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L. Southern Labor Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: L

Found in 582 Collections and/or Records:

Elijah H. Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-51
Abstract:

The Elijah H. Williams papers, 1921-1973, consist of clippings, correspondence, membership cards, certificates, and biographical sketch of Williams (1895-1972), who served as President, Louisiana State Federation of Labor, and Director, AFL-CIO Region 7.

Dates: 1933-1972

Emory F. Via papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1989-34
Abstract: Emory Franklin Via (1925-2003), was a labor educator, human rights activist, and labor consultant for the Southern Regional Council. His papers, 1936-1987, include correspondence, surveys and reports, newsclippings, printed materials, and biographical material on Via. The bulk of the correspondence is with groups related to the labor movement, other officers of the Southern Regional Council, and the Koinonia Farm, a cooperative farm in Southern Georgia. The surveys contain information on...
Dates: 1936-1987

Eula McGill papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-48
Abstract:

Eula McGill was an organizer in the Southern textile factory worker movement of the 1930s. Her papers contain scrapbook material, composed of newspapers, clippings, and programs, which pertains to her organizing activities for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in Tennessee and other topics.

Dates: 1938-1964

Fair Employment Practices Committee collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-36
Abstract: President Franklin Roosevelt established the Fair Employment Practices Committee by Executive Order in 1942. It required all federal agencies to include in their contracts with private employers a provision obligating them not to discriminate against persons of any race, color, creed, or nationality in matters of employment. The collection consists of material obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a Freedom of Information request by Dr. Merl Reed. The records, 1943-1946,...
Dates: 1943-1946

Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service records

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-14
Abstract

This collection is unprocessed.

Dates: 1980s

Florida State AFL-CIO records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-36
Abstract:

Florida AFL-CIO was formed in 1958 with the merging of the Florida American Federation of Labor and the Florida Congress of Industrial Organizations. The collection, 1965-1968, consists of correspondence, minutes, financial documents and printed materials. Correspondence illustrates such primary concerns as labor's role in education; state and national legislation; opposition to the Taft-Hartley Act and the Landrum-Griffin Bill, and its support of Congressman Claude Pepper.

Dates: 1965-1968

Florida State AFL-CIO records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-19
Abstract:

The records, 1954-1971, of the Florida State AFL-CIO contain financial statements and proceedings of the Florida State AFL-CIO, proceedings of conventions of other state labor bodies, pamphlets pertaining to labor subjects, and correspondence, minutes, and reports of the Florida State Constitution Revision Commission.

Dates: 1955-1975

Florida State Council of Carpenters records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-06
Abstract: The Florida State Council of Carpenters was established in 1926. Its records, 1952-1978, include material relating to organizing efforts at thirty-five companies located throughout Florida (1960-1973); contract negotiation files (1958-1974); correspondence (1952-1974); records relating to apprentice training (1963-1978); financial records (1956-1974); files of state organizer, Warren P. Connary (1957-1974); and minutes (1952-1974). The records especially highlight the activities of three...
Dates: 1952-1978

Francis Q. Vogtner Eastern Airlines collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2012-26
Abstract:

Francis (Frank) Quigley Vogtner was an Eastern Air Lines pilot from 1956 to 1989. The collection contains airline timetables, in-flight materials and company newspapers.

Dates: 1964-1989

Frank Borman papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-16
Abstract:

Frank Borman is well known as the commander of the first lunar orbit mission, Apollo 8, and as the Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Airlines from 1975-1986. The Frank Borman Papers, circa 1968-1989, contain office files and correspondence once held in the Office of the President at Eastern Airline's headquarters in Miami, Florida.

Dates: 1961-1989; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1986

Frank E'Dalgo papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2001-08
Abstract:

Frank E'Dalgo (1912-2001) was a union organizer and leader for the AFL and the IAMAW. His papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings and two agreements related to his work for the International Association of Machinists.

Dates: 1969-1997

Frank Herbert "Pug" King papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-16
Abstract: Frank Herbert "Pug" King (1899-1974) was born in Fulton County and attended Capital View and Adair Schools. He joined the International Association of Machinists on August 28, 1917 and later served 25 years as the business manager for District 46. King, served on various governmental boards and commissions and as was vice-president of the Georgia Federation of Labor for seven years. His papers, 1937-1974, are composed of correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs and artifacts...
Dates: 1937-1974

Freddie Elmer Halstead papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-41
Abstract:

Fred Halstead worked as an organizer for the Textile Workers Union of America throughout the South during the 1950s and 1960s, and took part in strikes in South Georgia and Alabama. Halstead's papers include Textile Workers Union of America activity reports relating his various organizing campaigns, 1959, 1961-1967. The papers include histories of strikes in South Georgia and Alabama, minutes of the Los Angeles Joint Board, correspondence and printed material.

Dates: 1953-1967

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-19
Abstract:

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill was formed from the dissolution of a business partnership between Jacob Elsas and Isaac May in 1889. In 1978, the mill was shut down. The collection includes a May 1964 issue of Fulton Cotton Mills News, negatives, photographs, product catalogue, and correspondence, 1881, 1978, undated.

Dates: 1881, 1964, 1978

Furniture and Bedding Workers Union (of United Furniture Workers of America), Local 18-B (Chicago, Ill.), contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_Furnitur
Abstract:

The collection consists of 11 agreements, 1948, 1960-1969, between the Furniture & Bedding Workers Union (of United Furniture Workers of America), Local 18-B (Chicago, Ill.), and manufacturers.

Dates: 1948-1969; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969

Gary M. Fink papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1998-06
Abstract

Research files and conference planning materials, circa 1972-1998, created and gathered by Gary M. Fink, historian of the American Labor movement. This collection is unprocessed.

Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1972-1998

Gene Russo collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1998-02
Abstract:

The Gene Russo collection, 1998, includes printed materials regarding the work of the Communications Workers of America, District 3.

Dates: 1955, 1970, circa 1994

George L. Googe papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-80
Abstract:

The papers, 1946-1961, reflect primarily the work of George L. Googe (1900-1961) as secretary-treasurer of the International Printing Pressmen's Union and as director of AFL operations in the South. The bulk of the collection consists of printed reports, articles, clippings, and organizing information.

Dates: 1946-1961

George Pearlman collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-08
Abstract:

The George Pearlman collection, 1975, undated, consists primarily of photocopies of newspaper clippings and articles regarding Thomas Talbot and writings on the first Labor Day celebration.

Dates: 1973, 1975

Georgia AFL-CIO Journal of Labor photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2004-01A
Abstract: Founded in Atlanta in 1898, the Journal of Labor documented the labor movement in Georgia. The Journal of Labor Photograph Collection, 1974-1992 (bulk 1980-1992), consists of photographic prints and negatives depicting labor functions, political events, pickets, strikes, conventions, social events, and campaigns. During the period covered by the collection, The Journal was the official newspaper of the Georgia State AFL-CIO, which ceased its publication in...
Dates: 1974-1992; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1992