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Freddie Elmer Halstead papers
Collection
Identifier: L1972-41
Abstract:
Fred Halstead worked as an organizer for the Textile Workers Union of America throughout the South during the 1950s and 1960s, and took part in strikes in South Georgia and Alabama. Halstead's papers include Textile Workers Union of America activity reports relating his various organizing campaigns, 1959, 1961-1967. The papers include histories of strikes in South Georgia and Alabama, minutes of the Los Angeles Joint Board, correspondence and printed material.
Dates:
1953-1967
Found in:
Special Collections
Textile Workers Union of America, Northwest Georgia Joint Board records
Collection
Identifier: L1980-22
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,...
Dates:
1949-1976
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Celanese Fibers Company (Rome, Ga.) 1
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- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 689 (Rome, Ga.) 1
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