Edwards, George Clifton

Collection, 1910-1961; 4 folders

Edwards was a Dallas lawyer, educator, and humanitarian. He founded and edited The Laborer, the first official organ of the Texas State Federation of Labor. In 1906 he was a candidate for governor of Texas on the Socialist Party ticket. Edwards defended the right of workers to organize from the early 1900s and supported liberal causes throughout his life.

Autobiography, speeches, articles, certificate, clippings, and printed material. Most of the material is photocopy about or by George Clifton Edwards. Two articles published in the Common Herd, 1924 and 1931, are included, "Laymen, Lawyers, and the Law," by Edwards and "The Dallas Mob."

Gift, 1975.

Finding aid available.

AR165

Elliott, Edwin A., 1891-1986

Papers, 1931-1975; 1 folder

Edwin Elliott, formerly head of the Economics Department at Texas Christian University, was Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board, Region 16, from 1934 until his retirement in 1961.

Printed materials. Includes biographical data, speeches, and articles written by Elliott on labor-management relations and the work of the National Labor Relations Board and "A Tribute to W. Louis Ingram, 1893-1953, vice-president of the International Brotherhood, Electrical Workers."

Gift, 1975.

Finding aid available.

AR153

Evans Legislative Service, Austin, Texas

Newsletters, 1948-1949; 1 folder

The Evans Legislative Service newsletter was compiled in Austin by Roger Q. Evans, a former Texas legislator. Evans’ purpose was to assemble the views and attitudes of members of the legislature on labor legislation and other issues of interest to labor. The newsletter provided a weekly summary of court rulings on labor and information from the point of view of an independent organ. It’s objective was to keep labor leaders alert to all legislation of interest to their cause and provide a public relations service for labor

Newsletters, v. 1, no. 2, September 13, 1948, to v. 1, no. 31, July 1949.

Provenance unknown.

Finding aid available.

AR178

Field Labor Directors Association

Records, 1966-1975, bulk 1966-1970; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

Field Labor Supervisors Lodge 2643, chartered by the American Federation of Government Employees, was organized in 1966. Its primary purpose was to unite all first-line field supervisors of the U.S. Department of Labor. In 1970 the lodge was forced to withdraw from the AFGE under Executive Order 11491. It was then formally recognized by the Department of Labor which agreed to enter into a consultative relationship with the organization. The group was then renamed the Field Labor Directors Association. Kenneth G. Swartz was instrumental in organizing Field Labor Supervisors Lodge 2643 and was its first president. He was an area director for the Field Labor Directors Association.

Correspondence, constitution, history, reports, membership lists, and newsletters, including the National FOS Courier, Courier 2643, and The Courier. These records were the files of Kenneth G. Swartz.

Gift, 1975.

Finding aid available.

AR60

Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America

Records, 1937-1947; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

The United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America (CIO) was organized in 1937 in Denver, Colorado. In December 1944, it changed its name to Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America and moved its headquarters to Philadelphia. The Texas Regional Director’s office was in Houston, Texas.

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, proceedings, photographs, and press releases. Includes correspondence between Donald G. Kobler, Texas Regional Director, and W. M. Aiken and P. F. Kennedy, of the Texas State Industrial Union Council, and the officers of the national union. Also includes correspondence of the Pecan Workers Union of San Antonio, Local No. 172, 1939-1942; articles, essays, and newspaper clippings about the Pecan Workers Strike in 1938; and material on the imprisonment of Christopher Clarich.

Gift, 1968.

Finding aid available.

AR36

Ford Motor Company, Dallas, Texas

Collection, 1937-1971, bulk 1937-1940; 5 boxes (2.1 linear ft.)

Efforts by the United Auto Workers to organize the Ford Motor Company in Dallas and other U.S. plants, 1937-1940, were met with violence until the National Labor Relations Board conducted hearings in Dallas in 1940. On August 8, 1940, the NLRB handed down its decision that the Ford Motor Company cease and desist the methods used to block organization of Ford employees. In 1941, Dallas Ford employees voted unanimously to join the International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (AFL) and formed Local 840.

Transcripts of court cases, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photocopied articles. Includes typescript transcript of v. 2-5 of Case 9679 brought to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by the NLRB against Ford Motor Company. This case involved complaints that had been brought separately by H. C. McGarity, William A. Humphries, the United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union, the International Union of Automobile Workers (AFL), and the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters of the United States and Canada, Local 100 (1940) before the NLRB. Also includes the decision and order from the NLRB in the matter of the Ford Motor Company against UAW, Local 425 (1939?) Newspaper clippings are about the strikes in 1967 and 1968 at the Ford Assembly Plant in Dallas.

Provenance unknown.

Finding aid available.

AR89

Fort Worth Civil Liberties Union

Records, 1957-1974; 21 boxes (8.75 linear ft.)

The Fort Worth Civil Liberties Union, a chapter of the Texas Civil Liberties Union, was established in 1964.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, legal documents, constitution, membership lists, reports, statistics, bulletins, maps, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, pamphlets, and manuals. The collection also contains records and correspondence of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Texas Civil Liberties Union, and minutes and/or newsletters of several Texas local ACLU chapters: Brazos County, Central Texas, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, High Plains, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio, and Waco.

The Fort Worth records include materials on a wide range of political, economic, and social issues, such as civil disobedience during the Vietnam War, abortion, criminal justice, civil rights, separation of church and state, academic freedom, invasion of privacy, student rights, fair housing, and mental health. Also included are records, correspondence, maps, and case files on the Fort Worth Independent School District regarding desegregation as well as legal documents from the court case of Janie Passel v. FWISD. Files from many local court cases regarding local school district dress codes, files on the University of Texas at Arlington regarding student disorder at the UT Arlington-Abilene Christian College football game, 1969, and the rebel theme controversy are available. The majority of correspondence is by Ruth Horne Estes, Ralph Estes, and Dr. Eck G. Prud’homme.

This collection is also known as: Greater Fort Worth Civil Liberties Union Records.

Gift, 1973.

Finding aid available.

AR108

Fort Worth Civil Liberties Union

Records, 1945-1981 (bulk 1975-1980); 4 boxes (1.4 linear ft.)

The Fort Worth Civil Liberties Union was established in 1964.

Correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, financial statements, legal documents, minutes, case summaries, news releases, reports, newspaper clippings, and newsletters.

Restricted use.

Gift, 1989.

Finding aid available.

AR330

Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association

Records, 1898-1984, bulk 1927-1967; 1 box (.21 linear ft.)

The early name of the Fort Worth Musicians Professional Association was Fort Worth Protective Association. It is Local 72 of the American Federation of Musicians.

Correspondence, contracts, scrapbook, charter, directories, roster, photographs, sheet music (That’s Where the West Begins), and printed material.

The collection is also known as: American Federation of Musicians, Local 72, Records.

Gift, 1967.

Finding aid available.

AR10

Fort Worth Trades Assembly

Records, 1901-1957; 9 boxes, 2 reels of microfilm (3.75 linear ft.)

The Fort Worth Trades Assembly, organized April 4, 1894, was a central organization of AFL affiliated local unions in Tarrant County. It merged with the Tarrant County Industrial Union Council (CIO) on August 15, 1957, to form the Tarrant County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.

Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, minutes, photograph, membership lists, and printed material. Includes records of Tarrant County Labor’s League for Political Education, 1949-1957, and the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Health Education Committee. Includes correspondence with the Dallas Central Labor Council.

Gift, 1967.

Finding aid available.

AR2

Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198, Woman’s Auxiliary No. 44

Records, 1923-1971; 5 boxes (2.1 linear ft.)

Woman’s Auxiliary No. 44 to Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198 was organized August 31, 1923.

Minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, photograph album, certificates, posters, and constitution. The scrapbooks document the yearly work and progress of the auxiliary and the union. They are primarily compiled of newspaper clippings, but also include: union labels, photographs, newsletters, state and national convention programs, reports, brochures, rosters, certificates, posters, booklets, memorabilia, and an original cartoon by Hal Coffman.

The collection is also known as: International Typographical Union, Woman’s Auxiliary No. 44, Fort Worth, Texas, Records.

Gift, 1978, 1980, 1983.

Finding aid available.

AR227

Fremming, Harvey C., 1892-

Papers, 1930-1945; 2 boxes (.5 linear ft.)

Fremming was president of the Oil Workers International Union, 1926-1939. He was a leader in founding the CIO and served as a CIO regional director. He was also president of the Long Beach Central Labor Council and Director for Unemployment Stabilization for Los Angeles County, California, in the 1930s.
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. The Harvey C. Fremming papers contain both personal and union related materials. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings about unemployment in Los Angeles, California; Fremming’s work as Director for Unemployment Stabilization for that county, 1930-1931; and labor related issues and columns written for the Labor Journal by Fremming while CIO regional director in Kansas City, Kansas. Correspondence is included from John R. Steelman, Director of Conciliation, U.S. Department of Labor, 1941-1944. Much of the correspondence is by or about Fremming’s wife, Bonnie M. Fremming.
Gift, 1976.

Finding aid available.

AR136

Fricks, Sherman

Papers, 1972-1978; 3 boxes (1.04 linear ft.)

Sherman Fricks was secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO in 1973.

Correspondence and activity and itinerary reports. These are Sherman Fricks’ reading files. They include one file of Henry Munoz, Jr., business manager of the San Antonio Area Public Employees Local 2399, which includes correspondence, clippings, and a tape recording and paper copy of the 1978 Labor Day Message by George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO.

Gift, 1980.

Finding aid available.

Galveston Labor Council

Records, 1900-1967; 5 boxes (2.1 linear ft.)

Correspondence, financial records, membership lists, constitutions and by-laws, minutes, and printed materials. Includes a history of the Galveston Labor Temple erected in 1940; minutes of Labor Day Celebration Committees, 1909-1913; and Labor Day programs, 1941-1959.

Gift, 1967.

Finding aid available.

AR26

General Committee of Adjustment of the Texas & Pacific Railway

Minutes, 1886-1909; 2 volumes

The committee was organized as the General Grievance Committee of the Texas & Pacific Railway, January 1, 1886, in Marshall, Texas. It was composed of one delegate from each local division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of the Texas & Pacific Railway system. It handled grievances appealed from the local divisions and did all bargaining for the local divisions. The locals represented were: Local 193 (New Orleans, Louisiana), Local 187 (Fort Worth, Texas), Local 212 (El Paso, Texas), and Local 496 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). The name was changed to the General Board of Adjustment of the Texas & Pacific Railway in 1890 or 1891, and in 1905 to the General Committee of Adjustment of the Texas & Pacific Railway.

Minutes, January 1, 1886-February 20, 1909. These are photocopies of the originals held by R. Alexander, Fort Worth, Texas.

Gift, 1968.

Finding aid available.

AR72

Gibson, Charles Mac

Papers, 1973; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.)

Gibson gathered the material in this collection in the process of researching and writing a thesis for the M.A. in history in 1973 at Texas Tech University, "Organized Labor in Texas from 1890 to 1900."

Research notes, outlines, and photocopies of newspaper clippings. Topics include: organized labor in Texas before 1890, the 1890 Eight Hour Movement, and the economic and political activity of workingmen during the 1890s.

Gift, 1973.

Finding aid available.

AR134

Gould Inc.

Records, 1944-1977; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

Gould Inc., an electrical manufacturing firm, was founded in 1919. It changed ownerships and names several times until 1976 when it was purchased by Gould Inc. In the 1930s and 1940s it was the Standard Electric Manufacturing Company. Over the years it was also known as the I-T-E Circuit Breaker Company and the I-T-E Imperial Corporation.

Correspondence, financial records, agreements, histories, a cassette tape, and catalog. The correspondence and agreements are between the company and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 59, Dallas, Texas. A very brief history of the company’s name changes and a history of the Lindsley family are included, as well as an oral history interview done by Jan Hart with R. Porter Lindsley, Jr., part-owner of the firm.

Gift, 1977.

Finding aid available.

AR145

Graham, Charlotte, 1914-

Papers, 1935-1985; 2 boxes (1.25 linear ft.)

Charlotte Duncan Graham was a garment worker in Dallas and active union worker in the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union). Graham also worked with garment worker strikes elsewhere in Texas as well as in California.

Correspondence, scrapbook, photographs, negatives, and printed materials. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings dealing primarily with the strikes in which Graham participated, some photographs, broadsides, cards, and certificates. Other photographs include mostly images of Graham and other labor activists in formal and informal poses. Most photographs are not identified. Other materials include correspondence dealing primarily with UT Arlington regarding the oral history she donated in 1974, pamphlets some of which are union songbooks, broadsides, and playing cards with union graphics on the verso.

Gift, 1999.

Inventory available.

2000-1

Harris County AFL-CIO Council, Houston, Texas

Records, 1911-1970; 6.5 boxes (2.7 linear ft.)

The Houston Labor Council and Houston Building Trades Council merged on February 5, 1918, to form the Houston Labor and Trades Council, AFL. The council was made up of representatives of the AFL unions in the Houston area. In 1959 the Houston Labor and Trades Council of the AFL merged with the Houston Area Industrial Union Council of the CIO to form the Harris County AFL-CIO Council.

Council and executive board minutes and financial records. Includes some Harris County Committee on Political Education minutes.

Deposit, 1968, 1974, 1975

Finding aid available.

AR20

Hays, John W. (John Willis), 1908-

Papers, 1928-1975, bulk 1936-1968; 6 boxes (2.4 linear ft.)

John Hays was born in Rusk County, Texas. He grew up in Dallas where he worked as a newsboy, circulation salesman, pressman, and press operator for four Dallas newspapers. Most of his career was with the Dallas Times Herald. Hays joined the Dallas Newspaper Printing Pressmen’s Union, Local No. 21 in 1928, and served as secretary, vice-president, and president. He was active in Dallas and Texas politics and the labor movement on the local, state, and national levels often using the nickname "Preacher" Hays.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, newsletters, agreements, resolutions, photographs, tape recordings, certificates, work cards, biographical information, phonograph records, and gavels. The collection includes personal papers and union records produced while Hays served as an officer in the Texas State Federation of Labor; Dallas Newspaper Printing Pressmen’s Union, Local No. 21; Dallas Central Labor Council; Dallas Union Label and Services Trade Council; Texas Allied Printing Trades Council; Dallas Allied Printing Trades Council; Joint Council of Printing Pressmen; Dallas Labor Unions’ Educational Cooperative; and the North American Newspaper-Web Conference of the United States and Canada, 1946-1966. Also included are some records of Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 30 of the Dallas Newspaper Printing Pressmen’s Union, Local 21 and correspondence with Estes Kefauver, Price Daniel, John Connally, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Mullinax, Wells & Morris.

Gift, 1967, 1975.

Finding aid available.

AR9

Hicks Family

Papers, 1880-1977; 3 boxes (.83 linear ft.)

Louis H. Hicks was a writer, editor, and printer. He was active throughout his life in several Texas labor union locals of the International Typographical Union. His father, Joshua L. Hicks, was a pioneer printer, publisher, and editor during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in West Texas. He was a member of the Socialist Party of America and an ardent Prohibitionist.

Correspondence, diary, minutes, photographs, negatives, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, family tree, poems, pamphlet, membership cards, cassette tape, newspapers, and books. The scrapbooks were compiled by Joshua L. Hicks and contain poems and essays clipped from newspapers. The collection contains Socialist Party and union membership cards; the World War I diary of Louis H. Hicks; The Hatchet, July 19-30, 1918; The Arrow Head, February 27-May 2, 1919; the Scout, September 1911; the Galveston Daily News, September 13, 1900, covering the Galveston hurricane; Dallas newspapers and national magazines on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson, the moon walk, and the Gerald Ford administration, 1963-1977; and an oral history interview with Louis H. Hicks. Also included are various Dallas Democratic Precinct Convention minutes and correspondence and clippings concerning Louis Hicks’ involvement in Democratic Party activities. The Louis H. Hicks materials are primarily photocopies.

Gift, 1977-1978

Finding aid available.

AR228

Hieken, Alexander, 1908-

Papers, 1931-1960, bulk 1941-1960; 9 boxes (3.75 linear ft.)

Al Hieken joined the American Newspaper Guild in 1934. He served as an international representative, 1946-1954. During these years he worked in many of the union’s projects in Texas and maintained close relations with several guild locals in the state.

Correspondence, minutes, membership lists, financial documents, legal documents, constitutions, agreements, reports, newspaper clippings, photograph, bulletins, newsletters, surveys, and printed material. The papers cover the period during which Al Hieken served as an international representative of the American Newspaper Guild, 1946-1954. They include personal materials related to various Democratic Party and social welfare organizations that he participated in as well as anti-union literature from the McCarthy era. Included are records and correspondence of the American Newspaper Guild, 1943-1955; the Houston Newspaper Guild, 1941-1952; the San Antonio Newspaper Guild, 1947-1954; the Fort Worth Newspaper Guild, 1945-1952 (features organizing efforts of the Fort Worth Press and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram); the Arkansas Newspaper Guild, 1949-1953; the Texas State Industrial Union Council, 1947-1954; scattered issues, 1953-1956, and minutes of the permanent committee of the independent newspaper enterprise organized to operate the Texas Observer, 1954, as well as correspondence with editor, Ronnie Dugger, 1954-1959; and constitutions and minutes of the Houston Area Industrial Union Council, 1950-1956.

The guild files contain information on the formation of the various locals as well as efforts to organize press employees at several printing establishments. The files also contain records of defunct locals. Of special interest is material on the establishment by American trade unions of a labor newspaper, the National Reporter, 1950-1952; the strikes against newspapers by local unions including one in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and Little Rock, Arkansas; and an official report of the proceedings of the NLRB hearing in May 1946, in the case of American Newspaper Guild v. Triangle Publications, Inc.

Gift, 1971.

Finding aid available.

AR61

Houston Area Industrial Union Council, CIO

Minutes, 1948-1957; 1 box (.21 linear ft.)

The Houston Area Industrial Union Council was made up of representatives of the local CIO unions. It merged in 1959 with the Houston Labor and Trades Council of the AFL to form the Harris County AFL-CIO Council.

Minutes of the council, the executive board, and the Political Action Committee, 1948-1957.

Gift, 1975.

Finding aid available.

AR104

Houston Typographical Union No. 87

Records, 1908-1965; 14 boxes (5.83 linear ft.)

The Houston Typographical Union is local no. 87 of the International Typographical Union.

Correspondence, reports, financial records, constitutions and by-laws, legal records, newsletters, booklets, brochures, petitions, and certificates. Includes correspondence with the International Typographical Union national office, various Texas typographical locals, the Texas State Federation of Labor, the Texas Allied Printing Trades Council, and the Houston Labor and Trades Council. Of special interest is correspondence with union members in service during World War II, 1943-1946, and information on the strike by Galveston Typographical Union No. 28, 1957-1960. A large part of the records consist of contract negotiations, 1908-1963, and appeals by members to the Executive Board regarding matters of grievance and arbitration, 1924-1963. Correspondents include M. M. McKnight of Fort Worth. Most of the records come from the files of Leroy M. Williams, long-time secretary and later president of the Houston Typographical Union as well as president of the Texas State Federation of Labor.

Gift, 1968.

Finding aid available.

AR39

Independent Metal Workers Union, Local 1, Houston, Texas

Records, 1946-1964; 11 boxes (5 linear ft.)

Local 1 of the Independent Metal Workers Union represented the employees at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas.

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, agreements, apprenticeship material, arbitration case files, legal documents, financial reports, bulletins (concerning job vacancies and considerations), announcements, election data, grievance files, handbills, newsletters, lists, tape recordings, and phonograph records.

Gift, 1980.

Finding aid available.

AR329

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Local 126, Fort Worth, Texas

Records, 1912-1928; 1 folder

Minutes, March 17, 1912; contracts, 1912-1928; and list of members.

Gift, 1974.

Finding aid available.

AR184

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Local 330, Fort Worth, Texas

Records, 1914-1984; 20 boxes (8 linear ft.)

Local 330 was organized on April 8, 1914, at a time when some motion picture machine operators still had to crank film by hand in small, unventilated projection booths.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, journals, legal documents, reports, constitutions and by-laws, local histories, newspaper clippings, membership lists, and photographs.

Gift, 1987.

Finding aid available.

AR289

International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 408, Amarillo, Texas

Records, 1926-1969; 15 boxes (6.25 linear ft.)

Local 408 was chartered in 1926. Its jurisdiction includes most of West Texas and parts of New Mexico’s adjacent eastern counties.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, legal documents, reports, date books, newsletters, circulars, and dues books. Correspondence is included with the international’s headquarters, other ironworkers locals, and several Texas and New Mexico trade councils of which Local 408 was a member. The latter group includes the Iron Workers’ District Council of Texas, the Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council, the New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council, the Amarillo, Odessa, and Top of Texas Central Labor Unions, and the Building Trades Councils of Amarillo and Lubbock. Also includes records from a sub-office in Odessa as well as information on the union’s war effort.

Gift, 1972.

Finding aid available.

AR71

International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 481, Dallas, Texas

Records, 1935-1984; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.)

Local 481 was organized as Local 59 in 1909. It was the first ironworker local in Texas. The local’s charter was lifted in July 1934, due to indebtedness incurred during the Depression. In December 1934, the local reorganized as Local 481 and was granted a new charter.

Minutes, membership lists, photographs, and a certificate. Included is A History of Ironworker Locals 59 and 481 of Dallas, Texas, by George N. Green.

Gift, 1981, 1988.

Finding aid available.

AR170

International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 263, Fort Worth, Texas

Records, 1918-1992, bulk 1946-1992; 30 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)

Ironworkers, Local 263, Fort Worth, Texas, was chartered in 1919, and has been in continuous operation since that time.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, Local 263 history, personnel files, Bridgemen’s Magazine (excerpts), The Ironworker, and convention proceedings.

Gift, 1993.

Finding aid available.

AR358

International Association of Machinists, Local 1476, Wichita Falls, Texas

Records, 1941-1962; 2 boxes (.63 linear ft.)

Local 1476 of the International Association of Machinists was organized September 28, 1941.

Minutes, roll book, and financial records.

Gift, 1972.

Finding aid available.

AR70

International Association of Machinists, Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge No. 776, Fort Worth, Texas

Records, 1951-1965; 4 boxes (1.66 linear ft.)

Correspondence, minutes, legal documents, financial documents, constitution, reports, newspaper clippings, agreements, leaflets, booklets, pamphlets, and newsletters. Includes records and correspondence of the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League, 1954-1961; correspondence, records, and printed material which include founding convention documents of the Texas State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, 1953-1961; copies of decisions of arbitration between District Lodge No. 776 and General Dynamics Corporation, 1954-1961; and agreements with Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth Division, the Convair Corporation, and McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Also includes Democratic Party literature and material on the Alan Shivers campaigns of 1952 and 1957, the right-to-work issue, and the Kohler strike.

Gift, 1974.

Finding aid available.

AR122

International Association of Machinists, Airline District 146, Dallas, Texas

Arbitration Cases with Braniff Airways, 1958-1962; 1 folder

Arbitration cases, 1958-1962. Summaries of five hearings which involved employee grievances that necessitated arbitration between Braniff Airways and the International Association of Machinists, AFL-CIO, Airline District 146.

Provenance unknown.

Finding aid available.

AR166

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge No. 776, Fort Worth, Texas

Records, 1938-1967; 49 boxes (20.4 linear ft.)

On May 27, 1965, the International Association of Machinists changed its name to International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge No. 776 consists of three sections, 776-A, 776-B, and 776-C, each representing a different work shift.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, legal documents, reports, rosters, newsletters, newspaper clippings, agreements, grievance cases, arbitration records, press releases, performance reviews, and constitution and by-laws. Includes correspondence and newsletters from the national office as well as other locals, the Texas State Council of Machinists, and records of the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League, 1946-1967. During the period covered,

the companies involved with the District Lodge were Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth Division; Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation; Convair Corporation; and General Dynamics, Fort Worth Division.

Gift, 1968.

Finding aid available.

AR48

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 66, Houston, Texas

Records, 1909-1962; 6 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

Minutes, 1909-1962; agreements, 1917-1961; and ritual books, 1922-1955. The minutes are photocopies. The agreements and contracts are all between IBEW Local No. 66 and the Houston Lighting & Power Company.

Gift, 1967.

Finding aid available.

AR12

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 69, Dallas, Texas

Records, 1946-1970; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

Minutes, financial statement, and IBEW fact book. Includes minutes of the Dallas Electrical Workers Benefit Association, 1957-1965.

Gift, 1973.

Finding aid available.

AR81

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 156, Fort Worth, Texas

Records, 1919-1970; 4 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

IBEW Local Union No. 156 merged into Local Union No. 346, Arlington, Texas, on December 1, 1969.

Correspondence, minutes, agreements, by-laws, annual reports, certificates, and working rules and wage scales. Includes correspondence and minutes of the Electrical Workers Benefit Association, Local Lodge No. 156, 1923-1930. Later minutes of the EWBA are included in the IBEW Local 156 minutes.

Gift, 1972.

Finding aid available.

AR78

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 278, Corpus Christi, Texas

Records, 1939-1954; 3 boxes (1.25 linear ft.)

Correspondence, minutes, agreements, constitution, photographs, poster, pamphlets, clippings, forms, and union labels. Includes records of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Corpus Christi, Texas, Nueces County, and vicinity, 1943-1950.

Gift, 1969.

Finding aid available.

AR49

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 346, Arlington, Texas

Records, 1956-1969, bulk 1959-1967; 1 box (.21 linear ft.)

IBEW Local Union No. 346 was established in Arlington, Texas, March 1959. It absorbed Local Union No. 156 on December 1, 1969.

Correspondence and minutes. The correspondence and the minutes for 1969 are photocopies.

Gift, 1974.

Finding aid available.

AR28

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 850, Lubbock, Texas

Records, 1946-1967, bulk 1946-1950; 1 box (.21 linear ft.)

Correspondence, financial records, agreement forms, photographs, speeches, and certificates. The correspondence is primarily with the international president and secretary. Records include a brief biography and papers of James C. Sharp, Business Manager and Financial Secretary for Local 850. One of the speeches is on the Hale-Aikin recommendations for improving the public schools in Texas.

Gift, 1972.

Finding aid available.

AR92

International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers, Local No. 401, Lufkin, Texas

Records, 1942-1973, bulk 1942-1971; 4 boxes (1.7 linear ft.)

Locals 404 and 492 of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulfite, and Paper Mill Workers merged in January 1945, and became Local No. 401. In late 1973 the international changed its name to the United Paperworkers International Union and Local 401 became 1401.

Minutes, financial documents, legal documents, attendance records, and manuals. Includes records of Local No. 404, 1942-1944, and Local No. 492, 1944-1945. Records of Local No. 401 include only a few documents from 1973 after the last name change.

The collection is also known as: United Paperworkers International Union, Local 1401, Records.

Gift, 1975.

Finding aid available.

AR133

International Hod Carriers’, Building, and Common Laborers’ Union of America, Local Union No. 357, Lubbock, Texas

Records, 1948-1963; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

In January 1964, International Hod Carriers’, Building, and Common Laborers’ Union of America, Local Union No. 357 and Local Union No. 688, Amarillo, Texas, merged into Local Union No. 897, Borger, Texas.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, photographs, membership book, and manual of jurisdiction. Financial records, 1947-1952, are on microfilm (M15, reels 7 and 8).

Gift, 1972.

Finding aid available.

AR77

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, Local 180, San Antonio, Texas

Records, 1936-1971; bulk 1949-1960; 2 boxes (.63 linear ft.)

Correspondence, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings, handbills, and an article. Includes records of the Tex-Son Strike of 1959; clippings, handbills, and correspondence of the Tex-Son Strike Committee and the Tex-Son Negotiating Committee of ILGWU, Local 180, as well as the San Antonio AFL-CIO Council; and correspondence of strike leader and manager of the San Antonio Joint Board of the ILGWU, George Lambert. Other correspondence is with the ILGWU district and national offices. The article is by George N. Green, "ILGWU in Texas, 1930-1970" and was published in the Journal of Mexican-American History, Spring 1971.

Gift, 1973.

Finding aid available.

AR30

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, Local 214, Houston, Texas

Records, 1947-1963; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.)

ILGWU, Local 214 was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1935.

Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, newsletters, photographs, scrapbook, piece work records, songbooks, jokebooks, programs, and miscellaneous printed material. The correspondence deals primarily with the twentieth anniversary celebration of the local’s founding.

Gift, 1974.

AR29

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

Collection, 1934-1970; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded on June 3, 1900, in New York and was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on June 23, 1900.

Correspondence, agreement, handbills, newspaper clippings, newsletters, speeches, financial report, proceedings, hearing report, brochures, and a list of ILGWU locals. Materials from several Texas locals and the national office comprise the bulk of the collection. Also included are newsletters representative of locals in several states; clippings which deal primarily with the strike activities of Dallas locals; and copies of speeches delivered by Meyer Perlstein, ILGWU vice-president and Southwestern Regional Director. An NLRB hearing report describes the proceedings regarding the discharge of Mrs. Carmen Jackson in ILGWU v. Aronson-Rose Manufacturing Company, Dallas, Texas, 1935.

Gift, 1974.

Finding aid available.

AR167

International Longshoremen’s Association, Gulf Coast District

Minutes, 1911; 1 folder

The International Longshoremen’s Association, Gulf Coast District, was formed in 1911 and was composed of locals from Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Minutes, September 11-14, 1911, of the convention of the southern locals, New Orleans, La. Includes minutes of the meeting of representatives of the southern locals of the ILA and the ILA Executive Council at the nineteenth annual convention, July 15, 1911, that lead to formation of the ILA Gulf Coast District.

All photocopy.

Gift, 1974.

Finding aid available.

AR181

International Longshoremen’s Association, Local 851, Galveston, Texas

Minutes, 1967-1982; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

The International Longshoremen’s Association, Local 851, one of two African American locals in Galveston, Texas, was chartered in 1898. On April 1, 1983, this local was merged with three other locals to form Local 20.

Minutes, 1967-1982; program, 1969.

Deposit, 1983.

Finding aid available.

AR267

International Longshoremen’s Association, Local 872, Houston, Texas

History, 1913-1960; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

Local 872 was chartered in 1913, for the purpose of organizing African American longshoremen in Houston, Texas.

One bound volume. This is a photocopy of the history of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Local 872, Houston, Texas.

Gift, 1967.

Finding aid available.

AR8

International Longshoremen’s Association, Local 1273, Houston, Texas

Records, 1931-1965; 1 box (.21 linear ft.)

International Longshoremen’s Association , Local 896, an all white local, was organized in 1914. It served as a sister local to African American Local 872. Due to a labor contract dispute it disbanded in 1930 and was reorganized as Local 1273 on January 8, 1930. The ILA Ladies Auxiliary No. 1 was organized in 1931 and served Locals 1231, 1273, 1330, and 1350.

Minutes, January 31-March 16, 1931, and handwritten draft of the history of Locals 896 and 1273. Includes correspondence and minutes of Ladies Auxiliary No. 1, 1933-1939.

Gift, ca. 1967.

Finding aid available.

AR19

International Typographical Union

Working card, 1904; 1 item

W. H. Bailey’s working card. He was a member of the International Typographical Union in 1904.

Gift, 1967.

Finding aid available.

AR207

International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, Laredo Local, Laredo, Texas

Minutes, 1937-1938; 1 volume

The workers of the Antimony Foundry in Laredo, Texas, organized to form a union on July 14, 1937. Its purpose was to defend against patronal exploitation, abuse, and discrimination. The group proceeded to join the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers of the C.I.O.

Minute book, July 14, 1937-January 25, 1938, original and photocopy. The original minute book is in Spanish. An English translation is provided. Included is the foundation act of La Unión de Trabajadores de la Fundición de Antimonio.

The collection is also known as: Foundry Workers Union of Laredo, Texas, Minutes.

Gift, 1971.

Finding aid available.

AR34

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Region No. 5, Education Department

Records, 1942-1972, bulk 1959-1972; 3 boxes (1.04 linear ft.)

These are the files of Edward F. Coffey who, from 1957 through 1963, was based in Dallas as the Education-Citizenship activities director for the southern half of the eight state Region 5 of the UAW. From 1964 he served as the Education Director for Region 5 of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Region 5 included Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, articles, lecture notes, speeches, minutes of sessions, and leader’s guides. Included is biographical information on Edward Coffey, education files, and printed material on labor history, consumer protection, labor economics, public education, taxes, propaganda analysis, Texas politics, recreation, poverty, retired members, farm-labor, right-wing organizations, and also information on Walter P. Reuther and H. L. Hunt.

Gift, 1972.

Finding aid available.

AR114

Iron Workers’ District Council of the State of Texas

Records, 1948-1964; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

The Iron Workers’ District Council of the State of Texas was organized June 1, 1952. It is composed of local unions affiliated with the International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers, AFL-CIO.

Correspondence, minutes, financial reports, and constitutions.

Gift, 1971.

Finding aid available.

AR73