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John E. Jervis papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-44
Abstract: John Elwood Jervis (1909-1984), born in Marshall, North Carolina, was President Asheville Central Labor Union (1950-1976) and member, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 384. The collection, 1888-1974 (bulk 1958-1974), contains minutes (1917-1919, 1961, 1965), legal documents, printed flyers, handbills, photographs, and correspondence relating to the activities of the Asheville Central Labor Union (Asheville, N.C.). Also included in the collection are the original...
Dates: 1888-1974; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1974
Found in: Special Collections

John G. Ramsay papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-05
Abstract: John Gates Ramsay, born 1902, was a steelworker early in his career, serving as a vice-president and president of local unions. He joined the new Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the CIO in 1936. From 1940 he was a member of the organizing staff of the USWA, serving in their Southern organizing drive in 1946-1953. He then worked in the national CIO office in Washington. Ramsay's unique emphasis was to develop contacts with religious leaders and groups that might be useful in the labor...
Dates: 1928-1979
Found in: Special Collections

John Sugg collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-14
Abstract:

John "Buddy" Sugg worked as a union machinist at Eastern Air Lines in the 1980s and was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). The John Sugg collection consists of video cassette tapes (VHS) on Eastern Air Lines, employee services, and broadcasts on pertinent topics for workers of the time.

Dates: 1985-1991
Found in: Special Collections

Joseph D. Gleason papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-18
Abstract: Joseph D. Gleason (1929-1982), began working with the labor movement in 1948, first with the Government and Civic Employees, CIO, then the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO. The collection consists of materials from Gleason's participation in organized labor from the early 1950s to his death in 1982. Most materials relate to his career in the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, but there are also some materials from the American...
Dates: 1952-1982
Found in: Special Collections

Joseph Jacobs papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1998-07
Abstract:

The collection contains materials related to attorney and union organizer Joseph Jacobs's work in the labor and civic community. Specifically, the papers cover his activities in the fields of labor, the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring), the Georgia Humanities Council and the Georgia Democratic Party.

Dates: 1929-1998
Found in: Special Collections

Joseph Nelson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-45
Abstract: The collection consists of papers collected by Joseph Nelson from 1970-1974 documenting a wildcat strike in 1972 against the Mead Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia by the "Mead Caucus of Rank and File Workers" as well as similar unsuccessful efforts by Atlanta, Georgia workers at Nabisco, Inc. and the Regency Hyatt House Hotel. Also contained in the collection are materials pertaining to the Printing Specialists and Paper Products Union, Local 527 (Atlanta, Ga.), the official representatives...
Dates: 1970-1974
Found in: Special Collections

Joseph Y. Garrison papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-36
Abstract

One 15 page research paper on Atlanta Labor history.

Dates: 1974
Found in: Special Collections

Józef J. Drozdowski collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2014-13
Abstract: In 1917, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) was established at a convention in Washington, DC. Florence Ethridge presented the resolution to form NFFE as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). A week later AFL issued NFFE's charter. Józef J. Drozdowski has served has NFFE National Vice President and has been involved in the organization for over twenty years. The Józef J. Drozdowski collection (1990s; 2000s) includes sixteen National Federation of Federal...
Dates: circa 1990s-2000s
Found in: Special Collections

Kentucky Nurses Association records

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Identifier: L1978-20
Abstract: The Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA) was organized in 1906 by nurses wanting to assure that those who care for patients in Kentucky are professionally trained, licensed, and regulated. The records document the founding of the Kentucky Nurses Association; its development as a professional organization concerned with the legal, economic and professional status, education, and training of nurses; its evolution as a collective bargaining agent for nurses; the day-to-day administration of the...
Dates: 1906-1990; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1977
Found in: Special Collections

Kingsport (Tennessee) Press Strike Collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-37
Abstract: The strike against Kingsport Press began March 11, 1963 and included local bodies of the bookbinders, electrotypers, machinists, printing pressmen and assistants, and typographical unions. Naming themselves the Allied Kingsport Press Unions, the unions managed the strike through the unity committee. The collection, 1961-1967, includes correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newsclippings, printed material, and photographs. Materials document the activities of the bookbinders,...
Dates: 1961-1967
Found in: Special Collections

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Area Central Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L2002-14
Abstract:

Knoxville Central Labor Union published East Tennessee Labor News from 1933-1970. The collection consists of print copies of the East Tennessee Labor News, 1945-1970. The collection also contains undated photographs and reports.

Dates: 1942-1970
Found in: Special Collections

Labor Songbooks collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Songbooks
Abstract:

The Labor Songbooks collection is an artificial collection of printed songbooks containing labor songs (1937-1988). Materials are usually received by Special Collections along with donated manuscript collections.

Dates: 1937-1988, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union contracts collection

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Identifier: L-Contracts_LaundryW
Abstract:

The collection consists of 14 agreements, 1964-1968, 1979-1977, between various local unions of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union and employers.

Dates: 1964-1968, 1976-1977
Found in: Special Collections

Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union, Local 218 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-11
Abstract:

Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye House Workers Union, Local 218 was based in Atlanta. The records of Local 218 contain correspondence, legal documents, minutes and printed material. The correspondence describes Local 218's disaffiliation from and re-affiliation with, the International Union.

Dates: 1950-1971
Found in: Special Collections

Louis M. Nunn papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-20
Abstract:

Louie Matthew Nunn was a member of the Carpenter's Local Union No. 256 (Savannah, Georgia) and served as the local's business manager for 31 years. His papers include correspondence, invitations and programs, newspaper clippings, and speeches, 1956-1957.

Dates: 1956-1975
Found in: Special Collections

M. H. Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2001-05
Abstract: Myron Howard "Mike" Ross, was born November 9, 1919. Ross worked with a number of unions as an organizer, arbitrator, and advocate in the South. He ran for elective office in North Carolina on the Progressive Party ticket. After receiving public health training, he founded the Fairmont (West Virginia) Clinic, which had the mission of providing high quality medical care for miners and their families. Administering the clinic 1958-1978, Ross developed a longstanding interest in coal miners and...
Dates: 1916-1987
Found in: Special Collections

Marc R. Levinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1983-01
Abstract: Marc R. Levinson was a journalist and news editor of Creative Loafing, an Atlanta weekly. His papers, 1975-1979, contain three series. The AFSCME Local 1644/City of Atlanta series includes correspondence, news clippings, news releases, and printed materials relating to a strike by Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) against the City of Atlanta in 1977. The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile...
Dates: 1975-1978
Found in: Special Collections

Mark Show papers

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Identifier: L2011-20
Abstract:

Mark Show papers, 2008-2017, reflect his role as financial secretary in International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Local 322 (Charlotte, N.C.), and his participation in IATSE District 7 and the Southern Piedmont Labor Council of the North Carolina State AFL-CIO. The papers financial records, contracts, training materials, and reports, notes, and agendas state, district, and international conventions.

Dates: 2008-2017
Found in: Special Collections

Martha Hamilton collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2013-01
Abstract: The Martha Hamilton Collection consists of some of Martha Hamilton's reporter notebooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, "Eastern Shuffle: songs for the Eastern picketline" songbook, Eastern Airline's termination press release, and other artifacts from Eastern Airlines during the time of the Labor Unions strike from 1988-1991 and the subsequent shutdown. Martha Hamilton began her journalism career at the Washington Post in 1972. During her time with Washington Post, she reported on the...
Dates: 1988-1991
Found in: Special Collections

Mary Lynn Walker American Federation of Government Employees collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-03
Abstract:

Mary Lynn Walker, a Georgia native, became very active in the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) in the late 1960s and rose to executive positons never before held by a female. The Mary Lynn Walker collection contains documents and newspaper articles chronicling labor employment issues such as unfair labor practices, age discrimination, and improper loans of government employment.

Dates: 1974-1975, 1979
Found in: Special Collections

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Meyers, Robert E. 11
Poli, Robert 11
Torchia, Domenic 11
AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council 10
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 10
American Federation of Labor 9
Atlanta Federation of Trades 8
General Electric Company 8
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 8
International Typographical Union 8
J.P. Stevens & Co. 8
Kehrer, E. T. 8
Meany, George, 1894-1980 8
Eastern Air Lines 7
United States. National Labor Relations Board 7
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department 6
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 6
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 6
Georgia Federation of Labor 6
International Association of Machinists 6
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America 6
North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council 6
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 6
United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada 6
Communications Workers of America 5
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AFL-CIO. Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) 4
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AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
American Nurses Association 4
Georgia Power Company 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 Woodworkers of America 4
Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 4
North Carolina State AFL-CIO 4
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Ray, Richard, 1941- 4
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Tennessee Valley Authority 4
United Steelworkers of America. District 35 4
Whitmire, Roy 4
A. Philip Randolph Institute 3
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AFL-CIO. Asheville Central Labor Council (Asheville, N.C.) 3
AFL-CIO. Region 5 3
AFL-CIO. Region 6 3
Abercrombie, E. L. 3
Air Line Pilots Association 3
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America 3
American Federation of Teachers 3
Baldanzi, George 3
Bonanno, Nicholas S. 3
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. District Council 38 3
Communications Workers of America. District 3 3
Florida AFL-CIO 3
Ford Motor Company 3
Georgia State Council of Machinists 3
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute 3
Graphic Communications International Union. Local 8-M (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada 3
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 1 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers 3
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Southeast Region 3
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Printing Specialities and Paper Products Union Local 8 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
International Typographical Union. Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers 3
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Jervis, John E. (John Elwood), 1909-1984 3
Kefauver, Estes 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 3
LaPorte, Philip A. 3
Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union. Local 218 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Lorenzo, Frank 3
Machinists Non-Partisan Political League 3
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National Federation of Federal Employees 3
Northwest Airlines, inc. 3
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Smith, Stanton E. (Stanton Everett), 1905- 3
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True, Martha, 1924-2008 3
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