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Savannah (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Savannah Typographical Union Local 183 collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-44
Abstract:

The collection contains newspaper clippings and one photograph.

Dates: 1940

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 256 (Savannah, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-19
Abstract:

Formed in 1899, Carpenters Local 256 (Savannah, Ga.) would later absorb Local 1847 in 1921 and Local 1826 in 1939. The collection consists of minutes, financial documents, legal papers, correspondence and printed items. The papers reflect the local's concerns including full employment for its members, advising members not to go to Tampa, Fla. in 1904 to break a strike, attempts in 1943 by the War Manpower Board to freeze carpenters on the job and other union concerns and activities.

Dates: 1899-1956

United Papermakers and Paperworkers contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_UPP
Abstract:

The collection consists of 11 agreements, 1958-1972, between various local unions of the United Papermakers and Paperworkers and manufacturers.

Dates: 1958-1972

Windell M. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: M186
Abstract:

Windell M. Smith grew up in Savannah, Georgia during the 1960s. He later became a Special Education teacher in the Savannah area. This collection consists of a single sheet of lyrics that Johnny Mercer provided to Savannah Boy Scout Troop 60 for a 1960 trip to the Boy Scout Jamboree in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1960