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
Catalog Record
11342093
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-vjsy-t526
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.