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L. Southern Labor Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: L

Found in 552 Collections and/or Records:

United Paperworkers International Union records

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-05
Abstract:

The United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU) was created in 1972 by a merger of the United Papermakers and Paperworkers and the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers. Its records contain correspondence (1967), minutes (1906-1907), printed material (1908, 1973-1984), and a literary manuscript, as well as periodicals, proceedings, and pamphlets.

Dates: 1906-1908, circa 1948, 1967, 1973-1984

United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America contract collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_UR
Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains fourty-four contracts dated 1943-1973.

Dates: 1943-1973

United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America, Local 12 (East Gadsden, Ala.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-32
Abstract: The collection consists of records of Local 12 (East Gadsden, Ala.) of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastics Workers of America, and its predecessor the United Rubber Workers of America, from 1943-1974. It contains correspondence (1943-1954); minutes of Local 12 (1949-1970), the ladies auxiliary (1952-1961), the Gadsden Industrial Union Council (1946-1962), the URW, District 2, (1944) and the URW District 8 (1944-1964); administrative and committee records (1943-1969); financial...
Dates: 1943-1974

United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America, Local 12 (East Gadsden, Ala.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1992-06
Abstract:

Chartered in 1943, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America, Local 12 (East Gadsden, Ala.) represented workers at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant there. The records contain pamphlets and newspaper clippings regarding Local 12's history, Goodyear policy committee records, agreements and settlements with Goodyear, manuals, general correspondence, and other printed material.

Dates: 1930s-1980s

United Steelworkers of America contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_USWA
Abstract:

The collection consists of 342 agreements, 1943-1974, between various local unions of the United Steelworkers of America and manufacturers.

Dates: 1943-1974

United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-15
Abstract: The collection consists of records of District 35 of the United Steelworkers of America from 1940-1987. Contains mainly correspondence (1943-1987) between district directors William Crawford, Lorne Nelles, and M.C. Weston and various USA officers and departments, including USA President David McDonald, field representatives, and local unions mainly discussing organizing activities, contract negotiation, and strike activities. The company files (1943-1987) concern negotiations and...
Dates: 1945-1987

United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-21
Abstract: The collection consists of records of District 35 of the United Steelworkers of America from 1940-1987. Contains mainly correspondence (1943-1987) between district directors William Crawford, Lorne Nelles, and M.C. Weston and various USWA officers and departments, including USWA President David McDonald, field representatives, and local unions mainly discussing organizing activities, contract negotiation, and strike activities; as well as company files (1943-1957); minutes of the...
Dates: 1940-1974

United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-34
Abstract:

The United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records date 1940-1973, when the district included Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. The records consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, legal documents, and printed material.

Dates: 1940-1973

United Steelworkers of America, Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1983-30
Abstract:

Alcoa, Tennessee was incorporated in 1919 as a company town for the Aluminum Company of America. Workers there first organized an independent union in 1933. The United Steelworkers of America, Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) collection, 1971-1983, consists of printed material recounting the history of Alcoa, Tennessee, its aluminum industry, and African American workers in the town.

Dates: 1971-1983

United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America contract collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_USAPWA
Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains eight contracts dated 1955-1969.

Dates: 1955-1969

United Textile Workers of America, Local 163 (Talladega, Ala.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-15
Scope and Content of the Records

Materials created or received by United Textile Workers of America, Local 163 (Talladega, Ala.) during the course of its operations.

Dates: before 1985

United Textile Workers of America, Local 257 (Erwin, N.C.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-36
Abstract:

United Textile Workers of America, Local 257 represented textile workers at various Erwin Cotton Mills plants in North Carolina and Mississippi. The local's records, 1900-1986 (bulk 1940-1960), consist primarily of grievances and arbitration cases. Other records include constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, union membership rosters, office files, photographic materials, financial ledgers, printed materials, and artifacts.

Dates: 1900-1986; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1960

United Textile Workers of America, Local 2598 (Enka, N.C.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1981-10
Abstract

The Records, 1940-1941, 1949-1950, of Local 2598 of the United Textile Workers of America consist of newsclippings, a financial statement, and a list of workers who signed CIO cards at the Enka, NC, Enka Rayon Corporation. Local 2598 represented workers at the American Enka Company located near Asheville, North Carolina.

Dates: 1940-1941, 1949-1950

United Textile Workers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-54
Abstract:

The collection consists of the records of the United Textile Workers of America from 1936-1995. This collection contains documentation about the local unions in the UTWA, both in the United States and Canada. Information on mergers, strikes, finances and conventions is included in these papers. These records were from the UTWA, Southern Region.

Dates: 1930-1996

United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area A records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-11
Abstract:

The collection consists of the records of the United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area A from 1956-1975. Correspondence (1957-1972) comprises the bulk of the collection. The company files (1957-1967) contain NLRB case material, minutes of negotiation meetings, contract proposals, and financial statements. The collection also includes activity reports, printed material, financial documents, and photographs.

Dates: 1956-1972

United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area B records

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-01
Abstract:

The Records, 1972-1973, of the United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region Area B, consist of correspondence and various printed material created by Roy Whitmire as regional codirector. Correspondents include Everrett (also Southern Codirector) and the International officers and representatives of the TWUA. Topics discussed include NLRB elections, UTWA and TWUA organizing efforts, labor education.

Dates: 1972-1973

United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area B records

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-39
Abstract:

The Records, 1945-1975, of United Textile Workers Union, Southern Region, Area B, consist of correspondence, minutes, legal and financial documents, and printed materials.

Dates: 1945-1975

United Truck Drivers, Helpers, and Warehousemen, Local Industrial Union 936 (Roanoke, Va.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1999-06
Abstract:

United Truck Drivers, Helpers, and Warehousemen, Local Industrial Union 936 of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was organized in Roanoke, Virginia in 1939. The records consist of a carbon copy of the Article of Agreement between Local 936 and Red Line Trucking and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1939-1940

University and College Labor Education Association records

 Collection
Identifier: L1989-13
Abstract: The collection consists of the records of the University and College Labor Education Association and its predecessor, the University Labor Education Association from 1955-1996. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial statements, reports, member directories, printed materials, audiotapes, and photographs documenting the emergence of labor education as an academic discipline. Contains information pertaining to adult and citizenship education; the Occupational Safety and Health...
Dates: 1955-1996

Upholsterers' International Union of North America contract collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_UIU
Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains eleven contracts dated 1950-1972.

Dates: 1950-1972