Interview with Frank Ley, December 10, 1982, Tape 1, Side 1
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0058-t1s1
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Title
Interview with Frank Ley, December 10, 1982
Subject
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. Aliquippa Works, Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), St. Titus School (Aliquippa, Pa.), St. Titus Church (Aliquippa, Pa.), Zauner, Edward, Father, 1891-1970, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Ley, Frank, Depressions--1929, Family life, Labor relations, Racism
Description
[t1s1]Frank Ley talks about Aliquippa in the 1910s to 1930s. He speaks on Jones & Laughlin Steel Company’s (J & L) control of town; ethnic groups; unionizing. He talks about his mother as one of only 32 Democrats in Aliquippa in 1932 and her involvement in politics. He talks about his father’s meat market business in the state of Indiana prior to arrival in Aliquippa in 1913. He talks about working for plumber; auto dealer; and postal service. [t1s2]Frank Ley talks about his mother’s work as seamstress and his work as postal worker. He talks about St. Titus and Aliquippa during the Depression: unions; election polls; intimidation; politics; basketball. He speaks about going to watch the 1933 strike in Ambridge. [t2s1]Frank Ley talks about Aliquippa in the 1920s and 1930s: J & L control of public school system; unions; mother’s work with welfare; Father John Greaney; Catholics; Blacks; Ku Klux Klan.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Ley, Frank (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer)
Date
1982-12-10
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 140 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0058
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Aliquippa (Pa.), Ambridge (Pa.)
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