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International Association of Machinists, Lodge 88 (Butte, Montana) Records, 1915-1972

Overview of the Collection

Creator
International Association of Machinists, Lodge 88 (Butte, Mont.)
Title
International Association of Machinists, Lodge 88 (Butte, Montana) Records
Dates
1915-1972 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 210
Summary
Records of the International Association of Machinists, Lodge 88 (Butte, Montana) include general correspondence (1943-1953, 1967, 1969); financial records (1937-1970), including membership information; legal documents (1937-1960), consisting of labor agreements with employers; minutes (1915-1921, 1943-1959); reports (1944, 1947); subject files (1966-1967) pertaining to The Anaconda Company; and miscellany. [Artifacts have been transferred to the Museum.]
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Butte Machinist Union, International Association of Machinists, Lodge 88, was organized in Butte, Montana, in 1891. Officers included Master Machinist August Heimbach, Foreman Charles O'Rourke, Recording Secretary James Hamlin, and Treasurer Thomas Ogle.

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Content Description

Records. 1915-1972. 2 linear feet. The records of the International Association of Machinists, Lodge 88, of Butte, Montana, contain general correspondence (1943-1953, 1967, 1969); financial records (1937-1970), including memberhip information; legal documents (1937-1960), consisting of labor agreements with a variety of employers; minutes (1915-1921; 1943-1959); reports (1947); subject files (1966-1967) pertaining to The Anaconda Company; and miscellany. Artifacts have been transferred to the Museum.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • General Correspondence

    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Dates: 1943-1953, 1967,1969
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
  • Financial Records

    • Description: Annual report of receipts and disbursements
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
    • Description: Employers' monthly remittance reports (includes member's and employer's name, hours worked, etc.)
      Dates: July 1969- Dec. 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3-5
    • Description: Employers' monthly remittance reports (includes member's and employer's name, hours worked, etc.)
      Dates: Jan-June, Nov-Dec. 1971; Jan 1972
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
    • Description: Receipts for bonds purchased
      Dates: 1937-1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
    • Description: Treasurer's check stubs
      Dates: Oct. 1946- Nov. 1949
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
    • Description: Treasurer's receipt book
      Dates: Apr. 1951- Mar. 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
    • Description: Treasurer's receipt book
      Dates: Jan-July 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
    • Description: Treasurer's receipt books
      Dates: July 1956- Sept. 1957
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1-3
    • Description: Vouchers
      Dates: 1954-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 4
  • Legal Documents

    • Description: Labor agreements (includes agreements with the Sheep Shearers Merchandise and Commission Company; Silver Bow Employers' Association [OVERSIZE MATERIAL]; Western Iron Works, Inc.; The Montana Power Company; and the Northern Pacific Transport Company
      Dates: 1937-1960 scattered
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5-6
  • Minutes

    • Description: Minute books
      Dates: Oct. 1915- Apr. 1921
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7-8
    • Description: Minute books
      Dates: Oct. 1943- June 1959
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1-7
  • Reports

    • Description: Business agent's report
      Dates: Nov. 1944
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
    • Description: Monthly report of vocational classes for auto mechanics and machinist apprentices (includes name of apprentices)
      Dates: Sept., Dec. 1947
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9
  • Subject Files

    • Description: AFL-CIO Industril Union Department's Copper and Brass meeting (includes financial analysis, organizational status, selected contract provisions, and pension and insurance analyses of the Anaconda Company, and the Department's revised report on the Anaconda Company)
      Dates: Oct. 26-28, 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
    • Description: Anaconda Company Joint Crafts Engineers and Teamsters Union (re pensions and health plans)
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2-3
    • Description: Anaconda Company contract negotiations (includes "Agreement Between the Anaconda Company and...International Association of Machinists...", 1964)
      Dates: 1964, 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 4
  • Miscellany

    • Description: Dues assignment authorization
      Dates: 1965-1966, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
    • Description: "The Anaconda Company: Presentation to Special Panel Investigating the Copper Industry Strike", by R. Lewis Brown, Jr., Butte, and John Will, director of labor relations for the Anaconda Company
      Dates: Feb. 1, 1968
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6
    • Description: The Anaconda Company strike referendum voters' list (includes sample ballot)
      Dates: June 18, 1971
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 7
    • Description: List of artifacts transferred to the Museum
      Dates:
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 8
    • Description: List of members not in good standing (May 26, 1954); list of International Association of Machinists' Helpers shop committeemen (Jan. 1921); list of Butte buildings and their type of heating system (1939); list of members (Oct. 1932)
      Dates: 1921-1954 scattered
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 9
    • Description: Medical insurance group policy
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 10
    • Description: Membership applications
      Dates: 1938-1967 scattered
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 11
    • Description: "Provisions for Administration by State Apprenticeship Council of the State of Montana"
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 12
    • Description: Roll call book (includes lists of trustees and committees and apprentices started)
      Dates: 1918-1946
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 13
    • Description: Voters' list for dues increase referendum (includes announcement of referendum)
      Dates: June 2, July 7,1966
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 14

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Subject Terms

  • Labor Unions
  • Machinists

Geographical Names

  • Butte (Mont.)
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