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Utah labor archive audio-visual collection, 1948-1961
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
-
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
-
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 NoteReturn to Top
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 DescriptionReturn to Top
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 InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| disc | ||
| 1-2 | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, special events report: Unions and ex-convicts
2 copies
|
undated |
| 3 | International Brotherhood of Teamsters: International Control Commission (ICC) unfairly favors railroads
General President James R. Hoffa
|
1961 April 09 |
| 4-5 | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, special events report: The dangers of the Kennedy-Irvin Bill
General President James R. Hoffa
2 copies
|
1959 June 10 |
| 6 | William Green: final conference speech |
1949 July 20 |
| 7-8 | Image of freedom: 20 years of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
2 copies
|
undated |
| 9 | International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Safety truck week |
June 6-11 |
| 10-11 | Voice of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A few quotations from his speeches.
2 copies
|
undated |
| 12 | Labor's League for Political Education (LLPE) parts 1-4
Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE.
|
circa 1950 |
| 13 | Labor's League for Political Education parts 2, 5
Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE.
|
circa 1950 |
| 14 | Labor's League for Political Education parts 3, 6
Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE: "We can win in 1950."
|
circa 1950 |
| 15-25 | Clegg-Vest Act hearings
Hearings about Utah's labor-management relations act held at the Newhouse Hotel during the 1947 legislative session.
|
1947 |
| 26-27 | "What I would say"
Address by Dave Beck over Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
2 copies
|
1949 July 23 |
| 28-51 | Unidentified meetings |
undated |
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| disc | ||
| 1-2 | "A Promise ain't a promise anymore" and "You gotta go down"
Joe Glazer and the PAC Bucks
2 copies
|
undated |
| 3-4 | American industrial ballads
2 copies
|
undated |
| 5 | "Ballads for sectarians" and "Songs of the Wobblies"
The Wobblies are the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
|
undated |
| 6-7 | "The great American bum" and other hobo and migratory worker's songs
2 copies
|
undated |
| 8-9 | "Joe McCarthy's band" and "The giveaway boys in Washington"
Joe Glazer
2 copies
|
undated |
| 10-11 | "Love that team"
Joe Glazer
2 copies
|
undated |
| 12-13 | "The original talking union" and other union songs
2 copies
|
undated |
| 14-15 | "Solidarity" and "Give-away boys"
Joe Glazer
2 copies
|
undated |
| 16-17 | The songs of Joe Hill
2 copies
|
undated |
| 18-19 | The songs of the Wobblies
2 copies
|
undated |
Miscellaneous talks, stories and filmsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 3
7 phonograph records, 3 16mm films
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Phonograph records |
||
| disc | ||
| 1 | Vote 1948 |
1948 |
| 2 | Dave Beck speaks on the Boeing problem |
1949 June 01 |
| 3 | Dave Beck speaks on National Trade Conference meetings |
undated |
| 4 | "It's a crime to organize" and "The Oakville story" |
undated |
| 5 | "The Americanism of Mr. Mudget" and "Mr. Pine faces life" |
undated |
| 6 | "Big union" and "The plot to overthrow Lincoln" |
undated |
| 7 | Park City, Utah miner's broadcast |
undated |
16mm films |
||
| Reel | ||
| 1 | The unions |
undated |
| 2 | Wonders of automation |
undated |
| 3 | A Bench in the Park
Contains a trailer of a report by Wayne Morse
|
undated |
