Southern States Apprenticeship Conference Mailing List Changes, 1976

The Southern States Apprenticeship Conference (SSAC) records include documentation for all stages of preparation, planning, operation, participation, and activity of the annual conference. The collection includes minutes, budgets, correspondence, resolutions, certificates, reports, mailings, registration attendance analysis and registration rosters, panel observation sheets, panel programs, agendas, clippings, SSAC policy manuals, and Steering Committee meeting documentation, 1951-1991 [bulk 1971-1977].

The vast majority of the collection is comprised of material from labor unions, including Pipe Trades, Machinists (Machine Tool & Die Workers), Carpenters, Electricians, Boilermakers, Electrical Industry Workers, Sheet Metal Workers, Roofers & Waterproofers, Electrical Utilities Workers, Aerospace & Government Installation Workers, Trowel Trade Workers, Insulators & Asbestos Workers, Painters & Decorators, Operating Engineers, Automotive & Diesel Workers, and Graphic Artists. The Southern State labor and trade organizations represented in the collection include those from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.

Of note in the collection are the organization's scrapbooks, 1951 to 1991, which contain news clippings, correspondence, photographs, and conference materials. The scrapbooks include brochures for the local attractions and hotels in the area. Conference materials include programs, certificates, awards, mailing documents, proceedings, and panel session reports.