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L. Southern Labor Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: L

Found in 589 Collections and/or Records:

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Simpson Division 210 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-45
Abstract:

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Simpson Division 210, located in Macon, Georgia, received its charter in 1883. The local's records, 1884-1918, 1949, consist primarily of correspondence, financial documents, minutes and committee reports.

Dates: 1884-1918, 1949

Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America contracts collection

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

The collection contains 24 contracts dated 1941-1969.

Dates: 1941-1969

Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Local 193 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-15
Abstract:

The records of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Local 193, 1905-1972 contain four minute books (1905-1911, 1927-1932, 1937-1940, and 1952-1957) that describe primarily routine internal union business, especially finances, meetings, and legal affairs.

Dates: 1905-1972

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Local 536 (Paducah, Ky.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L2007-03
Abstract:

The Records of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Local 536, 1916-1924, consist of membership applications, correspondence, reports, and printed materials related to the work and labor issues of the Paducah, Kentucky, lodge.

Dates: 1916-1924

Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, System Board 96 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1989-18
Scope and Content of the Records These records, spanning 1918-1978, contain correspondence, reference material, minutes and proceedings, agreements and union constitutions, legal documents, and financial documents. They reflect Edgar McDonald Broom's service to the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline and Steamship Clerks, as System Board 96's Assistant General Chairman, General Chairman, General Chairman Emeritus and as a student at Harvard's Trade Union Program. Most of the records relate to Southern Railway workers and the...
Dates: 1918-1978

Bruce E. Kaufman and Paula E. Stephan article

 Collection
Identifier: L1992-16
Abstract

One research article, "The Impact of Management Attorneys on the Union Win Rate in NLRB Elections," by Bruce E. Kaufman and Paula E. Stephan.

Dates: 1992

Building and Construction Trades contract collection

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

This collection contains thiurty contracts dated 1936-1996.

Dates: 1936-1996

Building Services Employees International Union contracts collection

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

The collection contains eight contracts dated 1953-1958.

Dates: 1953-1958

Carey E. Haigler papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-33
Abstract: Carey Haigler (1902- ) was a labor union official with the AFL-CIO. His papers, 1905, 1933-1970, include correspondence, minutes, and printed material relating to the Alabama Iron and Steel Council (1905, 1933-1935); correspondence, financial documents, minutes, speeches, reports, and printed material documenting the Alabama CIO (1942-1956); and correspondence, financial documents, diaries, work reports, speeches, broadcast scripts, and printed material relating to Region 8 of the AFL-CIO...
Dates: 1905, 1933-1970

Carmen Lucia papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-32
Abstract:

Carmen Lucia was active as union organizer, primarily for the Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers. Her papers, 1929-1976, consist of newspaper clippings describing her career, oral history interviews, and correspondence.

Dates: 1929-1976

Carolyn Lee Wills collection of Eastern Airlines' Southern Region Public Relations Office records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-27
Abstract: The Carolyn Lee Wills' collection on Eastern Airlines, Southern Region Public Relations Office, 1927-2008 (bulk 1965-2008), consists of news clippings, press releases, newsletters, annual reports, monthly reports, correspondence, memoranda, photographs, slides, an early scrapbook (or day book), artifacts (promotional items) and audiovisual materials. This collection mainly provides insight into publicity and outreach efforts at Eastern Airlines, but also its history, charitable work, and...
Dates: 1927-2008; Majority of material found within 1965 - 2008

Charles B. Gramling papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-32
Abstract

The Charles Gramling papers consists of printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks. Charles Gramling (1877-1957) began his union career as a member of the International Union of Operating Enngineers. He was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the union in 1951 until his death in 1957.

Dates: 1940-1957

Charles H. Martin collection of copies of the testimony of Leah Young and Annie Mae Leathers, textile workers

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-46
Abstract:

Four photocopied pages of testimony by Leah Young and Annie Mae Leathers, dated October 2, 1934. Young had been charged under Georgia's insurrection law after passing out literature at the Exposition Cotton Mill where she worked. The originals are part of the International Labor Defense Papers (Schomburg Center, New York Public Library).

Dates: 1934

Charles H. Martin collection on Angelo Herndon

 Collection
Identifier: L2023-05
Abstract

Charles H. Martin collection on Angelo Herndon, circa 1932-circa 1937, was created by Martin while researching his The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice (LSU Press, 1976) and consists primarily of legal records. Angelo Herndon, a labor organizer convicted in 1932 on charges of attempting to incite insurrection in Atlanta, was freed in 1937 when the U.S. Supreme Court found the Georgia insurrection law unconstitutional.

Dates: circa 1932-circa 1937

Charles L. Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-09
Abstract: Charles "Lewis" Ross (1914-1984) worked as a textile mechanic and was very active in the organization efforts of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) at the Celanese (before 1947, the Tubize) Corporation in Rome, Georgia. The papers consist of: union constitutions (CIO, Georgia State Industrial Union Council, TWUA local 689), contracts, grievances and memoranda from TWUA Washington Representative, John W. Edelman, to all Union Members, 1948-1950; pamphlets pertaining to racial and...
Dates: 1943-1953

Charles M. Houk papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-07
Abstract:

Charles M. Houk held many prominent labor positions in Tennessee from 1956 through 1963. His papers include correspondence, financial documents, minutes, and legislative reports relating to the Tennessee Committee on Political Education and the Tennessee State Labor Council.

Dates: 1939-1965

Charles Mathias collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-31
Abstract:

The collection consists of the papers of Charles Mathias from 1951-1973, including correspondence, legal documents, and printed materials pertaining to attempts by United Steel Workers of America (Atlanta, Georgia) Field Representatives Mathias and W.R. Thrasher to sign collective bargaining agreements with Scripto and Keller Industries.

Dates: 1951-1973

Chattanooga Area Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-14
Abstract: Chattanooga Area Labor Council Records includes correspondence, minutes, financial documents, legal papers, and printed materials, relating to the council, the merger of Chattanooga Industrial Union Council into it, politics, union elections, abolition of the poll tax, desegregation of public schools, Taft-Hartley Act, Tennessee laws concerning open and closed shops, Chattanooga Voters' Union, revision of the Tennessee State Constitution, and political education. Correspondents include Ross...
Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1972

Chattanooga Building Trades Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1978-07
Abstract:

The Chattanooga Building Trades Council is a subsidiary of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department. The records, 1901-1968, of the Chattanooga Building Trades Council are composed primarily of correspondence, limited financial records, and work agreements.

Dates: 1901-1968

Chet Kisling papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-17
Abstract:

Chet Kisling (born 1943) worked as an air traffic controller at the Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center in Hampton, Georgia. A member of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), he was fired after the organization's 1981 strike, along with 11,000 other U.S. controllers. The bulk of his papers consist of clippings, documentation of the lawsuit he was party to regarding his dismissal, and correspondence.

Dates: 1978-1996; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1982