The Working in Paterson Project collection, 1993-2002 / Cooper, Martha, photographer. Lautenberg, Frank R., interviewee. Pascrell, Bill, interviewee. Taylor, David Alan, 1951- interviewer. Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) American Folklife Center. Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. United States. National Park Service. Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. collectionmanuscriptmixed material Field recordings New Jersey Paterson. lcsh Interviews New Jersey Paterson. lcsh Oral history New Jersey Paterson. lcsh Photographs. aat Sound recordings. aat Manuscripts. aat Field notes. aat Ethnography. aat engSound recordings include interviews with U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg and U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell (former mayor of Paterson) conducted by project director David A. Taylor.The collection consists of manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, artifacts, publications, and ephemera from an ethnographic field project which documented occupational culture in Paterson, New Jersey in 1994. Subjects include the textile industry, industrial architecture, machine shops, labor unions, family owned businesses, dressmaking, and ethnic restaurants. A single manufacturing firm, Watson Machine International, was the focus of an in-depth study. The project focused on the ways in which community life and values are shaped by work and how the theme of work intersects with other themes, namely family, ethnicity, gender, neighborhood, religion, and change over time.The Working in Paterson Project Collection (AFC 1995/028), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.This four-month field project, June to September 1994, was part of the federal Urban History Initiative (UHI) sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg and administered by the National Park Service's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. A research team of five folklorists from the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and a documentary photographer interviewed and photographed workers from local industries and documented other aspects of Paterson's occupational heritage.Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress, and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.Watson Machine International.Catholic ChurchLaborOccupationsAfrican American business enterprisesArab American business enterprisesHispanic American business enterprisesColombian American business enterprisesAfrican AmericansIrish AmericansItalian AmericansHispanic AmericansArab AmericansPolish AmericansCommunity lifeMachine shopsTextile industryLabor unionsWomen dressmakersFamily-owned business enterprisesEthnic restaurantsArchitecture, IndustrialProcessionsPageantsBeauty contestantsA substantial portion of the collection, with interpretive essays, is available as "Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting," an American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.American Memory online resource, "Working in Paterson," is also on CD-ROM discs in the collection.http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000014http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af007004Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Information about ordering audio and photographic reproductions is available on the Library of Congress American Memory website.