HTM_WCMss24.xml Guide to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1214 records 1905-1968 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1214 records Colleen McFarland, Emiko Hastings, and Janet Mallen Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding the finding aid was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2006
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-03-06. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1214 records United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 1214 (Walla Walla, Wash.) WCMss.024 11.7 linear feet 23 boxes, 1 oversize folder 1905-1968 Membership records, financial records, meeting minutes, and correspondence created by the Walla Walla local of the national carpenters' union.

Collection is open for research.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives prior to August 2004. The accession number is retro-0018.

The Carpenters and Joiners Union of Walla Walla, Washington was established on August 12, 1881 as an independent union. Although the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was also established in 1881, this Walla Walla labor organization remained independent for nearly twenty years. On January 31, 1900, the Walla Walla union allied with the national union, and Local 1214 of the Union Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was chartered.

Local 1214 offered membership to qualified carpenters and joiners in southeastern Washington and served as a protector of laborers' wages and rights. Membership ranged from under 100 to over 300 members. Union members elected officers, including a President, Vice President, Financial Secretary, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer, to direct the organization, communicate with local, regional, and national union representatives, and manage the finances of the union. The union held meetings weekly, biweekly, or monthly at the Labor Temple at 343 S. 3rd St. in Walla Walla. Topics discussed at the meetings included membership issues (new members, members violating union laws, illness and distress among members), political lobbying, information about jobs underway or completed, employers' violation of workers' rights or fair wages, and the union's finances. In addition to monitoring the dues and employment activities of its members, Local 1214 also collected and maintained information about employers that hired union members.

In the late 1960s, Local 1214 merged into Pasco's Local 1849 due to declining membership.

The majority of the collection provides information about members of and membership in Local 1214. Information about Local 1214's political and social activities, finances, and relationships with local employers, other unions, and its parent organization may be gleaned from the Minutes, Financial Records, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Series. Limited information about local employers and their use of union carpenters' labor resides in the Employers' Audit Reports Series.

 City and Town Life Labor History Labor Unions Washington (State) Membership 1 7.5 linear feet 12 boxes 1914-1965

Includes membership records kept by members and by the union. Members appear to have kept due books throughout their careers. Therefore, the books frequently document previous membership in other locals of the same union. Membership ledgers were maintained by Local 1214 and provide a record of the names, addresses, dates of initiation, and due payments of union members. Membership status reports cover a brief period and seem to have constituted a parallel and, ultimately, a replacement system for tracking membership dues.

 Member Due Books, A-B Circa 1930-1960 1 Member Due Books, B-D Circa 1930-1960 2 Member Due Books, E-H Circa 1930-1960 3 Member Due Books, H-M Circa 1930-1960 4 Member Due Books, M-S Circa 1930-1960 5 Member Due Books, S-Z Circa 1930-1960 6 Membership Ledger 1914-1922 7 Membership Ledger, A-G 1942-1963 8 1-8 Membership Ledger, H-O 1942-1963 9 1-9 Membership Ledger, P-Z 1942-1963 10 1-12 Membership Status Reports 1960-1964 11 1-5 Membership Account Sheets 1950-1965 23 1-6 Correspondence 2 0.4 linear feet approximately 1 box 1938-1949

Primarily incoming correspondence from United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America to Local 1214 regarding changes to local laws (includes copies of union by-laws), wages, and relationships among union and non-union workers); from politicians regarding issues affecting organized labor; reports from the Walla Walla Trades and Labor Council ; from the Washington State Federation of Labor and other labor organizations calling attention to political issues affecting unions; also includes reports from Washington State Council of Carpenters.

 Correspondence 1938-1948 11 6-7 Correspondence 1948-1949 1966-1967 12 1-6 Employers' Audit Reports 3 1.2 linear feet 3 boxes 1962-1968

Monthly summaries of hours worked by union members for regional employers. Series restricted until 2030.

Series restricted until 2030.

 Employers' Audit Reports 1962-1964 13 1-5 Employers' Audit Reports 1964-1966 14 1-5 Employers' Audit Reports 1966-1968 15 1-4 Minutes 4 0.8 linear feet 2 boxes 1905-1951

Recount events at weekly / biweekly / monthly meetings, including an overview of bills paid, revisions to membership (new members, deaths, resignations, expulsion of members), political resolutions, information about jobs performed, and relations to other local labor organizations. A continuous series except for a two year gap from mid 1938-mid 1940.

 Minutes 1905-1926 16 1-4 Minutes 1927-1951 17 1-6 Financial Records 5 2 linear feet 4 boxes 1902-1965

Consist primarily of day books, which contain a daily account of deposits and disbursements; receipt books were retained for periods not covered by day books and contain a record of monies received from members; the monthly report of the financial secretary provides information about the number of paying members of the union and monies owed to the United Brotherhood.

 Check Register and Deposit Book 1929-1942 18 1 Day Books 1902-1914 1936-1947 18 2-6 Day Books 1949-1965 19 1-5 Receipt Books 1919 1947-1948 1965 20 Monthly Reports of the Financial Secretary 1913 1936-1953 1958 21 1-16 Trustees' Audit 1960-1961 21 17 Ledger Book 1940-1942 23 7 Miscellaneous 6 0.4 linear feet 1 box circa 1938-1968

Includes records relating to apprenticeships, unemployment compensation, and federal taxation of employers and the local itself. Unemployment and some tax records restricted until 2035.

Unemployment and some tax records restricted until 2035.

 Unemployment and tax records 1942-1945 1967-1968 15 5-9 Tax records 1946-1956 22 1-2 Apprenticeship records Circa 1938-1966 22 3-7 Annual Conventions 1962-1966 22 8-9 Washington State Carpenters Yearbooks 1960-1961 22 10 Roll of Honor Poster 1941 MC.1.2.4