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Size | .5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 400 items) |
Abstract | The collection contains papers of sociologist and labor folklorist William H. Friedland (1923-2018) that were shared with author Sean Burns for Burns's biography, Archie Green: The Making of Working Class Hero. Papers include correspondence, articles, lyric sheets for labor and protests songs, scripts for labor skits, and etymologies of labor terms and slang such as "scissorbill." Subjects addressed in the papers include folklorist and labor historian Archie Green (1917-2009), Green's nonprofit organization Fund for Labor Culture and History, labor unions and union comradery, the Socialist Songbook, and folk musician Joe Glazer (1918-2006) known as "Labor's Troubadour." Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection. |
Creator | Friedland, William H. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Encoded by: Laura Smith, February 2024
Updated by: Davia Webb and Laura Smith, April 2024
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William H. (Bill) Friedland (1923-2018) of Staten Island, N.Y., was an assembly line worker and labor organizer in the automobile industry in 1940s Detroit, Mich. A labor folklorist, Friedland collected labor songs and recorded two albums ( Songs of the Wobblies and Ballads for Sectarians) with folk musician and "Labor's Troubadour" Joe Glazer (1918-2006).
In the 1950s Bill Friedland earned two degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., and later a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. In 1969 Friedland joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he founded and chaired the Community Studies Department, which focused on experiential learning and social justice.
Bill Friedland was friends and colleagues with labor historian and folklorist Archie Green (1917-2009). Friedland shared this collection of papers related to Green and labor folklore with author Sean Burns. In 2011, Burns published a biography of Green titled Archie Green: The Making of a Working Class Hero and donated the Friedland Collection in 2022. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.
Back to TopThe collection contains papers of sociologist and labor folklorist William H. Friedland (1923-2018) that were shared with author Sean Burns for Burns's biography, Archie Green: The Making of Working Class Hero. Papers include correspondence, articles, lyric sheets for labor and protests songs, scripts for labor skits, and etymologies of labor terms and slang such as "scissorbill." Subjects addressed in the papers include folklorist and labor historian Archie Green (1917-2009), Green's nonprofit organization Fund for Labor Culture and History, labor unions and union comradery, the Socialist Songbook, and folk musician Joe Glazer (1918-2006) known as "Labor's Troubadour."
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Labor arts and the Fund for Labor Culture and HistorySkits, songs, letters, and other materials related to the labor arts and the Fund for Labor Culture and History. |