International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Georgia State University Library, Special Collections Department holds over 70 oral history interviews with retirees, members, and leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Most of the interviews have been conducted by IAMAW Grand Lodge personel or Southern Labor Archives Staff. Many of the interviews have been transcribed.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Photograph Collection largely consists of black and white 8" x 10" photographs which were used in its publications, the Machinists Monthly Journal and later, the Machinist.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has represented the interests of machinists, engineers, and aerospace workers since the late 19th century. Included within this collection from the IAM's central office are letters to the executive board, union decisions, correspondence, video cassettes, photography, and film reels, circa 1930s-1990s.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers records consists of 2 ledgers and 5 16mm films.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers records, 1949-1964, 1972-1976, 1988-1993, consists of 14 boxes of manuscript materials and 39 digitized audiovisual clips.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) souvenir program, 28 June 1969, is from the banquet held to honor Roy Siemiller and Matthew DeMore upon the end of their terms as IAMAW president and general secretary-treasurer, respectively.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Strategic Resources Department Records consist of 1 audiotape and 4 folders of jurisdictional materials and collective bargaining agreements. Originally founded in Atlanta in 1888 as a trade union for railroad machinists, today the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers represents workers in a large and diverse number of fields.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 751 organized in Seattle, Washington, in 1935. It represents employees at Boeing Company. Its collection (1970s-2000s) includes digital files of documents, news clippings, periodicals, audio, photographs, and correspondence.

Records of International Association of Machinists [IAM], Local Lodge 49 (Chicago Ridge, Ill.), 1939-1966, consist of correspondence and applications for veterans badges (indicating membership in IAM for 15 or more years).

International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 89 existed in Cheyenne, Wyoming during the late 19th and into the twentieth century. The records includes minutes, financial records, correspondence, rolls and dues lists, administrative records of the Ladies Auxiliary, railroad maintenance booklets, and other general administrative records and items.

Manuals, correspondence, printed material, and notes describe political, vocational, and labor education in the Southern and Mid-Western states, Panama and Puerto Rico, 1947-1971.

The Iowa State Council of Machinists, made up of representatives of the districts and lodges of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in the state of Iowa, formed in 1939. This collection contains minutes from the Iowa State Machinists Council (1952) and agreements of Local Lodge 831 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

The J. M. Long Collection, 1905-1960, contains information including dues books, dinner programs, newspaper clippings and certificates associated with his membership in the International Association of Machinists, Lodge One.

Jim Malott served as the General Vice President, Organizing Department of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), AFL-CIO in Washington D.C. His collection consists of organizing aids used by the IAM in the 1950s.

The New York State Council of Machinists records consist of bylaws, audit reports, correspondence, minutes, and other records created by or for the New York State Council of Machinists, 1952.

R. H. Baucom (1897-1967) was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 776 (Fort Worth, Tex.), who worked at the Convair aircraft plant in Fort Worth. His IAM collection includes Local Lodge 776 membership dues books and his retirement card (1946-1962), as well as a brief reminiscence written by his daughter, Tommie Baucom-Richardson.