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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Southeast Regional Office records

 Collection
Identifier: L1996-14
Abstract:

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Southeast Regional Office records, circa 1950s-1990s, contain correspondence, business contracts, negotiations, agreements, court documents, and strike materials. Also represented are audio tapes, video tapes, photography, and plaques.

Dates: circa 1950s-1990s

International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 926 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-24
Abstract:

The records of International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 926 (Atlanta, Ga.), 1927-1971, consist of the files kept by Tommy Archer as financial secretary of the local from 1949, as treasurer of the International's General Pension Fund, 1957-1966, and as President of the South Atlantic Conference of Operating Engineers, 1958-1959.

Dates: 1927-1971

International Woodworkers of America contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_IWA
Abstract:

The International Woodworkers of America existed from 1937 until merging into the International Association of Machinists in 1994. The collection consists of 266 agreements, 1938-1970.

Dates: 1938-1970

International Woodworkers of America, District 4 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-22
Abstract

The International Woodworkers of America, Southern Region headquarters was located in Atlanta, Georgia, until 1958, when it was relocated to Memphis, Tennessee. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, weekly work reports, minutes, notes and proposals of contract negotiations, photographs and printed materials. There are also materials related to Local 5-51 of Louisville, Kentucky.

Dates: 1943-1959

International Woodworkers of America, Southern States Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L1992-10
Abstract:

International Woodworkers of America, Southern States Region, served as an administrative hub for all the Woodworkers locals throughout the Southeastern United States. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, weekly work reports, minutes, notes and proposals of contract negotiations, correspondence, and administration files representing numerous IWA branches and locals.

Dates: 1940s-1980s

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

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

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

Nicholas S. Bonanno papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1999-09
Scope and Contents of the Papers

Consists of benefits information, company files, and merger information.

Dates: 1982-1997

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Southeastern Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-18
Abstract: The collection consists of records of the Southeastern Region of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (formed 1954) and its predecessor, the United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees of America, from 1940-1968. Contains primarily company files which include cases brought before the National Labor Relations Board dealing mainly with elections and unfair labor practice charges. Also includes correspondence (1940-1967), minutes (1959-1961), financial documents...
Dates: 1940-1968; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1964

Service Employees International Union, Southern Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-40
Abstract: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) represents health care workers, government workers, and property services workers (food, janitorial and security services). Formed in 1921 as the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU) as part of the AFL, the union changed its name in 1968. The Service Employees International Union, Southern Region records (1940-1945; 1951-1975) consists of correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, legal documents, contract...
Dates: 1940-1945, 1951-1975

Southern States Apprenticeship Conference records

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-19
Abstract:

The Southern States Apprenticeship Conference (SSAC) records include documentation for all stages of preparation, planning, operation, participation, and activity of the annual conference.

Dates: 1951-1991; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1977

Stanton E. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-30
Abstract:

Stanton E. Smith (born 1905) was a labor leader in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He served as President of the Tennessee Federation of Labor and of the Tennessee State Labor Council. Smith's papers, 1938-1973, are comprised primarily of correspondence and other documents relating to his duties in those organizations, the Chattanooga Central Labor Union, and the Southern Labor School. The papers also include photographs and printed material.

Dates: 1938-1973

Stetson Kennedy papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-37
Abstract: Kennedy's career as an author began in the 1930s when he worked as both a writer and an editor on the Federal Writers Project guide to Florida. The Papers, 1933-1981, of Stetson Kennedy comprise correspondence; subject files on various organizations, individuals, and ideas; typescripts of articles written by Kennedy; newsclippings; press releases; bulletins and fliers; pamphlets; periodicals; and photographs. Anyone interested in primary source material on the pioneering struggles to...
Dates: 1933-1981

The Uprising of '34 collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1995-13
Abstract

The collection consists of oral history interviews and transcripts, production footage and publicity materials related to the creation of the "Uprising of '34" documentary. Veterans or their descendants were interviewed about mill life, work conditions, southern culture, as well as the strike itself. These interviews were incorporated into the production itself.

Dates: 1987-1995

The Uprising of '34 collection interviews

 Collection
Identifier: L1995-13-OH
Abstract

In 1934, Southern textile workers took the lead in a nationwide strike that saw half a million workers walk off their jobs in the largest single-industry strike in the history of the United States. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.

Dates: 1987-1995

United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-34
Abstract:

The Records, 1943-1969, of the United Packinghouse Workers of America consist largely of photographs, but also include a file of correspondence, newsclippings, pamphlets, and handbills.

Dates: 1943-1968

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: L1975-21
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 USWA officers and departments, including USWA President David McDonald, field representatives, and local unions mainly discussing organizing activities, contract negotiation, and strike activities; as well as company files (1943-1957); minutes of the...
Dates: 1940-1974

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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AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department 6
Kehrer, E. T. 6
J.P. Stevens & Co. 5
United Textile Workers of America 5
AFL-CIO. Region 5 4
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 4
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 4
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A. Philip Randolph Institute 3
AFL-CIO. Region 6 3
Communications Workers of America. District 3 3
General Electric Company 3
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Southeast Region 3
International Woodworkers of America 3
United Steelworkers of America. District 35 3
AFL-CIO 2
AFL-CIO. Alabama Labor Council 2
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education. Area 3 2
AFL-CIO. Executive Council 2
AFL-CIO. Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) 2
AFL-CIO. Tennessee State Labor Council 2
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Southern Region 2
Atlantic Steel Company 2
Bonanno, Nicholas S. 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Dowler, Clement 2
Helfand, Judith 2
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 2
McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979 2
McGill, Eula, 1911-2003 2
Meany, George, 1894-1980 2
National Council of Senior Citizens 2
National Urban League 2
Sala, James 2
Singleton, Oliver W., 1908-1989 2
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 2
Southern Railway (U.S.) 2
Stoney, George C. 2
AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council 1
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 1
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education. Women's Activities Dept. 1
AFL-CIO. Railway Employes' Department 1
Abel, I. W. (Iorwith Wilbur), 1908-1987 1
Abercrombie, E. L. 1
Acree, D. S. (Dorsey S.) 1
Adair, Thomas S. 1
Alabama State Industrial Union Council 1
Allied Kingsport Press Unions 1
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union. Southern Regional Joint Board (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Joint Board 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Southern Region 1
American Federation of Labor 1
American Federation of Labor. Southern Region 1
American Federation of Teachers 1
Archer, Thomas D. 1
Atlanta Federation of Trades 1
Atlanta Housing Authority 1
Atlanta Newspapers (Firm : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company 1
Bader, Jesse M. (Jesse Moren) 1
Baldanzi, George 1
Barber, Harry T. 1
Barkan, Alexander E. 1
Brewton Fashions 1
Broom, E. M. (Edgar McDonald) 1
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. District Council 38 1
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. Local 193 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employes 1
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employes. Southern Railroad System Board of Adjustment 1
Building Service Employees' International Union 1
Central of Georgia Railway 1
Chattanooga Central Labor Union 1
Christopher, Paul R. 1
Clement, Frank Goad 1
Clitheroe, William E. 1
Communications Workers of America 1
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.). Community Relations Department 1
Cook, Clair Marvin 1
Cox, Val 1
Dean, Everett 1
Democratic National Convention (1952 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Derrick, Earl 1
Disney World Service Trade Council 1
Dixie Manufacturing Company 1
Dodge, David Witherspoon 1
Farah Manufacturing Company 1
Fritschle, C. E. 1
Georgia State AFL-CIO 1
Georgia. Department of Labor 1
Googe, George Logan 1
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Guthrie, Woody 1
Haberthear, Harry 1
Haigler, Carey 1
Haley, Benjamin Franklin 1
Hall, Cameron P. 1
Halstead, Freddie Elmer 1
Handler, Jack G. 1
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