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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
Found in:
Special Collections
AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE), Area 3 records
Collection
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 Committee on Political Education (COPE), Area 3 records
Collection
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 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
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Joint Board records
Collection
Identifier: L1996-16
Abstract:
The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Joint Board collection contains grievance files, arbitration files, newspaper clippings, publications, meeting minutes, training manuals, contracts, negotiations, union-management meeting transcripts, and correspondence from 1963-1993.
Dates:
1963-1993
Found in:
Special Collections
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1935-2018
Found in:
Special Collections
Andrew P. McElroy, Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: L1980-02
Abstract:
Andrew P. McElroy, Sr. (1863-1921) immigrated to America from Scotland in 1882. A skilled stonecutter, he settled in Atlanta where he was in charge of all stonework in the building of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary from 1903 to 1917. During and prior to this time, he was very active in union work both locally and nationally. His papers, 1884-1935, contain personal letters and printed material; photographs; and an artifact collection containing stonemason tools and convention and parade...
Dates:
1884-1935
Found in:
Special Collections
Anne L. Harper papers
Collection
Identifier: W054
Abstract:
Anne L. Harper is a civic leader in Atlanta, using her expertise as an educator and a business consultant to further the cause of girls' participation in athletics. The Anne L. Harper papers consist of files relating to her effort to draft a state bill and launch activities to further enforce the federal Title IX law.
Dates:
1979-1980, 1995-2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Anne Olson papers
Collection
Identifier: W022
Abstract:
Anne Olson has had a long-standing interest in feminist and human rights issues: She has been an active participant in a number of community organizations, including the Dekalb League of Women Voters (1966-1968) and The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (1969-1972). The collection contains materials (pamphlets, flyers, clippings, memos and correspondence) related to Olson's interest in women's rights and support of ERA ratification, 1970-1982, her involvement in the Georgia Women's...
Dates:
1894-1938, circa 1965-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
Augusta Federation of Trades records
Collection
Identifier: L1977-21
Abstract:
The collection consists of the records of the Augusta Federation of Trade (AFT) from 1958-1974 and its predecessor, the Augusta Central Labor Union (ACLU), from 1943-1957. Includes minutes of the ACLU (1943-1957) outlining concerns of the organization, efforts to protect a local labor newspaper from advertising encroachment, and support for the Augusta bus drivers strike (1953-1955). Also contains minutes of the AFT (1965-1969), correspondence (1965-1974), financial documents (1963-1974),...
Dates:
1943-1974
Found in:
Special Collections
Beth S. Schapiro papers
Collection
Identifier: W002
Abstract:
Beth Schapiro has been active and held offices with several Georgia and national organizations including the Feminist Action Alliance, Inc., ERA Georgia, Inc. (formerly Georgia Council for the ERA), the Women's Political Caucus, and Women Business Owners, Inc. The Schapiro Papers are organized into seven series: (I) Organizations and issues; (II) Appointments, boards, and panels; (III) Subject files; (IV)Women political candidates; (V) General correspondence; (VI) Miscellaneous personal...
Dates:
circa 1970-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
Betty Grant papers
Collection
Identifier: W123
Abstract:
Betty Grant served as the president of the Georgia chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), 1988-early 1990s. The Betty Grant papers include office files pertaining to the activities of the Georgia NOW during her time serving the organization in various roles, including that of president, as well as photographs and artifacts.
Dates:
1976-1991; Majority of material found within 1988 - 1990
Found in:
Special Collections
Billy Carrier papers
Collection
Identifier: M032
Abstract:
William S. Carrier ("Billy") was a guitarist and member of the popular Swanee River Boys, playing white southern gospel as well as traditional folk songs and African-American spirituals. In 1941, the group joined WSB Radio's "Barn Dance," broadcast from Atlanta. In 1952, Carrier left the Swanee River Boys, but he continued to perform in the Landmark Church Quartet until May 1956. His papers contain fifty-seven photographs and a photocopy of a datebook recording Swanee River Boys engagements,...
Dates:
circa 1935-1957
Found in:
Special Collections
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, System Board 96 records
Collection
Identifier: L1989-18
Scope and Content of the Records
These records, spanning 1918-1978, contain correspondence, reference material, minutes and proceedings, agreements and union constitutions, legal documents, and financial documents. They reflect Edgar McDonald Broom's service to the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline and Steamship Clerks, as System Board 96's Assistant General Chairman, General Chairman, General Chairman Emeritus and as a student at Harvard's Trade Union Program. Most of the records relate to Southern Railway workers and the...
Dates:
1918-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
Building and Construction Trades contract collection
Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_BCT
Scope and Content of the Collection
This collection contains thiurty contracts dated 1936-1996.
Dates:
1936-1996
Found in:
Special Collections
Carolyn Newton Curry research collection
Collection
Identifier: W210
Scope and Content of the Collection
Carolyn Newton Curry's research collection related to her biographical work on Ella Gertude Clanton Thomas (1848-1889). Materials include copies of legal documents, copies of newspaper articles, note cards, conference proceedings, teaching work, and manuscripts. The subject topics include women's history, identity of women, and bibliographic notes for her published book, Suffer and Grow Strong. The research collection includes Curry's copies of Ella Gertude Clanton...
Dates:
1780-2015
Found in:
Special Collections
Citizens' Fact Finding Movement of Georgia records
Collection
Identifier: L1984-30
Abstract:
The Citizens' Fact Finding Movement was a statewide self-examination led by seventeen organizations. Its records, 1937-1940, consist of publications produced by the organization, including reports on the penal system; taxation; politics; religious, civic and social institutions; and a wide range of economic issues.
Dates:
1937-1940
Found in:
Special Collections
Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment Depo Diaries records
Collection
Identifier: W114
Abstract:
Formed in 2001, the Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment is a multi-racial alliance of feminist community organizers, scholarly activists, and health practitioners committed to promoting the social and economic empowerment of women in a context of global peace and justice; and to eliminating poverty. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, and printed materials pertaining to the organization and activities of the Depo Diaries, a national storytelling project...
Dates:
1999-2008
Found in:
Special Collections