One step at a time, some backward Typescript
Scope and Contents
Gilbert Mer’s over 900 page unpublished manuscript, entitled "One Step at a Time - Some Backward," an autobiographical account of Mer’s years on the Texas waterfront as a longshoreman and radical union activist. Portions of the manuscript were published in 1988 by University of Texas Press under the title "Working on the Waterfront."
Title varies: first page reads, "One step at a time, some backward," the vast majority of pages that follow are titled "One step at a time, many backward." Signed on page 905 "Houston, Texas, May 26, 1982" and at end of afterward "John Gilbert Mers, Houston, Texas, August 6, 1982."
Dates
- Creation: 1982
Creator
- Mers, Gilbert (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
Gilbert Mer’s over 900 page unpublished manuscript, entitled "One Step at a Time - Some Backward," an autobiographical account of Mer’s years on the Texas waterfront as a longshoreman and radical union activist. Portions of the manuscript were published in 1988 by University of Texas Press under the title "Working on the Waterfront."
Location
1 1 2
Source
- Rosemont, Penelope (Donor, Person)
- Title
- One step at a time, some backward Typescript, 1982
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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