International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records
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
- 1956-2006
Creator
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) (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.
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.
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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