Anola Victoria (Peter) Mudie scrapbook, 1936-approximately 1960

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Summary

Creator:
Mudie, Peter (Anola Victoria), 1894-1985
Abstract:
Anola Victoria "Peter" Mudie was a radio announcer and amateur photographer who hosted a long-running (1936-1961) radio show, Consumer News, on the KOIN station in Portland, Oregon, hosted by Fred Meyer grocery chain. Scrapbook consists primarily of black-and-white and color photographs, but also includes pamphlets, news clippings, cartoons and holiday/anniversary cards and announcements. Subjects depicted in the photographs include boxers, docks and ports (ships moored, cargo loading), grocery and retail operations and employees, labor union members primarily during the 1948 Longshoreman's strike, photographic processing operations, and warehouse workers. Companies and institutions represented include Fred Meyer, ILWU, KOIN radio and Mitchell Bros. trucking. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
1.0 Linear Foot
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11729

Background

Scope and content:

Scrapbook consists primarily of black-and-white and color photographs, but also includes pamphlets, news clippings, cartoons and holiday/anniversary cards and announcements. Subjects depicted in the photographs include boxers, docks and ports (ships moored, cargo loading), grocery and retail operations and employees, labor union members primarily during the 1948 Longshoreman's strike, photographic processing operations, and warehouse workers. Companies and institutions represented include Fred Meyer, ILWU, KOIN radio and Mitchell Bros. trucking. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Biographical / historical:

Anola Victoria "Peter" Mudie was a radio announcer and amateur photographer who hosted a long-running (1936-1961) radio show, Consumer News, on the KOIN station in Portland, Oregon, hosted by Fred Meyer grocery chain.

Acquisition information:
The Anola Victoria (Peter) Mudie scrapbook were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, May 2019;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0060

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Consumer advocacy
Grocery trade -- United States -- History
Retail trade
Women photographers
Documentary Photography
Labor unions -- Organizing
Names:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Fred Meyer, Inc.
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

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[Identification of item], Anola Victoria (Peter) Mudie scrapbook, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.