Clyde Hupp and Harry McIlvaigh - Oral History Transcript

Oral History interview with Clyde Hupp and Harry McIlvaigh of the Pierce County Central Labor Council. Completed on October 30, 1978, and January 3, 1979. This interview is part of the Pierce Council Central Labor Council records at the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries. Laborarchives.org On side A, McIlvaigh discusses the acquisition and sites of the labor temple in Tacoma, apprenticeship programs, and the 1935 Lumber and Sawmill Workers strike in Tacoma. On side B, Hupp reflects about the original labor temple in Tacoma at 15th & Market, the Labor Center at 750 Fawcett (occupied in 1972) and its sale in 1979. He reflects on the circumstances which led to the Council's move from this latter building. Harry McIlvaigh was a railroad machinist and secretary-treasurer of the Pierce County Central Labor Council, 1933-1963. This item contains two parts: oral history audio file and full text transcription (.pdf).