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William S. Junkin Papers, 1906-1960
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Junkin, William Sumner, 1880-1971.
- Title
- William S. Junkin Papers
- Dates
- 1906-1960 (inclusive)19061960
1913 (bulk)19131913 - Quantity
- 1 document case and 1 oversize folder, (1.5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- Coll 29
- Summary
- Papers of a Portland, Oregon, communications worker who was active in local and regional affairs of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
-
The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Sumner Junkin (1880-1971), a native of Umatilla County, was graduated from Oregon Agricultural College (Oregon State University) in 1901 with an engineering degree and spent his working life as a telephone lineman and electrician, mostly in Portland, Oregon. He helped to install and maintain the telephones at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Portland in 1905. In 1922, he moved to Tigard, Oregon, joined the Portland Fire Bureau in 1927, and retired in 1947. During that period, he installed fire call boxes and World War II air raid sirens .
Junkin first joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local No. 125 at Portland in 1903 and received 50-year honors in 1960. He was elected secretary-treasurer of Pacific District Council No. 1, headquartered in San Francisco, California, in 1912. During his service, he coordinated reporting for a major strike in 1913 against Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He served as secretary-treasurer of Local No. 125 and later on the District 4 executive board. In that capacity, he was a signatory on a district-wide agreement with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1917.
In 1904, Junkin married Minnie Wyatt, a native of Corvallis, Oregon, and classmate at Oregon Agricultural College. After his retirement, he co-authored, with his wife, a massive genealogy of her ancestors, the Henckel Family, which was published in 1965. The couple had two daughters and lived at Tigard much of their married life.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The bulk of the collection is composed of correspondence and reports from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union locals in California, which were sent to William S. Junkin, secretary-treasurer of Pacific District Council No. 1, during the 1913 strike against Pacific Gas and Electric Company. This series also includes a small quantity of his outgoing correspondence from that period, agreements between the union and the electric and telephone companies, and later correspondence from the district council to Junkin in Portland. A smaller series documents his activities with IBEW union locals and District 4 in the Portland area.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
William S. Junkin Papers, Coll 29, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series A: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Pacific District Council No. 1, 1912-1917
- Series B: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Portland Locals, 1906-1960
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series A: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Pacific District Council No. 1, 1911-1917Return to Top
The series includes records of William S. Junkin's participation in district council affairs. It is composed of convention minutes, agreements with employers, a certificate of election, correspondence, and reports, which generally are arranged chronologically.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Convention minutes (San
Francisco, California) |
1911 November |
1/2 | Agreements with
employers
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1912 March
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1913 January and 1917
November
|
1912, 1913, 1917 |
1/3 | Certificate of election for
Junkins as secretary-treasurer |
1912 October 26 |
Correspondence
Correspondence with representatives of IBEW California locals:
No. 36 (Sacramento, and Chico sub-local), No. 151 (San Francisco), No. 180
(Vallejo), No. 207 (Stockton), No. 250 (Stockton, and San Jose sub-local), No.
283 (Oakland), No. 537 (San Francisco), and No. 594 (Santa Rosa, and Petaluma
sub-local); Gas Workers Union No. 12,369 (Sacramento); Stationary Firemen's
Union Local No. 86; and Pacific Gas and Electric Joint Strike Committee
(Sacramento)
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/4 | Incoming |
1913 May |
1/5 | Incoming |
1913 June |
1/6 | Incoming |
1913 July |
1/7 | Outgoing |
1913 May-June |
1/8 | Outgoing—form
letters |
1913 |
Box/Folder | ||
1/9 | Strike reports
Most are entered on Strike Committee Report forms with
additional narrative information on reverse.
|
1913 May-July |
1/10, Over A/1 | Ephemera
|
1911-1913, undated |
1/11 | Fourth District (Portland,
Oregon)—correspondence
Includes W. S. Junkin's service on the Fourth District executive
board, 1916-1917. Correspondents: Charles P. Ford, George L. Kelley, John
Morgenthaler, C. D. Mull, Edward P. E. Troy, and John S. Wilson.
|
1914-1917 |
Series B: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Portland Locals, 1906-1960Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/12 | Local No. 48—American Federation
of Labor (AFL) convention dinner program
Folder featuring tipped-in photogravure of the Labor Temple,
which was constructed by unions affiliated with the AFL, corner of Fourth
Avenue and Jefferson Street, Portland, in 1920. The dinner featured speeches by
national officers of AFL-affiliated unions, including the IBEW.
|
1923 October 3 |
1/13 | Local No. 125—correspondence and
ephemera
|
1906-1919, undated |
1/14 | Local No.
125—receipts
From the period when W. S. Junkin served as secretary-treasurer
of the local.
|
1908 |
1/15 | Local No. 125—50-year
certificate, card, and letter, W. S. Junkin |
1960 |
1/16 | Telephone Workers Local No.
42-A-77—convention ribbon |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Collective labor agreements.
- Labor unions--California.
- Labor unions--Portland (Or.).
- Strikes and lockouts.
Personal Names
- Junkin, William Sumner, 1880-1971.
Corporate Names
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Third District. Pacific District Council No. 1.
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local No. 125 (Portland, Or.).
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
- Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Geographical Names
- California--History--1850-1950.
- Portland (Or.)--History--20th century.
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Ephemera