Utah labor archive audio-visual collection, 1948-1961
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Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Richardson, Reed C., 1917-
- Title
- Utah labor archive audio-visual collection
- Dates
- 1948-1961 (inclusive)19481961
- Quantity
- 77 phonograph records, 3 16mm films
- Collection Number
- A0199
- Summary
- The Utah labor archive audio-visual collection (1948-1961) consists of audio recordings of speeches and songs and informational films relating to labor unions in Utah and the United States at large.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
The Univertsity of Utah was designated the official labor archives of the State of Utah in 1971. The paper records and audio-visual items created or kept by various Utah labor unions have been deposited here.
Content Description
The Utah labor archive audio-visual collection (1948-1961) consists of 77 audio recordings of speeches and songs relating to labor unions in Utah and the United States at large and 3 16mm films about the labor movement.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Talks by labor leaders and others
Container: Box 1
51 phonograph records-
Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, special events report: Unions and ex-convicts
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 1-2 -
Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters: International Control Commission (ICC) unfairly favors railroads
General President James R. Hoffa
Dates: 1961 April 09Container: Disc 3 -
Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, special events report: The dangers of the Kennedy-Irvin Bill
General President James R. Hoffa
2 copies
Dates: 1959 June 10Container: Disc 4-5 -
Description: William Green: final conference speechDates: 1949 July 20Container: Disc 6
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Description: Image of freedom: 20 years of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 7-8 -
Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Safety truck weekDates: June 6-11Container: Disc 9
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Description: Voice of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A few quotations from his speeches.
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 10-11 -
Description: Labor's League for Political Education (LLPE) parts 1-4
Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE.
Dates: circa 1950Container: Disc 12 -
Description: Labor's League for Political Education parts 2, 5
Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE.
Dates: circa 1950Container: Disc 13 -
Description: Labor's League for Political Education parts 3, 6
Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE: "We can win in 1950."
Dates: circa 1950Container: Disc 14 -
Description: Clegg-Vest Act hearings
Hearings about Utah's labor-management relations act held at the Newhouse Hotel during the 1947 legislative session.
Dates: 1947Container: Disc 15-25 -
Description: "What I would say"
Address by Dave Beck over Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
2 copies
Dates: 1949 July 23Container: Disc 26-27 -
Description: Unidentified meetingsDates: undatedContainer: Disc 28-51
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Songs of the labor movement
Container: Box 2
19 phonograph records-
Description: "A Promise ain't a promise anymore" and "You gotta go down"
Joe Glazer and the PAC Bucks
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 1-2 -
Description: American industrial ballads
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 3-4 -
Description: "Ballads for sectarians" and "Songs of the Wobblies"
The Wobblies are the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 5 -
Description: "The great American bum" and other hobo and migratory worker's songs
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 6-7 -
Description: "Joe McCarthy's band" and "The giveaway boys in Washington"
Joe Glazer
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 8-9 -
Description: "Love that team"
Joe Glazer
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 10-11 -
Description: "The original talking union" and other union songs
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 12-13 -
Description: "Solidarity" and "Give-away boys"
Joe Glazer
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 14-15 -
Description: The songs of Joe Hill
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 16-17 -
Description: The songs of the Wobblies
2 copies
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 18-19
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Miscellaneous talks, stories and films
Container: Box 3
7 phonograph records, 3 16mm films-
Phonograph records
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Description: Vote 1948Dates: 1948Container: Disc 1
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Description: Dave Beck speaks on the Boeing problemDates: 1949 June 01Container: Disc 2
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Description: Dave Beck speaks on National Trade Conference meetingsDates: undatedContainer: Disc 3
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Description: "It's a crime to organize" and "The Oakville story"Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 4
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Description: "The Americanism of Mr. Mudget" and "Mr. Pine faces life"Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 5
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Description: "Big union" and "The plot to overthrow Lincoln"Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 6
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Description: Park City, Utah miner's broadcastDates: undatedContainer: Disc 7
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16mm films
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Description: The unionsDates: undatedContainer: Reel 1
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Description: Wonders of automationDates: undatedContainer: Reel 2
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Description: A Bench in the Park
Contains a trailer of a report by Wayne Morse
Dates: undatedContainer: Reel 3
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Labor unions--United States--History--Sources
- Labor unions--United States--Songs and music
Personal Names
- Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-
Form or Genre Terms
- Moving images
- Sound recordings
