- Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Title:
- Harry Bexley oral history interview, 2007-02-14
- Creator:
- Bexley, Harry
- Contributor to Resource:
- LaPorte, Philip A.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2007-02-14
- Subject:
- Labor Unions
Electricians--Labor unions
Labor unions--Political Activity - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
audiocassettes
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Harry Bexley was born in his family homestead of Bexton, Georgia, in 1922. He grew up in Coweta County and graduated from Starr High School in 1941. While attending the Woodrow Wilson College of Law, he joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 613 (Atlanta, Ga.), and went on to serve as business manager for many years.
Bexley talks briefly about his family background and years before attending law school and joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He discusses in detail obtaining the land for the IBEW Local 613 building and the IBEW Auditorium (named after Bexley). Bexley also talks about developing a pension plan for the IBEW and for the National Electrical Contractors Association, implementing reciprocity for traveling electrical workers, and the beginnings of the IBEW Local 613 apprenticeship hall. A large portion of the interview also covers his role as a labor official in the Georgia labor movement and his dealings with Georgia politicians, judges and governors, including Richard Russell, Carl Sanders, Lester Maddox, Jimmy Carter, Zell Miller, Roy Barnes and William B. Hartsfield. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/6083
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/labor:6083/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Bexley, Harry, interviewed by Philip LaPorte, February 14, 2007, Voices of Labor Oral History Project, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:53:33
- Original Collection:
- Voices of Labor Oral History Project
http://research.library.gsu.edu/VoicesofLabor
Southern Labor Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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