut to come over at a yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

Switchman resting in the hump office while waiting for the next cut to...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Reaching a speed of sixty-three miles per hour, the train speeds across northern Illinois

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A switchman on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

A switchman on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Placing charcoal heaters in a refrigerator car of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Placing charcoal heaters in a refrigerator car of the Indiana Harbor B...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Block of ice being sent up an elevator into the storehouse of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Block of ice being sent up an elevator into the storehouse of the Indi...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Rear brakeman Clarence Averill

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a person standing in front of a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a person standing in front of a train. Offi...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washi... More

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. As the train goes through a small town, the conductor exchanges high signs with a switch tender

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Passengers on a Greyhound bus going from Chicago, Illinois to Cincinnati, Ohio. Most of the standing passengers are local fares going from their farms to town

Passengers on a Greyhound bus going from Chicago, Illinois to Cincinna...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well at the rear end of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight train

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The icing platform of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

The icing platform of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The icing platform of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

The icing platform of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Henry Lichte interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20

Henry Lichte interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20

Henry Lichte was one of the older iron workers interviewed for this project. He recounts his personal background in the city, his career as an iron worker, and some commentary on particular building sites in th... More

David F. Olby interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-10-29

David F. Olby interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-10-29

Interview focuses on David Olby's experiences as an ironworker, including accounts of his dad, DeWain Olby, also an ironworker, with additional accounts of deer hunting, David's work in a sawmill and doing carp... More

George L. Bunders interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

George L. Bunders interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...

Interview concerns Bunders' working life as an ironworker with Local 383. Recorded at Bunders' home, Madison, Wisconsin, July 7, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest : Archie Gree... More

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-26

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...

Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More

David F. Olby interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-10-29

David F. Olby interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-10-29

Interview focuses on David Olby's experiences as an ironworker, including accounts of his dad, DeWain Olby, also an ironworker, with additional accounts of deer hunting, David's work in a sawmill and doing carp... More

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Concerns Smith's life and career as an ironworker, especially as a member of Wisconsin-based Local 383. Car and trucks whoosh by since Smith lives next to a highway, also birds twitter while enjoying feeders ne... More

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-11

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-...

Concerns Tanneberg's experiences as an ironworker and, subsequently, a blacksmith, with some brief information about his labor in the engine room of a Great Lakes freighter. Recorded at Bill Tanneberg's worksho... More

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-11

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-...

Concerns Tanneberg's experiences as an ironworker and, subsequently, a blacksmith, with some brief information about his labor in the engine room of a Great Lakes freighter. Recorded at Bill Tanneberg's worksho... More

Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-13

Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...

Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-12

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...

Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More

Map showing the route of the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad and its connections.

Map showing the route of the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad and its connec...

Map shows the north-central states with drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network indicated. Emphasizes the main line. Scale 1:2,217,600. LC Railroad maps, 401 Description derived from published bibl... More

Sculpture "The Middle West" located in fifth floor lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "The Middle West" located in fifth floor lobby, Department o...

Artist: Henry Kreis, 1933. Plaster, 48" x 88" x 1.5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More

A Greyhound bus which is bound for Chicago, Illinois from Cincinnati, Ohio at two a.m.

A Greyhound bus which is bound for Chicago, Illinois from Cincinnati, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of passengers, mass transit, transportation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Every time a train is passed, the rear brakeman of each train steps out on the caboose platform, and if all is well, as in this case, gives the other brakeman the high sign

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sacks of onions in cold storage warehouse

Sacks of onions in cold storage warehouse

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The crew starts out light, just the engine and caboose and soon leave the yard behind them

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad between Chicago...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heaters on the platform of the icing station of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Heaters on the platform of the icing station of the Indiana Harbor Bel...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Greyhound bus driver loading baggage at a small town between Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnati, Ohio

A Greyhound bus driver loading baggage at a small town between Chicago...

Public domain photograph of bus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A rural landscape as seen from a bus between Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnati, Ohio

A rural landscape as seen from a bus between Chicago, Illinois and Cin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to each other on a train track. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing next to each other on a train track. Office of...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Switchman resting in the hump office while waiting for the next cut to come over at a yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

Switchman resting in the hump office while waiting for the next cut to...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight train operations on the Chicago and North Western railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. As soon as the train gets under way, the conductor sits down to work on his bills and records

Freight train operations on the Chicago and North Western railroad bet...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The conductor uses hand brakes on the caboose to stop it as it coasts down a siding

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Mr. William Stroscheim, of Chicago, head brakeman

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The yardmaster

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Greyhound bus which is bound for Chicago, Illinois from Cincinnati, Ohio at two a.m.

A Greyhound bus which is bound for Chicago, Illinois from Cincinnati, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Placing charcoal heaters in a refrigerator car of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Placing charcoal heaters in a refrigerator car of the Indiana Harbor B...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The train leaves the yard heading for the Erie railroad yard at Hammond, Indiana

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grain elevator and mill at a railroad siding of the Indiana Harbor Belt

Grain elevator and mill at a railroad siding of the Indiana Harbor Bel...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the foreground are some of the retarders

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Refrigerator cars waiting to be iced at the icing station of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. The little carts on the platform are used for carrying the crushed ice up and down the platform and dumping it down the chutes into the cans

Refrigerator cars waiting to be iced at the icing station of the India...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-12

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...

Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Concerns Smith's life and career as an ironworker, especially as a member of Wisconsin-based Local 383. Car and trucks whoosh by since Smith lives next to a highway, also birds twitter while enjoying feeders ne... More

Gerald Truty interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-10-19

Gerald Truty interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-10-19

Retired Local #63 iron worker Gerald "Jerry" Truty describes his background, entering iron working, important sites he worked on, working in other states, other jobs, jokes, the labor movement, and the current ... More

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-12

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...

Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More

John Ryan interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-27

John Ryan interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-27

John Ryan discusses his background, his entrance into the ironworkers trade, important sites he has worked on in Chicago, unions, strikes, the labor-management situation in Chicago, jokes and ritual. The audio ... More

John Ryan interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-27

John Ryan interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-27

John Ryan discusses his background, his entrance into the ironworkers trade, important sites he has worked on in Chicago, unions, strikes, the labor-management situation in Chicago, jokes and ritual. The audio ... More

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-26

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...

Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More

Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-13

Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...

Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Concerns Smith's life and career as an ironworker, especially as a member of Wisconsin-based Local 383. Car and trucks whoosh by since Smith lives next to a highway, also birds twitter while enjoying feeders ne... More

Harold Clausen interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-21

Harold Clausen interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-21

Interview with Harold "Pork" Clausen focuses on his experiences as an ironworker. His wife, Sharon, joins in at the end of the recording session. The audio interview is in two parts: file afc2011062_00168_sr01 ... More

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-12

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...

Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More

Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-13

Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...

Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More

Trade map of the north western states showing the counties, towns and rail roads, etc.

Trade map of the north western states showing the counties, towns and ...

Detailed map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, and the railroad network. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 128 Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Colton's railroad and express map of the northwestern states showing countries, towns, railroads, station, distances, etc.

Colton's railroad and express map of the northwestern states showing c...

North-central states. Shows drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, stations, and the railroad network with distances. 1182 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 130 Description de... More

Map showing the Toledo, Ann Arbor, and Grand Truck Railway and its connections, 1881.

Map showing the Toledo, Ann Arbor, and Grand Truck Railway and its con...

Midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the mail line. 8338 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 582... More

Cleaning up and burnishing an iron casting. This casting will be used as an indexing feature on a machine that will turn out airplane parts. Plant in middle west. Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

Cleaning up and burnishing an iron casting. This casting will be used ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a snow covered field. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a snow covered field. Office of War Informa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Passengers on a Greyhound bus going from Chicago, Illinois to Cincinnati, Ohio. Most of the standing passengers are local fares going from their farms to town

Passengers on a Greyhound bus going from Chicago, Illinois to Cincinna...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man on an escalator. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on an escalator. Office of War Inform...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a train in the snow. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train in the snow. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sacks of onions in cold storage warehouse

Sacks of onions in cold storage warehouse

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

At the icing platform the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. The chute is lowered and the ice poured down from the platform above

At the icing platform the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. The chute is l...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. On their way back, the crew stops twenty minutes for dinner

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks. Office of W...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the foreground are some of the retarders

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the fo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Grain elevator and mill at a railroad siding of the Indiana Harbor Belt

Grain elevator and mill at a railroad siding of the Indiana Harbor Bel...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well at the rear end of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight train

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

My "pardner" and I (Gray rocks); a story of the Middle-west,
A betrayed trust : a story of our own times and country : a romance of the Middle West
Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest: supplementary materials, 2012-06-26

Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest: supplem...

This supplementary material folder contains 33 fieldwork photographs taken by Clark Douglas Halker documenting display and exhibit materials at the 2011 Iron Workers Union National Convention in Chicago. It als... More

The gang : a story of the Middle West

The gang : a story of the Middle West

Cover title: The gang a tale of the Middle West. Verso of t.p.: Published March, 1910. Colored frontispiece and black and white plates facing p. 14, 86, 118, 162, 208, 302 and 304, some signed by Geo. A. Newman... More

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-26

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...

Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More

Henry Lichte interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20

Henry Lichte interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20

Henry Lichte was one of the older iron workers interviewed for this project. He recounts his personal background in the city, his career as an iron worker, and some commentary on particular building sites in th... More

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-26

Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...

Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More

Gerald Truty interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-10-19

Gerald Truty interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-10-19

Retired Local #63 iron worker Gerald "Jerry" Truty describes his background, entering iron working, important sites he worked on, working in other states, other jobs, jokes, the labor movement, and the current ... More

A betrayed trust : a story of our own times and country : a romance of the Middle West
Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-13

Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...

Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-12

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...

Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More

The gang : a story of the Middle West

The gang : a story of the Middle West

Cover title: The gang a tale of the Middle West. Verso of t.p.: Published March, 1910. Colored frontispiece and black and white plates facing p. 14, 86, 118, 162, 208, 302 and 304, some signed by Geo. A. Newman... More

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-12

Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...

Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More

Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest: supplementary materials, 2012-06-26

Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest: supplem...

This supplementary material folder contains 33 fieldwork photographs taken by Clark Douglas Halker documenting display and exhibit materials at the 2011 Iron Workers Union National Convention in Chicago. It als... More

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-11

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-...

Concerns Tanneberg's experiences as an ironworker and, subsequently, a blacksmith, with some brief information about his labor in the engine room of a Great Lakes freighter. Recorded at Bill Tanneberg's worksho... More

Al Bass and Craig Satalic interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-11-22

Al Bass and Craig Satalic interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker,...

Craig Satalic and Al Bass, both officials for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local 1, review their entrance into and history in the trade, the importance of the union, the apprenticeship program, labor relations in C... More

Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-08

Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-08

Richard Rowe, a business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, discusses his background, his entrance into the iron working trade, his involvement in the IWU, labor history, and the current state of org... More

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Concerns Smith's life and career as an ironworker, especially as a member of Wisconsin-based Local 383. Car and trucks whoosh by since Smith lives next to a highway, also birds twitter while enjoying feeders ne... More

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-11

William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-...

Concerns Tanneberg's experiences as an ironworker and, subsequently, a blacksmith, with some brief information about his labor in the engine room of a Great Lakes freighter. Recorded at Bill Tanneberg's worksho... More

Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-08

Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-08

Richard Rowe, a business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, discusses his background, his entrance into the iron working trade, his involvement in the IWU, labor history, and the current state of org... More

The gang : a story of the Middle West

The gang : a story of the Middle West

Cover title: The gang a tale of the Middle West. Verso of t.p.: Published March, 1910. Colored frontispiece and black and white plates facing p. 14, 86, 118, 162, 208, 302 and 304, some signed by Geo. A. Newman... More

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07

Concerns Smith's life and career as an ironworker, especially as a member of Wisconsin-based Local 383. Car and trucks whoosh by since Smith lives next to a highway, also birds twitter while enjoying feeders ne... More

My "pardner" and I (Gray rocks); a story of the Middle-west,
A betrayed trust : a story of our own times and country : a romance of the Middle West
The gang : a story of the Middle West

The gang : a story of the Middle West

Cover title: The gang a tale of the Middle West. Verso of t.p.: Published March, 1910. Colored frontispiece and black and white plates facing p. 14, 86, 118, 162, 208, 302 and 304, some signed by Geo. A. Newman... More

My "pardner" and I (Gray rocks); a story of the Middle-west,
The gang : a story of the Middle West

The gang : a story of the Middle West

Cover title: The gang a tale of the Middle West. Verso of t.p.: Published March, 1910. Colored frontispiece and black and white plates facing p. 14, 86, 118, 162, 208, 302 and 304, some signed by Geo. A. Newman... More

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