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Title	Archie Green interview;
Access	Not available online - held remotely at the Library of Congress;
Source URL	Catalog record information: http://lccn.loc.gov/2004695009
What is in this collection?	Interviews Oral histories Sound recordings
Description	This interview is included in the American Folklore Society Oral History Project held at the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. This item is two interviews with Archie Green conducted by David A. Taylor of the American Folklife Center. Archie Green discusses his family history, his parents' immigration from the Ukraine to Canada and then to Los Angeles; his education at the University of California, Berkeley; his work as a surveyor for the CCC; his work as a shipwright, and his brief tenure as a labor union official during World War II. He enlisted in the Navy, was assigned to a ship repair unit, served in a drydock in San Diego and in Albany, California, then in the eastern Philippines and China, coming home in 1946. He discusses folk music and folksongs, the folk music revival, Young Democrats, the working classes, advocacy for vernacular culture, and his activities lobbying for the passage of the Congressional act that established the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. This collection consists of 4 sound cassettes : analog, stereo. Recorded Dec. 15-16, 2003 at Archie Green's home in San Francisco, Calif. Biography/History note: Archie Green was a folklorist and activist, born June 29, 1917 in Winnipeg, Ontario; died March 22, 2009 in California. He received the Library of Congress Living Legend Award on August 16, 2007.
Where can I find the original?	This item is available at the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, with call numbers: AFC 2004/003. The DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center is located at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA.;
Original Date	December 15-16, 2003
Interviewee	Green, Archie
Interviewer	Taylor, David Alan, 1951-
Place	San Francisco (Calif.)
Collection Name	Archie Green Interviews, 2003;
This collection is part of the	American Folklore Society Oral History Project
Subject-LCSH	American Folklife Center Folklorists--California--Interviews Folklore--United States Folk music--United States Working class Jews--California Working class--United States Labor unions--United States Socialism--United States Shipwrights--California--Interviews Veterans--California--Interviews
Geographic Locations discussed	Ukraine Canada Los Angeles (Calif.) Philippines China San Diego (Calif.) Albany (Calif.) Berkeley (Calif.)
Time periods covered	20th century
Language	eng
Publisher	Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Rights	Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Collection is open for research.
Digital Collection	Collecting Memories - Oral Histories of American Folklorists
Type	Sound
Search Date	2003-12-15; 2003-12-16
Identifier	CM-LC0020

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