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Phil Lelli papers, 1933-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lelli, Phil, 1929-2004
- Title
- Phil Lelli papers
- Dates
- 1933-2004 (inclusive)19332004
- Quantity
- 10.45 cubic feet (11 boxes and 1 vertical file)
- Collection Number
- 5536 (Accession No. 5536-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a longshoreman, union leader, and president of the Local # 23, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
Material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Philip Martin Lelli (1929-2004) was a longshoreman, union activist, local philanthropist, and past president of the ILWU Local 23, in Tacoma, Washington.
Born in Tacoma on December 4, 1929, Lelli was raised in the Edgewood Area. His parents, Martin (nicknamed "Barney") and Mary Ballard, ran Lelli's Grocery. He attended Edgemont School (now Edgewood), Fife High School (graduating in 1947), and Pacific Lutheran University. In 1953 he married B. Joann Williams and had 5 sons.
Lelli joined the Tacoma area longshoremen union in September 1956 after spending a few years in the construction industry in various parts of Washington and Alaska. In 1961 he took his first gear locker job at Rothschild Stevedoring, later known at Jones Washington Stevedoring Company, with T. A. "Tiny" Thronson in the Tacoma shop. Lelli was elected president of the ILWU Local 23, a position which he held for 17 inconsecutive years, from 1966-1969, 1971-1975, and 1977-1986. According to one biographical document, he attended his first ILWU Longshore, Shipclerk, and Walking Boss Caucus in 1966. Lelli served on various ILWU committees, including the Coast Negotiating Committee (elected in 1989), and was appointed to the Pacific Coast Safety Committee as a representative of the Washington area. He also served as an ILWU delegate to New Zealand and Australia in 1983.
Lelli's other activities included serving on the Washington State Advisory Council on International Trade and Development from 1983-1985 and serving as an appointed Port of Tacoma commissioner beginning in 1992. He also was a member of the Tacoma Propeller Club and served as president in 1977, the first member from labor to ever hold that office in the national club history.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Papers concerning Lelli's career as a longshoreman, union leader, and president of the Local # 23, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 5 series:
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)
- Port of Tacoma
- Propeller Club of America
- Subject files
- Personal papers
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Convention |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Photograph - Pacific Coast District |
1941 |
1/2 | Brochures |
1965 |
1/3 | Report - Publicity and Education Committee |
1965 |
1/4 | Resolutions and Statements of Policy |
1965 |
1/5 | Roster of Delegates |
1965 |
1/6 | Summarized Minutes |
1965 |
1/7 | Address - Louis Goldblatt |
1967 |
1/8 | Address - Mark O. Hatfield |
1967 |
1/9 | Letters and Messages |
1967 |
1/10 | Press Releases |
1967 |
1/11 | Recommendations and Amendments |
1967 |
1/12 | Reports |
1967 |
1/13 | Resolutions and Drafts of Resolutions |
1967 |
1/14 | Roster of Delegates |
1967 |
1/15 | Rules |
1967 |
1/16 | Statement of Policy - Drafts |
1967 |
1/17 | Statement of Policy |
1967 |
1/18 | Summarized Minutes |
1967 |
1/19 | Address - Anatoly Baranovsky and George
Oleshkevich |
1975 |
1/20 | Address - Joe Morris |
1975 |
1/21 | Constitution Committee |
1975 |
1/22 | Reports |
1975 |
1/23 | Resolutions |
1975 |
1/24 | Roster of Delegates |
1975 |
1/25 | Statement of Policy |
1975 |
1/26 | Summarized Minutes |
1975 |
1/27 | Summarized Minutes |
1977 |
1/28 | Address - Senator Julian Bond |
1981 |
1/29 | Call |
1983 |
1/30 | Documents |
1983 |
1/31 | Call |
1985 |
1/32 | Committee Assignments |
1985 |
1/33 | Documents |
1985 |
1/34 | Reports |
1985 |
1/35 | Resolutions and Statements of Policy |
1985 |
1/36 | Roster of Delegates |
1985 |
1/37 | Roster of Fraternals |
1985 |
1/38 | Rules |
1985 |
1/39 | Summarized Minutes |
1985 |
1/40 | Address - Jack Henning |
1988 |
1/41 | Press Release |
1988 |
1/42 |
Principles of Autonomy & Jurisdictional Integrity within the AFL-CIO
|
1988 |
1/43 | Roster of Delegates |
1988 |
1/44 | Statements of Policy and Resolution |
1988 |
1/45 | Agenda |
1991 |
1/46 | Documents |
1991 |
1/47 | Reports |
1991 |
1/48 | Resolutions and Statement of Policy |
1991 |
1/49 | Roster - Constitution Committee |
1991 |
1/50 | Roster of Delegates |
1991 |
1/51 | Rules |
[1991?] |
1/52 | Summarized Minutes |
1991 |
Longshore, Clerk, and Walking Bosses Caucus |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/53-70 | Misc. Files |
1965 April - 1966 July |
Box | ||
2 | Misc. Files |
1966 July - 1973 May |
3 | Misc. Files |
1973 June- 1984 July |
4 | Misc. Files |
1984 July - 1993 March |
Box/Folder | ||
5/1-7 | Misc. Files |
1993 July - 2002 December |
5/8-14 | Notes |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
5/15-36 | Pacific Maritime Association |
1965 - 2002 |
5/37-38 | Teamsters |
1966; 1984 |
5/39-46 | Miscellaneous |
|
Committees |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/47-48 | Coast Area Education Committee |
2002-2004 |
5/49-50 | Coast Legislative Action Committee |
2002 |
5/51-53 | Coast Pro Rata Committee |
1977-1981 |
6/1-13 | Labor Relations Committee, Area and Local |
1960-2002 |
6/14 | Longshore Barge Committee |
1982-1986 |
6/15-18 | Longshore Safety Negotiating Committee |
1985-1999 |
7/1-2 | Longshore Safety Negotiating Committee |
1990-1992 |
7/3-10 | Pacific Coast Pensioners Association |
1995-2002 |
Local #23 |
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Box/Folder | ||
7/11 | Agreement - Checkers and Supervisors |
1956, undated |
7/12 | Agreement - Working and Dispatching Rules
(supplemental) |
1959 |
7/13 | Agreement - Working and Dispatching Rules |
1967 |
7/14 | Award for Lelli (photocopy) |
1985 |
7/15 | Constitution |
undated |
7/16 | Correspondence |
1933, 1981-1992, undated |
7/17 | Correspondence - Bellingham Stevedoring
Co. |
1966 |
7/18 | Correspondence - Lelli - Outgoing |
1978-2002 |
7/19 | Correspondence - Lelli - Outgoing |
undated |
7/20 | Correspondence - Lelli - Incoming |
undated |
7/21 | Correspondence Drafts - Lelli |
undated |
7/22 | Correspondence - Tacoma Joint Labor Relations
Committee |
1964 |
7/23 | Documents - Centennial |
1985-1986 |
7/24 | Documents - Centennial |
1986 |
7/25 | Documents - Dispute with Local #52 |
1971-1975 |
7/26 | Documents - DuPont |
undated |
7/27 | Documents - Political Action Committee |
circa 1986 |
7/28 | Documents - President Ronald Reagan's
Visit |
undated |
7/29-30 | Documents - Misc. |
undated |
8/1 | Financial Report |
1974 |
8/2 | Histories |
1989, 1991, undated |
8/3 | Letter - "The Concerned Committee" |
undated |
8/4 | Member Death Lists |
undated |
8/5 | Member List - "A" men and "B" men |
undated |
8/6 | Membership Roll, 1886-1989 |
undated |
8/7 | Memorial - Dave Johnson |
undated |
8/8 | Minutes |
1975 December |
8/9 | Nicknames |
undated |
8/10-11 | Notebooks - Lelli |
undated |
8/12-13 | Resolutions |
1966, 1967 |
8/14-16 | Resolutions Submitted |
1970, circa 1978, circa 1984 |
8/17 | Rules |
1959, circa 1965 |
8/18 | Statements - Phil Lelli |
undated |
8/19-20 | Writings - Phil Lelli |
undated |
Travel related to ILWU |
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/21 | Photographs |
undated |
8/22 | Documents - Misc. |
1982, 1989, undated |
8/23 | Waterfront Industry Tribunal Decisions (New
Zealand) |
1982 |
8/24 | Brochures, Misc.(New Zealand) |
1982 |
Photograph - New Zealand Waterside Workers'
Federation |
1982 | |
Box/Folder | ||
8/25 | Letter of Introduction, Newspaper Clippings
(Russia) |
1988 |
8/26 | Journal, Photographs, Misc. (Russia) |
1988 |
8/27 | Exhibition Guide, Misc. (Italy) |
1992 |
8/28 | Publications -
China Portex '92
|
1993 |
8/29 | Publications -
Opaeha Nehnha
|
1985 |
Port of TacomaReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
9/1 | Articles of Agreement |
undated |
9/2 | Brochure - Port of Tacoma |
circa 1967 |
9/3 | Brochure - Working Waterfront Museum |
undated |
9/4 | Clippings |
1982-1986, undated |
9/5 | Constitution |
1975-1978 |
9/6 | Correspondence |
1971-1972, 1990-1991 |
9/7 | Data File '92 |
1992 |
9/8 | Documents - Log Export |
1984-1987 |
9/9 | Documents - Puyallup Indian Tribe Settlement |
1983-1986 |
9/10-11 | Documents - Misc. |
circa 1967-1990s |
9/12 | Drawings |
1986-1987, undated |
9/13 | Economic Impact Study |
1988 |
9/14-15 | Employee Benefits Guide |
1991 |
9/16 | Financial Summary |
1992 |
9/17 | Financial Report |
1992 |
9/18 |
Knowing the Waters: Basic Legal Guidelines for Port District Officials
|
1985 |
9/19 | Memoradum |
1974, 1980-1981, 1993 |
9/20 | Memorandum from Scott Ford |
1975 |
9/21 | News Bulletin |
1974 |
9/22 |
On the Waterfront
|
1987, 1987 |
9/23 | Organizational Flow Chart |
1975 |
9/24 | Photographs - Bird's-eye-views |
undated |
9/25 | Photographs |
undated |
9/26 | Photographs - Proposed Sea-Land Terminal |
undated |
9/27 | Photographs - Proposed TOTE Terminal Site |
undated |
9/28 | Photographs - Old Equipment |
undated |
9/29 | Photographs - Snapshots |
undated |
9/30 | Port Commissioner |
circa 1980 |
9/31 | Port Commissioner - Supporter address lists |
1990-1993 |
9/32-33 | Port Commissioner - Application |
1993 |
9/34 | Port Commissioner - Briefing |
1992 |
9/35 | Port Commissioner - Robert Earley |
circa 1995 |
9/36 | Report -
1991 Washington Ports and Transportation Systems Study
|
1991 |
9/37 | Report - Port Consolidation |
1982 |
9/38 | Study - Sales and Marketing Program |
undated |
Propeller Club of AmericaReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Port of Tacoma Chapter |
||
Box/Folder | ||
10/1 | Building Dedication |
1988 |
10/2 | Building Development Plans |
undated |
10/3 | Bylaws |
undated |
10/4-7 | Chowdown |
1995-2003, undated |
10/8 | Chowdown - Financial Report |
1991 |
10/9 | Chowdown - Clippings |
1992 |
10/10 | Chowdown - Programs |
undated |
10/11 | Directories |
undated |
10/12 | Documents - Administrative |
undated |
10/13 | Documents - Misc. |
undated |
10/14 | Guidelines for Port Officers |
undated |
10/15 | Membership Application |
undated |
10/16 | Memoradum |
undated |
10/17 | Minutes |
undated |
10/18 | Newsletters |
undated |
10/19-20 | Photographs |
circa 1975-1997, undated |
10/21 | Ross E. Lelli Scholarship |
undated |
National |
||
Box/Folder | ||
10/22 | Application - Maritime Week Luncheon |
|
10/23 | Convention Program |
1976 |
10/24 | Convention Registration List |
1991 |
Subject FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Pacific Maritime Association |
||
Box/Folder | ||
10/25 | Annual Report |
2002 |
10/26 | Booklet (photocopy) -
Rothschild International Stevedoring Company Centennial
|
circa 1958 |
10/27 | Bulletins -
PMA UpdateVol 9, nos. 1-5,
7-8 |
1997 |
10/28 | Clippings |
1954-2002 |
10/29 | Datasets, Memos, and Misc. Documents |
undated |
10/30 | Maust Corporation |
1987 |
10/31 | Periodical (photocopy)
Marine DigestVol. 62, No.
18 |
|
10/32 | Photograph |
undated |
10/33 | Rothschild Washington Stevedoring Company |
undated |
Washington State Advisory Council |
||
Box/Folder | ||
10/34-35 | Documents |
circa 1984 |
Personal papersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
10/36 | Biographical |
undated |
10/37 | Clippings - about Lelli |
undated |
10/38 | Correspondence - about Lelli career and
achievements |
1980-2002 |
10/39 | Documents - Relating to Ralph Chaplin |
1961-1990 |
10/40-41 | Documents - Harry Bridges Chair at the University of
Washington |
1990-2003 |
11/1 | Documents - Ernie Tanner Center |
1995-1997 |
11/2 | Documents - Misc. |
undated |
11/3 | Drawing - Lelli's Grocery |
undated |
11/4 | Event Invitations and Programs |
undated |
11/5 | Photographs - Event and Places |
undated |
11/6 | Photographs - Portraits |
undated |
11/7 | Photographs - U.S. Army Hospital Ship,
"Marigold" |
undated |
11/8 | Photographs - "W.T. Preston" |
1981 |
11/9 | Photograph and Documents - "USS Jeremiah
O'Brien" |
1996 |
11/10-11 | Retirement Party |
1992 |
11/12 | Retirement Party - Guest Book |
1992 |
11/13 | Writings - B. Joann Lelli |
undated |
11/14 | Writings - Phil Lelli |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Fraternal organizations--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
- Industrial relations--Washington (State)
- Stevedores--Labor unions--Washington (State)--Tacoma
Personal Names
- Lelli, Phil, 1929-2004--Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)