Archives West Finding Aid

Some material in this record group was in labeled folders, but most was loose in the boxes. The basic received order was retained, and with very little rearrangement could be easily divided into three series, Administrative Records, Alphabetical Files, and Ladies Auxiliary.

The Administrative records, 1903-1987, include constitutions and bylaws for local, district, and the national union, minute books for Moscow local 1605, treasurer's records, financial secretary's records, and the abstract of title for the Asbury &amp Third Street property. The day books record the names of members, dues paid, and union expenses. A few books for LU 313 are lacking, and in some cases there are two books covering the same period, but there is no duplication of information, and no explanation has been found for this anomaly. Duplicate deposit slips, which are normally discarded, were retained in this collection since deposits were not entered in the check register, nor are they listed in the monthly expense books. Bank statements and paid checks were also retained when check registers were not present. The monthly billings, 1973-1987, are computer generated lists of members the last page of which lists the number of members for the month and the amount due national headquarters.

The Alphabetical files, 1910-1989, include agreements, applications for membership, information on the apprentice program, building fund data, correspondence, information on the consolidation of LU 313 and LU 1605, personnel material such as hiring and job referrals, and publications such as the quarterly newsletter. The CCG and CCD notebook appears to be a monthly membership record listing applications, initiations, withdrawals, deaths, etc. The steward's reports are weekly reports by the steward for each job listing the men working and how many days each worked. The reports for 1963 were not in any order, but the ones for 1979-1984 were in order by job. The "Current Jobs" notebook is an alphabetical list of jobs with the names of the men sent, while the "Dispatch Record Book" is a chronological listing of men sent to the jobs. The "Password and Quarterly Circular" is a newsletter published by the national headquarters containing general union news and a numerically coded password to be used for entry to meetings. Although the collection contains issues from 1938 to 1983, there are very few issues prior to 1968. The work dispatch orders were very numerous, and since the information is available in other forms, these were sampled by keeping every 10th item. The final item in this series is what appears to be the hiring hall registration book, 1970-1989. It is an unbound volume containing over 394 pages, each containing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of union members seeking employment. Notations are made by some names as to where the person was sent to work, if an exam has to be taken, and other similar information.

The final series contains the records of the Ladies Auxiliary, 1926-1972. These are in the same order as the union records, and include constitutions, directories, financial records, applications or membership, correspondence, and newsletters.

Among the items removed from the collection were multiple copies of printed by-laws, blank registration cards, invoices and utility bills, dues receipt books (dues and receipt number are entered in the Daybooks), and computer generated reports which included Washington, Idaho, and Montana unions. Copies of published Idaho labor laws were removed from the collection and will be checked against other holdings in Special Collections. In all the collection was reduced by 6 cubic feet.