WAUSearlesGordan6280.xml Guide to the Gordon Searles Collection On Washington State Printers' Lockout 1954, 1958-1959 Searles (Gordon) Collection on Washington State Printers' Lockout Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2019 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-14. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Gordon Searles collection on Washington State Printers' lockout Searles, Gordon 6280 0.23 cubic feet 1 box and 1 oversize folder 1954, 1958-1959 Collection documents International Typographical Union Local 142 and Gordon Searles' participation in the lockout and court cases Collection materials are in English.

Gordon Searles was a printer and union member and president of the Olympia chapter of the International Typographical Union, Local 142.

Records including brochures, newsletters, and correspondence from the late 1950s concerning the dispute between the International Typographical Union, the State Printer, and Governor Albert Rossellini. Materials document International Typographical Union Local 142 and Searles' participation in the activities surrounding the lockout and court cases. For part of that dispute, Searles was president of the local union. Also includes Searles' certificate of completion for printer training from the International Typographical Union, 1954.

In the late 1950s, there was a dispute between the International Typographical Union, the State Printer, and the then-Governor, Albert Rossellini, over who should do work at the State printing plant. It resulted in the Governor locking out the union and court cases.

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Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

Donor: Pam Mofjeld.

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International Typographical Union--Correspondence Interntational Typographical Union. No. 42 (Olympia, Wash.)--Presidents Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Strikes and lockouts--Printers--Washington (State) Labor disputes--Washington (State) Labor--Washington (State) Labor unions--Washington (State) Labor movement--Washington (State) Labor History Labor Unions Business correspondence Newsletters Ephemera Brochures, newsletters, and correspondence 6280-001 Box 1 Oversize brochures, newsletters, and correspondence 6280-001 OS Folder