Box 182

Scope and Content of the Papers From the Collection: The collection consists of papers of Edmund Torbush, 1906-1985. Includes correspondence, minutes, news clippings, printed materials, pamphlets, photographs pertaining to the International Typographical Union, the Women's Auxiliary and Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the International Typographical Union. Materials reflect the union's concern with repealing the Georgia right-to-work law, organizing, ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in Georgia, national health insurance, reducing union dues to...

Scope and Content of the Papers From the Collection: The collection consists of papers of Edmund Torbush, 1906-1985. Includes correspondence, minutes, news clippings, printed materials, pamphlets, photographs pertaining to the International Typographical Union, the Women's Auxiliary and Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the International Typographical Union. Materials reflect the union's concern with repealing the Georgia right-to-work law, organizing, ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in Georgia, national health insurance, reducing union dues to...

Scope and Content of the records From the Collection: The records, 1895-1939, 1948-1970, of the Atlanta Typographical Union, Local 48, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, and printed material. They illuminate in detail the activities of the local -- membership campaigns, internal judicial and business matters, dealings with the Atlanta Typothetae and individual employers, and strikes and lockouts. Much of the strike material concerns a series of strikes from 1921 to 1932 to obtain shorter work hours. The fight for the...

Scope and Content of the records From the Collection: The records, 1895-1939, 1948-1970, of the Atlanta Typographical Union, Local 48, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, and printed material. They illuminate in detail the activities of the local -- membership campaigns, internal judicial and business matters, dealings with the Atlanta Typothetae and individual employers, and strikes and lockouts. Much of the strike material concerns a series of strikes from 1921 to 1932 to obtain shorter work hours. The fight for the...

Scope and Content of the records From the Collection: The records, 1895-1939, 1948-1970, of the Atlanta Typographical Union, Local 48, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, and printed material. They illuminate in detail the activities of the local -- membership campaigns, internal judicial and business matters, dealings with the Atlanta Typothetae and individual employers, and strikes and lockouts. Much of the strike material concerns a series of strikes from 1921 to 1932 to obtain shorter work hours. The fight for the...

Scope and Content of the records From the Collection: The records, 1895-1939, 1948-1970, of the Atlanta Typographical Union, Local 48, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, and printed material. They illuminate in detail the activities of the local -- membership campaigns, internal judicial and business matters, dealings with the Atlanta Typothetae and individual employers, and strikes and lockouts. Much of the strike material concerns a series of strikes from 1921 to 1932 to obtain shorter work hours. The fight for the...

Scope and Content of the records From the Collection: The records, 1895-1939, 1948-1970, of the Atlanta Typographical Union, Local 48, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, and printed material. They illuminate in detail the activities of the local -- membership campaigns, internal judicial and business matters, dealings with the Atlanta Typothetae and individual employers, and strikes and lockouts. Much of the strike material concerns a series of strikes from 1921 to 1932 to obtain shorter work hours. The fight for the...