Kourpias, George
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bob Kourpias oral history interview, December 6, 2011
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series Series E: ; Series Series F: ; Series Series G: ; Series Series H: ; Series Series I: ; Series Series J: ; Series Series K: ; Series Series L: ; Series Series M: ; Series Series N: ; Series Series P: ; Series Series Q: ; Series Series R: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV; Series L2006-08; Series L2005-23; Series L2008-07
Identifier: KourpiasG_L2012-09
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Rachel Bernstein. George Kourpias begins the interview discussing his parents, including his mother contracting the flu in the 1918 epidemic and how his father coming to the U.S. He talks about his first jobs selling newspapers and shining shoes before discussing leaving school to work in Chicago. Eventually he returned to Sioux city and began work in a plant organized by the IAMAW. Kourpias discusses being elected chair of the negotiating committee in 1957 and the following...
Dates:
December 6, 2011
George Kourpias oral history interview, September 16, 2003
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series Series E: ; Series Series F: ; Series Series G: ; Series Series H: ; Series Series I: ; Series Series J: ; Series Series K: ; Series Series L: ; Series Series M: ; Series Series N: ; Series Series P: ; Series Series Q: ; Series Series R: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV; Series L2006-08; Series L2005-23; Series L2008-07
Identifier: L2006-08_KourpiasG_20030916
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Dorothy Fennell.
Dates:
September 16, 2003