Sheet Metal Workers History Project research collection
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Not requestable
Content Description
The collection consists of notes, oral history transcripts, correspondence, photocopied manuscript materials, and book proofs acquired and created by Cliff Kuhn and Les Hough while writing their history of the Sheet Metal Workers, Generations of Sheet Metal Craftmanship: A History of the Unionized Industry in Georgia. Georgia State University historians, Kuhn and Hough worked in association with Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Local 85 and the Central Georgia Sheet Metal Contractors Association, Inc. (both of Atlanta, Georgia) on the project.
The Sheet Metal Workers’ Story A Chronicle of Fine Craftsmanship 1888-1980, by Arch A. Mercy
Dates
- Creation: 1982-1988
Creator
- Kuhn, Cliff (Person)
- Hough, Leslie S. (Person)
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.
History of the Sheet Metal Workers History Project Research Collection
In 1982-1983, GSU History Professor Cliff Kuhn and Southern Labor Archivist Les Hough researched, wrote, and published a short history of the Sheet Metal Workers Union in Atlanta, Georgia. The fruit of their labor, Generations of Sheet Metal Craftsmanship: A History of the Unionized Industry in Georgia, detailed the history of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, specifically local 85 and the Central Georgia Sheet Metal Contractors Association, Inc.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of notes, oral history transcripts, correspondence, photocopied manuscript materials, and book proofs acquired and created by Cliff Kuhn and Les Hough while writing their history of the Sheet Metal Workers, Generations of Sheet Metal Craftmanship: A History of the Unionized Industry in Georgia. Georgia State University historians, Kuhn and Hough worked in association with Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Local 85 and the Central Georgia Sheet Metal Contractors Association, Inc. (both of Atlanta, Georgia) on the project.
Off-Site Storage
Collection is stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Cliff Kuhn, June 30, 1983 (L1983-19) and April 1, 2008 (L2008-06).
Processing Information
Processed by Hal Hansen at the file level, January 2020. File were sorted and re-foldered by format, and assigned dates based on the time they were collected by the collection creator.
Subject
- Title
- Sheet Metal Workers History Project:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to the Research Materials at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hal Hansen
- Date
- January 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
100 Decatur St., S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-413-2880
404-413-2881 (Fax)
archives@gsu.edu