Texas Civil Liberties Union, Austin, Texas    

Records, 1959-1975; 17 boxes (7.1 linear ft.)    

The Texas Civil Liberties Union is an affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union headquartered in Austin, Texas.    

Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, reports, news releases, lists, constitutions, newsletters, clippings, notes, handbooks, biographical data, booklets, and pamphlets. This collection consists of the retired files of the Texas Civil Liberties Union and includes correspondence and materials from Texas chapters, other state affiliates, and the American Civil Liberties Union and their newsletter, Civil Liberties, 1959-1974.    

Gift, 1975.    

AR121  

Texas Civil Liberties Union, Austin, Texas    

Records, 1964-1984; 8 boxes (3.08 linear ft.)    

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, press releases, statements, legal documents, and conference material. In addition to general office files the collection contains files on topics of concern to the Texas Civil Liberties Union: flag burning, marijuana, prisoner’s rights, Selective Service, urban renewal, and wiretapping. There are also files for groups with which the TCLU interacted, such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Southern Regional Conference, Student Mobilization Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Subversive Activities Control Board, Texas Conference of Churches, Texas Society to Abolish Capital Punishment and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee.    

Gift, 1986.    

Finding aid available.    

AR287  

Texas Civil Liberties Union, Austin, Texas    

Records, 1953-1986, bulk 1956-1983; 12 boxes (6 linear ft.)    

The Texas Civil Liberties Union was established in 1964 to insure the protection of civil liberties within the state and to initiate legal action, if necessary, to support these goals. As of May 1991, there were fourteen chapters of the Texas Civil Liberties Union.    

Legal documents, correspondence including mail from inmates, prisoner case files, country jail inspection reports, newspaper clippings, membership lists, financial data, and expense claim forms.    

Gift, 1987.    

Finding aid available.    

AR301  

Texas Civil Rights Project    

Records, 1966-1993; 9 boxes (4.05 linear ft.)    

The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) began operation in Austin, Texas, on September 23, 1990. It was organized to provide legal assistance for the indigent. James C. Harrington, former legal director of the Texas Civil Liberties Union (TCLU), settled his disputes with TCLU in September 1990, and immediately set up the TCRP. The agreement ended financial and ideological conflicts and turned all legal operations over to the TCRP.    

Office and organizational files, legal case materials, and TCRP published materials. Constitutional questions and legal precedence established through TCRP cases involve a spectrum of issues: agricultural issues; HIV; redistricting, busing and minority education; freedom of speech; equal protection and worker benefits; police misconduct; immigration and asylum; discrimination; drug smuggling; prison inmate rights; stalking; child labor; slander; and mental health care.    

Gift, 1993.    

Finding aid available.    

AR390

Texas Film    

Collection, 1946; 2 canisters (35mm & 16mm)    

The collection contains two reels of film depicting events in Texas in 1946. Tom Says No, was produced by the Hughes Tool Company to document the 1946 CIO strike against the Houston, Texas, Hughes plant. The second film documents the 1946 Texas governor’s race of Homer Price Rainey.    

Gift, 1991.    

91-19  

Texas Labor Archives    

Agreements and Wage Schedules Collection, 1899-1979; 18 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)    

Printed material. Agreements and Wage Schedules set out the particulars of an agreement between union locals with organizations and companies that employ the union members. Articles generally include length of time the agreement is in effect, rates of pay, hours of work, shift differentials, vacations, health and safety, grievance and arbitration procedures, and other contractual types of information. The agreements and wage schedules in this collection were transferred from the various labor union collections housed in the Texas Labor Archives.    

Gift, 1967-    

Catalog Card Index Available.    

AR415  

Texas Labor Archives    

Constitutions, By-Laws, and Rules, 1911-1978; 9 boxes (3.75 linear ft.)    

Printed material. Constitutions, By-Laws, and Rules set forth rules, laws, constitutions, and other governing information under which unions operate. The constitutions, by-laws, and rules in this collection were transferred from the various labor union collections housed in the Texas Labor Archives.    

Gift, 1967-    

Catalog Card Index Available.    

AR417  

Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, Thurber, Texas    

Records, 1894-1963; 6 boxes (1.83 linear ft.)    

Coal mining operations began in Thurber, Texas, in December 1886, with William Whipple Johnson, an engineer for the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, and his partner Harvey Johnson. The Johnsons sold out in 1888 to the founders of the Texas & Pacific Coal Company. Despite the fact that the miners were affiliated with the Knights of Labor, Thurber became a company-dominated community ruled by company president, Robert Dickey Hunter. The United Mine Workers organized the miners in 1903. Locals were also organized for brick makers, carpenters, clerks, meat cutters, and bartenders about that time, and Thurber gained recognition as the only 100 per cent closed-shop city in the nation. The discovery of the nearby Ranger oilfield in 1917 stimulated railroad locomotives to burn oil and the change of the company name to Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company. In 1918 the company shifted its interest toward oil production. The declining use of coal led to Thurber’s demise. The company operated the brick plant until 1930, a general office until 1933, and commissary stores until 1935. By the late 1930s Thurber became a ghost town. The company moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and was acquired by Seagram and Sons in 1963.    

Financial records, Texas & Pacific Coal Company, 1894, and 1897-1917; Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, 1918-1963. As early as 1916, the general statement lists oil and gas operating expenses as well as mine operating expenses, reflecting the beginning of the shift from coal to oil production. Also included are financial documents for 1899, 1900, and 1901, for the Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, which managed all of the company-owned enterprises in Thurber. Other subsidiaries which appear in the financial records are: Homestake Exploration, 1924-1926; Thurber Pipe Line Company, 1929-1932; and Comet Oil Company, 1933-1934.    

Gift, 1995.    

Finding aid available.    

AR386  

Texas Panhandle Building and Construction Trades Council    

Records, 1942-1972; 7 boxes (2.9 linear ft.)    

The Texas Panhandle Building and Trades Council was organized in Amarillo, Texas, as the Amarillo Building Trades Council and was composed of construction industry union locals in and around Amarillo. Throughout the years it adopted various name changes, merged with the Borger Building and Construction Trades Council around 1961, and in 1963 adopted its present name.     Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, agreements, by-laws, credentials, wage lists, modification requests, legal documents, certificates, clippings, and forms. Correspondence is with affiliated locals, the international office, the Texas AFL-CIO, and the U.S. Dept. of Labor. Also included are financial documents of the Borger Building and Construction Trades Council, 1959-1961.    

This collection is also known as: Texas Panhandle Building and Trades Council Records.    

Gift, 1972.    

Finding aid available.    

AR75  

Texas State Conference of Painters    

Monthly Reports, 1961-1964; l folder (.08 linear ft.)    

The purpose of the Texas State Conference of Painters was to advise, disclose information, and suport issues that would benefit the painting industry locals and members. Monthly reports, January 1961-December 1964. These mimeographed reports were sent to local unions and the Texas State AFL-CIO.    

Gift, 1969.    

Finding aid available.    

AR183

Texas State Council of Machinists and Aerospace Workers    

Records, 1958-1973, bulk 1966-1973; 2 boxes (.63 linear ft.)    

The International Association of Machinists was established in 1888 in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the only major union to have originated in the South. Originally the union emphasized education but prohibited political activities. In 1952, however, the ban on politics was lifted, and involvement in political activity was not only encouraged but considered "synonymous with sound trade unionism." The commitment to education and political activism was carried forward by the Texas State Council of Machinists (of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers). The council was established in September 1958. Its purpose was to promote the interests of the I.A.M. in Texas, to unite the local lodges, to foster unity of purpose and action, to educate the membership, to work for legislation beneficial to labor and against legislation detrimental to labor, to cooperate with the Grand Lodge and district lodges to promote the interests of the I.A.M, and to encourage cooperation of all state and central bodies.    

Correspondence, by-laws, convention proceedings and programs, reports, and photographs. Also included is material on the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League, an independent political committee created by the I.A.M. to encourage members of the union to vote and to provide financial assistance to political candidates.    

Gift, 1989.    

Finding aid available.    

AR359  

Texas State Employees Union/Communications Workers of America, Local 6186    

Records, 1980-1992; 3 boxes (1 linear ft.)    

The Texas State Employees Union/Communications Workers of America, Local 6186 has two full-time lobbyists in Austin working to influence legislators to vote for the union’s goals and initiatives. The union and lobbyists also receive backing from the Texas AFL-CIO. In 1992, membership in Texas was 6,618 members. Perennial issues with TSEU are maintaining staffing levels, promoting salary increases, keeping members’ health insurance costs low, and promoting personal rights such as privacy, protection from liability, and payment for overtime.    

Correspondence, forms, newspaper clippings, manuals, newsletters, and brochures. The correspondence is primarily between TSEU members concerning recruitment. The official actions of the executive committee and their efforts at election show the inner political dynamics of the organization. Forms are included that were used for membership application, surveying members for insurance information, and other operations. The newspaper clipping file contains photocopies of relevant news articles that detail the issues of the union and its members, 1990-1992. The manuals used for organizing, training, and maintaining the union demonstrate procedures followed by the union membership. The brochures are designed to motivate and encourage members while attracting new members to the organization. The newsletters document goals and political action by the union.    

Gift, 1992.    

Finding aid available.    

AR396  

Texas State Federation of Labor    

Photographs, 1918-1935; 9 photographs    

Black and white panorama prints. Photographs of members at annual conventions, 1918-1935, in various locations throughout Texas. Included is one photograph of the American Federation of Labor convention at El Paso, Texas, 1924.    

Gift, 1967.    

Finding aid available.    

AR182  

Thurber, Texas    

History Collection, 1894-1983; 5 folders (.17 linear ft.)    

Thurber, Texas, located in northwest Erath County, was the site of coal mining operations coupled with labor troubles from its beginning in 1886. Miners were employees of the Texas & Pacific Coal Company and members of the United Mine Workers of America, Local Union No. 2763. In 1903 all unskilled workers in Thurber were unionized, making it the only 100% unionized town in the nation. The mines ceased operation in 1921 after the discovery of oil. The town was virtually abandoned in 1933 when its sole industry, a brick making plant, ceased to operate. Newspaper clippings, articles, agreements, newsletters, receipts, and reminiscences about Thurber, Texas, primarily photocopy.    

The collection is also known as: Thurber Coal Miners, Thurber, Texas, Collection.    

Provenance unknown.    

Finding aid available.    

AR160  

Thurber, Texas    

Photograph Collection; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)    

Thurber, Texas, located in northwest Erath County, was the site of coal mining operations coupled with labor troubles from its beginning in 1886. Miners were employees of the Texas and Pacific Coal Company and members of the United Mine Workers of America, Local Union No. 2763. In 1903 all unskilled workers in Thurber were unionized, making it the only 100% unionized town in the nation. The mines ceased operation in 1921 after the discovery of oil. The town was virtually abandoned in 1933 when its sole industry, a brick making plant, ceased to operate. Fifty-nine black and white photographs, original albumen prints, copy prints, and copy negatives. Photographs include town scenes, commercial establishments, homes, mines and miners, the brick plant, fires, Fourth of July parades, and town social groups.    

Gift, 1981.    

Finding aid available.    

AR88  

Tri-Cities Central Labor and Trades Council    

Records, 1937-1958; 5 boxes (1.87 linear ft.)    

The Tri-Cities Central Labor and Trades Council was organized as a central labor council for the cities of Goose Creek, Pelly, and Baytown, Texas, November 17, 1937. It was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, November 22, 1937. The three cities merged in 1947 and took the name, Baytown. In or around 1958, the council joined with the Houston Trades and Labor Council and the Houston Area Industrial Union Council to form the Harris County AFL-CIO Council.     Correspondence, minutes, financial records, and legal documents. Includes minutes, rules and by-laws of the district council of United Carpenters and Joiners of America of Houston and Vicinity, 1942-1947; minutes of the Houston Building Trades Council, 1943-1947; proceedings of general conferences of the Texas Gulf Coast Area AFL, 1944-1945; and minutes of the Local AFL Organizing Committee for Houston and Vicinity, 1943-1944.    

Gift, ca. 1959.    

Finding aid available.    

AR40 Twedell, Richard A., 1926-    

Papers, 1964-1976; 17 boxes (7.08 linear ft.)    

Richard Twedell was director of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, District 5, Dallas, Texas, and also the youngest international vice-president elected to its executive board. He succeeded his father, Samuel A. Twedell, in July 1968.    

Correspondence, agreements, legal documents, financial documents, minutes, reports, and printed material. These are the personal papers and union records of Richard Twedell.    

Deposit, 1977.    

Finding aid available.    

AR259

Twedell, Richard A., 1926-    

Papers, 1969-1978, bulk 1975-1976; 18 boxes (7.25 linear ft.)    

Richard Twedell was director of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, District 5, Dallas, Texas, and also the youngest international vice-president elected to its executive board. He succeeded his father, Samuel A. Twedell, in July 1968.    

Correspondence, agreements, legal documents, financial documents, minutes, organizers’ reports, and printed material. These are the personal papers and union records of Richard Twedell.    

Deposit, 1981.    

Finding aid available.    

AR264  

Twedell, Samuel A.    

Papers, 1915-1963, bulk 1945-1961; 68 boxes (28.33 linear ft.)    

Samuel Twedell was a union organizer, 1933-1948. In 1948 he assumed directorship of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America , District 5, Dallas Texas, and was the first organizer elected an international vice president of the organization. He retired in July 1968.    

Correspondence, financial records, agreements, organizers’ reports, printed material, photographs, and a photocopy of Twedell’s personal scrapbook. These are the personal papers and union records of Samuel Twedell.    

Gift, 1967, 1968.    

Finding aid available.    

AR44  

Twedell, Samuel A.    

Papers, 1954-1968, bulk 1960-1968; 69 boxes (28.75 linear ft.)    

Samuel Twedell was a union organizer, 1933-1948. In 1948 he assumed directorship of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, District 5, Dallas, Texas, and was the first organizer elected an international vice president of the organization. He retired in July 1968.    

Correspondence, agreements, financial records, minutes, organizer’s reports, and printed material. These are the personal papers and union records of Samuel Twedell.    

Gift, 1974-1976.    

Finding aid available.     

AR124 

UAW, Local 218, Fort Worth, Texas    

Collection, 1954-1970, bulk 1967-1969; 3 folders    

UAW Local 218 was organized for workers at Bell Helicopter Company in Fort Worth, Texas. Newspaper clippings, newsletters, resolution, and leaflets. Clippings about UAW Local 218’s protest against dues increase to finance the UAW strike against Ford Motor Company in 1967, its own strike against Bell Helicopter in 1969, and other UAW locals. Includes UAW-CIO News, Arlington, Texas, February 8, 1954; and UAW Citizen, Dallas County, Texas, September 1960 and January 1961. The collection is also known as: United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 218, Records.    

Provenance unknown.    

Finding aid available.

AR151  

UAW, Local 276, Grand Prairie, Texas    

Records, 1954-1990; 23 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)    

The first group of assembly line production employees at the Arlington General Motors plant began work in November 1953. Representatives from the International United Auto Workers soon organized the plant. A charter for Local 276 was granted on March 11, 1954.    

Official negotiation records, financial records, roll books, and a history of the union. The bulk of the collection is a random sampling of union member grievances against General Motors management. The employee grievances, 1954-1970, provide a broad based understanding of the types of labor and management disputes that occurred in the workplace.    

Gift, 1990.    

Finding aid available.    

AR372  

UAW, Local 276, Grand Prairie, Texas    

Records, 1962-1979, bulk 1962-1970; 6 folders    

The UAW organized the auto workers at the General Motors Corporation assembly plant in Arlington, Texas in 1954. On March 11, 1954, a charter was granted by the international union to Local 276 headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas.    

Letter, by-laws, election returns, brochures, program, clippings, telegrams, agreement, and newsletter. Primarily newspaper clippings which describe the strikes at the General Motors Corporation assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, in 1964, 1967, and 1970. Includes photocopies of a newspaper column, "UAW Speaks Out," by the Texas Community Action Program Council, November 1969-June 1970, which appeared in the Citizen-Journal, Arlington, Texas; printed material about union participation issued by the international; and a history of Local 276 by David Perdue, "Twenty-five Years of Solidarity."    

The collection is also known as: United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 276, Records.    

Gift, 1975.    

Finding aid available.   

AR148  

UAW, Local 276, Grand Prairie, Texas    

Collection, 1963-1975; 2 folders    

The UAW organized the auto workers at the General Motors Corporation assembly plant in Arlington Texas in 1954. On March 11, 1954, a charter was granted by the international union to Local 276 headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas.    

Agreement, 1973; printed material, 1967-1974; and photographs, ca. 1963-1974. The photographs depict the General Motors assembly plant in Arlington, Local 276 officers and building, local strikes, international union officers, and "Solidarity House" in Detroit, Michigan. Printed material was produced and distributed by the international headquarters and includes material on union membership, energy, the Ford Motor Company strike in 1937, legislative issues, collective bargaining, a report of the Public Review Board, and the UAW Solidarity memorial issue about Walter Reuther, 1970.    

Gift, 1975.    

Finding aid available.    

AR186  

UAW, Local 870, Dallas, Texas    

Records, 1941-1970; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.)    

United Automobile Workers of America (UAW), CIO, Local 870, was formed in Dallas, Texas, at the Ford Motor Company assembly plant on June 2, 1941. The plant was shut down by the company on February 26, 1970. Minutes of the membership and the executive board, 1941-1969; and newspaper clippings, 1970. The newspaper clippings describe the Ford Motor Company assembly plant closure. A petition, 1955, and correspondence are interfiled with the minutes.    

Partial photocopy. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1971.    

Gift, 1971.    

Finding aid available.    

AR15  

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local Union No. 196, Amarillo, Texas    

Records, 1939-1969; 11 boxes (4.4 linear ft.)    

Local 196 was organized in Amarillo, Texas, in 1907. Its jurisdiction covered a large portion of the Texas Panhandle.    

Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, agreements, applications, annual reports, convention programs, resolutions, forms, clippings, certificates, affidavits, and booklets. Includes records of the local’s apprenticeship program; minutes of the Amarillo Labor Legislative Committee, 1948-1949; minutes of the Central Texas Co-Operative Council of Plumbers and Steamfitters, 1942; minutes of the Metal Trades Council of Amarillo and Vicinity, 1951-1954; and records of the West Texas District Council of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, 1949-1953.    

Gift, 1972.    

Finding aid available.   

AR80

United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas-Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters Helpers, Local No. 142, San Antonio, Texas    

Minutes, 1916-1929; 1 box (.25 linear ft.)    

Minutes, January 2, 1916-January 25, 1918 and May 9, 1923-September 23, 1929. Includes a list of names and addresses of members, January 1917.    

Photocopy.    

Gift, 1974.    

Finding aid available.    

AR94  

United Brewery Workers of the United States of North America, Local 112, San Antonio, Texas    

Records, 1894-1916; 2 boxes (.67 linear ft.)    

Local 112 of the United Brewery Workers of the United States of North America was founded in San Antonio, Texas, June 29, 1894.    

Minutes, 1894-1916; letter book, 1897-1899; and financial records, 1897-1916. The records are in German. A translation by Dr. Bede K. Lackner of the minutes and letter book is included.    

Gift, 1972, 1974-1975.    

Finding aid available.    

AR37  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 14, San Antonio, Texas    

Minutes, 1890-1948; 27 volumes in 7 boxes (2.4 linear ft.) United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 367, San Antonio, merged on March 9, 1896, with Local 717 of San Antonio. On September 14, 1970, Local 717 merged with Local 1233 to become Local 14. Minutes, 1892-1948. Includes minutes of Local 367, 1890-1892, and Local 717, 1894-1910. Scattered throughout the minute books are carbon copies of resolutions, financial statements, memos, reports, membership lists, and letters from other locals and the national headquarters.    

Gift, 1968.    

Finding aid available.    

AR17  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 923, Cleburne, Texas    

Records, 1928-1969; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)    

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 923, Cleburne, Texas, merged with Local 1822 of Fort Worth in April 1969.    

Minutes, 1936-1969, and financial records, 1928-1933, 1961-1969. The minute books contain some letters, reports, financial documents, and printed materials.    

Gift, 1974.    

Finding aid available.    

AR97  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1183, Stephenville, Texas    

Records, 1926-1970; 3 boxes (1 linear ft.)    

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1183, was organized in Stephenville, Texas, in 1926. The local merged in 1970 with Local 1822, Fort Worth, Texas.    

Correspondence, 1960-1969; minutes, 1926-1970; and financial records, 1945-1970. Correspondence is primarily from general president M. A. Hutcheson of the national headquarters.    

Gift, 1974.    

Finding aid available.    

AR96  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1920, Mineral Wells, Texas    

Records, 1952-1969; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)    

Due to lack of membership, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1920, merged with Local 1822, Fort Worth, Texas, on February 10, 1969.    

Correspondence, 1965-1969; minutes, 1958-1968; financial documents, 1953, 1960-1966; roll call records, 1956-1968; record of applicants, 1953-1968; constitution and by-laws, 1953, 1961; and miscellaneous printed items, 1952-1969. Includes Apprenticeship and Training Department directory, policies, memos, and minutes, 1966-1968. Correspondence is from general president M. A. Hutcheson of the national headquarters and with various Texas carpenter locals.    

Gift, 1974.    

Finding aid available.    

AR98  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 2169, San Antonio, Texas    

Minutes, 1919-1922; 1 volume    

The first meeting of Local 2169, San Antonio, Texas, of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was May 22, 1919. Sixty members were initiated and officers were elected.     Minutes, May 22, 1919-July 13, 1922; and list of membership.    

Gift, 1968.    

Finding aid available.    

AR14  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union No. 198, Dallas, Texas    

Records, 1953-1986, bulk 1953-1968; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.)    

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union No. 198, Dallas, Texas, received its charter on July 10, 1886.    

Correspondence, financial records, reports, legislative bills, newsletters, legal documents, handbooks, and booklets. Includes correspondence with national headquarters, Local 198 members, other locals, and the following labor organizations: the Dallas Building and Construction Trades Council, Dallas AFL-CIO Council, Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council, and the Texas State AFL-CIO. Also includes correspondence, minutes, financial reports, and working conditions reports of the Texas State Council of Carpenters, 1954-1968; a newsletter, Jurisdictional Decisions, 1960-1963, resolved by the National Joint Board for Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes; and the 100th anniversary history booklet of Local 198.    

Minutes, 1919-1947, are on microfilm (2 reels).    

Gift, 1972, 1986.    

Finding aid available.    

AR84  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union No. 1822, Fort Worth, Texas    

Records, 1911-1965; 25 volumes in 6 boxes (2.13 linear ft.)    

Minutes, May 12, 1911-June 28, 1965; membership books, 1920-1921, 1938; reports of the examination committee, 1941; miscellaneous financial records, 1935-1943. Correspondence and agreements are scattered throughout the minute books.    

Gift, 1969, 1974.    

Finding aid available.    

AR43  

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union No. 2190, Harlingen, Texas    

Records, 1921-1965; 15 boxes (6.25 linear ft.)    

Correspondence, 1926-1967; minutes, 1923-1962; financial records, 1927-1965; membership records, 1921-1957; and constitutions, 1927, 1959-1960. Includes correspondence with national headquarters, Local 2190 members, other Texas locals, Harlingen area firms, and the following organizations: the Central Labor Union (Lower Rio Grande Valley), Texas State Council of Carpenters, and National Labor Relations Board. Also included are jurisdictional decisions of the National Joint Board for Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes and correspondence and applications regarding the apprenticeship program.    

Gift, 1967.    

Finding aid available.    

AR21  

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, Fort Worth Boycott Committee    

Records, 1968-1974, bulk 1968-1971; 2 boxes (.63 linear ft.)    

A group of Tarrant County citizens organized in 1969 to support and aid the farm workers in California and Texas who were on strike. The group called itself the Tarrant County Grape Boycott Committee. In late 1969 the name was changed to the Friends of the Farm Workers and about a year later to the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, Fort Worth Boycott Committee.     Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, lists, flyers, programs, agendas, resolutions, handouts, stamps, questionnaires, bumper sticker, photographs, and negatives. These are the files of Shirley Swallow, chair of the Fort Worth boycott, and Luis Melendrez, Fort Worth representative of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Includes newsletters from similar groups across the United States as well as the newsletters of the Fort Worth Boycott Committee: Boycott Voice, Fort Worth Boycott Newsletter, and Huelga News, 1969-1972. Also includes records of the Texas Conference of Churches, 1968-1970.    

Gift, 1971, 1974.    

Finding aid available.    

AR69  

United Federation of Postal Clerks, Fort Worth Branch No. 98    

Records, 1942-1973, bulk 1942-1967; 4 boxes (1.44 linear ft.)    

In the 1940s this organization was known as the Railway Mail Association, Fort Worth Branch. In 1950 it took the name, National Postal Transport Association, Fort Worth Branch, and in 1960 the name was changed to the United Federation of Postal Clerks, Fort Worth Branch 110T. The national office designated the name of the single local as Fort Worth Branch No. 98 retaining, however, the officers and administration of Branch 110T.    

Correspondence, 1942-1967; minutes, 1946-1967; financial documents, 1942-1967; bulletins, 1956-1967; constitutions; state and national convention proceedings, 1947-1967; agreements, 1963-1967; membership lists, 1963-1967; resolutions, 1947-1964; booklets, manuals, and forms, 1955-1966. The correspondence includes letters from several members of the U.S. Congress in 1957 notably Lyndon B. Johnson, Ralph Yarborough, Jim Wright, Joe Pool, Frank Church, and Sam Rayburn. Also included are U.S. Post Office Dept. personnel bulletins, 1966-1967; the Postal Transport Journal, 1958-1967; and records of the Texas United Federation of Postal Clerks, 1964-1966.    

Gift, 1973.    

Finding aid available.    

AR86  

United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union, Local No. 125, Corsicana, Texas    

Records, 1950-1980, bulk 1958-1968; 14 boxes (5.8 linear ft.)    

After several years of effort, the Texas-Miller Products plant was organized by workers and representatives of the United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union. An agreement was drawn up in August 1958, and Local No. 125 was established.    

Correspondence, 1958-1965; minutes, 1958-1964; financial records, 1958-1964; agreements, 1958-1961; constitutions and by-laws, 1962; grievance cases, 1958-1960; organizing leaflets, 1950-1964; NLRB cases, 1958-1964; newspaper clippings, 1958-1964; lists, 1958-1964; reports, 1960-1962; and photographs. Also includes records of Local No. 126, Dallas, Tex., 1958-1962; Local No. 128, Longview, Tex., 1957-1965; Local No. 129, Garland, Tex., 1961-1965; the Texas Joint Board, 1960-1965; and the correspondence of international officers and representatives, Carmen Lucia, 1958-1968; Dennis Adams, 1959-1965; John Kuliesh, 1960-1963; Carl Otto, 1962-1968; Annie Gaines, 1959-1961; and Charles Hunter, 1960-1963.    

The UT Arlington Oral History Collection has an interview with Carmen Lucia (OH3) and Carl Otto (OH70).    

Gift, 1968, 1980.    

Finding aid available.    

AR11  

United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers, District No. 5    

Records, 1938-1972, bulk 1942-1968; 268 boxes (111.7 linear ft.)    

United Packinghouse Workers of America, District 8, was formed in 1943 and included Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. In 1958, District 8 became District 5 and it added southern Kansas to its territory. In 1960, the name changed to United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers. On October 1, 1968, a merger was finalized with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.    

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, legal documents, newsletters, job descriptions, convention materials, grievance cases, membership lists, constitution, photographs, certificates, printed materials, and tape recordings. These are the files of district directors, A. J. Pittman, 1943-1954, and George Thomas, 1954-1968. Includes Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee records for some Oklahoma and Fort Worth locals, 1945-1968; international executive board minutes, 1945-1968; District 5 council and executive board records, 1951-1968; and correspondence with field representative Steve Mauser; as well as records of the Tarrant County Industrial Union Council-CIO, 1946-1957; Texas State Industrial Union Council, 1945-1953; and Texas AFL-CIO Council, 1956-1964. Also included are several files of material which describe the union’s policy against discrimination and its campaign for equal rights for minorities.    

The collection is also known as: United Packinghouse Workers of America, District 8.    

Gift, 1969-1970, 1972, 1975.    

Finding aid available.    

AR51  

United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America, Local 883, Pecos, Texas    

Records, 1962-1991; 9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)    

United Rubber Workers, Local 683, Pecos, Texas, received its charter on November 26, 1962. Members of the union, who were predominantly Mexican American, were all employed by Automotive Proving Grounds, Inc., a subsidiary of Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company. The local remained in operation until January 9, 1987, at which time the subsidiary ceased operations. The local was officially disbanded on February 28, 1991.    

Correspondence, minutes, election results, membership reports, expense reports, contracts, negotiating material, grievances, convention material (1970-1984), union directories and booklets.    

Gift, 1988.    

Finding aid available.    

AR375  

United States. National Labor Relations Board, Region 16    

Scrapbook, 1934-1940; 1 volume    

A regional office of the National Labor Relations Board was established in February 1934 in San Antonio, Texas, empowered to settle NRA disputes in Texas. In September 1934, the San Antonio office was abolished and its duties were transferred to a new group with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, headed by Dr. Edwin A. Elliott. Scrapbook composed of newspaper clippings, a news release, and correspondence. The clippings concern the board and its work. A large number of clippings concern the Ford Motor Company hearings conducted by the National Labor Relations Board in 1940.    

The collection is also known as: National Labor Relations Board, Fort Worth, Texas.    

Gift, 1973.    

Finding aid available.    

AR79, OS2  

United States. National Youth Administration (Texas)    

Records, 1937-1943; 1 folder    

The National Youth Administration was established in 1935 to benefit the youth of the nation. Its purpose was to provide employment, job training and placement, and educational financial assistance to young people age sixteen to twenty-five. The National Youth Administration was liquidated on December 31, 1943. Correspondence, reports, outline, and speeches. These are the files of Harry W. Acreman who was a member of the Texas State Advisory Committee of the National Youth Administration, 1938-1943.    

Photocopy.    

The collection is also known as: National Youth Administration, Fort Worth, Texas.    

Gift, 1972.    

Finding aid available.    

AR176  

United States. Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports    

Records, 1937-1970; 16 boxes (6.67 linear ft.) I    n 1963 the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports was formed from the Bureau of Labor-Management Reports and the Office of Welfare and Pension Plans.    

Reports, constitutions and by-laws, financial documents, correspondence, booklets, and an index. These are the files of the Dallas office, which consist of annual as well as terminal reports of Texas locals required by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-257). Included is a copy of the act as amended in 1965 and a cross-index of files by Department of Labor file number.    

This collection is also known as: United States Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor-Management Reports.    

Gift, 1971.    

Finding aid available.    

AR58  

United States. Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports    

Records, 1951-1972; 6 boxes (1.15 linear ft.)    

In 1963 the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports was formed from the Bureau of Labor-Management Reports and the Office of Welfare and Pension Plans.    

Reports, correspondence, constitutions and by-laws, financial records, resolutions, and agreements. These are the files of the Dallas office which consists of annual as well as terminal reports and accompanying materials of union locals, employers, and labor relations consultants. Included are records from local in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma which no longer exist due to merger or dissolution. Reports were required by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-257).    

This collection is also known as: United States Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor-Management Reports.    

Gift, 1973.    

Finding aid available.    

AR102  

United States. Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports    

Records, 1959-1975; 12 boxes (5 linear ft.)    

In 1963 the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports was formed from the Bureau of Labor-Management Reports and the Office of Welfare and Pension Plans.    

Reports, correspondence, constitutions and by-laws, pamphlets, and miscellaneous printed materials. These are the files of the Dallas office which consist of annual reports and accompanying materials of Texas union locals which no longer exist due to mergers or dissolutions. Reports were required by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-257). Included is an alphabetical cross-index of unions with file numbers, a copy of the act, and instructions for filling out forms.     This collection is also known as: United States Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Management Reports.    

Gift, 1975.    

Finding aid available.    

AR123  

United Steelworkers of America, Local 12237, Fort Worth, Texas    

Minutes, 1952-1956; 1 folder    

Local 12237 of the United Steelworkers of America was organized for the Stauffer Chemical Co., Fort Worth, Texas.    

Minutes, July 15, 1952-January 17, 1956. The minutes are photocopies.    

Gift, 1974.    

Finding aid available.    

AR158  

United Sugar Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 917, Sugar Land, Texas    

Records, 1938-1967; 7 boxes (2.75 linear ft.)    

United Sugar Refinery Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 917, was affiliated with the CIO until July 8, 1947, when the members voted to affiliate with the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA). They then became the United Packinghouse Workers of America, Sugar and Allied Products Division, Local 399. Due to charges of Communist domination, the local officially disaffiliated from the UPWA, June 15, 1954. It reaffiliated with the CIO, received a new charter, and a new name, United Sugar Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 917.     Correspondence, minutes, agreements, financial documents, reports, grievance cases, lists, clippings, news releases, certificates, contracts, proposals, and photographs. The records include those from Local 917, 1939-1947 and 1954-1967, and records from the affiliation with UPWA as Local 399, 1947-1954. Also included are minutes of the Southern Sugar Council, 1949-1953, and financial documents and political campaign materials from local, state, and national Committee on Political Education, 1959-1964.    

Gift, 1971.    

Finding aid available.    

AR54

Waco Central Labor Council, Waco, Texas    

Records, 1919-1955; 4 boxes (1.27 linear ft.)    

Minutes, 1919-1931; financial records, 1920-1955. Also included are the minutes of the Waco Labor Temple Association, 1924-1955.    

Gift, 1967.    

Finding aid available.    

AR27  

Waco Fire Fighters Association, Local 478, Waco, Texas    

Minutes, 1957-1963; 1 box (2.5 inches)    

The Waco Fire Fighters Association is Local 478 of the International Association of Fire Fighters.    

Minutes, January 14, 1957-December 10, 1963. The minutes were read and approved by A. I. Daniel before deposit. Includes the constitution and by-laws of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Waco Fire Fighters Association, Local 478.    

This collection is also known as: International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 478, Waco, Texas, Minutes.    

Restricted use.    

Gift, 1968.    

AR13  

Waco Typographical Union No. 188, Waco, Texas    

Records, 1910-1945; 1 box (.4 linear ft.)    

The Waco Typographical Union is Local 188 of the International Typographical Union.    

Minutes, 1933-1945; financial records, 1910-1919; and contracts 1943-1944.    

The collection is also known as: International Typographical Union, Local 188, Waco, Texas, Records.    

Gift, 1968.    

Finding aid available.    

AR32  

Wells, Blanche    

Papers, 1944-1973; bulk 1947-1966; 9 boxes (3.83 linear ft.)    

Blanche Wells was a longtime employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 1918-1966; secretary of Communications Workers of America, Local 6201, Fort Worth, Texas, ca. 1949-1966; member and officer, Telephone Pioneers of America, 1949-1972; and a political and community activist.    

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, resolutions, by-laws, bulletins, newsletters, notes, certificates, booklets, brochures, convention materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs. These papers represent Blanche Wells’ union and political activities. Included are records of Southwestern Telephone Workers’ Union, 1944-1948; Communications Workers of America, Southwestern Division No. 20, 1947-1951; Communications Workers of America, District 6, 1951-1965; Communications Workers of America, Local 2402, Fort Worth, Texas, 1950-1951; Communications Workers of America, Local 6201, Fort Worth, Texas, 1951-1966; records of Communications Workers of America, 1948-1966; and Telephone Pioneers of America, Lone Star Chapter, No. 22, 1949-1972. Also included is an unpublished history of union organizing activities in the telephone industry in Fort Worth, 1937-1949, by Wells; the Dallas area newsletter, Telephone Times, 1968-1973; and a folder of correspondence with Jim Wright.    

Gift, 1975.    

Finding aid available.    

AR59, OS147-3  

Woodman, C. W. (Cony Warren), 1864-1948    

Papers, 1869-1967, bulk 1902-1948; 2 boxes (.50 linear ft.)    

C. W. Woodman was a labor leader, publisher and editor of The Union Banner, Fort Worth, Texas; representative of the American Federation of Labor; Commissioner of Labor Statistics for the State of Texas; charter member of the Texas State Federation of Labor; assistant director of the Farm Labor Division and later manager of the National Reemployment Service of the U.S. Dept. of Labor (Southwest region); and Fort Worth panel member of the National Labor Relations Board.    

Correspondence, 1902-1948; diary, 1917-1920; photographs, 1869-1967; certificates, 1912-1915; newspaper clippings, 1915-1948; scrapbook; and The Union Banner, May 23, 1947, Labor Day issue, 1955, and supplements, May 6, 1949, and May 19, 1950. The clippings concentrate on Woodman’s career especially his involvement in the labor movement; farm-labor issues; and the Buy-It-In-Texas campaign, 1915. The collection includes copies of letters to Samuel Gompers and a letter from Gompers, 1915; copies of letters during Woodman’s service as secretary-treasurer of the Texas State Federation of Labor and the U.S. Dept. of Labor, as well as personal correspondence.    

Gift, 1968, 1977, 1985.    

Finding aid available.    

AR163  

Wright, James D., 1936-1994    

PATCO Papers, 1962-1993; 8 boxes (4.55 linear ft.)    

James D. Wright was an air traffic controller and a member of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO). Wright entered the FAA Air Traffic Academy in 1962. After his graduation, Wright was assigned to the Houston ATC facility. In 1971, Wright was fired by the FAA for participating in a sick-out. One of only six individuals dismissed, Wright successfully fought the FAA action, and returned to his job in 1972 with full pay. Wright later became a recruiter for PATCO. By 1979, Wright was transferred to the Oakland Air Traffic control center. On August 3, 1981, Wright participated in the PATCO strike, an action that would cost him his job. Wright received retraining as an air machinist and went to work for United Airlines in 1985. He continued to support PATCO through letter writing and participating in PATCO reunions. He died in 1994.    

Correspondence, legal documents, newspapers clippings, newsletters, air traffic controllers work materials, and materials relating to both PATCO and USATCO. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, clippings, and documents relating to both the 1970 PATCO sick-out and the 1981 PATCO strike. The legal documents, 1981-1983, concerning the 1981 PATCO strike are extensive, and include decisions and orders stating where all cases were heard along with each parties’ representatives. Included also are Wright’s legal files from the PATCO sick-out, 1969-1971.    

The collection contains issues of PATCO Lives, 1985-1993, and USATCO, 1983-1984, as well as various issues of local PATCO newsletters and FAA World magazines, 1980-1981.    

Gift, 1994.    

Finding aid available.    

AR400