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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 1 records, 1933-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 1 (Raymond, Wash.)
- Title
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 1 records
- Dates
- 1933-1988 (inclusive)19331988
- Quantity
- 4.58 cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4307 (Accession No. 4307-001)
- Summary
- Records of the first International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union local chartered in the state of Washington
- 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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The records are open to all users.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
In 1937 the International Longshoremen's Association Local 38-92 (AFL) became the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) Local 1, the first CIO local of the ILWU chartered in the state of Washington. ILWU Local 1 was based in Raymond, Washington (on Willapa Bay), and existed until it merged with Aberdeen Local 24 in 1976.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
These records provide an important early record of CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) unions in the region.
Included are records of ILWU Local 1, minutes of other Washington locals' labor relations committees, and records of two benevolent associations -- the Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association and the Pacific Coast Pensioner's Association -- that were intended to provide union workers with accident or retirement benefits. Individuals represented in the papers include ILWU Local 1 secretary Ralph W. Stark and Norman A. Mattson.
The records consist of minutes, correspondence, election material, newsletters, contracts and agreements, financial documents, conference and convention materials, publications, memorabilia, and ephemera.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The literary rights of the representatives of the records-creating organization have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 1 records. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The records are arranged into three series:
- Organizational files
- Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association
- Pacific Coast Pensioner's Association
Custodial History
The records apparently were transferred to Aberdeen, Washington, when Local 1 and Aberdeen Local 24 merged in 1976. Jack Spurrell later took an interest in preserving them and brought them back to Raymond in 1988.
Acquisition Information
These records were given to the University of Washington Libraries by Jack Spurrell of Raymond, Washington, in July of 1991.
Processing Note
Processing of the collection was completed in 1992.
Two color photographs were relocated to the visual materials collections in the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries in 1993: a photo of Jack Spurrell and Norman Mattson with the Longshoremen's statue in Raymond, Washington, forms photograph Accession No. 2001-72; and a portrait of Harry Bridges may have been added to the division's Portraits Collection, PH Coll 563.
Two bound volumes of the tabloid ILWU newsletter, The Dispatcher, 1945 and 1959, were transferred to the Microform and Newspaper Collections in the University of Washington Libraries in 1991.
Related Materials
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2013. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/3988/*/http://www.ilwu.org/
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Organizational filesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Historical information |
1963-1986 |
| 1/2 | Organizational information |
1933-1988 |
| Box | ||
| 5 | Organizational information |
1933-1988 |
Minutes Begining in 1933, the minutes document the formational period of
the organization following the waterfront strike of 1934. These minutes extend
through 1968. Minutes from 1968 until the merger with the Aberdeen local in
1976, are presumed lost.
|
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/3 | Longshoremen's Association, International, Local 38-92
(Raymond), Executive Board |
1947-1969 |
| 1/4-13 | Longshoremen's Association, International, Local 38-92
(Raymond) |
1933-1968 |
| 1/14 | ILWU Local 1 (Raymond) joint Labor Relations Committee
meetings |
1970-1975 |
| 1/15-17 | ILWU Local 1 (Raymond) stop work meetings |
1970-1973 |
| 1/18-22 | ILWU Local 24 (Aberdeen) Labor Relations
Committee |
1969-1974 |
| 1/23-27 | ILWU Local 25 (Anacortes) Labor Relations
Committee |
1970-1974 |
| 1/28-32 | ILWU Local 7 (Bellingham) Labor Relations
Committee |
1965-1974 |
| 1/33-37 | ILWU Local 32 (Everett) Labor Relations
Committee |
1970-1974 |
| 1/38-42 | ILWU Local 47 (Olympia) Labor Relations
Committee |
1970-1974 |
| 1/43-46 | ILWU Local 27 (Port Angeles) Labor Relations
Committee |
1971-1974 |
| 1/47-51 | ILWU Local 51 (Port Gamble) Labor Relations
Committee |
1970-1974 |
| 2/1-12 | ILWU Local 19 (Seattle) Labor Relations
Committee |
1964-1973 |
| 2/13-19 | ILWU Local 23 (Tacoma) Labor Relations
Committee |
1964-1974 |
| 3/1 | ILWU Puget Sound Area Labor Relations
Committee |
1967-1974 |
| 3/2 | ILWU Puget Sound Council |
1966-1970 |
| 3/3-5 | ILWU Washington Area Labor Relations
Committee |
1964-1973 |
| 3/6 | ILWU Coast Labor Relations Committee |
1965 |
Incoming letters |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/7 | Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union,
International, Locals 4 through 142 |
1965-1974 |
| 3/8 | Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union,
International,
The Dispatcher
|
1974 |
| 3/9 | Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union,
International, North West Regional Office |
1973-1974 |
| 3/10 | Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union,
International |
1970-1974 |
| 3/11 | Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union,
International, International Office |
1971-1973 |
| 3/12 | Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union,
International, miscellaneous |
1971-1973 |
| 3/13 | Pacific Maritime Association, Washington
Area |
1965-1972 |
| 3/14 | Miscellaneous |
1955-1975 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/15 | Outgoing letters |
1962-1975 |
| 3/16 | Elections |
1948-1971 |
| 3/17 | Newsletters |
1971 |
| 3/18 | News releases |
1981 |
| 3/19 | Contracts and agreements |
1966-1975 |
| 3/20 | Petitions |
undated |
| 3/21 | Statements |
1971-1972 |
| 3/22 | Financial reports |
1966, 1970 |
| 3/23 | Reports-Grays Harbor annual report |
1966 |
| 3/24 | Rules |
undated |
| 3/25-26 | Training material |
undated |
Conference and convention materials |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/27 | Pacific Coast District 29th annual
conventions |
1936 |
| 3/28 | Northwest Log Conference |
1970 |
| 3/29 | ILWU 24th Biennial Convention |
1981 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/30-31 | Publications |
1949-1987 |
Memorabilia |
||
| Box | ||
| 5 | Leather workman's apron |
undated |
| 5 | Banner-ILA Local 38-92 |
undated |
| 5 | Scrapbook-Longshore strike |
1971-1972 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/32 | Ephemera |
undated |
| 3/33 | Lists |
1975 |
| 3/34 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Subject series |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/1 | Labor relations |
1971-1973 |
| 4/2 | Log export bill |
1973 |
| 4/3-4 | Medical benefits |
undated |
| 4/5 | Unemployment claims |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/6-7 | Roll call |
1937-1968 |
| 4/8-9 | Day book and roll call |
1935-1937 |
| 4/10 | Day book |
1937-1946 |
| 4/11-12 | Dues |
1933-1947 |
Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association, circa 1976-1982Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 4/13-14
Pacific Coast Pensioner's Association, 1960-1981Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 4/15-16
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Fraternal organizations--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
- Industrial relations--Washington (State)
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Stevedores--Labor unions--Washington (State)
- Stevedores--Labor unions--Washington (State)--Raymond
Personal Names
- Mattson, Norman A
- Stark, Ralph W
Corporate Names
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 1 (Raymond, Wash.)--Archives
- Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
