Oral history interview with Andor Skotnes, 1984
- Name
- Skotnes, Andor (Interviewee)
- Grele, Ronald J (Interviewer)
- Eynon, Bret (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Andor Skotnes, 1984
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Andor Skotnes : oral history, 1984
- Abstract
- Childhood; South African immigrant family in California; early conservative political and fundamentalist religious affiliations; student activism at Long Beach State and Berkeley in the 1960s; involvement with Methodist Student Movement, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society and other activist organizations; international student movement; five years as machi nist and member of Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union; history of various activist organizations; discussion of activist theory
- Collection Name
- Student movements of the 1960s project
- Subjects
- Students; Labor unions--Officials and employees; Student movements; Radicalism; Social history--1960-1970; Skotnes, Andor; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.); Methodist Church (U.S.)
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit); 147 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Student activist
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald J. Grele and Bret Eynon on April 4 and April 5, 1984
- Note (Provenance)
- Andor Skotnes, Gift 1985
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11342093
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-vjsy-t526
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.