Interviewer
Mary Murphy
Files
Description
Val Webster describes growing up in a labor union family in Butte, Montana. She recalls working as waitress, waiting on the miners, and joining the Women’s Protective Union in 1929. Webster talks about serving as recording secretary for the union in 1936 and then its business agent for 16 years. She discusses her experiences as an agent, negotiating with restaurants, hotels and chains to achieve better pay, working conditions, and hours for members of the union.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Butte, Montana; Labor history; Twentieth century labor; Women’s Protective Union; Hospitality workers
Original Date
5-8-1980
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Butte Oral History Project, OH 098, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 098-047
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (32 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:56:37 minutes
Local Filename
OH_098_047.mp3; OH_098_047.pdf
Citation
Webster, Valentine Catherine, "Valentine Catherine "Val" Webster Interview, May 8, 1980" (1980). Butte Oral History Project. 19.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/butte_oralhistory/19