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Jack Price papers, 1935-1967
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Price, Jack
- Title
- Jack Price papers
- Dates
- 1935-1967 (inclusive)19351967
- Quantity
- .84 cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 3691 (Accession No. 3691-003)
- Summary
- Papers and photographs of charter member and vice president of Local 1 of the International Longshoremen's Association
- 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.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Jack Price (1902-1984) was named George Allen Price, but was known as Jack. He was a charter member and official of Local 1 of the International Longshoremen's Association in Raymond, Washington. Price served as second Vice President of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union from 1935 to 1938. From 1942 to 1967, he was a member and officer of ILWU Local 19 in Seattle. He was a member of several ILWU missions to foreign countries, including a 1959 delegation to the first All Pacific Dockworkers Conference in Tokyo.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, minutes, agreements, reports, photographs, speeches and writings, convention proceedings, newsletters and ephemera, 1935- (bulk 1935-1967). Primarily documents the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union and its Seattle Local 19. Also documents Price's appeal to the Coast Guard to reinstate his port security clearance following World War II and security clearance problems of other longshoremen. Price was redbaited for no apparent reason. Included also is documentation collected by Price regarding ILWU Local 28 in Portland.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
International Longshoremen’s And Warehousemen’s Union (ilwu)Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Incoming Letters |
1937-51 |
Interoffice Correspondence |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/2 | ILWU (incl. Harry Bridges and Louis
Goldblatt) |
1939-64 |
| 1/3 | ILWU, Alaska Locals |
1939-41 |
| 1/4 | ILWU.Local 1-1 (Raymond) |
1939 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/5 | Minutes – Warehouse Caucus |
1940 |
| 1/6-7 | Agreements |
1935-66 |
| 1/8 | Court Paper – Harry Bridges Trial |
1939 |
| 1/9-10 | Reports |
1940,1957-62 |
| 1/11 | Speeches And Writings |
1957, 67 |
| 1/12 | Newsletters |
1940,52,58 |
| 1/13 | Publication - Men And Machines |
1963 |
| 1/14 | List |
|
| 1/15 | Resolutions – All Asian And Pacific Dockworkers
Conference |
1959 |
| 1/16 | Law - Labor Management Reporting And Disclosure
Act |
1959 |
| 1/17 | Notes |
1964, 68, n.d. |
| 1/18-19 | Photographs |
1959 |
| 1/20 – 2/1 | Convention Proceedings |
1938, 43 |
| 2/2 | Travel Records |
1957 |
| 2/3 | Ephemera |
|
Subject Series – Ilwu. Local 28
(portland) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/4 | General Correspondence |
1940 |
| 2/5 | Minutes – Organizing Committee |
1940 |
| 2/6 | Court Papers |
1940 |
| 2/7 | Reports |
|
| 2/8 | Newsletters |
1940 |
| 2/9 | Ephemera |
|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/10-12 | Subject Series – Security Clearance |
1949-55 |
International Longshoremen’s And Warehousemen’s Union.local 19(seattle)Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/13 | Biographical Features |
|
Incoming Letters |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/14 | A – Z miscellaneous |
1957-66 |
| 2/15 | Magnuson, Warren |
1949,57 |
| 2/16 | Waterfront Employers of Washington |
1945-46 |
Interoffice Correspondence |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/17 | ILWU (incl. Harry Bridges) |
1955-66 |
| 2/18 | Northwest Regional Office |
1964 |
Minutes |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/19 | Joint Labor Relations Committee |
1945 |
| 2/20 | Seattle Joint Port Labor Relations
Committee |
1957-63 |
| 2/21 | Puget Sound Area Labor Relations Committee |
1958 |
Local 19 Meeting |
1964 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/22 | Case File – Scribner Case |
1966-67 |
| 2/23 | Agreement |
1952 |
| 2/24 | Employer’s Complaints |
1958-63 |
| 2/25 | Time Records |
1935-37,44,66 |
| 2/26 | Photographs – Alaska Steamship
Company |
|
| 2/27 | Ballots |
1956-62 |
| 2/28 | List |
|
| 2/29 | Subject Series – Seattle Town Meeting |
1959 |
Seattle. Mayor’s Maritime Advisory Committee, 1957-63Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/30
Personal PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/31 | Incoming Letters |
1941-81 |
| 2/32 | Insurance Claims |
1944-64 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Price, Jack --Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (creator)
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 1-1 (Raymond, Wash.) (creator)
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 19 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Northwest Regional Office (creator)
- Seattle (Wash.). Maritime Advisory Board (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
