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7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: M219
Abstract The 7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) records give a view into the daily operations of a major local theatre. Founded by Del Hamilton and Faye Allen in 1979 in Little Five Points, Atlanta, the humble beginnings took off to showcase productions not only by famous play wrights but also emerging international and local theatrical groups. The prolific series of productions over the course of 30 plus years culminated into a creative gem, addressing complex issues that face contemporary society. The...
Dates: 1960-2014; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2010
Found in: Special Collections

9to5 Atlanta Working Women records

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Identifier: L2005-08
Abstract: Established in 1973, 9to5 Working Women focuses on creating and implementing family-friendly policies to help working people balance responsibilities at home and on the job, making nonstandard jobs voluntary and equitable so that those working part-time or temporary positions receive fair pay and benefits, eliminating workplace discrimination through education about legal rights on the job, monitoring enforcement agencies and expanding anti-discrimination laws, and opposing punitive welfare...
Dates: 1972-2009; Majority of material found within 1984 - 2006
Found in: Special Collections

19th and 20th Century Labor Prints collection

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Identifier: L1979-40
Abstracct

19th and 20th Century Labor Prints Collection: This collection includes cartoons, realistic illustrations, and photographic reproductions that depict workers, unions, strikes, and labor leaders.

Dates: 1844-1908
Found in: Special Collections

A. R. Marshall arbitration records

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Identifier: L1980-07N
Abstract

The A. R. Marshall Arbitration records, 1942-1983, consist of professional files, arbitration case files, publications and contracts between unions and companies.

Dates: 1942-1983
Found in: Special Collections

A. Steve Nance papers

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Identifier: L1999-04
Abstract: A. Steve Nance was a key figure in Southern labor history during the 1930s. He was President of the Atlanta Federation of Trades, and worked with the Textile Workers Organizing Committee in Georgia, as well as throughout the South. Nance also worked with the fledgling alternative state labor federation in Georgia during 1937. The A. Steve Nance papers contain correspondence, speech transcripts, Georgia Federation of Labor memos, NLRB mediation files for two Atlanta hat manufacturers, and...
Dates: 1930-1956; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1938
Found in: Special Collections

"A Woman's Place" records

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Identifier: W013
Abstract

Polly Simpson and others began "A Woman’s Place," a clearinghouse for women's resources as well as an organization for women, in June 1980. The collection consists of business plans and membership materials pertaining to the organization and activities of "A Woman's Place," 1980-1983.

Dates: 1980-1983
Found in: Special Collections

Activist Women Oral History Project

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Identifier: W071
Abstract The Activist Women Oral History Project was established in 2006, and forms part of the Archives for Research on Women. This project is broad in scope, and the subject matter includes domestic violence, women's health and reproductive justice, politics, policy making and the law, child sex trafficking, philanthropy, community activism, art and culture, equality in the workplace, civil rights, and LGBTQ activism. The ongoing and growing Activist Women Oral History Project contains over 40 oral...
Dates: 2005-2016
Found in: Special Collections

Adair, Goldthwaite, Stanford and Daniel records

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Identifier: L1973-03
Abstract: Adair, Goldthwaite, Stanford and Daniel were attorneys for union members. Their records contain the discharge cases and arbitration transcripts that resulted from the strike of the Communications Workers of America against Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1955-1956; legal case files involving the strike of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Local 748 versus the Jefferson City (Tennessee) Cabinet Company (a division of the Magnavox Company),...
Dates: 1955-1971
Found in: Special Collections

Adolph M. Koven arbitration records

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Identifier: L1989-25
Abstract Adolph M. Koven (1917-1990) was an arbitration lawyer active in the San Francisco area. He co-authored Just Cause: The Seven Tests and Alcohol-Related Misconduct. The records consist of his arbitration case files, 1964-1987. Many files relate to Koven's arbitration work with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART), United Can Company, Northern California Homebuilders Union, Stanford University and the University of San...
Dates: 1964-1987, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Affirmative Action Office records

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Identifier: G07-AAO
Scope and Contents of the Records

Files including correspondence comprise the records, 1972-1994, of the Georgia State University Affirmative Action Office (later known as Opportunity Development and Diversity Education Planning).

Dates: 1972-1994, undated
Found in: Georgia State University Archives

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records

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Identifier: L1986-01
Abstract

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records, 1969-1983, consist of press releases, educational materials, publications, and correspondence. Shortly after the merger in 1955, the AFL-CIO set up a Civil Rights Department, which was designed to investigate various fields of civil rights activity.

Dates: 1969-1983
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records

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Identifier: L1985-16
Abstract:

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records, 1974-1984, consists of correspondence and printed materials pertaining to E.T. Kehrer's involvement with community action groups.

Dates: 1974-1984
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Region records

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Identifier: L1988-22
Abstract:

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Region records consist of newsletters, correspondence, training manuals, news articles, newsletters and summaries of events, 1966-1986.

Dates: 1966-1986
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southern Office records

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Identifier: L1983-26
Abstract: The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship...
Dates: 1964-1979
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southern Region records

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Identifier: L1973-05
Abstract:

The Records, 1963-1972, of the Civil Rights Department of the AFL-CIO Southern Region consist primarily of printed material and correspondence of private groups, government commissions, and committees from organized labor, working in the various fields of civil rights activity--equal and open housing, school desegregation, human relations, and fair and equal employment opportunities.

Dates: 1963-1972
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE), Area 3 records

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Identifier: L1982-41
Abstract:

The AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) Area 3 covers the region comprising Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Its records, 1970-1979, consist primarily of correspondence and printed material generated by the state labor federations in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina and West Virginia.

Dates: 1947-1979
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE), Area 3 records

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Identifier: L1990-03
Abstract: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) Area 3 comprised Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. COPE’s main purpose was to solicit and encourage voting and voter registration, especially among women, minority, senior citizen and youth voters. The records of AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, Area 3, 1964-1984, contain correspondence, field reports, news clippings, surveys, reports, memoranda, political fund-raising materials,...
Dates: 1962-1984
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Council of Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Fla.) records

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Identifier: L1973-34
Abstract: Originally organized as the Jacksonville (Florida) Central Labor Council, the Council changed its name to the AFL-CIO Council of Jacksonville around 1970. The collection consists of records of the AFL-CIO Council of Jacksonville and its predecessor, the Jacksonville Central Labor Council, from 1956-1973, and includes correspondence, financial documents, minutes of the Jacksonville Central Labor Union and Council of Leadership for Community Advancement, general office files, and printed...
Dates: 1956-1973
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute (Atlanta Office) records

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Identifier: L1979-30
Abstract: AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute (Atlanta Office) Records, 1968-1977, contain correspondence, minutes, reports, pamphlets, and periodicals, relating to manpower and job training programs, including Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, 1973, and guidelines for applying for U.S. government grants. Persons and organizations represented include Aaron Turpeau, Walter Clifford Rucker, Atlanta Area Technical School, Atlanta Community Relations Commission, Atlanta Region Open...
Dates: 1968-1977
Found in: Special Collections

AFL-CIO Region 5 (Atlanta office) records

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Identifier: L1982-38
Abstract: The collection consists of records of the AFL-CIO Region 5 (Atlanta, Ga.) and its predecessor, AFL-CIO Region 6 from 1947-1981. Includes correspondence, newsletters, memoranda, proceedings, reports, and printed materials. Materials document the activities of state and local union organizations, labor councils, the AFL, the CIO, and AFL-CIO departments pertaining to political issues, candidates for office, political campaigns, lobbying, the Don Luna case and trial, the J.P. Stevens...
Dates: 1947-1981
Found in: Special Collections

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WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.) 18
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 13
Textile Workers Union of America 13
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Georgia Women's Political Caucus 11
American Federation of Labor 10
International Association of Machinists 10
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 10
International Typographical Union 10
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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 9
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Meany, George, 1894-1980 9
Atlanta Federation of Trades 8
General Electric Company 8
Georgia State University. College of Business Administration 8
Georgia State University. Women's Studies Institute 8
J.P. Stevens & Co. 8
National Organization for Women 8
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International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America 7
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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 7
United States. National Labor Relations Board 7
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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 6
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 5
Ray, Richard, 1941- 5
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United States. Federal Aviation Administration 5
United Steelworkers of America 5
AFL-CIO. Asheville Central Labor Council (Asheville, N.C.) 4
AFL-CIO. Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) 4
AFL-CIO. Tennessee State Labor Council 4
AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Air Line Pilots Association 4
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Baldanzi, George 4
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 4
Florida AFL-CIO 4
Georgia NOW 4
Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence 4
Georgia State College (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Georgia State University. College of Urban Life 4
Georgia State University. Office of the Dean of Students 4
Georgia State University. Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs 4
Georgia. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
Graphic Communications International Union 4
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union Local 527 (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
International Typographical Union. Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
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Jervis, John E. (John Elwood), 1909-1984 4
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League of Women Voters of Georgia 4
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 4
Mercer, Ginger (Elizabeth Meltzer), 1909-1994 4
Mitchell, David Yoakley 4
National Federation of Federal Employees 4
National Organization for Women. Atlanta Chapter 4
North Carolina State AFL-CIO 4
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Suttles, William M., 1920-2003 4
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