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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

AFL-CIO Region 5 (Atlanta office) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-15
Abstract:

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.

Dates: 1976-1978

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

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-43
Abstract: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1951-1974, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, legal files and printed material. Included are minutes of Greater Atlanta Public Employees District Council 14, 1966-1967, 1972. The records illuminate the local's daily concern with group insurance policies, membership maintenance, pensions, organizing in greater Atlanta area (particularly DeKalb County), legislative...
Dates: 1951-1974

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-44
Abstract: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees(AFSCME), Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) represents public sector workers in the metropolitan Atlanta area, including hospital, sanitation, and other municipal workers. The records of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.), 1949-2001, include correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, petitions, constitutions, policy and procedures manuals, grievances, newspaper...
Dates: 1949-2001

American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-34
Abstract:

Local 32 of the United Federation of Postal Clerks merged into the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, Atlanta, Georgia in 1971. The records consist primarily of the administrative and office files of General President Wallace Baldwin, Jr., including correspondence, reports, minutes, constitutions and by-laws, contract negotiations, training materials, arbitration and grievances, newspaper clips, administrative files, and other printed materials.

Dates: 1966-1979

Atlanta Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-08
Abstract:

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 office files, financial documents, membership records, minutes, photographs, and printed material of the Atlanta Labor Council and affiliated organizations, 1915-1969 (bulk 1956-1969).

Dates: 1964-1975

Atlanta Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1990-21
Abstract:

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).

Dates: 1965-1990; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1980

Benjamin Franklin Haley collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-10
Abstract:

The Benjamin Franklin Haley collection, 1964-1967, contains weekly reports of Haley's work as an organizer of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Southern States Organizing Office. These reports describe metropolitan Atlanta's construction activity in terms of union employment and growth.

Dates: 1964-1967

Carmen Lucia papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-32
Abstract:

Carmen Lucia was active as union organizer, primarily for the Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers. Her papers, 1929-1976, consist of newspaper clippings describing her career, oral history interviews, and correspondence.

Dates: 1929-1976

Charles Mathias collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-31
Abstract:

The collection consists of the papers of Charles Mathias from 1951-1973, including correspondence, legal documents, and printed materials pertaining to attempts by United Steel Workers of America (Atlanta, Georgia) Field Representatives Mathias and W.R. Thrasher to sign collective bargaining agreements with Scripto and Keller Industries.

Dates: 1951-1973

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

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

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

Herman B. Adkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-25
Abstract: Herman Adkins (1918-1999) was an organizer and regional director in Tennessee and Georgia for United Mine Workers of America District 50, the UMWA's "national department" for industrial workers. Adkins was a board member during the period when District 50 was an independent unit within the UMWA (1961-1968). When District 50 became a separate entity, International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of America and Canada, Adkins continued to serve as its Atlanta regional...
Dates: 1941-1982

International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-62
Abstract:

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.

Dates: 1962-1973

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-31
Abstract:

Correspondence, financial documents, and other items, relating to collective bargaining agreements, wages, joint trade agreements, chartering new locals in the South, jurisdictional disputes with Local 55 (Mobile, Ala.), Local 67 (Tampa, Fla.), and United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada, and International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers. Correspondents include H.M. Hoffman and C.W. Sickles.

Dates: 1919-1979

International Association of Machinists, Local 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-29
Abstract:

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.

Dates: 1946-1986

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 84 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-21
Abstract:

The records of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 84, 1923-1986 (bulk 1971-1986), consist primarily of the administrative, office, and reference files of J.W. Giles, documenting the day-to-day operations of the union as well as Giles' interactions with the executive and international boards of the IBEW.

Dates: 1923-1986; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1986

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

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AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council 3
AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Atlanta Federation of Trades 3
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 3
United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada 3
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AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 2
AFSCME. Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Archer, Thomas D. 2
General Electric Company 2
Giles, J. W. (James William), 1925- 2
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 2
International Union of Operating Engineers. Local 926 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
J.P. Stevens & Co. 2
North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council 2
Scripto (Firm : Atlanta, Ga.) 2
United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada. Local 72 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
United Steelworkers of America 2
AFL-CIO 1
AFL-CIO. Region 5 1
AFL-CIO. Region 6 1
AFSCME 1
AFSCME. Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
AFSCME. Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) 1
Adkins, Herman B. 1
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. Local 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 1
American Flint Glass Workers' Union 1
American Postal Workers Union 1
American Postal Workers Union. Atlanta Local 32 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Arkwright, Preston S. (Preston Stanley), 1871-1947 1
Atlanta Building Trades Council 1
Atlanta Fire Fighters Union 1
Atlanta Housing Authority 1
Backus, Tom (Thomas H.) 1
Beirne, Joseph A. 1
Building Service Employees' International Union 1
Cagle (Firm : Camilla, Ga.) 1
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.) 1
Communications Workers of America. Local 3290 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Cox, Val 1
Creative Loafing (Firm) 1
Democratic Socialists of America 1
Georgia Electrical Workers Association 1
Georgia Federation of Labor 1
Georgia Power Company 1
Georgia Railway & Power Company 1
Georgia State AFL-CIO 1
Georgia State Council of Carpenters 1
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Haley, Benjamin Franklin 1
Hoffa, James P., 1941- 1
Hoffman, H. M. 1
Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union 1
International Association of Fire Fighters. Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) 1
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers. Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers. Local 55 (Mobile, Ala.) 1
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers. Local 67 (Tampa, Fla.) 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 84 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 528 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 728 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Chemical Workers Union 1
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 1
International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of the United States and Canada 1
International Union of Operating Engineers. South Atlantic Conference 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Keller Industries (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Laborers' International Union of North America 1
Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union 1
Levinson, Marc R. 1
Lucia, Carmen, 1902-1985 1
Mathias, Charles, 1913- 1
Meany, George, 1894-1980 1
Nance, A. Steve, 1895-1938 1
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. District 1199 1
Office and Professional Employees International Union 1
Office and Professional Employees International Union. Local 21 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Overnite Transportation Company 1
Ray, Richard, 1941- 1
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 1
Richards, Jimi (James E.) 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 554 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Service Employees International Union. Southern Region 1
Shanker, Albert 1
Sickles, C. W. (Carlton W.), 1898-1973 1
Singleton, Oliver W., 1908-1989 1
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
Stamey, E. Leon 1
Tennessee Valley Authority 1
Textile Workers Union of America 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 225 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee 1
United Farm Workers of America. Atlanta Office 1
United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union 1
United Mine Workers of America 1
United Mine Workers of America. District 50 1
United Parcel Service 1
United States. National War Labor Board (1918-1919) 1
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