Atlanta (Ga.)

The Harvey Newman papers (1967-2015) consists of Newman's professional, academic papers from his time at Georgia State University and contains teaching files, research materials, publications, drafts, interviews, and correspondence. Dr. Harvey K. Newman has an extensive academic and professional background in urban policy studies, with much of his research focused on Atlanta.

Helen Turner discusses coming to the mill village, working as a spinner, meeting her husband, living in the mill village, and other topics. Elsie Turner discusses working in a textile mill, the textile workers' strike of 1934, living on the mill village, and other topics.

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.

Herb Green began his career in the labor movement shortly after being employed in the General Motors plant in Doraville, Georgia, in 1948, by serving on the union's collective bargaining committee. His Papers, 1959-1981, include thirty photographs of Green (also pictured are Andrew Young, Lane Kirkland, Sen. Walter Mondale, and Sen. Jim Sasser), and newspaper articles about him.

Herb Mabry Tribute album collection, 2000, consists of photographs taken during the event to honor the former president of the Georgia AFL-CIO, who served 1972-1999. The collection consists of photographs of Mabry and his family, and Georgia labor and political leaders.

Hoyt Pruitt was a dobro player, although he also played straight guitar and sang, and was actively involved in Atlanta's country music radio scene, appearing on various programs, including "Fulton County Jamboree" on WJTL and WAGA's "Dixie Fun Barn" in 1939-1940 and 1946-1948. His papers contain newsclippings relating to his career in the 1960s, and nineteen photographs of him and other country music figures.

In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project consists of oral history interviews about communities around the Buford Highway Corridor in Metro Atlanta, Georgia.

Subject File (includes Correspondence), 1968-1979.

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the US and Canada members are involved with every phase of production in all aspects of the entertainment industry. IATSE, founded in 1893, has been in the Atlanta area since 1896. Local 225 was formed in 1911 and merged with Local 927 in 1996. Local 225 was a Moving Picture Machine Operators (MPMO) local, whose members operated projectors throughout the Atlanta area.

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.

The collections consists of records of Local 1492 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the International Association of Fire Fighters from 1963-1974. Includes minutes, correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, printed material, and membership lists. Topics include union activities, wage disparities between fire fighters and law enforcement officers, and fluctuating membership.

The collection contains thirty-five contracts dated 1930-1975.

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.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 4 (Atlanta, Ga.) and Local Lodge 1 (Atlanta, Ga.) collection, 1926-1934, 1956-1959, 1969, 1980, undated, includes paperwork related to bonded officials of Lodge 1, constitutions, a 1980 District 4 newsletter, and sound recordings distributed by the international union.

The collection consists of records of District Lodge 46 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the International Association of Machinists from 1937-1965. Consists primarily of correspondence and contracts relating to union recognition and contract negotiation.

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.

The Records, 1893-1971, of Lodge No. 1, the founding lodge of the International Association of Machinists, are composed principally of minutes that describe the problems faced by a railroad lodge as automobiles, busses, trucks and airplanes made profound changes in the transportation industry. Financial documents, that record the Lodge's varying economic situation through seven decades, constitute the bulk of the remaining records.

The collection consists of 121 agreements, 1937-2000, between various local unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and numerous utilities, municipalities, manufacturers, and other entities.