Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland
Sweetland, Monroe, 1910-2006
Bryans, Andrew Nils
United States--Politics and government--20th century
Communists--United States
Depressions--1929--United States
Labor unions--Oregon
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Democratic Party (Or.)
Oregon Commonwealth Federation
Socialist Party of the United States of America
This oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland was conducted by Andrew Bryans on March 16, 2002. In this interview, Sweetland discusses his family background and early life, including his childhood in rural Michigan; his early involvement in Democratic politics; and his experiences at Cornell University. He discusses his political activism during college, including his involvement with the Student League for Industrial Democracy and his political activism on behalf of Socialist candidates. Sweetland also discusses his political activities after his return to Oregon in 1935, including his work with the Oregon Commonwealth Federation and his decision to leave the Socialist Party and join the Democratic Party. Also discussed is his work with labor unions; the New Deal programs; and his work with the Oregon Democratic Party. He briefly talks about World War II and its effect on Oregon politics, particularly the effect the Hitler-Stalin pact had on American communists and the Oregon Commonwealth Federation; internment of Japanese-Americans; and his own pacifism.
2002-03-16
.1 cubic feet 3 audiocassettes (2 hr., 48 min., 45 sec.)
https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sr-1130-1-oral-history-interview-with-monroe-sweetland
SR 1130-1
eng
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