Harold Yanow - Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Collection - Oral History Transcript

Oral History interview with Harold Yanow of ILWU, local 6 and local 10. Completed approximately 1981. This interview is part of the Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Collection by the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries. Laborarchives.org Harold Yanow began his waterfront career in New York before World War II. After he came back from Russia in 1926 he moved to California where he became a member of the ILWU and continued his affiliation with the Communist Party. He aided in the defense of Harry Bridges during his trial. In 1949 he moved to Coos Bay and participated in the ILWU there for 5 years, finally going back to San Francisco in 1955 and finishing out his waterfront career at ILWU Local 10. This item contains two parts: oral history audio file and full text transcription (.pdf).