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Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10. Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; the controversy of straightening hair with the Keratin Hair Treatment; turnover in the industry; the tipping system; and the different chemical and natural processing techniques used to straighten African American...

Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Wellington, Patrick - Taylor, Candacy A.
Date: 2012

Book/Printed Material

TWA/American Airline workforce integration : hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session on examining certain issues relative to TWA/American Airline ... Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available "Printed for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions." Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. Shipping list no.: 2004-0059-P. Also available via Internet from the GPO Access web site. Address as of 1/19/04: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108%5Fsenate%5Fhearings & docid=f:88585.pdf; current access available via PURL.

Contributor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Date: 2003

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Public hearing on subject: closure of unemployment insurance call center in Manhattan : purpose: discuss the possible closure of unemployment insurance call center in Manhattan /
Closure of unemployment insurance call center in Manhattan | Discuss the possible closure of unemployment insurance call center in Manhattan Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Hearing held July 8, 2005, New York, N.Y. Susan John and Peter Abbate Jr., chairs. Also available in electronic format.

Contributor: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Labor
Date: 2005

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Die ?nderungskündigung im Lichte des Verh?ltnism?ssigkeitsprinzips : tats?chliches Potential und rechtliche Grenzen / Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universita?t Bonn, 2013. Includes bibliographical references.

Contributor: Kalf, Martin
Date: 2013

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Fukushima Genpatsu no yami : genpatsu shitauke rōdōsha no genjitsu /
福島原発の闇 : 原発下請け労働者の現実 / Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available

Contributor: Horie, Kunio - Mizuki, Shigeru
Date: 2011

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Labor redundancy, retraining, and outplacement during privatization the experience of Brazil's Federal Railway / Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available When Brazil's Federal Railway was privatized, the team in charge of privatization made a significant effort to complement the incentive for voluntary reduction with an elaborate menu of training options. How did it work?

Contributor: Estache, Antonio
Date: 2000

Book/Printed Material

Racial and gender diversity in state DOTs and transit agencies : a benchmark scoping / Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available At head of title: Transit Cooperative Research Program, National Cooperative Highway Research Program. "Research sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration in cooperation with the Transit Development Corporation and by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration." Also available online from the Web site of the Transportation Research Board (http://trb.org). Includes bibliographical references (p. 29).

Date: 2007

Photo, Print, Drawing

J.H. Culver, Lib. of Cong., Deck 4, Annex 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format) | Photograph shows James H. Culver, Curator of Motion Pictures at the Library of Congress, seated at a desk, looking at a paper print of motion picture film, in the John Adams Building of the Library of Congress. Canisters of film are in shelves behind him.

Date: 1953

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Employees of People's Drug Store, Washington, D.C., standing and sitting in store] 1 photographic print.

Date: 1909

Book/Printed Material

Staff and training in regional museums / Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Includes bibliographical references.

Contributor: Icom International Committee for Regional Museums. Annual Meeting
Date: 2011

Audio Recording

Scott Pullman interview conducted by Jaime Lopez, 2017-06-01. Scott Pullman discusses being a concrete worker and cabinetmaker before becoming a Local 3 Electrician. He recalls his first day on the job as an apprentice, 34 years ago; and talks about the value of the A-Card (new construction division), comparing it to other union trades and careers. He reflects on the changes in work ethics, the decline of hard work in relation to...

Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Pullman, Scott - Lopez, Jaime
Date: 2017

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Manuscript/Mixed Material

Letter from Gardiner Greene Hubbard to Alexander Graham Bell, December 4, 1878

Contributor: Hubbard, Gardiner Greene - Bell, Alexander Graham
Date: 1878-12-04

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High-growth industries and highly-educated workers in California /
High growth industries and highly educated workers in California Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available "November 2002"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Contributor: Lopez, Elias
Date: 2002

Film, Video

Michael Tolman interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugene Stacy, 2015-02-23. Mike Tolman discusses his work as a direct support professional for Oregon Supported Living Program, a private non-profit company that provides services for adults with developmental disabilities. He talks about his relationships with clients, his experiences as a union member and a manager, the skills and qualities needed to perform the work, and the workplace culture of direct support professionals.

Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Tolman, Michael - Moore, Nathan J. - Stacy, Donald Eugene
Date: 2015

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Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01. Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charles described his experiences growing up with children who traveled with the circus and shared his favorite memories of attending circuses through the years. After his father retired, Charles took over the family...

Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Finchum, Tanya - Nykolaiszyn, Juliana - Baggett, Charles H.
Date: 2011

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Joe Moniz interview conducted by Fred Calabretta, 2017-06-23. Joe Moniz first came to the States as a soccer player and later he emigrated to New Bedford from St. Michael in the Azores, where he'd been a farmer. He talks about the work of a lumper and the process of unloading boats, changes in the industry and in boats and technology and its effects on the job, changes in kinds and hauls of...

Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Moniz, Joe - Calabretta, Fred
Date: 2017

Book/Printed Material

An analysis of clerical positions for juniors in railway transportation Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available At head of title: University of California. Division of Vocational Education. Research and Service Center for part-time schools. With : Selected reading list for administrators and teachers in part-time schools / by Emily G. Palmer. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, 1921. -- Part-time and continuation schools abroad. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, 1921. -- Recreational reading for part-time and continuation schools /...

Contributor: Berry, Ralph Edward - California. State Board of Education - California. University. Division of Vocational Education. Research and Service Center - Palmer, Emily G.
Date: 1921

Manuscript/Mixed Material

Carter Godwin Woodson papers, 1736-1974 Historian, author, and collector. Papers of prominent African Americans, research files, business records, writings, correspondence, and other material relating to Woodson's leadership of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and to scholarship and publishing in the field of African and African-American history.

Contributor: Woodson, Carter Godwin
Date: 1736

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The spy in Moscow Station : a counterspy's hunt for a deadly Cold War threat Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Moscow in the late 1970s: one by one, CIA assets are disappearing. The perils of American arrogance, mixed with bureaucratic infighting, had left the country unspeakably vulnerable toultra-sophisticated Russian electronic surveillance.

Contributor: Haseltine, Eric
Date: 2019

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"Industry-wide, business was good. No one knew what recession was in those days."

Contributor: Taylor, David Alan - Mangrum, Charles
Date: 1994-09-10

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Bob Bowers interview conducted by Madeleine Hall-Arber, 2017-03-08. Bowers speaks about the job of a tankerman, a licensed position on a fuel barge. Interview topics include a description of changes in fishing and scalloping since 1977, demographic changes in the fishing community, and lack of interest among young people.

Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Bowers, Bob - Hall-Arber, Madeleine
Date: 2017

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William Ward interview conducted by Jaime Lopez, 2017-06-12. William "Billy" Ward was initiated into Local 3 in 1988, and after 29 years, he is currently the only NETA Level 4 Senior Certified Test Technician in the Local. Born in New York, he grew up in Washington Heights, and as a teenage moved to Riverdale, where he still resides. He speaks about his extended family, his Irish roots, his mother and father and...