Labor Union Collections |
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| MS-22 | INTERNATIONAL STEREOTYPER'S & ELECTROTYPER'S UNION, LOCAL 114. |
| Includees minutes of regular and special meetings, financial records, correspondence, negotiation and arbitration records, agreements, grievances, and union literature. Members of Local 114 worked in Dayton at McCall's, the National Cash Register Company (NCR), Dayton Electrotype, and Matsand Molds, Inc. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-36 | DAYTON-MIAMI VALLEY AFL-CIO. Records, 1945-1970. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| Includes correspondence, minutes, constitutions, financial records, and other materials relating to local AFL and CIO unions and their merger in 1959. Most of the material is from the Industrial Union Council during the years 1945-1959, and includes the constitution and charter of the Council, the minutes of the delegate and executive meetings, and reports of various committees. Also includesd are minutes, plans, and financial records from Lakewoods, a housing foundation for AFL-CIO senior citizens. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-41 | DAYTON TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, LOCAL 57. Records, 1866-1972. 50 volumes, 8 lin. ft. |
| Contains a fairly complete run of minutes for the years 1866-1968 as well as legal reports, financial ledgers and journals, membership records, correspondence, and a variety of printed materials. The minutes include reports from the Executive Board and various committees, and summary financial information. Membership recors contain much information on the union's apprenticeship program. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-47 | SPRINGFIELD TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, LOCAL 117. Records, 1920-1967. 4 lin. ft. |
| The bulk of records in this collection falls between 1930 and 1958 and includes a constitution, minutes of regular and Business Committee meetings, correspondence, and materials on wage and agreements. There is also information and correspondence pertaining to a lockout in 1923. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-49 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IUE), DISTRICT COUNCIL
7. Records, 1941-1965. 6.5 lin. ft. |
| Consists of the papers of three men, E.J. Kraft, Wesley Steinhilber, and Robert Elsner, who were active in IUE District Council 7. Within the Kraft and Steinhilber series is material concerning the split within the UE (Union of Electrical Workers) before and after its expulsion from the CIO. There is also information about the House Un- American Activities Committee hearings in Dayton, Ohio, and reports of Communist Party influence in the UE during the late 1940's. The Elsner material consists of labor education information from the 1960's, and UE materials from the 1940's. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-50 | URBANA TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, LOCAL 747. Records, 1916-1976. 1 lin. ft. |
| Consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, and membership information. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-52 | MISCELLANEOUS LABOR UNION COLLECTION. Records, 1908-1976. .5 lin. ft. |
| A miscellaneous collection of union records including a 1908-1919 minute book from the Dayton Pressman's Union, Local 12 and oral history tapes from three IUE District Council 7 officials. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-54 | BARBER'S UNION, LOCAL 26. Records, 1962-1973. .5 lin. ft. |
| Includes a minute book, financial records, and miscellaneous papers. Local 26 was based in Dayton, Ohio. Finding aid available | |
| MS-56 | INTERNATIONAL PRINTING AND GRAPHICS COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION,
LOCAL 48. Records, 1951-1977. 1 lin. ft. |
| Material consists of minutes, correspondence, contracts, wage scale information, and financial records for this Springfield, Ohio, IPGCW local. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-58 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, BRANCH 45. Records, 1890-1948. 6 volumes. |
| Consists of the minute books of a Springfield postal worker's union. The minutes contain membership and financial records. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-61 | PRINTING AND PRESSMAN'S UNION, LOCAL 54. Records, 1890-1969. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| Consists of a fairly complete run of meeting minutes for the years 1890-1964 as well as Board of Director's reports and election materials for this Dayton union. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-62 | FLYMAN'S AND INKMAN'S UNION, LOCAL 616. Records, 1963-1972. 1 lin. ft. |
| Contains minutes, attendance records, arbitration records, agreements, correspondence, and financial records. Local 616 is based in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-72 | UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 684.
Records, 1940-1974. 2 lin. ft. |
| Contains membership meeting minutes of the Miami Valley Carpenter's District Council, Executive Board minutes, constitutions, financial records, contract proposals, newsletters, and convention proceedings. Local 684 is based in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-78 | COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 4322. Records, 1936-1975. 4 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of minutes of monthly membership meetings, minutes of the National Executive Board of the CWA annual convention, Advisory Board reports, contracts, photographs, various informational pamphlets, and strike literature. Local 4322 is based in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-79 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 755. Records, 1938-1974. 45 lin. ft. |
| Local 755 was formed in 1940 to represent the workers at the DELCO plant in Dayton. The records consist of minutes of the regular membership meetings, minutes of the Executive Board, Shop Committee minutes, shop stewards' minutes, records of negotiations and agreements, grievances, wage charts, union election materials, hiring and layoff lists, information on strikes, correspondence, financial records, educational materials, newsletters, and other union literature. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-83 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 775. Records, 1953-1976. 7.5 lin. ft. |
| Local 775 represents the workers at the Chrysler Airtemp plant in Dayton, Ohio. The records contain minutes of membership meetings, minutes of the Executive Board, Shop Committee minutes, negotiations and cotract agreements, correspondence, political and eductationla materials, clippings and news releases. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-84 | UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 2248.
Records, 1919-1974. 1 lin. ft. |
| Includes minute books and a small amount of correspondence, newsletters, and minutes of special meetings. Local 2248 is based in Piqua. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-89 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LOCAL LODGE 225. Records, 1916-1977. 9 lin. ft. |
| Contains membership meeting minutes, financial records, membership lists, election records, reports, official circulars, contract agreements and negotiations, correspondence, and strike information. Lodge 225 is based in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-93 | CARPENTER'S MIAMI VALLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL. Records, 1891-1970. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of minutes, by-laws, NLRB rulings, negotiations and agreements, financial records, and correspondence. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-94 | LOCAL DAYTON SOCIALIST PARTY. Records, 1898-1956. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| The bulk of records in this collection were generated by the Socialist Party organization in Dayton from 1901-1924 and include membership meeting minutes, the minutes of various committees, financial records, and a listing of new members for the years 1906-1908 and 1912-1917. Also included is a small collection of Socialist Party literature, some state and national Party materials, and a miscellaneous collection of notices, handbills, correspondence, and photographs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-96 | AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 252. Records, 1904-1978. 3 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of minutes, financial records, administrative policy papers, membership lists, negotiations and agreements, grievance materials, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. Local 252 is based in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-99 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 689. Records, 1942-1976. .5 lin. ft. |
| IUE Local 689 represents employees of the Hewitt Soap Company in Dayton, Ohio. Records include minutes of meetings between Hewitt and the union, contracts, and a copy of the Hewitt employee manual. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-103 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 725. Records, 1955-1976. 4.5 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of membership and Executive Board minutes, handbooks, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, negotiation, arbitration cases, and grievance files. Local 725 represents the workers at Copeland Corporation in Sidney, Ohio. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-104 | INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 66. Records, 1893-1976. 5 lin. ft. |
| Records include meeting minutes, financial records, convention proceedings, contracts, correspondence, and photographs of this Dayton union. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-108 | GRAPHIC ARTS UNION, LOCAL 199. Records, 1940-1978. 3.5 lin. ft. |
| Includes membership and Executive Board meeting minutes, financial records, membership lists, negotiation records, grievance cases, correspondence, and materials from labor organization affiliates. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-111 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 801. Records, 1938-1979. 11 lin. ft. |
| Local 801 was organized in 1938 to represent the workers at the Frigidaire Division of General Motors in Dayton, Ohio. The records consist of membership and Executive Board meeting minutes, financial records, committee files, negotiation and contract records, grievance cases, correspondence, bulletins, and newsletters. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-113 | AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, LOCAL 1456. Records, 1950-1979. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| Local 1456 represents the employees of the St. John's Transportation Company in Dayton, Ohio. Records include membership, Executive Board, and committee minutes, financial records, correspondence, negotiating records, and agreements. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-114 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 768. Records, 1947-1971. 3 lin. ft. |
| Local 768 represents workers at several small manufacturing plants in Dayton. Included in this collection are membership and Executive Board minutes, Shop Committee minutes, financial records, negotiation records, agreements, annual reports, and grievances. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-116 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, DISTRICT COUNCIL 7. Records, 1934-1974. 3.5 lin. ft. |
| Includes Executive Board minutes, District Council minutes and proceedings, Conference Board minutes, and Civil Rights Committee minutes. Also included are financial records, election materials, negotiation records, subject files, and photographs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-125 | UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 104.
Records, 1890-1969. 15 volumes, 1 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, and committee reports. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-127 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AMALGAMATED LOCAL 804.
Records, 1937-1978. 8.5 lin. ft. |
| Local 804 was organized in 1937 to represent the workers at the Leland Electric Company in Dayton. Records include membership meeting minutes, Executive Board and Labor-Management meeting minutes, contract negotiations, the records from organizing campaigns in several small plants in Dayton, correspondence, grievances, union bulletins, membership lists, and files on various subjects including the Communist controversy in the Dayton labor movement during the late 1940's. | |
| MS-144 | EDELMAN, OSCAR K. (1897-1987). Papers, 1912-1987. 6 lin. ft. |
| Edelman was a long-time, active member of the Socialist Party in Dayton, and for a period, served as business manager for the local Socialist newspaper, The Miami Valley Socialist. His papers include correspondence, clippings, political literature, Socialist campaign materials, working papers, a minute book of the Young Socialist League in Dayton (1915), scattered copies of the Miami Valley Socialist, and a collection of state and national Socialist Party literature. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-162 | INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 654. Records, 1937-1951. 1 lin. ft. |
| Materials include minutes, correspondence, bulletins, dues records, photographs, and miscellaneous items. Local 654 was headquartered in Springfield, Ohio. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-163 | LADIES AUXILIARY BRANCH NO. 138 OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER
CARRIERS. Records, 1914-1978. 2 lin. ft. |
| Consists of minutes, administrative records, financial records, correspondence, national and state convention proceedings, and a history of the Ladies Auxiliary #138 from 1926-1944. Branch #138 was located in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-164 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, BRANCH 182. Records, 1917-1978. 1 lin. ft. |
| Collection includes membership meeting minutes, membership rolls, financial records, correspondence, and photographs. Branch 182 is based in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-222 | INTERNATIONAL STEREOTYPER'S & ELECTROTYPER'S UNION, LOCAL 55. Records, 1925-1976. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| Contains minutes, correspondence, agreements, administrative records, reports, and printed materials from a Springfield, Ohio, labor union. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-266 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL, SALARIED, MACHINE
AND FURNITURE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 769 (IUE -769). Records, 1973-1994. 3 lin. ft. |
| The IUE-769 was formed when Copeland Corporation opened a production facility in West Union, Ohio, which manufactured different styles of compressors for air conditioners. Copeland Corporation permanently closed the West Union facility in 1994. The collection contains administration records such as meeting minutes, contract negotiations, IUE constitution, retirement plan, employee awards and grievances. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-306 | EDITH HOLSINGER. (1912-) Papers, 1958-1987. 5 lin. ft. |
| . Edith Holsinger was an English teacher, teaching at both Fairmount West High School and Barnes Jr. High School. In 1964, Holsinger aided in the creation of the Kettering Teachers Union and was an active participate in the union until her retirement. The collection consists of administration papers, newsletters, and personal correspondence. Finding aid available. | |