Collection Items
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 1 of [Packinghouse workers] Accession no it 3827 Date received 101040 Consignment no 1 Shipped from lash Office Label Amount 16p WPA L C PROJECT Mritere UNIT Form 3 201k1DriCollection or Type ritte_Packingkelatemerkeril liargaZena Place of...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 2 of [Packinghouse workers] Fdirme to be Filled but for Each Interview Circumstances of Interview FOLKLORE 7 CHICAGO STATE Illinois JUL 6 1939 NAME OF WORKER Betty Burke ADDRESS 1339 S Troy BITE June 15 1939...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 3 of [Packinghouse workers] Packinghouse worker Marge Paoa 24 years old Irish married to a Pole union member TRxt of Interview Betty Burke June 15 1939 The meat specialties that is about the coldest place in...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 4 of [Packinghouse workers] 2 and wed have to throw any dirty old rags we could pick up around our shoulders and go to work in that icebox If they had any sense or consideragion for...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 5 of [Packinghouse workers] Packinghouse worker Pat Christie Irish American 25 yrs Text of Interview Betty Burks June 14 1939 First I was in pickled gigs feet where they pack and prepare only pigs feet Id...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 6 of [Packinghouse workers] 2 all the girls had union cards so much good that one was All the colored girls they jumpat the chance to be in the union as soon as theyre asked Its...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 7 of [Packinghouse workers] Packinghouse wkr Margaret Hueyler German American born 21 years old Betty Burke June 13 1939 Text of Interview I do all kinds of trimming of meats in the cook roam Like boning...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 8 of [Packinghouse workers] course theres plenty of accidents with knives too but at least if you out yourself you can get it taped up audit doemnt hamper your work so much as blistered hands do...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 9 of [Packinghouse workers] Packinghouse wkr Stella Janaoek Bohemian 20 years old union somber Betty Burke Text of Interview Im in the soup roam Thats where they have the vegetables for different kinds of soup made...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 10 of [Packinghouse workers] Packinghouse worker Agnes Sullivan Irish 24 years old union member Betty Burke June 6 1939 Text of Interview I oan do quite a few jobs Heres how they work inthe stuffing roam...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 11 of [Packinghouse workers] 2 Whatever they put in that sauce its so strong it even eats into the girls clothes makes it acme apart and you cant hardly wash it out It stains everything Ruins...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 12 of [Packinghouse workers] Packinghouse worker Stanley Nulenski Polish 28 yrs old Betty Burke June 3 1939 Text of Interview That do I do at Armours Im a tractor man miss I Pun one of them...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 13 of [Packinghouse workers] so I tint kiokint just now I got a job to do for a while yet And waitll they find out I tint the only guy in the union All them checkers...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 14 of [Packinghouse workers] Packinghouse worker Helen Macs Text of Interview Betty Burke May 26 39 I cant talk to you much about work I guess its about the same wherever you go if you have...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 15 of [Packinghouse workers] 2 she said I wasnt dependable and stayed out from work that time and she never forgot about it I hated her She was Polish too but she was a mean devil...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 16 of [Packinghouse workers] 3 to do any more work that night with all that excitement Every time an accident happens like that the girls get so nervous they cant work But the worse thing about...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 17 of [Packinghouse workers] Industrial Folk Lore Betty Burke Comment May 26 1939 Told by Helen Moos an Armour worker 26 years old of Polish descent Amerioan born She is Catholic attended a parochial grammar school...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 18 of [Packinghouse workers] 2 linoleum beds in every room except the kitchen no closets but clean Helens greatest worry at present is the fear that her husband will lose his job at Armours since there...
- Contributor: Burke, Betty
- Date: 1939-06-15