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Interview with Michael Gruss
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Title
Interview with Michael Gruss
Subject
Gruss, Michael -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Johnson City (N.Y.); Pennsylvania; Coal mines and mining; Endicott Johnson Corporation--Employees--Interviews; Cigar industry; Polish language; Russian language; Slovak language; Ukrainian language
Description
Michael Gruss speaks of his youth in Pennsylvania and working in the coal mines there. He was a licensed black powder blaster and he describes what this entails. He moved to Johnson City in 1913 to work for the Endicott Johnson Corporation and acted as an unofficial labor mediator for the company. He reflects briefly on witnessing the overall factory [Binghamton Clothing Company] fire and trying to help the factory workers. He describes the cigar industry in Binghamton's First Ward and the workers' attempt to unionize. He worked with Dr. Mary Ross as her driver and assisted her on home visits. He was competent in Polish, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian languages.
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Identifier
Recording 67
Duration
33:20 Minutes ; 14:01 Minutes
Streaming Audio
Date of Interview
1978-01-05
Interviewer
Caganek, Anna
Date of Digitization
2017-03-27
Collection
Broome County Oral History Project
Subject LCSH
Gruss, Michael -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Johnson City (N.Y.); Pennsylvania; Coal mines and mining; Endicott Johnson Corporation--Employees--Interviews; Cigar industry; Polish language; Russian language; Slovak language; Ukrainian language
Binghamton Clothing Company; Dr. Mary Ross
Binghamton Clothing Company; Dr. Mary Ross
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Collection Description
The Broome County Oral History Project was conceived and administered by the Senior Services Unit of the Office for the Aging. Funding for this project was provided by the Broome County Office of Employment and Training (C.E.T.A.), with additional funding from the Senior Service Unit of the National Council on Aging and Broome… More
Citation
“Interview with Michael Gruss,” Digital Collections, accessed July 3, 2025, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/551.