Jack Price papers, 1935-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Price, Jack
Title
Jack Price papers
Dates
1935-1967 (inclusive)
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
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

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

Acquisition Information

Donated by Frances Price, 11/15/1985.

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
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
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
Box/Folder
2/17
ILWU (incl. Harry Bridges)
1955-66
2/18
Northwest Regional Office
1964
Minutes
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

  • 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)