Interview with Edmund Frow
TitleInterview with Edmund Frow
ReferenceTAPE/162
Date
27 Feb 1995
Production date 1995-02-27 - 1995-02-27
Scope and ContentEddie Frow is interviewed by David Gerard (ex city librarian of Nottingham). Early life. Work history in engineering. Trade union involvement from the 1930s. Unemployed Worker's Movement. Labour election in 1945. Housing. Reading and books. Starting the collection that became the library, types of material. Labour Movement. Talk about the Working Class Movement Library, catalogue, facilities, future, relationship with booksellers, research.
At the end of side 2 there is a recorded response to questions by unknown male talking about living in Wales and his teaching career, also time spent being taught history and time at Durham.
At the end of side 2 there is a recorded response to questions by unknown male talking about living in Wales and his teaching career, also time spent being taught history and time at Durham.
Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digital recordings
Physical descriptionDuration: 51 min.
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
Related object
Persons keywordFrow, Eddie, Gerard, David, National Unemployed Workers' Movement, Working Class Movement Library
SubjectOral history, Politics, Libraries
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ (Room 24)