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AFL-CIO Region 5 (Atlanta office) records
AFL-CIO Region 5 (known as Region 6 until 1973) encompassed Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The records consists of correspondence, newsletters, memos and reports, covering AFL-CIO's stand on political issues and candidates for office, lobbying, political campaigns, internal problems, and general business.
AFL-CIO Region 6 (Atlanta office) records
The collection consists of correspondence, office memoranda and printed material maintained by the regional director’s office in Atlanta, Georgia.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) records
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) records
Atlanta Labor Council records
The Atlanta Labor Council was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Atlanta Federation of Trades, AFL, and the Atlanta Industrial Union Council, CIO. Its records are composed of proceedings, constitutions, contracts, convention materials, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed material of the Atlanta Labor Council and affiliated organizations, 1965-1990 (bulk 1967-1980).
Augusta Federation of Trades records
Charles L. Ross papers
David Herman papers
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.
DeKalb General Hospital mass resignation records
Freddie Elmer Halstead papers
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.
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic and Allied Workers Union records
International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) records
International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) received its charter on January 9, 1963. Its records, 1962-1973, are composed of general subject files, correspondence and financial documents.
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 480 (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) records
International Association of Machinists, Local 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) records
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 2 is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its records consist of correspondence between employers and the local, administrative files and various records, financial records and statements, artifacts, speeches and speech materials, newspaper clippings, strike information, and various subject files.
International Woodworkers of America, District 4 records
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.
Jimi Richards collection
Jimi Richards served as the Secretary-Treasurer and Manager of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 728, Atlanta (Ga.). The Jimi Richards collection, 1988-2003, contains correspondence, organizing materials, agreements, bylaws, local newsletters, election materials, printed materials, videocassette tapes, and case documents of Locals 728, 528, and 928 (Atlanta, Ga.)
Marc R. Levinson papers
Mississippi State AFL-CIO records
Scripto strike records
The collection documents the strike (1964-1965) at Atlanta's Scripto Corporation manufacturing plant. The records of the Scripto strike, 1963-1968, 1996, 1999 consist of contemporary legal and union documents, newspaper articles, and photographs. Transcripts of interviews conducted in 1996 and a published article round out the collection.
The Uprising of '34 collection
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.
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- Biemiller, Andrew J. (Andrew John), 1906-1982 1
- Bonanno, Nicholas S. 1
- Cagle (Firm : Camilla, Ga.) 1
- Celanese Fibers Company (Rome, Ga.) 1
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- Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980 1
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- Hard Times Productions, Inc. 1
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- Herman, David (Labor leader) 1
- Hoffa, James P., 1941- 1
- Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 255 (Miami, Fla.) 1
- Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.) 1
- International Association of Fire Fighters. Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) 1
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 1
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 480 (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) 1
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Women's Auxilliary 404 Atomettes (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) 1
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 528 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 728 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- International Chemical Workers Union 1
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- International Molders and Allied Workers Union. Local 48 (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1
- International Woodworkers of America 1
- International Woodworkers of America. District 4 1
- Jackson Police Officers Association (Jackson, Miss.) 1
- Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 1
- Johnson, Cathleen Conway 1
- Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985 1
- Kehrer, E. T. 1
- King, Coretta Scott 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- Knight, Thomas, 1919- 1
- Levinson, Marc R. 1
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- Overnite Transportation Company 1
- Powell, Daniel A., 1911- 1
- Ramsay, Claude E., 1916-1986 1
- Ray, Richard, 1941- 1
- Research Consortium for the Southwide Textile Strike of 1934 1
- Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 1
- Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 1
- Richards, Jimi (James E.) 1
- Rieve, Emil, 1892-1975 1
- Riffe, John, 1904-1958 1
- Ross, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1914-1984 1
- Schnitzler, F. William (Frank William), 1904- 1
- Scripto (Firm : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Shanker, Albert 1
- Singleton, Oliver W., 1908-1989 1
- Smith, Frank E. (Frank Ellis), 1918-1997 1
- Smith, Stanton E. (Stanton Everett), 1905- 1
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
- State Advisory Committee for the Mississippi Employment Security Commission 1
- Stoney, George C. 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 689 (Rome, Ga.) 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Los Angeles Joint Board 1 ∧ less