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• Interview with Austin Trimmer
  Oral history interview with Navy veteran Austin Trimmer. He describes his experience at D-Day, as well as his 36 years employed at Ingersoll Rand. He also provides deep historical and personal insight into the Steelworkers Union.
• Interview with Thomas Torcivia
  Oral history interview with Thomas Torcivia, then president of Local United Steelworkers 5503. He discusses the decades he worked at Ingersoll Rand, first in the condenser division and later in the turbo division. He also provides insights into regional deindustrialization and the union's responses to it.
• Interview with Chester 'Chet' Sobol
  Oral history interview with Chester 'Chet' Sobol. He shares his experiences working at many different local industrial firms over the years, including at Ingersoll Rand and Mack. He also discusses the personal and family effects of frequent employment turnover and job-hunting.
• Interview with Anonymous
  Oral history interview with an anonymous man, who discusses both his and his immigrant father's carpentry experiences. He provides insights into changes in the building and housing development industry in the Lehigh Valley.
• Interview with Ronald Reichard
  Oral history interview with Army veteran Ron Reichard. He shares his experiences as a heavy equipment operator and in the trucking industry.
• Interview with Scott Molnar
  Oral history interview with Scott Molnar. He shares his experiences supporting his young family by working as a precision welder.
• Interview with Janice McDanolds
  Oral history interview with Janice McDanolds. She discusses her experiences working as a seamstress in blouse mills, where she was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers union.
• Interview with Paul Martinez
  Oral history interview with Paul Martinez. He discusses his experiences working at a garment factory for more than 24 years, where he was a member of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Following the demise of the garment industry he worked for the city of Easton, eventually becoming president of the local American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union chapter.
• Interview with Elizabeth Martinez
  Oral history interview with Elizabeth Martinez. She discusses her experiences working as a seamstress in garment factories in the Easton area.
• Interview with Rose Liberti
  Oral history interview with Rose Liberti. She discusses the nearly 50 years she worked as a presser at several clothing factories. She was a longtime member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
• Interview with Anonymous
  Oral history with an anonymous woman, who shares her experiences as a working mother in the Lehigh Valley from the 1960s through the early 1990s.
• Interview with George Hockman
  Oral history interview with Vietnam veteran George Hockman. He discusses his experiences in the Army and reintegrating into working civilian life after being wounded.
• Interview with James 'Jim' Hahn
  Oral history interview with Army veteran James 'Jim' Hahn. He discusses his experiences working at Bethlehem Steel in the quarrying and mining operations, and as an independent business owner following the liquidation of those divisions at the Steel.
• Interview with Charles Frihart
  Oral history interview with Army veteran Charlie Frihart, a third-generation Ingersoll Rand worker who was employed in the numerically controlled machine and rock drill divisions. He was a member of United Steelworkers Union 5503.
• Interview with Kenneth Eck
  Oral history interview with Kenneth Eck. He discusses his early years working in local agriculture, as well as his 26 years working at a box factory that changed ownership many times during his tenure. He gives insights into the International Paper Workers Union and the paper and cardboard mills in the area.
• Interview with Robert Dick
  Oral history interview with Robert Dick, in which he discusses his more than 40-year career as an industrial/mechanical engineer.
• Interview with Emilio 'Chico' Curzi
  Oral history interview with Army veteran and lifetime Bethlehem resident Emilio 'Chico' Curzi. He discusses the more than 40 years he spent working at Bethlehem Steel, where his father was also employed. He was also president of the United Steelworkers Union, Local 2599 for 9 years.
• Interview with Russell Christian
  Oral history interviews with Army veteran Russell Christian. Topics discussed include his experience at textile and steel mills in the Easton area, as well as observations from the decades he worked as an independent sewing room supply salesman for the Pennsylvania garment manufacturing industry.
• Interview with Bill Bowman
  Oral history interview with machinist Bill Bowman. He discusses the rise of CNC machinist tools, and the effects of wage stagnation and high employment turnover rates on his family.
• Interview with Kim Blake
  Oral history with Kim Blake, then president of United Auto Workers Local #677. He discusses his 20 years working at the Mack Truck plant in Macungie PA, and provides historical context and insights into the American trucking industry in the 1970s and 1980s.