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Alfred G. Kuettner collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1971-11
Abstract: The Alfred G. Kuettner Collection consists principally of the records, 1907-1916, of the Steam and Operating Engineers' Union Local 329, of Atlanta, Georgia. Kuettner was Secretary of Local 329, circa 1910-1915. The collection includes printed letters, minutes, and other documents, 1910-1916, from the International Steam and Operating Engineers Union; form letters of the American Federation of Labor and the Georgia Federation of Labor, 1911-1916, and a few leaves of Kuettner's personal...
Dates: 1902-1916

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

Communications Workers of America, Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-59
Abstract:

Communication Workers of America, Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) represents employees of Southern Bell in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Its office records consist mainly of correspondence (1966-1971), which concerns grievances, conventions, and agreements, and minutes, news releases and reports.

Dates: 1948-1972

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

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

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

Henry W. Chandler papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-46
Abstract:

The collection consists of papers of Henry W. Chandler, secretary, Georgia Federation of Labor and president, Atlanta Federation of Trades, from 1918-1973. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed materials relating to Chandler's work for those and other organizations.

Dates: 1918-1973

Herb Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-27
Abstract Herb Butler was born November 4, 1927 in Silver Grove, Kentucky In his career with the union he served as Chairman, Region & Servicing Representative, a member of the Employment Security Agency Advisory Council, Director of the Atlanta area UAW from 1969 to 1990, and Chairman of Local the Local 10 Retirees chapter. He was loved and respected by his peers, and became one of the most influential leaders in labor union history in the state of Georgia. The Herb Butler United Auto Workers...
Dates: 1935-2005

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

John E. Jervis papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-44
Abstract: John Elwood Jervis (1909-1984), born in Marshall, North Carolina, was President Asheville Central Labor Union (1950-1976) and member, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 384. The collection, 1888-1974 (bulk 1958-1974), contains minutes (1917-1919, 1961, 1965), legal documents, printed flyers, handbills, photographs, and correspondence relating to the activities of the Asheville Central Labor Union (Asheville, N.C.). Also included in the collection are the original...
Dates: 1888-1974; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1974

Józef J. Drozdowski collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2014-13
Abstract: In 1917, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) was established at a convention in Washington, DC. Florence Ethridge presented the resolution to form NFFE as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). A week later AFL issued NFFE's charter. Józef J. Drozdowski has served has NFFE National Vice President and has been involved in the organization for over twenty years. The Józef J. Drozdowski collection (1990s; 2000s) includes sixteen National Federation of Federal...
Dates: circa 1990s-2000s

Louis M. Nunn papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-20
Abstract:

Louie Matthew Nunn was a member of the Carpenter's Local Union No. 256 (Savannah, Georgia) and served as the local's business manager for 31 years. His papers include correspondence, invitations and programs, newspaper clippings, and speeches, 1956-1957.

Dates: 1956-1975

Mary Lynn Walker American Federation of Government Employees collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-03
Abstract:

Mary Lynn Walker, a Georgia native, became very active in the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) in the late 1960s and rose to executive positons never before held by a female. The Mary Lynn Walker collection contains documents and newspaper articles chronicling labor employment issues such as unfair labor practices, age discrimination, and improper loans of government employment.

Dates: 1974-1975, 1979

Virginia State AFL-CIO records

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-15
Abstract:

The records of the Virginia State AFL-CIO, 1947-1976, consist primarily of minutes, directories, memoranda, contracts, correspondence and lists of both affiliated and non-affiliated local unions in Virginia.

Dates: 1947-1976

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Georgia Federation of Labor 2
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AFL-CIO. Asheville Central Labor Council (Asheville, N.C.) 1
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AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
AFSCME. Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Division 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
American Federation of Government Employees 1
American Federation of Labor 1
Atlanta Federation of Trades 1
Brown, Joseph M., 1851-1932 1
Butler, Herb (James Herbert), 1927-2008 1
Chandler, Henry W. 1
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.) 1
Communications Workers of America. Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Drozdowski, Jozef J. 1
Giles, J. W. (James William), 1925- 1
Herman, David (Labor leader) 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 Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 84 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Typographical Union. Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Union of Operating Engineers 1
International Union of Operating Engineers. Local 329 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1
Jervis, John E. (John Elwood), 1909-1984 1
Kuettner, Alfred G. 1
Laborde, Davy Paul, 1917-1991 1
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. District 1199 1
North Carolina State Federation of Labor 1
Nunn, Louis M. 1
Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931 1
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 1
Torbush, Edmund 1
True, Martha, 1924-2008 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 1846 (New Orleans, La.) 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 256 (Savannah, Ga.) 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 384 (Asheville, N.C.) 1
United Construction Workers 1
Virginia State AFL-CIO 1
Walker, Mary Lynn, 1937- 1
Waters, Dan H. 1
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