L. Southern Labor Archives

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One International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees charter member pin belonging to Mr. Charles Fredolin Luchsinger.

Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains eleven contracts dated 1965-1984.

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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.

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The collections consists of records of Local 1492 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the International Association of Fire Fighters from 1963-1974. Includes minutes, correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, printed material, and membership lists. Topics include union activities, wage disparities between fire fighters and law enforcement officers, and fluctuating membership.

Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains thirty-five contracts dated 1930-1975.

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Correspondence, financial documents, and other items, relating to collective bargaining agreements, wages, joint trade agreements, chartering new locals in the South, jurisdictional disputes with Local 55 (Mobile, Ala.), Local 67 (Tampa, Fla.), and United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada, and International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers. Correspondents include H.M. Hoffman and C.W. Sickles.

Scope and Content of the Collection

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Artifact collection comprises a wide variety of artifacts, including charters, photographs, paintings, posters, banners, certificates, and tool kits, 1888-circa 2000. The items were created or received by IAMAW's officers, headquarters, and local lodges. The collection includes the contents of the "Time Capsule of 1955" placed in the cornerstone of the union's then headquarters.

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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers collection of Panama Canal Zone records consists of 2 dues books, 1 bylaws, and Employment Information and Personnel Policies. Local Lodges 811 (Christobol) and 699 (Balboa) both represented machinists working in the Panama Canal Zone.

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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Communications Department records (1992-2012) consist of periodicals, organizing campaign materials, convention reports, union history, and other public relations materials.

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The collection consists of 169 agreements, 1940-1992, between various local unions of the International Association of Machinists or the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and numerous manufacturing and transportation corporations, government facilities, labor unions, and other entities.

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IAMAW District Lodge 7, represented machinists in Omaha, Nebraska at companies including Dale Electronics, Brunswick, Continental Can Company, White Motor, Industrial Electric Reel, Arcadian Chemicals, Allied Chemical, Omaha World Herald, and American Machine Works. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 7 Records consist of 13 boxes.

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The collection consists of records of District Lodge 46 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the International Association of Machinists from 1937-1965. Consists primarily of correspondence and contracts relating to union recognition and contract negotiation.

Abstract International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 96 (Savannah, Ga.) records consist of company and office files. Included in both types of files are information on organizing union/NLRB elections, grievances, arbitration, negotiations, correspondence (between the district lodge, the companies and the IAMAW headquarters), and agreements. The office files also include some research information on the Savannah shipyards where some of the members worked. The...

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 143 represented airline workers in the Great Lakes region of North America, specifically with Northwest Airlines. The records (1946-2009) consist of bylaws, benefits and retirement information, conventions proceedings, contracts, apprenticeship materials, publications seniority lists, committee materials, financial records, artifacts, photographs, audiovisual materials, and various types of correspondence.

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 143 represented the union employees that worked for Northwest Airlines, predominantly in the Great Lakes Region of the United States. The IAMAW District Lodge 143 records (1950s-2010) consist of grievance and arbitration files, contract negotiation materials, bankruptcy proceedings, and documents regarding the merger with Delta Airlines.

Abstract International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Eastern Division Records consist of videotapes, photographs, and artifacts mostly from late 1980s to early 2000s. Established in 1887, the Pattern Makers' League of North America was founded to promote interest in protecting the high standards of their workers' craft. The League was composed of associations of practical pattern makers, mold makers, model makers, fixture builders, allied craftsmen and eventually, plastic...

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International Association of Machinists, Local Lodge 6 (Galveston, Texas), was founded in the late 1880s and merged with Local Lodge 1786 in July 2005. The lodge represented workers in a variety of industries in and around Galveston. Its records, 1929-1962, include ledgers, dues books, and artifacts.

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 31 (Omaha, Neb.) records (1950-2020) consists of office files, benefits information, grievances, job descriptions, collective barganing agreements, training materials, correspondence, and photographs. Local Lodge 33 represented workers in the Omaha, Nebraska area. The largest industries were the Crown Packaging factory and various over the road trucking companies.

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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.

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Erie machinists initially were chartered as an American Federation of Labor affiliate, then reorganized as National Association of Machinists' Local Lodge 101 (both in 1890). The local was re-chartered in August 1896, then re-organized in May 1901. The Records, 1896-1916, of Lodge 101 are composed principally of minutes and dues records.