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Remembering Indiana in the Twentieth Century, 1995-1996

Interviewee
Kuhlenschmidt, Delbert; Kuhlenschmidt, Mildred June 2, 1995 

Call Number
95-005

Physical Description

35 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 87 minutes; index

Interviewer
White, Sam

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Delbert and Mildred Kuhlenschmidt speak briefly about their family history and early life before delving into their employment particularly at Faultless Caster Company and Berman's which became Zenith. They speak about production during World War II, the labor organization and struggles, and the 1948 Congressional hearings that accuses several Faultless workers of being communists.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Briggs Chrysler
    • Faultless Caster Company
    • International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers
    • Servel Corporation
    • Sunbeam Corporation
    • United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, Local 813
    • Zenith Electronics Corporation
    • Personal Names
    • Bell, Catherine
    • Mitchell, Ed
    • Sentner, William
    • Upton, Ernest
    • Wright, Charles
    • Place Names
    • Evansville, Indiana
    • Stringtown, Indiana
    • Subjects
    • caster polishing
    • Communists
    • deer overpopulation
    • employment outlook
    • farm life
    • Great Depression
    • labor strikes
    • television cabinets
    • World War II production