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International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America records
Collection
Identifier: L1995-14
Abstract:
The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America (IPPAU-NA), was organized in 1889, when disgruntled pressmen and press feeders left the International Typographical Union (ITU) and, with the combined membership of thirteen locals, formed a new pressmen's union. At its peak, with a membership of more than 125,000, the IPPAU-NA became the largest printing trades union in the world. In 1973, it merged with the International Stereotypers', Electrotypers', and...
Dates:
1911-1977
Found in:
Special Collections
International Typographical Union, Local 104 (Birmingham, Ala.) records
Collection
Identifier: L1978-31
Abstract:
The records, 1897-1972, of the International Typographical Union, Local 104 (Birmingham, Ala.), comprise correspondence, grievances, minutes, financial documents, membership data, testimony, and printed materials such as newspaper clippings, handbills, newsletters, constitutions, contracts, pamphlets, and proceedings. Most of the correspondence is between Local 104 and the International Typographical Union on such topics as union administration, union standards on wages and working...
Dates:
1897-1972
Found in:
Special Collections