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Communications Workers of America, Local 3290 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-03
Abstract: The collection consists of the records of Local 3290 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the Communications Workers of America from 1947-1966. Mainly includes correspondence and contains information on Local 3290 officers' attempt to disaffiliate from the CWA, Local 3290's subsequent placement under a temporary administrator, and the struggle between the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to determine the national bargaining agent for Western Electric Company installers. Also includes minutes,...
Dates: 1947-1966

Communications Workers of America records, Local 3108 (Orlando, Fla.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-42
Abstract:

The Communications Workers of America, Local 3108 (1965-1972), collection contains minutes, newspaper clippings, and printed material regarding the politics, legislation, strikes, and history of dues and wages of the Local 2108.

Dates: 1965-1973

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

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-01
Abstract:

The Communications Workers of America, Local 3250 (Atlanta, Ga.) Records, 1935-1945, contain correspondence, minutes, memos, and printed items highlighting the relationship between the Branch 3101 of the Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers (a predecessor of Local 3250) and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Dates: 1935-1945

Communications Workers of America, Southern Georgia District (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-20
Abstract:

The Communications Workers of America records, Southern Georgia District (Atlanta, Ga.), 1947, 1968-1978 consist of sound films and manuscripts concerning a 1947 attempt by the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company to remove so-called professional employees from the union's bargaining unit.

Dates: 1947, 1968-1978

Curlee Clothing Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1981-09
Abstract:

The Curlee Clothing Company collection, 1938, contain materials on the treatment of organized labor by the company.

Dates: 1938

D. Bruce Shine collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1983-17
Abstract:

D. Bruce Shine worked as an attorney in Kingsport, Tennessee. He specialized in labor law and served as the General Council for the United Textile Workers of America. The D. Bruce Shine collection, 1928-1982, consists of legal case files and personal files.

Dates: 1928-1996

D. S. Acree collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-71
Abstract:

The D. S. Acree Collection, 1941-1972, contains correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, and printed materials related to his work with the Painters International Offices and Painters Local Union 193.

Dates: 1941-1972

David Herman papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-20
Abstract:

The David Herman Papers, 1954-1967, contains scrapbook materials, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and printed materials relating to his presidency of the Hotel Employee's and Bartenders International Union, Local 6 (New York, NY); his work as an organizer of the Hotel Employees' Union, Local 255 (Miami, FL); the hotel employees' strike, 1955-1959, and his campaign for Miami City Council in 1967.

Dates: 1954-1967

David Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-02
Abstract:

The David Williams collection contains correspondence and minutes between the Georgia Railway and Power Company and a committee representing the company's employees as well as agreements between the company and the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Local 732 and other documents including newspaper clippings, memoranda, bulletins and President Wilson's proclamation creating the National War Labor Board.

Dates: 1918

Davy Paul Laborde, Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1991-18
Abstract:

Davy Paul Laborde, Sr. (1917-1991) was a fifty-year member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 1846, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The papers include membership cards, dues books, photographs, newspaper articles, centennial anniversary mementos, an assortment of books on labor unions, and artifacts.

Dates: 1884-1987; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1983

Decatur Area Labor Council (Decatur, Ala.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-21
Abstract:

The collection consists of records of the AFL-CIO, Decatur Area Labor Council (Decatur, Ala.) from 1953-1983. The records are comprised mainly of minutes (1957-1983) documenting the Council's activities, correspondence (1970-1971), and printed materials.

Dates: 1953-1983

DeKalb General Hospital mass resignation records

 Collection
Identifier: L1995-01
Abstract: In 1968, the nurses at DeKalb General Hospital elected to form a local unit of the Georgia State Nurses Association to act as their bargaining agent for collective bargaining purposes. The Hospital administration refused to budge and over 100 nurses resigned in protest. The collection consists of records pertaining to the mass resignation of nurses at DeKalb General Hospital in 1968-1969. These records were collected by Cathleen Conway Johnson while researching her doctoral thesis, "The...
Dates: 1959-1973

District of Columbia Nurses Association records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-16
Abstract: The District of Columbia Nurses Association was founded in 1903 in order to promote the advancement of the educational standards of nursing and to adopt a code of professional ethics. Later, the organization lobbied for nursing legislation, and acted as a collective bargaining agent for District of Columbia nurses. District of Columbia Nurses Association records, 1903-1977, include correspondence (1908-1974); executive board, committee, and section minutes (1903-1971); reports (1905-1971);...
Dates: 1903-1977

Don McKee papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1991-14
Abstract:

Don McKee, born in 1916, was a union organizer for the Textile Workers Union of America and a professor at Upsala College. Don McKee's Textile Workers Union of America Organizing Files consist of organizer reports from 1939 to 1949, organizing campaign publicity materials, union literature and a copy of his manuscript, "Organizing Southern Textile Workers: Early Days with the CIO."

Dates: 1939-1953, 1999

E. L. Abercrombie artifact collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2014-05
Abstract:

E. L. Abercrombie (1908-1989) served as executive secretary of Local 218 of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye House Workers International and was involved with charitable, political, and humanitarian organizations throughout his career. This collection includes numerous awards, plaques, and commendations given to Abercrombie.

Dates: 1963-1985

E. L. Abercrombie papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-49
Abstract:

E. L. Abercrombie (1908-1989), served as executive secretary of Local 218 of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye House Workers International. His papers, 1942-1982, include a letter, newspaper clippings, and a photograph collection.

Dates: 1942-1982

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

E. T. Kehrer papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1989-22
Abstract: E.T. (Edward Thomas) "Al" Kehrer (1921-1996) was a labor union official born near Brighton, Michigan. Kehrer served as the Southeastern Regional Director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) (1953-1964) and Southern Director for the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department (1965-1989). His papers, 1940-1989, include records relating to educational activities (1940-1950); professional activities files (1953-1980) containing correspondence, expense reports, and weekly calendars...
Dates: 1940-1989

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

Edmund Torbush papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-77
Abstract:

Edmund Torbush was a member of the Atlanta Typographical Union (International Typographical Union, Local 48) who worked for Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. His papers include correspondence, minutes, news clippings, printed materials, pamphlets, photographs pertaining to the International Typographical Union, the Atlanta Typographical Union, and its Women's Auxiliary. The papers also contains artifacts used in the typesetting profession.

Dates: 1906-1985

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 54
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America 19
AFL-CIO 15
United Textile Workers of America 15
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 14
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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.) 13
Textile Workers Union of America 13
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 12
Eads, Gary 11
Georgia State AFL-CIO 11
Leyden, John F. 11
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
J.P. Stevens & Co. 9
Atlanta Federation of Trades 8
General Electric Company 8
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 8
International Typographical Union 8
Kehrer, E. T. 8
Meany, George, 1894-1980 8
Eastern Air Lines 7
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 7
United States. National Labor Relations Board 7
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department 6
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 6
Communications Workers of America. District 3 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
United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada 6
Communications Workers of America 5
Southern Railway (U.S.) 5
United Mine Workers of America 5
United Steelworkers of America 5
AFL-CIO. Region 5 4
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AFL-CIO. Tennessee State Labor Council 4
AFSCME 4
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
National Federation of Federal Employees 4
North Carolina State AFL-CIO 4
Office and Professional Employees International Union 4
Ray, Richard, 1941- 4
Service Employees International Union 4
Tennessee Valley Authority 4
United Furniture Workers of America 4
United Steelworkers of America. District 35 4
Whitmire, Roy 4
A. Philip Randolph Institute 3
AFL-CIO. Alabama Labor Council 3
AFL-CIO. Asheville Central Labor Council (Asheville, N.C.) 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. Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) 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
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 3
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 3
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
Meers, Ralph 3
Northwest Airlines, inc. 3
Nunn, Louis M. 3
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union 3
Schnitzler, F. William (Frank William), 1904- 3
Smith, Stanton E. (Stanton Everett), 1905- 3
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 689 (Rome, Ga.) 3
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