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A. Steve Nance papers

 Collection
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

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

 Collection
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

AFL-CIO Region 5 (Atlanta office) records

 Collection
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

AFL-CIO Region 6 (Atlanta office) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-01
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, office memoranda and printed material maintained by the regional director’s office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1961-1969

American Federation of Musicians, Local 148-462 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L2021-03
Abstract Organized in 1901, the Atlanta Federation of Musicians is a significant chapter of the American Federation of Musicians, representing around 700 musicians throughout Georgia, including the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Columbus and Macon. The American Federation of Musicians, Local 148-462 (Atlanta, Ga.) records reflect the work of the union and local. The collection includes council meeting minutes, local meeting minutes, membership ledgers, financial ledgers, newspaper...
Dates: 1935-2018

Communications Workers of America, Local 3250 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1992-07
Abstract

The Communications Workers of America, Local 3250 (Atlanta, Ga) records, 1949-1983, consist of office files, periodicals, and grievances.

Dates: 1949-1983

E. Leon Stamey papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-03
Abstract:

E. Leon Stamey was Field Representative for the Organizing Department of the AFL-CIO, of Atlanta, Georgia. His papers, 1971-1975, include AFL-CIO organizing campaign files, subject files on other organizing campaigns, general files, correspondence, and printed material. The papers include some personal materials.

Dates: 1951-1975

Ecumenical Coalition of Working People records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-45
Abstract:

The Ecumenical Coalition of Working People was incorporated on March 15, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coalition was organized to improve the living and working conditions of workers and their families, and sought to alleviate the historical bias against trade unions in the South by conducting labor education programs and lobbying the Georgia General Assembly.

Dates: 1973-1984

Georgia AFL-CIO Journal of Labor photograph collection

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Identifier: L2004-01A
Abstract: Founded in Atlanta in 1898, the Journal of Labor documented the labor movement in Georgia. The Journal of Labor Photograph Collection, 1974-1992 (bulk 1980-1992), consists of photographic prints and negatives depicting labor functions, political events, pickets, strikes, conventions, social events, and campaigns. During the period covered by the collection, The Journal was the official newspaper of the Georgia State AFL-CIO, which ceased its publication in...
Dates: 1974-1992; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1992

Georgia Nurses' Association records

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-39
Abstract: The Georgia Nurses' Association (GNA) was founded in 1907 as a professional organization to unite nurses in Georgia, to advocate for high standards for nurses and nursing education, and to improve patient care. Minutes and proceedings, correspondence, reports, constitutions, bylaws, articles of incorporation, printed material, notes, financial records, scrapbooks, legal documents, photographs, sound recordings, and artifacts make up the records of the Georgia Nurses' Association and document...
Dates: 1903-1998

Herman B. Adkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-25
Abstract: Herman Adkins (1918-1999) was an organizer and regional director in Tennessee and Georgia for United Mine Workers of America District 50, the UMWA's "national department" for industrial workers. Adkins was a board member during the period when District 50 was an independent unit within the UMWA (1961-1968). When District 50 became a separate entity, International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of America and Canada, Adkins continued to serve as its Atlanta regional...
Dates: 1941-1982

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 46 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-26
Abstract:

The collection consists of records of District Lodge 46 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the International Association of Machinists from 1937-1965. Consists primarily of correspondence and contracts relating to union recognition and contract negotiation.

Dates: 1937-1965

International Association of Machinists, Local 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-29
Abstract:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 2 is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its records consist of correspondence between employers and the local, administrative files and various records, financial records and statements, artifacts, speeches and speech materials, newspaper clippings, strike information, and various subject files.

Dates: 1946-1986

Jacobs and Langford law firm records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-12
Abstract:

Jacobs and Langford, law firm of partners Joseph Jacobs and James T. Langford, in Atlanta, Georgia. The records consist of case files.

Dates: 1945-1984

North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-13
Abstract The North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council (NGBCTC) represents the legal interests of building and trades unions throughout North Georgia, as well as promoting the livelihood of local building trades and settling jurisdictional disputes between unions. These records (circa 1950s-2000s) consist of periodicals, political materials, correspondence, collective bargaining materials, contracts, minutes, charity and event organization materials, directories, project materials,...
Dates: 1950s-2000s

North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-13-A
Abstract

The North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council records consist of correspondence, legal files, financial records, contractor files, and minutes. Most of the materials date from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

Dates: 1957-1984

United Farmworkers of America, Atlanta Office records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-33
Abstract: The collection consists of the records of the Atlanta Office of the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) from 1967-1978. Includes minutes (1974), international office memos and reports (1968-1978), and pamphlets (1967-1977). The bulk of the records are printed materials mass-produced by UFWA International and the National Worker Ministry. Contains publicity and fund-raising materials, boycott materials relating to the nation-wide boycott of non-UFWA lettuce, table grapes, Gallo wines, and...
Dates: 1967-1978

United Steelworkers of America contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_USWA
Abstract:

The collection consists of 342 agreements, 1943-1974, between various local unions of the United Steelworkers of America and manufacturers.

Dates: 1943-1974

United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-15
Abstract: The collection consists of records of District 35 of the United Steelworkers of America from 1940-1987. Contains mainly correspondence (1943-1987) between district directors William Crawford, Lorne Nelles, and M.C. Weston and various USA officers and departments, including USA President David McDonald, field representatives, and local unions mainly discussing organizing activities, contract negotiation, and strike activities. The company files (1943-1987) concern negotiations and...
Dates: 1945-1987

United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-34
Abstract:

The United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records date 1940-1973, when the district included Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. The records consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, legal documents, and printed material.

Dates: 1940-1973

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United Steelworkers of America. District 35 3
AFL-CIO 2
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 2
AFL-CIO. Region 6 2
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 2
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J.P. Stevens & Co. 2
Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 2
North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council 2
AFL-CIO. Human Resources Development Institute 1
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Adkins, Herman B. 1
American Federation of Labor 1
American Federation of Musicians 1
American Nurses Association 1
Atlanta Area Technical School 1
Atlanta Ballet 1
Atlanta Community Relations Commission 1
Atlanta Federation of Musicians 1
Atlanta Federation of Trades 1
Atlanta Region Open Housing Coalition 1
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1
Atlantic Steel Company 1
Board of Examiners of Nurses for Georgia 1
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local 8 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees 1
Cates, Mary 1
Communications Workers of America. Local 3250 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 1
Ditchfield, Alda 1
Eastern Air Lines 1
Ecumenical Coalition of Working People 1
Foote and Davies Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
General Electric Company 1
Georgia League of Nursing Education 1
Georgia Nurses' Association 1
Georgia State AFL-CIO 1
Georgia State Organization for Public Health Nursing 1
Green, Herb (Herbert C.) 1
Hice, Robert 1
Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Association of Machinists. District Lodge 46 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Local 1946 (Augusta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1
International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of the United States and Canada 1
International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America 1
Irwin, Joseph, Reverend 1
Jackson, Jesse 1
Jacobs and Langford (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation 1
Jones, Ben 1
Kehrer, E. T. 1
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1
Kravit, Stanley 1
Laborers' International Union of North America 1
Langford, James T. 1
Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union 1
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 1
Link-Belt Company 1
Mabry, Herbert H., 1929-2011 1
Mathias, Charles, 1913- 1
McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979 1
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 1
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018 1
Nance, A. Steve, 1895-1938 1
National League of Nursing Education (U.S.) 1
National Organization for Public Health Nursing (U.S.) 1
National Student Nurses' Association (U.S.) 1
Office and Professional Employees International Union 1
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.) 1
Ray, Richard, 1941- 1
Rucker, Walter Clifford, 1936- 1
Sala, James 1
Singleton, Oliver W., 1908-1989 1
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 1
Southern Cross Industries 1
Southern Railway (U.S.) 1
Stamey, E. Leon 1
Textile Workers Union of America 1
True, Martha, 1924-2008 1
Turpeau, Aaron 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America 1
United Farm Workers of America. Atlanta Office 1
United Mine Workers of America 1
United Mine Workers of America. District 50 1
United States. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 1
United Steelworkers of America 1
Van de Vrede, Jane, 1880-1972 1
Young, Andrew, 1932- 1
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