Occupation: Mill Worker, Military, Mayor
Ethnic Background: Irish
Address: 10 Mt. Vernon St., Lawrence, MA
Interviewer: Yildray Erdener
Comments: Former Mayor of Lawrence. John Buckley discusses his youthful days working in the mills, his time as an Army officer, his campaigning for Mayor, and the survival of Lawrence when the mills left Lawrence during his first term in office. He details the industry that came to fill the void left by the textile industry.
Shifting Gears tapes #29 & #30
See also OH 296 and 335
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.073-jbuck…
Date (created)
1988-10-17