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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 1 records
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 1 (Raymond, Wash.)
4307
4.58 cubic feet
5 boxes
1933-1988
Records of the first International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union local chartered in the state of Washington
Collection materials are in English.
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.
The records are arranged into three series:
- Organizational files
- Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association
- Pacific Coast Pensioner's Association
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.
The records are open to all users.
Request at UW
The literary rights of the representatives of the records-creating organization have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
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.
These records were given to the University of Washington Libraries by Jack Spurrell of Raymond, Washington, in July of 1991.
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.
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/
Wikidata is available for this collection
Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.
Mattson, Norman A
Stark, Ralph W
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 1 (Raymond, Wash.)--Archives
Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association
Stevedores--Labor unions--Washington (State)
Stevedores--Labor unions--Washington (State)--Raymond
Industrial relations--Washington (State)
Fraternal organizations--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Labor Unions
Labor History
Washington (State)
Artifacts
Scrapbooks
Minutes
Correspondence
conferences
Ephemera
memorabilia
daybooks
Newsletters
Roll calls
Organizational files
Historical information
1963-1986
4307-001 Box 1
1
Organizational information
1933-1988
4307-001 Box 1
2
Organizational information
1933-1988
4307-001 Box 5
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.
Longshoremen's Association, International, Local 38-92 (Raymond), Executive Board
1947-1969
4307-001 Box 1
3
Longshoremen's Association, International, Local 38-92 (Raymond)
1933-1968
4307-001 Box 1
4-13
ILWU Local 1 (Raymond) joint Labor Relations Committee meetings
1970-1975
4307-001 Box 1
14
ILWU Local 1 (Raymond) stop work meetings
1970-1973
4307-001 Box 1
15-17
ILWU Local 24 (Aberdeen) Labor Relations Committee
1969-1974
4307-001 Box 1
18-22
ILWU Local 25 (Anacortes) Labor Relations Committee
1970-1974
4307-001 Box 1
23-27
ILWU Local 7 (Bellingham) Labor Relations Committee
1965-1974
4307-001 Box 1
28-32
ILWU Local 32 (Everett) Labor Relations Committee
1970-1974
4307-001 Box 1
33-37
ILWU Local 47 (Olympia) Labor Relations Committee
1970-1974
4307-001 Box 1
38-42
ILWU Local 27 (Port Angeles) Labor Relations Committee
1971-1974
4307-001 Box 1
43-46
ILWU Local 51 (Port Gamble) Labor Relations Committee
1970-1974
4307-001 Box 1
47-51
ILWU Local 19 (Seattle) Labor Relations Committee
1964-1973
4307-001 Box 2
1-12
ILWU Local 23 (Tacoma) Labor Relations Committee
1964-1974
4307-001 Box 2
13-19
ILWU Puget Sound Area Labor Relations Committee
1967-1974
4307-001 Box 3
1
ILWU Puget Sound Council
1966-1970
4307-001 Box 3
2
ILWU Washington Area Labor Relations Committee
1964-1973
4307-001 Box 3
3-5
ILWU Coast Labor Relations Committee
1965
4307-001 Box 3
6
Incoming letters
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, International, Locals 4 through 142
1965-1974
4307-001 Box 3
7
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, International, The Dispatcher
1974
4307-001 Box 3
8
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, International, North West Regional Office
1973-1974
4307-001 Box 3
9
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, International
1970-1974
4307-001 Box 3
10
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, International, International Office
1971-1973
4307-001 Box 3
11
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, International, miscellaneous
1971-1973
4307-001 Box 3
12
Pacific Maritime Association, Washington Area
1965-1972
4307-001 Box 3
13
Miscellaneous
1955-1975
4307-001 Box 3
14
Outgoing letters
1962-1975
4307-001 Box 3
15
Elections
1948-1971
4307-001 Box 3
16
Newsletters
1971
4307-001 Box 3
17
News releases
1981
4307-001 Box 3
18
Contracts and agreements
1966-1975
4307-001 Box 3
19
Petitions
undated
4307-001 Box 3
20
Statements
1971-1972
4307-001 Box 3
21
Financial reports
1966, 1970
4307-001 Box 3
22
Reports-Grays Harbor annual report
1966
4307-001 Box 3
23
Rules
undated
4307-001 Box 3
24
Training material
undated
4307-001 Box 3
25-26
Conference and convention materials
Pacific Coast District 29th annual conventions
1936
4307-001 Box 3
27
Northwest Log Conference
1970
4307-001 Box 3
28
ILWU 24th Biennial Convention
1981
4307-001 Box 3
29
Publications
1949-1987
4307-001 Box 3
30-31
Memorabilia
Leather workman's apron
undated
4307-001 Box 5
Banner-ILA Local 38-92
undated
4307-001 Box 5
Scrapbook-Longshore strike
1971-1972
4307-001 Box 5
Ephemera
undated
4307-001 Box 3
32
Lists
1975
4307-001 Box 3
33
Miscellaneous
undated
4307-001 Box 3
34
Subject series
Labor relations
1971-1973
4307-001 Box 4
1
Log export bill
1973
4307-001 Box 4
2
Medical benefits
undated
4307-001 Box 4
3-4
Unemployment claims
undated
4307-001 Box 4
5
Roll call
1937-1968
4307-001 Box 4
6-7
Day book and roll call
1935-1937
4307-001 Box 4
8-9
Day book
1937-1946
4307-001 Box 4
10
Dues
1933-1947
4307-001 Box 4
11-12
Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association, approximately 1976-1982
Willapa Harbor Longshoremen's Benevolent Association
4307-001 Box 4
13-14
Pacific Coast Pensioner's Association, 1960-1981
Pacific Coast Pensioner's Association
4307-001 Box 4
15-16