Audio Recording Harold Garcia interview conducted by Jaime Lopez, 2017-05-17.

Title

• Harold Garcia interview conducted by Jaime Lopez, 2017-05-17.

Summary

• Harold "Harry" Garcia, an A-Journeyman Inside Wireman, was born in 1961 in NYC, the son of Puerto Rican parents, and grew up in Electchester, IBEW Local 3's community co-operative in Queens that was built, and is owned and maintained by the union and its members. He describes Electchester and credits the leadership of Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., as enabling working people-including people of color--to get ahead at a time when "the labor movement was in lockstep with the philosophical arguments of the civil rights movement," and making material and tangible gains through wages, benefits, collective bargaining. Reflecting his creative side as well as his technological expertise--(he is a musician when not working)--he discusses his long-held position as Technical Director and Lead Video Systems Integrator at Citifield, where he is in charge of the staff and technical operations of the scoreboard control room. He also oversees productions at Manhattan's Jacob Javits Center. His experiences span the analog world and today's complex digital world. Despite technological changes, he predicts a "robust future" for the electrical industry. He also foresees that Labor will have to push back hard--once again--to "implant a philosophical premise as to what American workers are about and who American corporations need to hold in a higher regard..."

Names

• Garcia, Harry (Harold), interviewee.
• Lopez, Jaime, 1986- interviewer.
• Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor.

Created / Published

• 2017-05-17

Headings

• -  Garcia, Harry--(Harold)--Interviews
• -  Blue collar workers
• -  Collective bargaining
• -  Diversity in the workplace
• -  Education
• -  Home-based businesses
• -  Job satisfaction
• -  Job security
• -  Labor laws and legislation
• -  Labor unions
• -  Music
• -  Strikes and lockouts
• -  Technology
• -  Wages
• -  Workmanship
• -  Employee rights
• -  Civil rights movements--United States
• -  Housing
• -  Electricians--New York (State)--New York--Interviews
• -  Electric industry workers--New York (State)--New York--Interviews
• -  Long Island City (New York, N.Y.),--event place

Genre

• Sound recordings
• Video recordings
• Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
• Interviews
• Oral histories
• Personal narratives

Notes

• -  Recorded at the Electrical Industry Training Center, Long Island City, New York, May 17, 2017.
• -  Illuminating history: union electricians in New York City, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2016-2017 (AFC 2016/035: 03663) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
• -  In English.

Medium

• 1 sound file (wav) (00:59:53) : digital, sound.
• 1 video file (mpg4) (00:59:53) : digital, sound, color.
• 10 photographs : digital, jpg, color.
• 1 manuscript : pdf, text file.

Source Collection

• Illuminating history: union electricians in New York City, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2016-2017 AFC 2016/035: 03663

Repository

• Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2016035.afc2016035_03663_mv01
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2016035.afc2016035_03663_sr01
• afc2016035.afc2016035_03663_ph
• afc2016035.afc2016035_03663_ms01

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2020655325

Rights Advisory

• Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

Access Advisory

• Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact

Online Format

• image
• audio
• pdf
• video

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2020655325

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• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record

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• Manifest (JSON/LD)