Savannah Trades and Labor Assembly records
Scope and Content of the Records
Records concern both Savannah's AFL Council in its opposition to local organizing activity of the CIO, and the subsequent AFL-CIO Council's concern for promoting labor's goals in the city. Political and civic issues important to the labor community - fluoridation, taxes, housing - are discussed, as well as Savannah and Chatham County strikes such as that of the Public Employees, 1967-1970.
Dates
- 1946-1970
Creator
- Trades and Labor Assembly (Savannah, Ga.) (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.
Oversized materials stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Historical Note about the Savannah Trades and Labor Assembly
The Savannah Trades and Labor Assembly was organized in 1899.
Extent
0.63 Linear Feet (in 2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract:
Records concern both Savannah's AFL Council in its opposition to local organizing activity of the CIO, and the subsequent AFL-CIO Council's concern for promoting labor's goals in the city.
Off-Site Storage
Oversized materials stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Acquisition Information
Records donated by W. N. Crawford, October 1972.
Separated Materials
During processing, materials were separated to other Southern Labor Archives Printed Collections. Oversized materials are stored offsite, allow 24 hours for access. For periodicals, see the Southern Labor Archives periodicals collection finding aid.
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Periodicals
- Georgia State AFL-CIO News, 1963
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Oversized Material
- Minute books, 1957-1970
- Membership book, 1959
Processing Information
Processed by E. L. Eltzroth at the file level, 1972.
This collection guide was created from a legacy finding aid. The inventory's contents and storage locations of separated materials (if applicable) were not verified at that time.
Creator
- Trades and Labor Assembly (Savannah, Ga.) (Organization)
- Title
- Savannah Trades and Labor Assembly:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to Its Records at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Georgia State University Library
- Date
- 1972
- 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