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International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers of America, Local 104 (Seattle, Washington) records, 1937-1961
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers of America. Local 104 (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers of America, Local 104 (Seattle, Washington) records
- Dates
- 1937-1961 (inclusive)19371961
- Quantity
- 7 cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 1409 (Accession No. 1409-001)
- Summary
- Records of a Seattle, Washington, labor organization.
- 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
-
The records are open to all users; however, as of September 2023, the collection is currently being processed and may not be accessible for research or may require mediated access. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- 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
Labor organization, Seattle, Washington. Prior to July 1953 the organization's name was the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America, Local 104 (Seattle).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Contains correspondence, subject files, agreements, and other material of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers of America, Local 104 (Seattle), and the organization that preceded it, the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America, Local 104 (Seattle). Records document labor relations, union activities, and industry issues.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers of America, Local 104 (Seattle, Washington) records, Accession No. 1409-001. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in three series:
- Jurisdictional Materials, circa 1937-1961
- Disputes, undated
- Subject Files, circa 1937-1959
Acquisition Information
Gift of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers of America, Local 104, via James O'Brien, August 1970.
Processing Note
Minimally processed.
Related Materials
The University of Washington Libraries also holds microfilm of issues of the newspapers, the 104 Reporter (published 1942-1947) and the Seattle Boilermakers' 104 Reporter (after 1947), which both were published by the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America, Local 104.
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2014. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/3988/*/http://www.boilermakers.org/
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Jurisdictional Materials, circa 1937-1961Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | PipeFitters -- Boilermakers
|
1937-1954 |
| 1 | Pipefitters -- Boilermakers
|
1955-1961 |
| 1 | Sheet Metal Workers --
Boilermakers |
1946-1960 |
| 1 | Sheet Metal -- Boilermaker
Agreements |
undated |
| 1 | Millwrights -- Boilermakers
|
1952-1959 |
| 1 | Millwrights, Agreements
|
undated |
| 1 | United Association --
Boilermakers |
undated |
| 1 | Pipe Fabrication |
undated |
| 1 | Ironworkers -- Boiler Makers
Agreements |
undated |
| 1 | Iron Workers, Boilermakers
|
1954-1961 |
Disputes Handled by Building and Construction Trades Unit , undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Subject Files, circa 1937-1959Return to Top
Subject files for A-L were not transferred by the union.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | McNary Dam |
undated |
| 1 | Mann, Frank -- National Labor Relations Board Case
|
undated |
| 1 | Manson Construction and Engineering |
undated |
| 1 | Manson -- Osberg, Alaska |
undated |
| 1 | Jurisdiction Agreement -- Machinists |
undated |
| 1 | Markey Machine |
undated |
| 1 | Membership Reports to Grand Lodge |
1954 |
| 2 | Maritime Shipyard |
undated |
| 2 | Merger |
undated |
| 2 | MIS Company |
undated |
| 2 | Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Field |
undated |
| 2 | Membership Correspondence |
undated |
| 2 | Miscellaneous Correspondence and Agreements --
Independent |
undated |
| 2 | Miscellaneous Shops |
undated |
| 2 | Morgan Electric |
undated |
| 2 | Morrison -- Knudson |
undated |
| 2 | National Labor Relations Board |
undated |
| 2 | National Labor Relations Board -- Compliance
|
undated |
| 2 | Nicholson Manufacturing Company |
1956 |
| 2 | National Steel Construction |
undated |
| 2 | Nonpartisan Political League |
1954 |
| 2 | Nordline Manufacturing Co. |
1957 |
| 2 | National Labor Relations Board |
undated |
| 2 | Northwest Metal Products |
undated |
| 2 | Northwest Shipyard |
undated |
| 2 | Northwest Tractor and Equipment |
undated |
| 2 | Pacific Car -- Everett, Washington |
1954 |
| 2 | Pacific Car and Foundry, Everett Division |
undated |
| 2 | Pacific Car and Foundry, Everett, Washington
|
1953 |
| 2 | Pacific Car and Foundry, Everett, Washington
|
1957 |
| 2 | Pacific Coast Metal Grades |
undated |
| 3 | Pacific Coast Marine District Council |
undated |
| 3 | Pacific Coast Shipyard Negotiating Conference,
Proceeding |
undated |
| 3 | Patternmakers |
undated |
| 3 | Pacific Northwest Independent |
undated |
| 3 | Patton |
1958 |
| 3 | W.E. Pearson Co. |
undated |
| 3 | Pennstocks |
undated |
| 3 | Pension |
undated |
| 3 | J.W. Perron -- Fairbanks, Alaska |
undated |
| 3 | J.W. Perron |
undated |
| 3 | Pittsburgh -- Des Moines |
1956 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh -- Des Moines Steel Co. |
undated |
| 3 | Pointer Willamette #1 |
undated |
| 3 | Pointer Willamette Agreements |
undated |
| 3 | Pointer Willamette #2 |
undated |
| 3 | Plant Maintenance -- Anacortes |
undated |
| 3 | Pointer Willamette National Labor Relations Board
|
undated |
| 3 | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Correspondence
|
1955-1956 |
| 3 | Pointer -- Willamette (Farr and Angle Case) |
undated |
| 3 | Portland Erection |
undated |
| 3 | Port of Seattle, Washington |
undated |
| 3 | Plant Maintenance, Inc. |
1957 |
| 3 | Prosser Welding Works Agreements -- Correspondence
|
undated |
| 3 | Protective Equipment -- State of Washington |
undated |
| 3 | P.S.B. & D. Safety, Signed Statement |
undated |
| 4 | Puget Sound Drake |
undated |
| 4 | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge |
undated |
| 4 | Shop Steward Reports |
1955 |
| 4 | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Company |
1954 |
| 4 | Puget Sound Fabricators |
1957 |
| 4 | Raber and Kief |
undated |
| 4 | Refinery Organization |
undated |
| 4 | Reliable Welding |
undated |
| 4 | Renton Central Labor Council |
undated |
| 4 | Renton School District # 403 |
undated |
| 4 | Renton Machine and Welding Company |
undated |
| 4 | Republic Steel |
undated |
| 4 | Right to Work Law |
undated |
| 4 | Riley Stoker Corporation |
undated |
| 4 | Robinson Machine |
undated |
| 4 | Rothschild International Stevedoring Company
|
undated |
| 4 | Rowe Machine |
undated |
| 4 | Renton Boilerworks |
undated |
| 4 | Ryan-Haworth Shop |
undated |
| 4 | Safeway Scaffolding Company |
undated |
| 4 | Sagers, Inc. |
undated |
| 4 | Seattle Boiler Works |
undated |
| 4 | Seattle Building and Construction Trades Councils
|
undated |
| 4 | Seattle Metal Trades |
undated |
| 4 | Shop Seniority List |
1958 September |
| 4 | Seniority List |
1957 July |
| 4 | Seniority List |
1956 |
| 4 | Seniority List |
1955 |
| 4 | Shell Oil Company -- Paid Bills |
1954 March |
| 4 | Shipyard Correspondence |
1950-1958 |
| 4 | Shipyard Negotiations and Agreements |
1957-1958 |
| 4 | Shipbuilding File |
undated |
| 4 | Shipyard Miscellany |
undated |
| 4 | Shipyards, Premium Pay |
undated |
| 5 | Sitka Mill File |
undated |
| 5 | Sheet Metal Workers' Addendum |
undated |
| 5 | Shop Stewards |
undated |
| 5 | Shop Stewards Meetings |
undated |
| 5 | Shop Strike |
undated |
| 5 | Shop Strike |
1951-1952 |
| 5 | Sound Industrial Serv. Corp. Maintenance
Agreement |
undated |
| 5 | A.O. Smith |
undated |
| 5 | Solar Chicago -- Division of U.S. Industries
|
undated |
| 5 | Sparling Sales Limited |
undated |
| 5 | Steel Construction |
undated |
| 5 | Stone and Webster |
undated |
| 5 | Strike Benefits |
undated |
| 5 | Strike Assessment Fund |
1951 |
| 5 | Strike Assessment Excuses |
1953 April 3-1953 May 2 |
| 5 | Strike Rolls |
undated |
| 5 | Sumner Iron Works |
undated |
| 5 | Swanson Welding Company |
undated |
| 5 | Taft-Hartley Act -- Bulletins, Letters |
undated |
| 5 | Tax and Subsistence Rulings |
undated |
| 5 | Local 541 Taxes and Labor and Industry |
undated |
| 5 | Local 541 Taxes and Labor and Industry |
1957 and later |
| 5 | Temco Company |
undated |
| 5 | Thomson, P. C. |
undated |
| 5 | J.J. Thorpe N.W. Inc. |
undated |
| 5 | Todds Drydock |
1955 |
| 6 | Todds |
1957-1958 |
| 6 | Todd Shipyards, Correspondence, etc. |
1954 |
| 6 | Torrid King |
undated |
| 6 | Union Labor Reports |
1959 |
| 6 | Union Steel Manufacturing, Inc. |
undated |
| 6 | United Concrete Pipe, Moses Lake, Washington
|
undated |
| 6 | United Good Neighbors |
undated |
| 6 | Unemployment Cases |
undated |
| 6 | Union Shop Card Receipts |
undated |
| 6 | Union Tank Works |
undated |
| 6 | U & I Sugar Co., Contractors, etc. |
undated |
| 6 | U.S.E.S. and Shipyard Cases |
undated |
| 6 | Valley Iron Works Agreements -- Correspondence
|
undated |
| 6 | Voting Ballots |
undated |
| 6 | Welders |
1937-1943 |
| 6 | Washington Metal Trades |
1954 |
| 6 | Washington Metal Trades Correspondence |
1954-1955 |
| 6 | Wilson Award |
undated |
| 6 | Welders |
1945-1949 |
| 6 | Untitled |
undated |
| 6 | Welders |
1944 |
| 6 | Welding Shop |
undated |
| 6 | Washington Metal Trades Trust |
1954-1956 |
| 7 | Untitled |
undated |
| 7 | Washington Metal Trades Correspondence |
1945-1948 |
| 7 | Washington State Building and Construction Council
|
circa 1959 |
| 7 | Washington State Labor Council |
1957-1959 |
| 7 | Washington State Federation of Labor |
undated |
| 7 | Waitsburg Personal |
undated |
| 7 | Waitsburg Welding Agreements -- Correspondence
|
undated |
| 7 | Waitsburg Welding Company |
undated |
| 7 | Ward Cove Builders |
undated |
| 7 | Waitsburg Welding Works Agreements and
Correspondence |
undated |
| 7 | Waitsburg Confidential |
undated |
| 7 | Waitsburg Weld |
1947-1948 |
| 7 | Washington Iron Works |
undated |
| 7 | Welders |
1951 |
| 7 | Wyatt and Kipper Construction File |
undated |
| 7 | Weldit Tank and Steel |
undated |
| 7 | Wells and Wade |
undated |
| 7 | West Coast Construction |
undated |
| 7 | Western Blower Company |
undated |
| 7 | West Street Carriage |
undated |
| 7 | H.W. Whitaker |
undated |
| 7 | A. Wilcox Company |
undated |
| 7 | Wickes Boiler Company |
undated |
| 7 | Howard S. Wright and Co. |
undated |
| 7 | Wyatt and Kipper, Alaska |
undated |
| 7 | Wyatt and Kipper Engineers |
undated |
| 7 | Yakima Building Trades Council |
undated |
| 7 | Yakima Tank and Steel Agreements, Correspondence
|
undated |
| 7 | Yakima Brazing Agreements, Correspondence |
undated |
| 7 | Zeeb Iron Works |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Collective labor agreements--Metal industry
- Collective labor agreements--Washington (State)
- Metal-workers--Labor unions--Washington (State)
- Metal-workers--Washington (State)
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Labor unions--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Shipbuilding industry--Washington (State)
Corporate Names
- International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America. Local 104 (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers of America. Local 104 (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America. Local 104 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
