Phil Lelli papers, 1933-2004

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lelli, Phil, 1929-2004
Title
Phil Lelli papers
Dates
1933-2004 (inclusive)
Quantity
14.94 cubic feet (15 boxes and 1 vertical file)
Collection Number
5536
Summary
Papers of a longshoreman, union leader, and president of the Local # 23, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)
Repository
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

No restrictions on access.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

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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

Records relating to Phil Lelli’s career as a longshoreman and his activities as an activist, officer, union leader, and president of Local 23 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in Tacoma and a Commissioner of the Port of Tacoma. Other materials are related to the labor history of the Tacoma waterfront.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

To the extent that they own the copyright, the donor has transferred the copyright of the materials to the University of Washington; however, copyright in some items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 5536-001, Phil Lelli papers, 1933-2004 (bulk 1965-2002)
  • Accession No. 5536-002, Phil Lelli papers, 1934-2002

Processing Note

5536-002 processed by Ernie Dornfeld.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 5536-001: Phil Lelli papers, 1933-2004 (bulk 1965-2002)Return to Top

10.45 cubic feet (11 boxes and one vertical file)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, subject files, personal papers, photographs, other materials; 1933-2004. Papers relate to Lelli's career as a longshoreman, union leader, and President of the Local # 23, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU). Include strike and labor action-related materials, Port Commission correspondence, and related material.

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use. Special Media: Photographs (prints)

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use. Special Media: Photographs (prints)

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Bibliographic Source: Joann Lelli

Donor Database Source: Joann Lelli, c/o Dean Lelli

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)
Subseries A: Convention
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 5536-001
Photograph - Pacific Coast District
1941
1/2 5536-001
Brochures
1965
1/3 5536-001
Report - Publicity and Education Committee
1965
1/4 5536-001
Resolutions and Statements of Policy
1965
1/5 5536-001
Roster of Delegates
1965
1/6 5536-001
Summarized Minutes
1965
1/7 5536-001
Address - Louis Goldblatt
1967
1/8 5536-001
Address - Mark O. Hatfield
1967
1/9 5536-001
Letters and Messages
1967
1/10 5536-001
Press Releases
1967
1/11 5536-001
Recommendations and Amendments
1967
1/12 5536-001
Reports
1967
1/13 5536-001
Resolutions and Drafts of Resolutions
1967
1/14 5536-001
Roster of Delegates
1967
1/15 5536-001
Rules
1967
1/16 5536-001
Statement of Policy - Drafts
1967
1/17 5536-001
Statement of Policy
1967
1/18 5536-001
Summarized Minutes
1967
1/19 5536-001
Address - Anatoly Baranovsky and George Oleshkevich
1975
1/20 5536-001
Address - Joe Morris
1975
1/21 5536-001
Constitution Committee
1975
1/22 5536-001
Reports
1975
1/23 5536-001
Resolutions
1975
1/24 5536-001
Roster of Delegates
1975
1/25 5536-001
Statement of Policy
1975
1/26 5536-001
Summarized Minutes
1975
1/27 5536-001
Summarized Minutes
1977
1/28 5536-001
Address - Senator Julian Bond
1981
1/29 5536-001
Call
1983
1/30 5536-001
Documents
1983
1/31 5536-001
Call
1985
1/32 5536-001
Committee Assignments
1985
1/33 5536-001
Documents
1985
1/34 5536-001
Reports
1985
1/35 5536-001
Resolutions and Statements of Policy
1985
1/36 5536-001
Roster of Delegates
1985
1/37 5536-001
Roster of Fraternals
1985
1/38 5536-001
Rules
1985
1/39 5536-001
Summarized Minutes
1985
1/40 5536-001
Address - Jack Henning
1988
1/41 5536-001
Press Release
1988
1/42 5536-001
Principles of Autonomy & Jurisdictional Integrity within the AFL-CIO
1988
1/43 5536-001
Roster of Delegates
1988
1/44 5536-001
Statements of Policy and Resolution
1988
1/45 5536-001
Agenda
1991
1/46 5536-001
Documents
1991
1/47 5536-001
Reports
1991
1/48 5536-001
Resolutions and Statement of Policy
1991
1/49 5536-001
Roster - Constitution Committee
1991
1/50 5536-001
Roster of Delegates
1991
1/51 5536-001
Rules
[1991?]
1/52 5536-001
Summarized Minutes
1991
Subseries B: Longshore, Clerk, and Walking Bosses Caucus
Box/Folder Accession
1/53-70 5536-001
Misc. Files
1965 April - 1966 July
Box
2 5536-001
Misc. Files
1966 July - 1973 May
3 5536-001
Misc. Files
1973 June- 1984 July
4 5536-001
Misc. Files
1984 July - 1993 March
Box/Folder
5/1-7 5536-001
Misc. Files
1993 July - 2002 December
5/8-14 5536-001
Notes
undated
5/15-36 5536-001
Pacific Maritime Association
1965 - 2002
5/37-38 5536-001
Teamsters
1966; 1984
5/39-46 5536-001
Miscellaneous
Subseries C: Committees
Box/Folder Accession
5/47-48 5536-001
Coast Area Education Committee
2002-2004
5/49-50 5536-001
Coast Legislative Action Committee
2002
5/51-53 5536-001
Coast Pro Rata Committee
1977-1981
6/1-13 5536-001
Labor Relations Committee, Area and Local
1960-2002
6/14 5536-001
Longshore Barge Committee
1982-1986
6/15-18 5536-001
Longshore Safety Negotiating Committee
1985-1999
7/1-2 5536-001
Longshore Safety Negotiating Committee
1990-1992
7/3-10 5536-001
Pacific Coast Pensioners Association
1995-2002
Subseries D: Local #23
Box/Folder Accession
7/11 5536-001
Agreement - Checkers and Supervisors
1956, undated
7/12 5536-001
Agreement - Working and Dispatching Rules (supplemental)
1959
7/13 5536-001
Agreement - Working and Dispatching Rules
1967
7/14 5536-001
Award for Lelli (photocopy)
1985
7/15 5536-001
Constitution
undated
7/16 5536-001
Correspondence
1933, 1981-1992, undated
7/17 5536-001
Correspondence - Bellingham Stevedoring Co.
1966
7/18 5536-001
Correspondence - Lelli - Outgoing
1978-2002
7/19 5536-001
Correspondence - Lelli - Outgoing
undated
7/20 5536-001
Correspondence - Lelli - Incoming
undated
7/21 5536-001
Correspondence Drafts - Lelli
undated
7/22 5536-001
Correspondence - Tacoma Joint Labor Relations Committee
1964
7/23 5536-001
Documents - Centennial
1985-1986
7/24 5536-001
Documents - Centennial
1986
7/25 5536-001
Documents - Dispute with Local #52
1971-1975
7/26 5536-001
Documents - DuPont
undated
7/27 5536-001
Documents - Political Action Committee
circa 1986
7/28 5536-001
Documents - President Ronald Reagan's Visit
undated
7/29-30 5536-001
Documents - Misc.
undated
8/1 5536-001
Financial Report
1974
8/2 5536-001
Histories
1989, 1991, undated
8/3 5536-001
Letter - "The Concerned Committee"
undated
8/4 5536-001
Member Death Lists
undated
8/5 5536-001
Member List - "A" men and "B" men
undated
8/6 5536-001
Membership Roll, 1886-1989
undated
8/7 5536-001
Memorial - Dave Johnson
undated
8/8 5536-001
Minutes
1975 December
8/9 5536-001
Nicknames
undated
8/10-11 5536-001
Notebooks - Lelli
undated
8/12-13 5536-001
Resolutions
1966, 1967
8/14-16 5536-001
Resolutions Submitted
1970, circa 1978, circa 1984
8/17 5536-001
Rules
1959, circa 1965
8/18 5536-001
Statements - Phil Lelli
undated
8/19-20 5536-001
Writings - Phil Lelli
undated
Subseries E: Travel related to ILWU
Box/Folder Accession
8/21 5536-001
Photographs
undated
8/22 5536-001
Documents - Misc.
1982, 1989, undated
8/23 5536-001
Waterfront Industry Tribunal Decisions (New Zealand)
1982
8/24 5536-001
Brochures, Misc.(New Zealand)
1982
VF:oversize
8/24 5536-001
Photograph - New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation
1982
Box/Folder
8/25 5536-001
Letter of Introduction, Newspaper Clippings (Russia)
1988
8/26 5536-001
Journal, Photographs, Misc. (Russia)
1988
8/27 5536-001
Exhibition Guide, Misc. (Italy)
1992
8/28 5536-001
Publications - China Portex '92
1993
8/29 5536-001
Publications - Opaeha Nehnha
1985
Series 2: Port of Tacoma
Box/Folder Accession
9/1 5536-001
Articles of Agreement
undated
9/2 5536-001
Brochure - Port of Tacoma
circa 1967
9/3 5536-001
Brochure - Working Waterfront Museum
undated
9/4 5536-001
Clippings
1982-1986, undated
9/5 5536-001
Constitution
1975-1978
9/6 5536-001
Correspondence
1971-1972, 1990-1991
9/7 5536-001
Data File '92
1992
9/8 5536-001
Documents - Log Export
1984-1987
9/9 5536-001
Documents - Puyallup Indian Tribe Settlement
1983-1986
9/10-11 5536-001
Documents - Misc.
circa 1967-1990s
9/12 5536-001
Drawings
1986-1987, undated
9/13 5536-001
Economic Impact Study
1988
9/14-15 5536-001
Employee Benefits Guide
1991
9/16 5536-001
Financial Summary
1992
9/17 5536-001
Financial Report
1992
9/18 5536-001
Knowing the Waters: Basic Legal Guidelines for Port District Officials
1985
9/19 5536-001
Memoradum
1974, 1980-1981, 1993
9/20 5536-001
Memorandum from Scott Ford
1975
9/21 5536-001
News Bulletin
1974
9/22 5536-001
On the Waterfront
1987, 1987
9/23 5536-001
Organizational Flow Chart
1975
9/24 5536-001
Photographs - Bird's-eye-views
undated
9/25 5536-001
Photographs
undated
9/26 5536-001
Photographs - Proposed Sea-Land Terminal
undated
9/27 5536-001
Photographs - Proposed TOTE Terminal Site
undated
9/28 5536-001
Photographs - Old Equipment
undated
9/29 5536-001
Photographs - Snapshots
undated
9/30 5536-001
Port Commissioner
circa 1980
9/31 5536-001
Port Commissioner - Supporter address lists
1990-1993
9/32-33 5536-001
Port Commissioner - Application
1993
9/34 5536-001
Port Commissioner - Briefing
1992
9/35 5536-001
Port Commissioner - Robert Earley
circa 1995
9/36 5536-001
Report - 1991 Washington Ports and Transportation Systems Study
1991
9/37 5536-001
Report - Port Consolidation
1982
9/38 5536-001
Study - Sales and Marketing Program
undated
Series 3: Propeller Club of America
Subseries A: Port of Tacoma Chapter
Box/Folder Accession
10/1 5536-001
Building Dedication
1988
10/2 5536-001
Building Development Plans
undated
10/3 5536-001
Bylaws
undated
10/4-7 5536-001
Chowdown
1995-2003, undated
10/8 5536-001
Chowdown - Financial Report
1991
10/9 5536-001
Chowdown - Clippings
1992
10/10 5536-001
Chowdown - Programs
undated
10/11 5536-001
Directories
undated
10/12 5536-001
Documents - Administrative
undated
10/13 5536-001
Documents - Misc.
undated
10/14 5536-001
Guidelines for Port Officers
undated
10/15 5536-001
Membership Application
undated
10/16 5536-001
Memoradum
undated
10/17 5536-001
Minutes
undated
10/18 5536-001
Newsletters
undated
10/19-20 5536-001
Photographs
circa 1975-1997, undated
10/21 5536-001
Ross E. Lelli Scholarship
undated
Subseries B: National
Box/Folder Accession
10/22 5536-001
Application - Maritime Week Luncheon
10/23 5536-001
Convention Program
1976
10/24 5536-001
Convention Registration List
1991
Series 4: Subject Files
Subseries A: Pacific Maritime Association
Box/Folder Accession
10/25 5536-001
Annual Report
2002
10/26 5536-001
Booklet (photocopy) - Rothschild International Stevedoring Company Centennial
circa 1958
10/27 5536-001
Bulletins - PMA Update Vol 9, nos. 1-5, 7-8
1997
10/28 5536-001
Clippings
1954-2002
10/29 5536-001
Datasets, Memos, and Misc. Documents
undated
10/30 5536-001
Maust Corporation
1987
10/31 5536-001
Periodical (photocopy) Marine Digest Vol. 62, No. 18
10/32 5536-001
Photograph
undated
10/33 5536-001
Rothschild Washington Stevedoring Company
undated
Subseries B: Washington State Advisory Council
Box/Folder Accession
10/34-35 5536-001
Documents
circa 1984
Series 5: Personal papers
Box/Folder Accession
10/36 5536-001
Biographical
undated
10/37 5536-001
Clippings - about Lelli
undated
10/38 5536-001
Correspondence - about Lelli career and achievements
1980-2002
10/39 5536-001
Documents - Relating to Ralph Chaplin
1961-1990
10/40-41 5536-001
Documents - Harry Bridges Chair at the University of Washington
1990-2003
11/1 5536-001
Documents - Ernie Tanner Center
1995-1997
11/2 5536-001
Documents - Misc.
undated
11/3 5536-001
Drawing - Lelli's Grocery
undated
11/4 5536-001
Event Invitations and Programs
undated
11/5 5536-001
Photographs - Event and Places
undated
11/6 5536-001
Photographs - Portraits
undated
11/7 5536-001
Photographs - U.S. Army Hospital Ship, "Marigold"
undated
11/8 5536-001
Photographs - "W.T. Preston"
1981
11/9 5536-001
Photograph and Documents - "USS Jeremiah O'Brien"
1996
11/10-11 5536-001
Retirement Party
1992
11/12 5536-001
Retirement Party - Guest Book
1992
11/13 5536-001
Writings - B. Joann Lelli
undated
11/14 5536-001
Writings - Phil Lelli
undated

Accession No. 5536-002: Phil Lelli papers, 1934-2002Return to Top

4.49 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Records relating to Phil Lelli’s activities as an activist and officer in Local 23 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in Tacoma, a Commissioner of the Port of Tacoma, and related to the labor history of the Tacoma waterfront. Included are strategy and planning documents for port development, writings and speeches on waterfront mechanization, and materials on longshore collective bargaining from the 1950s until the 1980s. Includes extensive materials relating to the history of the Tacoma longshore union beginning in the 1930s, manuscripts for the book “The Working Waterfront”, and records of the committee that sponsored the publication of that and other historical works on maritime labor history. Lelli’s community activities are represented by materials related to his activity in the Propeller Club, and in founding and supporting Hospitality Kitchen in Tacoma. Correspondence files include extensive materials from Shawn Maloney, a long-time union activist and others involved in preserving labor history. Photographs include documentation of Lelli’s union and community activities, as well as travel to Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and the south Pacific.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: To the extent that they own the copyright, the donor has transferred the copyright of the materials to the University of Washington; however, copyright in some items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Acquisition Info: This accession is a merger of two sources, both with a provenance of Phil Lelli: Part of the materials were directly donated by Lelli's son, Vance Lelli, circa 2018, and additional items were obtained from the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies in 2023. Although the precise original donation date of the materials to the Bridges Center remains undetermined, it is probable that these materials originated from historian Ron Magden or from the Lelli family, and were created or collected by Phil Lelli.

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Longshore Collective Bargaining Records
1951-1983
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 5536-002
Longshore pensions
1951-1983
1/2 5536-002
Tonnage assessment for benefits
1970-1982
1/3 5536-002
North Slope building trades agreement and ILWU
1974-1975
1/4 5536-002
Safety issue re work on container tops
1971-1979
1/5 5536-002
International Longshoremen's Association Greater New York agreement
1972
1/6 5536-002
Basic longshore agreement / separate letter agreement
1951
1/7 5536-002
No. 4 supplemental memorandum of understanding
1972
1/8 5536-002
Crane safety grievance
1972
1/9 5536-002
Port of Portland agreement with ILWU
1970
1/10 5536-002
Port of Tacoma contract negotiations
1973
Series 2: Longshore and Waterfront History Records
1908-2001
Box/Folder Accession
1/11 5536-002
List of strike fund contributors
1934
1/12 5536-002
Donations to relief fund by labor organizations
1936-1937
1/13 5536-002
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast
1936-1937
1/14 5536-002
F. P. Foisie. Decasualizing longshore labor and the Seattle experience
1934
1/15 5536-002
Longshore history documents
1937-1940
1/16 5536-002
First gang to collect damage ore pay in the history of the Tacoma longshore union (photograph)
8 x 10" photograph print
General Notes: Identification of people on verso
1949
1/17 5536-002
Pacific Coast Longshoreman (publication) Vol. 1 No. 3 (photocopy)
1935
1/18 5536-002
Bruce Johnson article on longshore history, mentioning Working Waterfront project
1979
1/19 5536-002
List of Tacoma "A" men and "B" men
1979
1/20 5536-002
Reminiscences of IWW views on union jurisdiction issues (Tiny Thronson?)
1982
1/21 5536-002
Book review manuscript for history of Sailor's Union of the Pacific for Industrial Worker
1986
1/22 5536-002
John A. Mahoney beef
1949-1954
1/23 5536-002
Mike Wallace - Harry Bridges interview
1957
1/24 5536-002
The Working Waterfront Project Committee
1978-1983
1/25 5536-002
Working Waterfront grant materials
1978-1979
1/26 5536-002
Mary Deaton correspondence
1979
1/27 5536-002
Signed release forms for Mary Deaton interviews
1980
1/28 5536-002
Ralph Chaplin
approximately 1980
1/29 5536-002
Ottilie Markholt correspondence
1982, 1991
1/30 5536-002
The Working Waterfront illustration materials
1940-1941
1/31 5536-002
John Now as told to Ron Magden. Working on the Tacoma waterfront (incomplete manuscript)
approximately 1982
1/32 5536-002
The Working Waterfront: Tacoma's unique partnership (manuscript)
1981
1/33 5536-002
The Working Waterfront chapter 1 draft manuscript
approximately 1981
1/34 5536-002
The Working Waterfront manuscript drafts
1981
1/35 5536-002
The Working Waterfront book draft
1981
1/36 5536-002
The Working Waterfront proofs
1981-1982
1/37 5536-002
Port of Tacoma's greatest asset - its longshore (manuscript)
approximately 1982
1/38 5536-002
Promotional materials for The Working Waterfront
1982
1/39 5536-002
Correspondence re The Working Waterfront
1982-1983
1/40 5536-002
Longshore Book Revision Committee
1983-1991
1/41 5536-002
Draft material for longshore history book
approximately 1988
1/42 5536-002
The Working Longshoremen of Tacoma grant application
1991
1/43 5536-002
The Working Longshoremen - photograph selections, captions
1991
1/44 5536-002
Ronald Magden and A.D. Martinson. The Working Waterfront
1982
1/45 5536-002
Longshore union history
1908-2001
1/46 5536-002
Tacoma waterfront history articles
1939-1989
1/47 5536-002
ILWU Local 23 history
1982-1993
Series 3: Records of Community Activities
1980-2002
Box/Folder Accession
1/48 5536-002
Propeller Club
1988-1996
1/49 5536-002
Propeller Club scholarship program
approximately 1990
1/50 5536-002
Resolution for union education workshop
2002
1/51 5536-002
Tacoma Catholic Worker / School of the Americas protest
1992
1/52 5536-002
Rev. William Bichsel
1992-1998
1/53 5536-002
Hospitality Kitchen
1994-1995
1/54 5536-002
Hospitality Kitchen
1996-2000
1/55 5536-002
Hospitality Kitchen pay information
1997
Series 4: Records Relating to Port of Tacoma Activities
1960-1992
Box/Folder Accession
2/1 5536-002
Washington public ports salary survey
1992
2/2 5536-002
Garbage power plant on tide flats
1987
2/3 5536-002
History of Empire Stevedoring Company Ltd.
1982
2/4 5536-002
New Zealand Waterside Workers Federation conference
1982
2/5 5536-002
New Zealand trip photographs
1982
2/6 5536-002
New Zealand, Australia, Fiji trip
1982-1983
2/7 5536-002
Computer dispatch system design
1990
2/8 5536-002
Puyallup Indian Tribe
1991
2/9 5536-002
Tacoma Shoreline Master Plan Citizens' Advisory Committee (part 1 of 3)
1972-1973
2/10 5536-002
Tacoma Shoreline Master Plan Citizens' Advisory Committee (part 2 of 3)
1972-1973
2/11 5536-002
Tacoma Shoreline Master Plan Citizens' Advisory Committee (part 3 of 3)
1972-1973
2/12 5536-002
East-West Road project
1987-1989
2/13 5536-002
East-West Road project press clippings
1987-1989
2/14 5536-002
National Maritime Safety Association conference
1990
2/15 5536-002
Port technology and automation
1989-1990
2/16 5536-002
Europe trip reports - port technology
1989
2/17 5536-002
Reports on vessel traffic trends
1990
2/18 5536-002
Crane operation manual
1979
2/19 5536-002
Port of Tacoma Terminal 4 Gate project
1988
2/20 5536-002
Port of Tacoma annual report excerpts
1960-1965
2/21 5536-002
Tacoma waterborne trade statistics
1970-1971
2/22 5536-002
Private log exports briefing book
1991
2/23 5536-002
Port of Tacoma container handling equipment system evaluation (2 volumes)
1985
2/24 5536-002
Port/Longshore Technical Development Committee
1989
2/25 5536-002
Port/Longshore Technical Development Committee
1989-1990
2/26 5536-002
Port of Tacoma
1924-1987
2/27 5536-002
Continental Grain Tacoma export elevator
1976
2/28 5536-002
Port of Tacoma Commission
1980-1987
2/29 5536-002
Tacoma News Tribune special section on Port of Tacoma
1985
2/30 5536-002
Phil Lelli Port of Tacoma Commissioner election campaign
1992
2/31 5536-002
Notes for talk on Port of Tacoma
approximately 1992
2/32 5536-002
Port of Tacoma notes
approximately 1992
2/33 5536-002
Valmet straddle carrier design document
1991
Series 5: Press Clippings, Publications, Correspondence, and Subject Files
1934-2003
Box/Folder Accession
3/1 5536-002
Phil Lelli writings and speeches
1983-1992
3/2 5536-002
Ode to George Ginnis (Local 23 business agent)
1988
3/3 5536-002
Phil Lelli tributes and awards
1980-1987
3/4 5536-002
Phil Lelli press notices
1978-2003
3/5 5536-002
Life on the Sound (organization)
1991
3/6 5536-002
John R. Salter
1990-1992
3/7 5536-002
Longshoremen for Industrial Organization
1996
3/8 5536-002
Text for cargo hook exhibit
approximately 1990
3/9 5536-002
Press clippings with notations from Shaun Maloney
Scope and Content: Clippings and photocopies heavily annotated by correspondent Shaun Malone. Most annotations are on post-it notes attached to copies, often inscribed on both sides
1980-1998
3/10 5536-002
ILWU
1967-1991
3/11 5536-002
ILWU correspondence
1972-1992
3/12 5536-002
ILWU Longshore, Clerk and Walking Bosses caucus meeting proceedings excerpts
2000, 2002
3/13 5536-002
ILWU local newsletters
1967-1999
3/14 5536-002
ILWU pensioners organizations
1988-1991
3/15 5536-002
ILWU pensioners newsletters
1990-1999
3/16 5536-002
Tacoma pensioners
1999
3/17 5536-002
ILWU Local 23 constitution and bylaws
1993
3/18 5536-002
ILWU Local 23 newsletter
1995-1997
3/19 5536-002
ILWU Local 23 political action
1983-2001
3/20 5536-002
International Longshoremen's Association
1977
3/21 5536-002
Waterfront mechanization
1972-1997
3/22 5536-002
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
1962-1994
3/23 5536-002
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
1975
3/24 5536-002
Ralph Chaplin
1960-1990
3/25 5536-002
Obituaries
1983-1991
3/26 5536-002
Current labor issues
1978-1991
3/27 5536-002
Current political issues
1998
3/28 5536-002
Bridges Center
1991-2002
3/29 5536-002
One member's opinion (leaflet)
approximately 1985
3/30 5536-002
Seattle Casual Checker's Association
1979
3/31 5536-002
Textile and Apparel Trade Act
1987
3/32 5536-002
Archie Green book chapter: Wobblies, pile butts & other spinners -- laborlore explorations
1991
3/33 5536-002
Australia
1973-1977
3/34 5536-002
Union Labor News - Tacoma (newspaper)
1984-1986
3/35 5536-002
Industrial Worker (newspaper)
1976-1989
3/36 5536-002
Labor Notes (magazine)
2002
3/37 5536-002
"Tiny" Thronson
1990-1989
3/38 5536-002
Labor history articles
1956-1992
3/39 5536-002
The Dispatcher (newspaper)
1951-1984
3/40 5536-002
The Dispatcher (newspaper)
1984-2002
3/41 5536-002
Press clippings on labor issues
1982-1996
3/42 5536-002
Martin Luther King Jr, Institute
1994
3/43 5536-002
Sexual harassment
approximately 1985
3/44 5536-002
Collective bargaining
1983-1992
3/45 5536-002
Bill Hubbard on intermodalism
approximately 1995
3/46 5536-002
Bureau of Labor Statistics report on Pacific coast longshore wages 1934-1978
1978
3/47 5536-002
Hoffa file from Shaun Maloney, includes press clippings, transcript of interview with Maloney about Hoffa
1992
3/48 5536-002
Maritime folklife from the Puget Sound Region
1990
3/49 5536-002
The Defender (newspaper of Seattle branch, Sailors Union of the Pacific)
1949
3/50 5536-002
West Coast Sailors (newspaper) issues on west coast agreement
1953
3/51 5536-002
Tacoma Daily Ledger May 29, 1934
1934
3/52 5536-002
Tacoma News Tribune October 27, 1945
1945
3/53 5536-002
Tacoma News Tribune and Ledger (article on Harry Lundeberg)
1955
3/54 5536-002
USSR, Europe trip memorabilia
1988
3/55 5536-002
Ephemera
1977-2001
3/56 5536-002
Mike Quin. The Big Strike (inscribed by Shaun Maloney)
1948
Series 6: Photographs
1971-2005
Box/Folder Accession
4/1 5536-002
Union or Propeller Club event
20 4 x 6 inch color prints
approximately 1990
4/2 5536-002
Propeller Club event
4 3.5 x 5 inch color prints; 6 4 x 6 inch color prints
approximately 1995
4/3 5536-002
Father O'Brien's birthday
7 4 x 6 inch color prints
approximately 1995
4/4 5536-002
Hospitality Kitchen board
5 4 x 6 inch color prints
1995
4/5 5536-002
Soviet Union trip
numerous 35mm color slides
1988
4/6 5536-002
Local union committees, trip to northern Canada, Alaska
20 3.5 x 5 inch color prints
1991
4/7 5536-002
Wood products industrial facility, Canada or Alaska
14 3 x 4 inch black-and-white prints
approximately 1960
4/8 5536-002
Los Angeles Port facilities
19 35mm color slides
1971
4/9 5536-002
Slide show - trip to China establishing sister port relationship
69 35mm color slides
1992
4/10 5536-002
Maritime Fest
22 4 x 6 inch color prints
1998
4/11 5536-002
Cemetery ceremony
23 3.5 x 5 inch color prints
approximately 1990
4/12 5536-002
Alaska trip
19 4 x 6 inch color prints
1998
4/13 5536-002
Union hall events
10 3.5 x 5 inch color prints; 8 4 x 6 inch color prints
1990-2001
4/14 5536-002
Tacoma Seafood Extravaganza
6 4 x 6 inch color prints
1991
4/15 5536-002
Longshore spaghetti dinner and chow down
9 3.5 x 5 inch color prints
approximately 1990
4/16 5536-002
Vance Lelli joining the union
7 3.5 x 5" color prints
1991
4/17 5536-002
Travel photos - Pacific (part 1 of 2)
numerous 35mm color slides
1982
4/18 5536-002
Travel photos - Pacific (part 2 of 2)
5 packages of Kodak disc color negatives and 3.5 x 4.5" prints
1982
4/19 5536-002
Phil Lelli mounted photos
approximately 1955-1995

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Subject Terms

  • Fraternal organizations--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
  • Industrial relations--Washington (State)
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Stevedores--Labor unions--Washington (State)--Tacoma

Personal Names

  • Lelli, Phil, 1929-2004--Archives

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)