Joseph L. Mattes interview

  • Creator Names Mattes, Joseph L. (Joseph Lewis), 1896- interviewee. ive
  • Title Joseph L. Mattes interview [Sound recording], 1977 Mar. 12.
  • Physical description
    • 1 sound recording (ca. 1 3/4 hr.) : mono (2 sides), 3 3/4 ips.
    • 2 CDs (listening copy)
  • Access and usage restrictions For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
  • Collection summary Interview of Joseph Mattes, by Robert Sherman, Jr., in which Mattes reminisces about wagon driving for Wells Fargo and Company Express in Chicago and about working as a cutter for M. Born and Company, a Chicago clothing manufacturer (track 1); continued reminiscences of the clothing industry, military service during World War I, and travels as a child (track 2). Also (at index 1220), excerpts from earlier conversations about the noon to midnight shift, the liquor incident, being cheated, the driver's test, and driving on hills.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Joseph L. Mattes was born Sept. 15, 1896, and resided at 4934 South Laflin in Chicago (Ill.).
  • Names
    • Mattes, Joseph L. (Joseph Lewis), 1896- Interviews.
    • Sherman, Robert T., interviewer. ivr
  • Subjects
    • Children Illinois Chicago.
    • Clothing trade Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Working class Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Teamsters Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • World War, 1914-1918
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Audiotapes. aat
    • Oral histories. aat