Montana Historical Society
MC 88
Helena Typographical Union #95
(Helena, Mont.)
Helena Typographical Union #95 Records
1885-1985
5 linear feet of shelf space
The Helena Typographical Union #95 of Helena, Montana, is a
union representing printers in newspaper and job printing offices. Records include
correspondence (1888-1985), court papers (1903-1984), financial records (1895-1982),
contracts (1904-1973), minutes (1885-1973), organizational records (1890-1980), reports
(1899-1988), subject files (1931-1985), miscellany, and clippings.
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English
Helena Typographical Union #95 was first chartered February 19, 1867. At that time, the
National Typographical Union gave the Helena local jurisdiction over the entire territory of
Montana. Little is known about the early years of the union, as the records have been lost.
When the National Typographical Union became the International Typographical Union in 1874,
the Helena local received a new charter. Then, in 1884, a third and permanent charter was
issued. Under this new charter, Helena was no longer responsible for the entire territory,
as new locals had been established in Miles City in 1882, and in Butte in 1883. The Helena
local was active in apprenticeship programs, in promoting training of skilled printers, and
in contract negotiations with Helena's newspapers and job printing houses. Beginning in the
1950s with the changing technology in the printing industry, the union attempted to keep up
with the new techniques. However, with photo offset and computer-generated printing, the
need for linotype operators ended. The Helena local closed in the late 1980s. The Helena
local was also instrumental in the formation of the Montana Typographical Conference and was
active in its leadership over the years.
Records include correspondence (1888-1985) with the International Typographical Union,
other local typographical unions, the Montana Federation of Labor and State AFL-CIO,
printing firms, and others. The correspondence is in two separate runs: incoming
correspondence from 1888-1945 and general correspondence from 1949-1985. Court papers
(1903-1984) consist of hearings and other material concerning a number of complaints against
the union and complaints against employers. Financial records (1895-1982) include dues
registers, financial reports of the secretary-treasurer, receipts from various labor
organizations to which the local union belonged, and financial reports to federal agencies.
Legal documents consist of contracts (1904-1973) with Helena's newspapers and job printing
houses. There is a complete set of minutes (1885-1973), plus organizational records
(1890-1980) including applications for membership, constitutions and bylaws, membership
registers, and other material. There are reports (1899-1988) of various union committees, of
delegates to the Montana Typographical Conference, of union presidents, and to the U.S.
Census Bureau. Subject files (1931-1985) include information on apprenticeship programs,
International Typographical Union training seminars, the Helena Trades and Labor Council, a
jurisdictional dispute with the Helena Printing and Pressmen and Assistants Union, and the
Montana State AFL-CIO and Committee on Political Education [COPE]. Miscellany includes a
monthly list of pensioners (1973-1976) a history of the International Typographical Union by
Hal Harper, and presentation of 40-year and 70-year pins. There are a few clippings
including obituaries, honors, retirements, meetings, and political issues. A portion of this
collection has been microfilmed (Microfilm 197).
Arranged by series
Collection open for research.
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Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Helena Typographical Union #95
(Helena, Mont.)
Anaconda (Mont.)--Commerce
Butte (Mont.)--Labor relations
Helena (Mont.)--Periodicals
Missoula (Mont.)
Newspaper publishing
Printing
Strikes and lockouts--Newspapers
Trade-unions--Newspaper employees
Labor unions--Newspaper employees
Montana
Publishers and Publishing
Labor History
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Incoming Correspondence
1 / 1
Allied Printing Trades Council (includes Helena and
several other councils)
1902-1921, 1939
1 / 2
American Federation of Labor
1910-1918
1 / 3
A-C (correspondents include Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers; Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Employees; F. Marion Brown; Thomas H. Carter; Cascade Central Labor Council; Andrew
Casey; Central Labor Council of Anaconda; Central Labor Union of Vigo County)
1903-1919
1 / 4
D-F (correspondents include Joseph M. Dixon; The Eddy
Cafe; Employing Printers of America; Federal Labor Union #12837; George Flashman)
1906-1912
1 / 5
Helena Independent Publishing Company [includes a few
outgoing letters]
1888-1921
1 / 6
Helena Trades and Labor Assembly [additional
correspondence in Minute Book, 1905 February 5]
1906-1912
1 / 7
H (correspondents include Helena Herald; Helena
Pressman's Union; Harry Hineby; Hudson County [New Jersey] Central Labor Union)
1896-1919
1 / 8-10
International Typographical Union (includes a few
outgoing letters)
1901-1920
1 / 12
International Typographical Union (various Montana
locals)
1906-1918, 1938
1 / 13
International Typographical Union (various
out-of-state locals)
1906-1926
1 / 14
I-L (correspondents include International Association
of Machinists strike headquarters; International Brotherhood of Paper Makers;
International Hod Carriers' and Building Laborers' Union of America Local 254, Helena;
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; International Union of Slate Workers;
Laborers Protective Union #8079, Mineville, New York)
1910-1914
1 / 15
Montana state agencies (includes Attorney General,
Executive Office, Department of Public Instruction)
1912-1919
1 / 16
Montana Federation of Labor
1902-1921
1 / 17
M-P (correspondents include C.V. McDaird; McKee
Printing Company; Miles City American; Montana Publishers and Printers Association;
Montana Typographical Conference; Fred Naegele; New York Photo-Engravers Union #1;
Pearl Button Workers Union #14077; Peoples Power League of Montana; Peruna Drug
Manufacturing Company; Philipsburg Mail; Charles N. Pray)
1903-1919
1 / 18
S-Y (correspondents include San Francisco Labor
Council; Roy Settles; Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council; State Publishing Company;
W.J. Thomas; H.S. Thurber Company; W. V. Turley; Union Labor Political Club of Los
Angeles; Union Printers League of Montana; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners; United Textile Workers of America; J.P. Webb; Yellowstone County attorney)
1903-1918
1 / 19
International Typographical Union
1929-1945
1 / 20
J-W (correspondents include E.G. "Jeff" Jefferies;
Mike Mansfield; Montana Department of Public Welfare; James E. Murray; Burton K. Wheeler)
1940-1945
General Correspondence
1 / 21-26
International Typographical Union
1949-1985
1 / 27
Montana Typographical Conference
1962, 1967-1982
2 / 1
Chronological (correspondents include various local
unions; Ed Cummiskey; U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Montana
Historical Society; Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction; International
Association of I.T.U. Pensioners; Helena Allied Printing Trades Council; Union
Printers Home; Max Baucus; United States Department of Labor; United Food and Commercial Workers)
1961-1985
Miscellaneous Correspondence
2 / 2
Copies of letters of others (include H-O Auto Supply
and Montana Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst to Thurber Printing Company; Bozeman
Typographical Union # 656 to International Typographical Union)
1982
Court Papers
2 / 3
Butterick Publishing Company vs. Helena Typographical
Union et al. (includes complaint, affidavit, exhibits, court order)
1908
2 / 4
Henry Heiser discharge case
1934-1935
2 / 5
Helena Typographical Union Investigating Committee
charges against Edward Kilfeather
1903
2 / 6-7
Helena Typographical Union vs Helena Independent and
Helena Record heard before International Board of Arbitration (includes history of the
case, statements of union's case, newspapers' rebuttal, exhibits)
1934-1936
2 / 8
Arvid S. Lundin declaration
1984
2 / 9
James S. Mills vs. George Majors and Helena
Typographical Union appeal
1903
2 / 10
National Labor Relations Board case vs. State
Publishing Company
1971-1973
2 / 11
Gustave Strobel vs. Helena Typographical Union
undated
2 / 12
Stanley Thurston vs. Helena Typographical Union
appeal
1954-1964
Financial Records
2 / 13
Audit reports
1936, 1941 1975-1978
2 / 14
Bank book
1952-1975
2 / 15
Cancelled checks and checkstubs
1911, 1914 1969-1972
2 / 16-18
Chapel earnings and dues registers
1959-1965
3 / 1-3
Chapel earnings and dues registers
1966-1976
3 / 4
Employers quarterly tax returns
1954-1976
RESTRICTED
3 / 5-9
Financial reports of Secretary-Treasurer
1895-1928 1968-1982
4 / 1-2
Monthly stamp reports
1943-1960
4 / 3
Promissory notes
1934
4 / 4
Quarterly reports
1906-1912 1937-1941 1968-1972
4 / 5
Receipts: conventions, etc.
1956-1959, undated
4 / 6
Receipts: Helena Trades and Labor Assembly
1963-1973
4 / 7
Receipts: International Typographical Union
1961-1973 1978-1979
4 / 8
Receipts: 100th anniversary and conference
1967
4 / 9
Receipts: Montana Federation of Labor
1917, 1939
4 / 10
Receipts: Montana AFL-CIO
1960-1973
4 / 11
Receipts: Pension Plan
1968-1973
4 / 12
Receipts: Printing
1955-1961
4 / 13-16
Receipts: miscellaneous [scattered]
1937-1972
4 / 17
Report of accountant on J. Korradi's back pay
1912
4 / 18
Reports to U.S. Department of Labor
1960-1981
4 / 19-20
Returns of organization exempt from income tax
1954-1955 1960-1979
RESTRICTED
4 / 21
Social Security taxes
1937-1940
RESTRICTED
4 / 22
Union Laundry Company statement of operations
1905-1906
Legal Documents
5 / 1
Contracts and scales of wages
1904-1947
5 / 2
Contracts: Helena newspapers and job printing offices
1956-1959
5 / 3
Contracts: Helena Independent Record
1969-1972
5 / 4
Contracts: Independent Printing and Lithography
1970
5 / 5
Contracts: State Publishing Company
1973
5 / 6
Contracts: Thurber Printing Company
1970, 1973
Minutes
5 / 7-10
Minute books
1885-1901
6 / 1-2
Minute books
1901-1909
6 / 3-4
Minutes [unbound]
1910-1914
7 / 1-13
Minutes [unbound]
1915-1972
8 / 1
Minutes [unbound]
1973
8 / 2
Resolutions and motions removed from minute books for
preservation reasons
1907-1939
Organizational Records
8 / 3
Applications: apprentices
1930-1969
8 / 4
Applications: associate memberships
1976
8 / 5
Applications: journeyman memberships
1947-1978
8 / 6
Applications: memberships [scattered]
1905-1930
8 / 7
Applications: mortuary/death benefits (A-W)
1926-1976
8 / 8
Constitution book
1890-1915
8 / 9
Constitutions, bylaws, rules of order, and amendments
1908, 1926-1980
8 / 10
Election returns
1902-1910, 1960-1976
8 / 11
Honorable withdrawal cards
1906, 1969-1978
8 / 12
Lists of officers and committees
1960-1961, 1973-1974
8 / 13
Mailing list
1914
8 / 14
Membership register: A-W
1954-1965
8 / 15
Membership report of Andrew Carey
1911
8 / 16
Referendum ballots (re proposed constitutional
changes)
1973
8 / 17
Standing Committee (re appeal of Frank Marceaux's
discharge)
1964
8 / 18
Standing Committee (re Ed Guptill and George Cole)
1955-1960
8 / 19
"Standing motions other than Bylaws"
1950-1971
8 / 20
Traveling card stubs
1959-1972
Reports
9 / 1
Constitution, bylaw, and scale committees
1900-1947
9 / 2
Delegates to Helena Trades and Labor Assembly
1901-1910
9 / 3
Delegates to International Typographical Union
conventions
1902, 1906 1909, 1911
9 / 4
Delegates to Montana Federation of Labor
1902-1913
9 / 5
Delegates to Montana Typographical Conference and
Montana Printing Trades Conference
1918-1919
9 / 6-13
Executive Committee
1900-1980
9 / 14
Label Committee
1901
9 / 15
President Don C.D. Moore
1906-1907
9 / 16
President Charles J. Fisk
1914
9 / 17
Reports of Rodeo Dance Committee
1919-1920
9 / 18
Report on Montana Press Association convention
1909
9 / 19
Report to U.S. Census Bureau
1988
9 / 20
Trial Committee
1899-1901
9 / 21
Miscellaneous committee reports
1900-1920
Subject Files
9 / 22
Allied Printing Trades
1974-1977
9 / 23
Appeals to Executive Committee
1931, 1935
9 / 24
Apprenticeship brochures, etc.
undated
9 / 25
Apprenticeship Committee (includes minutes, reports,
and correspondence)
1953-1967
9 / 26
Apprenticeship: outlines of training
undated
9 / 27
Apprenticeship: progress reports, records, and
certificates
1946-1960, 1973, undated
9 / 28
Apprenticeship: regulations
1961, undated
9 / 29
Apprenticeship: tests
1960-1961, undated
9 / 30
Bureau of Education: "Lessons in Printing"
undated
9 / 31
Citizens' Job Protection Law Kit
circa 1973
10 / 1-4
Contract negotiations
1936-1945, 1960-1962, 1973-1980
10 / 5
Dues information
1958-1974
10 / 6
Helena Trades and Labor Council (includes minutes,
constitution, bylaws)
1952, 1961 1974-1975
10 / 7
International Typographical Union seminars
1960, 1964
10 / 8
International Typographical Union Training Center
1968
10 / 9
Jurisdictional dispute with Helena Printing and
Pressmen and Assistants Union #9
1961-1962
10 / 10
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
[Landrum-Griffith] explanations
1959-1960
10 / 11
George Macauley suspension
1940
10 / 12
Montana State AFL-CIO and Committee on Political
Education [COPE]
1972-1985
10 / 13
Montana State AFL-CIO: audits and financial reports
1962, 1967 1969, 1984-1985
10 / 14
Montana State AFL-CIO: legislative reports
1967-1974
10 / 15-16
Montana State AFL-CIO: minutes
1961, 1963 1966-1972
11 / 1-2
Montana State AFL-CIO: minutes
1973-1985
11 / 3
Montana State AFL-CIO: speeches by James S. Umber and
James Murry
1961, 1972-1974
11 / 4
National Labor Relations Board
1940
11 / 5
New printing processes
1957-1961
11 / 6
Pension plan: correspondence
1955-1980
11 / 7
Surety bonds: correspondence re
1975-1979
11 / 8
U (includes Unemployment Compensation Commission,
Union Printers Home, union label)
1921, 1936-1939, 1960-1961
Miscellany
11 / 9
"A Bulwark of Freedom : the Story of ITU" by Hal
Harper
1967
11 / 10
Home Patronage Campaign
1911
11 / 11
Pension rolls (monthly list of pensioners)
1973-1976
11 / 12
Presentation of 40-year and 70-year pins to Arthur
Looby, Henry G. Heiser and John Baker
1943, 1955 1956
11 / 13
Proposed list of arbitrators
1905
11 / 14
Miscellaneous (includes brochures, blank forms,
questionnaire on organizing work, Oregon "rat list", notes, circular letter from
Howard Fast, "Directory of Labor Organizations in Montana" 1958, "Statement of Fact as
to the Ruling by Helena Trades & Labor Council President Wilford Gunstone that
Harry L. Billings should not be Seated as a Delegate to the Council from Typographical
Local 95")
1930s- 1960s
Clippings
11 / 15
Obituaries, retirements, and honors (includes John
Commers, Robert W. Foster, Julian V. Lawson, Henry Heiser, George Brooks, Frank Abbey,
Harry L. Billings)
1944-1966
11 / 16
Miscellaneous (includes meetings, political issues,
etc.)
1913-1968