Oral History Interview with Charles Harmon, October 12, 1998

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Interview with Charles Harmon, factory worker, concerning his experiences as a civilian defense worker at Philadelphia Gear Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. Growing up in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; effect of the Great Depression on family life; attendance at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media, Pennsylvania for training as a patternmaker; employment at Philadelphia Gear Works as a layout man and machinist; conversion from peacetime to wartime production during World War II; election as vice- president of the International Association of Machinists; union-management relationships during World War II at Philadelphia Gear Works; employment of women; overhaul of the USS … continued below

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57 p. ; 29 cm.

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Marcello, Ronald E. & Harmon, Charles October 12, 1998.

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Interview with Charles Harmon, factory worker, concerning his experiences as a civilian defense worker at Philadelphia Gear Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. Growing up in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; effect of the Great Depression on family life; attendance at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media, Pennsylvania for training as a patternmaker; employment at Philadelphia Gear Works as a layout man and machinist; conversion from peacetime to wartime production during World War II; election as vice- president of the International Association of Machinists; union-management relationships during World War II at Philadelphia Gear Works; employment of women; overhaul of the USS Washington; return to Wrightsville to work at Riverside Foundry in 1945; production of hand grenades and rifle grenades; management-union relationships at Riverside Foundry; conversion to civilian product manufacturing at war's end.

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57 p. ; 29 cm.

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Interview conducted in 1998 for the Rivertown at War Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, University of North Texas.

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Marcello, Ronald E. & Harmon, Charles. Oral History Interview with Charles Harmon, October 12, 1998, book, October 12, 1998; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2331658/: accessed June 19, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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