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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 598 (South Charleston, W.V.) collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2010-11

Content Description

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 598 (South Charleston, W.V.) collection, 1975, consistes of a photocopy of a published lodge history.

Dates

  • Creation: 1975

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.

Historical Note

Originally founded in Atlanta in 1888 as a trade union for railroad machinists, today the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) 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.

South Charleston, West Virginia, called itself the the "chemical center of the world" because of its industrial concentration. The earliest effort to organize the workforce at the Union Carbide plant there occurred in 1933. The IAM finally successfully organized South Charleston's Union Carbide workers in 1965, as IAM Local Lodge 598.

Extent

1 Item(s) (in 1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 598 (South Charleston, W.V.) collection, 1975, consistes of a photocopy of a published lodge history. The Local Lodge was established in 1965 to represent workers at a Union Carbide plant.

Arrangement Note

Single item collection.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers William W. Winpisinger Center, June 2010.

Related Archival Materials

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

Processed by Hal Hansen, 2018. Descriptions by William Hardesty, 2022.

Related Names

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 598 (South Charleston, W.V.)
Subtitle
A Guide to Its Collection at Georgia State University Library
Status
Completed
Author
William W. Hardesty
Date
4 April 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Edition statement
Previously, this collection was described by a published accession record (as Highlights in the History of Local Lodge 598)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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