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Charles L. Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-09
Abstract: Charles "Lewis" Ross (1914-1984) worked as a textile mechanic and was very active in the organization efforts of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) at the Celanese (before 1947, the Tubize) Corporation in Rome, Georgia. The papers consist of: union constitutions (CIO, Georgia State Industrial Union Council, TWUA local 689), contracts, grievances and memoranda from TWUA Washington Representative, John W. Edelman, to all Union Members, 1948-1950; pamphlets pertaining to racial and...
Dates: 1943-1953

Chet Kisling papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-17
Abstract:

Chet Kisling (born 1943) worked as an air traffic controller at the Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center in Hampton, Georgia. A member of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), he was fired after the organization's 1981 strike, along with 11,000 other U.S. controllers. The bulk of his papers consist of clippings, documentation of the lawsuit he was party to regarding his dismissal, and correspondence.

Dates: 1978-1996; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1982

David Herman papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-20
Abstract:

The David Herman Papers, 1954-1967, contains scrapbook materials, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and printed materials relating to his presidency of the Hotel Employee's and Bartenders International Union, Local 6 (New York, NY); his work as an organizer of the Hotel Employees' Union, Local 255 (Miami, FL); the hotel employees' strike, 1955-1959, and his campaign for Miami City Council in 1967.

Dates: 1954-1967

DeKalb General Hospital mass resignation records

 Collection
Identifier: L1995-01
Abstract: In 1968, the nurses at DeKalb General Hospital elected to form a local unit of the Georgia State Nurses Association to act as their bargaining agent for collective bargaining purposes. The Hospital administration refused to budge and over 100 nurses resigned in protest. The collection consists of records pertaining to the mass resignation of nurses at DeKalb General Hospital in 1968-1969. These records were collected by Cathleen Conway Johnson while researching her doctoral thesis, "The...
Dates: 1959-1973

Edwin D. Harrison collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-08
Abstract:

The Edwin D. Harrison Collection contains materials regarding his role as mediator between the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Firefighters Union in the mid-1960s.

Dates: 1966

Frank Borman papers

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Identifier: L2005-16
Abstract:

Frank Borman is well known as the commander of the first lunar orbit mission, Apollo 8, and as the Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Airlines from 1975-1986. The Frank Borman Papers, circa 1968-1989, contain office files and correspondence once held in the Office of the President at Eastern Airline's headquarters in Miami, Florida.

Dates: 1961-1989; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1986

Freddie Elmer Halstead papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-41
Abstract:

Fred Halstead worked as an organizer for the Textile Workers Union of America throughout the South during the 1950s and 1960s, and took part in strikes in South Georgia and Alabama. Halstead's papers include Textile Workers Union of America activity reports relating his various organizing campaigns, 1959, 1961-1967. The papers include histories of strikes in South Georgia and Alabama, minutes of the Los Angeles Joint Board, correspondence and printed material.

Dates: 1953-1967

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-19
Abstract:

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill was formed from the dissolution of a business partnership between Jacob Elsas and Isaac May in 1889. In 1978, the mill was shut down. The collection includes a May 1964 issue of Fulton Cotton Mills News, negatives, photographs, product catalogue, and correspondence, 1881, 1978, undated.

Dates: 1881, 1964, 1978

Georgia State AFL-CIO records

 Collection
Identifier: L2004-01
Abstract:

The Georgia State AFL-CIO was created in 1957 by the merger of the Georgia State Industrial Union Council (CIO) and the Georgia Federation of Labor (AFL). The bulk of the records of the Georgia State AFL-CIO (1980s-1990s) consist of minutes, correspondence, campaign and political materials, convention materials, photographs, newsletters, VHS and cassette tapes.

Dates: 1980s-1990s

Glass Bottle Blowers Association, Local 101 (East Point, Ga.) records

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Identifier: L1978-30
Abstract: The collection consists of records of Local 101 (East Point, Ga.) of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association (GBBA) of the United States and Canada from 1954-1978. The records reflect the union’s relationship with its principal employer, the Owens-Illinois Company’s East Point, Georgia plant. Includes correspondence (1957-1978) between the local and national union and Owens-Illinois; minutes (1964-1977); records relating to arbitration (1956-1977) and grievances (1962-1978); union and company...
Dates: 1954-1978

Glass Bottle Blowers Association, Local 101 (East Point, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-79
Abstract:

The records of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada (GBBA), Local 101 (East Point, Ga.), 1953-1992, largely reflect the local's relationship with its principal employer, the Owens-Illinois Company plant in East Point. Contains eight series: Administrative, Contracts, Correspondence, Financial documents, Grievances, Legal documents, Minutes, and Subject files.

Dates: 1953-1992

Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic and Allied Workers Union records

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Identifier: L1994-01
Abstract The Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic and Allied Workers Union (GMP) formed with the merger of the International Molders and Allied Workers Union (IMAWU) and the the Glass, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union in 1988. IMAWU had originated in 1859 as the Iron Molders' Union of North America, which was established in 1859. A series of mergers led the union to change its name to the. In 1988, the Molders and Allied Workers merged with (GPPA) to create the...
Dates: circa 1979-circa 1988; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1988

Graphic Communications International Union Local 527-S (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L2009-12
Abstract

The records of Graphic Communications International Union, Local 527-S (Atlanta, Georgia) document negotiations, contracts and agreements, proposals, settlements, grievances, and arbitrations, 1970s-2000s. The records represent activities throughout the southeast and relations with assorted businesses and government organizations.

Dates: 1970s-2000s

Harold McIver collection of AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department sound recordings

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Identifier: L1981-17
Abstract

Harold McIver collection of AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department sound recordings, 1973-1979, undated, includes speeches by AFL-CIO productions and speeches by Harold McIver and management spokespeople. The recordings concern the J. P. Stevens and Company strike and unionization vote, United Steelworkers of America, District 37, and other labor topics.

Dates: 1973-1978, undated

Homer Lord collection of American Federation of Hosiery Workers materials

 Collection
Identifier: L2013-26
Abstract:

Homer Lord (1914-2005) was a member of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers (AFHW) who lived in Athens, Georgia. AFHW organized the workers at Rodgers Mill (a subsidiary of Wayne Knitting Mills) in Athens. Collection includes an agreement and copies of newspaper articles, 1944, 1953-1955 (material in photocopied form).

Dates: 1944, 1953-1955, undated

Howard "Ty" Cobb papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2015-32
Abstract: Howard "Ty" Cobb joined PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, in 1975 while working as a GS14 Air Traffic Controller at the Atlanta Tower at Hartsfield Airport. He was terminated in the mass firing of striking air traffic controllers by the Reagan Administration in 1981, which also led to the dissolution of PATCO. Committee files, newsletters, newsclippings, photographs, audio recordings, and artifacts make up the Howard "Ty" Cobb papers, 1968-2001 (Bulk...
Dates: 1968-2001; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1981

International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-62
Abstract:

International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) received its charter on January 9, 1963. Its records, 1962-1973, are composed of general subject files, correspondence and financial documents.

Dates: 1962-1973

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers collection of 1967 railroad strike records

 Collection
Identifier: L2015-11B
Abstract National contract negotiations between AFL-CIO Railway Employees’ Department and the carriers’ National Railway Conference stalled in 1966. In early 1967, the Presidential Emergency Board (No. 169) failed settle the dispute, leading to a brief strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on July 15-17, 1967, ended by the Congressional creation of a special board that would impose a settlement in September. The International Association of Machinists and...
Dates: 1952, 1966-1969; Majority of material found within 1967

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 37 (New Orleans, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1989-16
Abstract:

IAMAW Local Lodge 37 was chartered on July 11, 1899, and dissolved in the late 1980s. Its records relate to the day-to-day activities of a major New Orleans union and its relationship to the International headquarters, and include constitutions, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, agreement reports, financial records, membership cards and artifacts.

Dates: 1906-1987; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1980

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 480 (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L2011-13
Abstract: The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 480 of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, also known as the Atomic Local 480, was chartered in 1946. The community of Oak Ridge was developed in 1942 and managed by the Army of the United States to facilitate production of the Atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project during World War II. The Oak Ridge community was kept secret until WWII was over; the union was then formed under the AFL-CIO. The Atomic Local 480 dealt with issues...
Dates: 1938-2010; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1987

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Labor unions -- Organizing 21
Air traffic controllers -- Training of 17
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minutes (administrative records) 9
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artifacts (object genre) 5
photographs 5
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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.) 28
Poli, Robert 19
Eads, Gary 17
Leyden, John F. 17
Meyers, Robert E. 17
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Torchia, Domenic 17
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 5
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 5
United States. Federal Aviation Administration 5
General Electric Company 4
Air Line Pilots Association 3
Eastern Air Lines 3
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute 3
J.P. Stevens & Co. 3
Southern Railway (U.S.) 3
Textile Workers Union of America 3
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 689 (Rome, Ga.) 3
United States. National Labor Relations Board 3
AFSCME 2
AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
AFSCME. Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
American Flint Glass Workers' Union 2
Bonanno, Nicholas S. 2
Celanese Fibers Company (Rome, Ga.) 2
Cordery, Joseph C. (Joseph Carl) 2
Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada. Local 101 (East Point, Ga.) 2
Helfand, Judith 2
Hochuli, Jim 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 2
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Southeast Region 2
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union Local 527 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
International Typographical Union 2
Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 2
Kehrer, E. T. 2
Lorenzo, Frank 2
Meers, Ralph 2
Owens-Illinois Glass Company 2
Pitts, Joseph C. (Joseph Clifton), 1937- 2
Ray, Richard, 1941- 2
Stoney, George C. 2
Wilson, James Harvey 2
AFL-CIO 1
AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council 1
AFL-CIO. Augusta Federation of Trades. (Augusta, Ga.) 1
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 1
AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Department 1
AFL-CIO. Region 5 1
AFL-CIO. Region 6 1
AFL-CIO. Tennessee State Labor Council 1
AFSCME. Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
AFSCME. Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) 1
Alabama State Industrial Union Council 1
Allied Kingsport Press Unions 1
Aluminum Workers International Union 1
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Division 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Central North Carolina Joint Board 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Local 1716 (Rome, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America 1
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local 442 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
American Can Company 1
American Federation of Hosiery Workers 1
American Federation of Labor 1
American Federation of Teachers 1
American Standard, Inc. 1
American Transit Association 1
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 1
Atlanta Federation of Trades 1
Atlanta Fire Fighters Union 1
Atlanta Fire Fighters Union, Independent (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Transit System 1
Atlantic Steel Company 1
Atomic Trades and Labor Council 1
Augusta Central Labor Union (Augusta, Ga.) 1
Bailey, Archer 1
Baldanzi, George 1
Biemiller, Andrew J. (Andrew John), 1906-1982 1
Borman, Frank, 1928 March 14- 1
Brewton Fashions 1
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local 8 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.). Simpson Division 210 (Macon, Ga.) 1
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees 1
Brown, Joseph M., 1851-1932 1
Cagle (Firm : Camilla, Ga.) 1
Chaknis, John 1
Clinton, Bill 1
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.) 1
Cobb, Howard B. 1
Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980 1
Controllers United (Organization) 1
Creative Loafing (Firm) 1
Curry, Ben F. 1
DeKalb General Hospital (Decatur, Ga.) 1
Democratic Party (Miss.) 1
Democratic Socialists of America 1
Derrick, Earl 1
Eastern Air Lines, inc., Strike, 1989-1991 1
Elliott, Ron, 1947- 1
Evers, Charles, 1922- 1
Foote and Davies Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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