Anglican Diocese, Minutes, financial information, and notes, 1980

The collection, 1928-1982, of Attorney D. Brucs Shine consist of legal case files and personal files. The legal cases are arranged into two subseries: labor-related and others. The labor-related files are composed chiefly of cases involving local unions of the United Textile Workers of America. Other unions represented include the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Bakery Workers, Carpenters, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Association of Fire Fighters, International Typographical Union, Retail Clerks International Association, American Federation of Teachers, and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. Other cases include such issues as segregation in Tennessee's colleges and universities, reapportionment and disputed elections in Hancock and Hawkins counties, and activities in the Tennessee Arts Commission.

The personal files contain correspondence, speeches, and articles written by Shine. These papers pertain to Shine's unsuccessful bids to obtain the Democratic nomination for a Senate seat from tennessee in 1976 and 1978; Shine's organization of a corporation in 1972 to purchase The Brussels Times, an English-language weekly newspaper in Belgium; his involvement with the newly-formed Anglican Catholic Diocese of Mid-Atlantic States; and numerous political and social affiliations. Also included in this series are documents compiled by Shine while serving on the Tennessee Commission on Aging pertaining to nursing home reform, malnutrition, and other issues of concern to the elderly.