WAUEyerRosaM6178.xml Guide to the Rosa M. Eyer Papers 1940-1972 Eyer (Rosa M.) Papers Full processing supported by the Labor Archives Fund and the Labor Archives of Washington State Budget Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2018 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-23. Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Rosa M. Eyer papers Eyer, Rosa M., 1910-1997 6178 0.42 cubic feet 1 box 1940-1972 Papers of Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers officer Rosa M. Eyer related to her work and personal life. Collection materials are in English.

Rosa Millo Eyer (1910-1991) was Recording Secretary of the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers (AWPPW) Local 644 in Everett, Washington in 1965 and AWPPW Secretary-Treasurer of the Northern Washington and Alaska Area Council during the 1960s and 1970s. She gave birth to three daughters: Gerry, Josephine, and Caroline with first husband Richard J. Millo. She later married Pacific Northwest paper worker representative John H. Eyer around the mid to late 1960s. Rosa retired from the union in 1972. She passed away in Everett, Washington at the age of 81 on November 10, 1991.

The collection is arranged into the following series:

Series 1, Association of Western Pulp and Paper Worker Records, 1965-1972 Series 2, Personal Papers, 1940-1972

The papers of Rosa Millo Eyer consists of a small series of Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers (AWPPW) records and another of personal papers. The first series is primarily AWPPW Northern Washington-Alaska Area Council records of which Rosa was Secretary-Treasurer, including correspondence, news clippings, notes, and Executive Board reports from Area Representative John R. Swanson as well as a file of correspondence related to Rosa's employment with the union. The series of personal papers consists primarily of letters to and from Rosa and her daughters, Gerry, Josephine, and Caroline; divorce and death records and ephemera from her first marriage with Richard J. Millo; several photographs of family members; and other correspondence to and from Rosa.

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Rosa M. Eyer papers, 6178-001, box number, folder number.

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Donated by Rosa Millo Eyer, originally a part of the John H. Eyer papers (3932-001).

Due to the collection's distinctiveness as a body of records created or acquired during the course of Rosa M. Eyer's work and personal life and the importance of bringing out women's contributions to the labor movement whenever possible, this collection was separated from the John H. Eyer papers (Manuscript Accession 3932-001) during processing in January 2017.

Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers records (manuscript collection 2052)

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Eyer, Rosa M., 1910-1991--Archives Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Labor unions--Washington (State) Labor--Washington (State) Labor movement--Washington (State) Women labor union members--Washington (State) Labor Unions Labor History Women Records (Documents) Series 1, Association of Western Pulp and Paper Worker Records, 1965-1972 Northern Washington-Alaska Area Council Records 1965-1972 6178-001 Box 1 1-2 Rosa M. Eyer's Employment with the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers: Correspondence 1965-1969 6178-001 Box 1 3 Series 2, Personal Papers, 1940-1972 Invitation to Rosa's Retirement Party 1972 6178-001 Box 1 4 Letters to Rosa from Daughter Gerry approximately 1970-1972 6178-001 Box 1 5 Josephine M. Millo: Correspondence and Ephemera 1963-1980 6178-001 Box 1 6 James Adams: Death Certificate and Funeral Ephemera 1955 6178-001 Box 1 7 Letters to Family from Daughter Caroline 1955, 1972 6178-001 Box 1 8 Class of 55: Photographic Portrait of Caroline 1955 Richard J. Millo: Divorce and Death Records approximately 1940-1955, 1971-1973 6178-001 Box 1 9 Unidentified Group Photograph of People Sitting Around Banquet Table approximately 1940-1950 Assorted Correspondence to and from Rosa 1960-1972 6178-001 Box 1 10