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Textile Workers Union of America, Northwest Georgia Joint Board records

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-22

Scope and Content of the Records

The Records, 1949-1976, of the Textile Workers Union of America, Northwest Georgia Joint Board, consist of correspondence, financial statements, grievance and arbitration cases, contracts, and photographs. The Records pertain to TWUA Locals 689 and 789 in the Rome, Georgia, area, both of which went defunct in the late 1970's. Officials in both locals corresponded with TWUA presidents Emil Rieve and William Pollock, TWUA Political Action Committee Director Al Barkan, with TWUA Georgia Director H.D. Lisk, and with TWUA Southern Directors Boyd Paton and James Bamford. Primary topics include legislative issues, contract negotiations, wages, work loads, and the 1968 strike. Small series of contracts and photographs complete the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949-1976

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.

Extent

5.42 Linear Feet (in 13 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The collection consists of the records of the Northwest Georgia Joint Board of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) from 1949-1976. The records primarily document the activities of the TWUA Locals 689 and 789 located in Rome, Georgia, and include correspondence, minutes, subject files, financial records, grievances, arbitration cases, photographs, and printed materials. Officials in both locals corresponded with TWUA officers including presidents Emil Rieve and William Pollock, Political Action Committee Director Al Barkan, Georgia Director H.D. Lisk, and Southern Directors Boyd Paton and James Bamford. Primary topics include legislative issues, contract negotiations, wages, work loads, and the 1968 strike at the Celanese Fibers Company.

Arrangement

The records are arranged into two series:
  1. Series I: Textile Workers Union of America, Local 689, 1947-1976
  2. Series II: Textile Workers Union of America, Local 789, 1946-1970

Acquisition Information

Donated by Gerald Brown and Shirley Pope, June 1980.

Online Availability

The photographs in this collection may have been digitized and are available online at Georgia State University Library Digital Collections.

Related Archival Materials

The Southern Labor Archives contains numerous collections created by various unions representing workers in the textile industry. These collections include union records from the International Ladies Garment Workers (ILGWU), Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers (ACTWU), United Textile Workers of America (UTWA), Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Workers (UNITE), and its successors UNITE HERE and Workers United.

Separated Materials

During processing, photographs and printed material were separated to other Southern Labor Archives collections. For photographs, see the Southern Labor Archives Photographs Collection finding aid. For contracts, consult Special Collections for access.

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Photographs Collection

  1. Thirteen black and white, glossy photographs, 1953, 1955-1957, 1960, 1967, undated

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Contracts Collection

  1. United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Lead Burners' Joint Council -- Rome, Ga. (Celanese Fibers Corp.), 1953
  2. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 513, Knoxville, Tn., 1950
  3. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 576, Gadsden, Al., 1953
  4. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 689, Rome, Ga., 1959, 1962, 1965, 1971(2)
  5. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 689, Rome, Ga., (Bonnie Davis Chevrolet Co.), 1969
  6. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 770, Charlotte, N.C., 1954
  7. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 789, Aragon, Ga. (Contract Stipulations), 1947-1958
  8. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 789, Aragon, Ga., (Noble Manufacturing Company), 1946
  9. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 789, Aragon, Ga. (Aragon Mills), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1955
  10. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 903, Hazelwood, N.C., 1955
  11. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 1006, Brookford, N.C., 1955
  12. Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) -- Local 1093, Rock Hill, S.C., 1965, 1968

Processing Information

Inventoried by Ralph Peters and Robert Dinwiddie at the file level, January 1984.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), Northwest Georgia Joint Board:
Subtitle
A Guide to Its Records at Georgia State University Library
Status
Completed
Author
Georgia State University Library
Date
January 1984
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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