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| LEADER | 03779cpcaa2200553Ma 4500 | |
| 001 | 9993223402122 | |
| 005 | 20210505121357.0 | |
| 008 | 910521i19831989wiu eng d | |
| 035 | $9WIHV91-A481 | |
| 035 | $a(OCoLC)ocn173701660 | |
| 035 | $a(Whi)9322-arcatdb | |
| 035 | $a(OCoLC)173701660 | |
| 035 | $a(EXLNZ-01UWI_NETWORK)999464537902121 | |
| 040 | $aWHSAR$beng$edacs$cWHSAR$dOCLCQ$dWHSAR | |
| 049 | $aWHSA | |
| 052 | $a4140 | |
| 100 | 1_ | $aKopple, Barbara |
| 245 | 10 | $a"American Dream" film collection,$f1983-1989. |
| 300 | $a191.0$fc.f. | |
| 520 | $aOuttakes consisting of workprint positives (16mm) and 16mm magnetic soundtrack rolls, plus shot logs, transcripts, and other editing material for the film "American Dream," produced by Barbara Kopple and the Cabin Creek Center for Work and Environmental Studies. The storyline of the edited film centers around the year-long strike at the Hormel Plant in Austin, Minn., but the raw footage includes extensive coverage of several meatpacking plants and communities in the Midwest, and chronicles the human response to economic changes that altered the patterns of life and work for most Midwestern industrial workers. | |
| 520 | 8_ | $aFilm footage includes community response to the closing of an Armour plant in Worthington, Minn., plus film shot in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Sioux City and Cherokee, Iowa; Chicago and Monmount, Ill., and Eau Claire, Wis. Also documented are activities at Hormel, John Morrell, Swift Independent, IBP, Wilson Foods, Oscar Mayer, Armour, and Rath, among others. Footage contains many individual stories of rank and file workers and their families, and also includes extensive coverage of the leaders and staff of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and their work of negotiating with company officials, organizing unorganized workers, meeting and strategizing with union members, leading strikes, and responding to wage rollbacks, bankruptcies, and threatened plant closings. |
| 520 | 8_ | $aManuscript materials include detailed shot logs and full transcripts for many of the filmed interviews. |
| 500 | $aContact archivist for copy of box-level inventory. | |
| 506 | $aRESTRICTED: Access to this collection requires the permission of Barbara Kopple or her agent until January 1, 2030. | |
| 506 | $aCOLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use, consult Reading Room Staff. | |
| 540 | $aBarbara Kopple retains all literary rights in this collection. | |
| 555 | 0_ | $aCase file. |
| 541 | 1_ | $81.1\a$aKopple, Barbara$bNew York, NY$eM91-051$3See box list with accession form. Qty: 191.0 c.f. (approx. 1200 film boxes, plus 7 record center cartons and 1 archives box). |
| 583 | 1_ | $81.2\a$aAccessioned-new$c19910417$n191.0$oc.f.$3See box list with accession form. Qty: 191.0 c.f. (approx. 1200 film boxes, plus 7 record center cartons and 1 archives box) |
| 599 | 1_ | $aThis collection is unprocessed.$9local |
| 610 | 20 | $aUnited Food and Commercial Workers Union. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor movement$zUnited States. |
| 650 | _0 | $aMeat industry and trade. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor union locals. |
| 650 | _0 | $aPacking-house workers$xLabor unions. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zIllinois$zChicago. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zIllinois$zMonmount. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zIowa$zCherokee. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zIowa$zSioux City. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zMinnesota$zAustin. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zMinnesota$zWorthington. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zSouth Dakota$zSioux Falls. |
| 650 | _0 | $aLabor unions$zWisconsin$zEau Claire. |
| 650 | _0 | $aWorking class$zUnited States. |
| 655 | _7 | $aManuscript collection.$2local |
| 655 | _7 | $aMotion pictures.$2aat |
| 655 | _7 | $aSound recordings.$2aat |
| 710 | 2_ | $aCabin Creek Center for Work and Environmental Studies. |
| 990 | $aUWARC | |
| 994 | $aC0$bWHSAR | |
| 997 | $aMARCIVE | |