United Textile Workers of America records
Scope and Content of the Records
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
Creator
- United Textile Workers of America (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.
Some materials stored off-site. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
History of the United Textile Workers of America
The United Textile Workers of America was chartered in 1901 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. It was a charter member of the Committee for Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1935, and in 1937 also was one of the founding unions of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Once in the CIO in 1937, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee and then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a small dissident faction of TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the AFL under their old, UTWA, name. In 1996, UTWA merged with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
Extent
82 Linear Feet (in 150 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
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.
Organization of the Collection
Series I-V arrived as accession L1973-54:
- I. President's Files
- II. Secretary-Treasurer's files
- III. Research Department
- IV. Local Unions
- V. Danville, VA Strike
Series VI-X arrived as accession L2002-02:
- VI. Inactive Local Unions
- VII. Conventions
- VIII. Textile Challenger
- IX. Financial
- X. Separated Materials
List of material separated from L1973-54 follows Detailed Description of the Collection.
Please note that, because of reorganization of the collection when accession L2002-02 was processed, the box order as listed in Series I-IV in the Detailed Description of the Collection below differs from the boxes' numerical order.
Off-Site Storage
Some materials stored off-site. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Acquisition Information
Donated by United Textile Workers of America, in 1973 (accession L1973-54) and 2002 (accession L2002-02).
Separated Materials
During processing, printed and oversize material was separated to other Southern Labor Archives collections.
List compiled at time of processing. Material must be requested separately; Oversize materials stored offsite; allow 24 hours for retrieval.
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Oversize Collection
- American-Viscose Agreement Drafts, 1947
- Badger Worsted Mills, Payroll Records, 1951
A large selection of contracts for a variety of locals were separated to the Textile Workers Union of America Contracts collection (L-contracts_TWUA). Please see the Textile Workers Union of America contracts collection (L-contracts_TWUA) finding aid or consult archivist for access.
Creator
- United Textile Workers of America (Organization)
- Title
- United Textile Workers of America:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to Its Records at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Georgia State University Library
- Date
- May 2001
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-413-2880
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