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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L2016-11

Scope and Contents of the Records

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956-2006

Creator

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.

Collection is stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.

Historical Note

Originally founded in Atlanta in 1888 as a trade union for railroad machinists, today the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers represents workers in a large and diverse number of fields. Over the course of the 20th century the machinists moved from representing railroad workers to machinists and others working for airlines and the aerospace industry.

Local Lodge 609, from New Haven, Connecticut, was founded in 1956. Local 609 represented machinists who worked at Olin Chemical Corporation and United States Repeating Arms Company (Winchester Arms or USRAC).

Extent

80 Linear Feet (in 64 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. Local Lodge 609, from New Haven, Connecticut, was founded in 1956. Local 609 represented machinists who worked at Olin Chemical Corporation and American Repeating Arms Company (Winchester Arms).

Arrangement

The records retain their original order.

Off-Site Storage

Collection is stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.

Custodial History

In September 2006, IAM Local Lodge 609 donated the records to the Greater New Haven Labor History Association (GNHLHA) in New Haven, Connecticut. When GNHLHA closed its office in 2016, the material was transferred to the Southern Labor Archives.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Greater New Haven Labor History Association, April 2016.

Related Materials in this Repository

Georgia State University Library is the official repository for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the collection includes the Grand Lodge records as well as numerous Local and District Lodges. Please see the IAMAW Research Guide for more collections. In addition, GSU Digital Collections includes complete, full-text runs of the Machinist Monthly Journal and the Machinists Newspaper available in GSU Digital Collections as well as numerous photographs and local publications from both the US and Canada.

Processing Information

This finding is based on inventories created at the Greater New Haven Labor History Association. Material was reboxed but no re-organization or retitling of folders has taken place.

Title
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.):
Subtitle
A Guide to the Records at Georgia State University Library
Status
Completed
Author
Hal Hansen
Date
August 2019
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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