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New Orleans (La.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 37 (New Orleans, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1989-16
Abstract:

IAMAW Local Lodge 37 was chartered on July 11, 1899, and dissolved in the late 1980s. Its records relate to the day-to-day activities of a major New Orleans union and its relationship to the International headquarters, and include constitutions, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, agreement reports, financial records, membership cards and artifacts.

Dates: 1906-1987; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1980

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_RWDSU
Abstract:

The collection consists of 161 agreements, 1941-1972, between various local unions of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and employers.

Dates: 1941-1972

Service Employees International Union contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_SEIU
Abstract:

The collection consists of 78 agreements, 1960-1973, between various local unions of the Service Employees International Union and employers.

Dates: 1960-1973

Southern Conference Educational Fund records

 Collection
Identifier: L1991-13
Abstract: Established in 1946 as the educational arm of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) became a separate organization in 1947. Originally based in New Orleans, Louisiana, its office later moved to Louisville, Kentucky, then to Atlanta, Georgia. SCEF was a leading proponent of integration and civil rights in the South, but internal disputes and financial problems led to its demise in the 1980s. The records of the Southern Conference...
Dates: 1958-1985

Southern Labor Archives Central Labor Bodies collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2017-42
Abstract

The Southern Labor Archives Central Labor Bodies collection consists of flyers and correspondence recieved by the Southern Labor Archivist from multiple central labor organizations from across the southeastern United States, 1996-1999.

Dates: 1996-1999