OHY_Mss1505 Guide to the Labor Collection 1872-1988 Labor Collection Collection processed by Shawna Gandy and Sharon Howe. Guide written by Sharon Howe. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Oregon Historical Society, Research Library © 2006 Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus 2006 Finding aid is in English Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library Research Library Mss 1505 Oregon Historical Society Research Library Labor Collection 1872-1988 1930-1955 12 linear feet (6 document cases, 2 oversize flat boxes, 1 custom box, 10 oversize folders, 2 reels microfilm) Topical collection assembled at the Oregon Historical Society that provides episodic documentation of labor unions and other related organizations, including industry, pro-union, and anti-union groups, and government agencies. The collection consists primarily of published material and ephemera. The bulk of the materials in the collection are in English History of the Labor Movement:

By the mid-19th century, workers in crafts and trades formed unions across the country. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) became the first successful alliance of trade unions when it was organized in 1886. The AFL focused on organizing workers by trade or craft. By the 1930s, enough unions within the federation were unhappy with the AFL's unwillingness to organize workers industry-wide that they formed the Committee for Industrial Organization in 1935. Participating unions were expelled from the AFL and formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1938. The two merged in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), which was organized in 1905, sought to organize all workers into "one big union."

The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, which gave workers the right to organize and bargain collectively, served as an impetus for union organizing in the 1930s and battles between AFL and CIO unions over representation of workers at industrial plants. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 controlled union organizing and other labor-relations issues and helped push the AFL and CIO toward merger.

Among the earliest Oregon trades organized were the cigarmakers, hod carriers, and typographers, all of them forming locals affiliated with the AFL. About 1920, AFL-affiliated unions built the Labor Temple at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street in Portland, Oregon. By the first decade of the 20th century, workers were organizing in the Pacific Northwest lumber industry and on Pacific Coast docks. In addition to organizing by the IWW, workers in the lumber industry organized the International Woodworkers of America at Portland, Oregon, in 1936. On the docks, local unions tended toward independence, but they eventually organized the International Longshoremen's Association and International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union on the West Coast.

Through collective bargaining, the pressure of work stoppages and strikes, and political action, the unions won many benefits for their members, including better wages and working conditions and eventually health and pension benefits. However, unions also encountered anti-union movements, organizations, and employer groups, who used political and governmental action against them. Some were caught up in the hunt for Communist conspiracies that followed World War I and World War II. Major political battles centered on "right-to-work" laws, which prevented "closed shops," where workers were required to join a union. Some unions also participated in and allied themselves with other advocates of various political and social causes.

This topical Labor Collection was assembled from many sources over a long period at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Consisting primarily of ephemera and published material, it provides episodic documentation of labor unions and other related organizations, including industry, pro-union, and anti-union groups, and government agencies. Union materials include those produced by national unions and by union locals, with the local materials coming primarily from Oregon and Washington. The collection includes significant materials on the splits, fights, and ultimate amalgamation of trade unions and industrial unions in the AFL-CIO.

Although many unions and organizations are represented by only individual pieces or small quantities of materials, others are better represented. Among those better represented are the American Federation of Labor (AFL), Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), AFL-CIO, Cigar Maker's International Union of America, Industrial Workers of the World, International Longshoremen's Association, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, International Woodworkers of America, the Willamette Valley Lumber Operators Association (WVLOA), and the Communist Party.

Among the labor leaders whose activities, speeches, and writings are included in the collection are Samuel Gompers (AFL), George Meany (AFL-CIO), John L. Lewis (CIO), Harry Bridges, (International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union), and Dave Beck (Teamsters).

Most of the collection is composed of ephemera (fliers, leaflets, broadsides, and posters) and published materials (directories, handbooks, newspapers and newsletters, pamphlets, periodicals, reports, and songs). Also included are small quantities of correspondence and records of union locals and individual union members. Topics covered include trade unions, industrial unions, union auxiliaries for women, labor-management relations, boycotts and strikes, war-time impacts, communism and socialism, legislation and legal cases, politics, and religious response to labor issues.

The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series A: Labor Unions, circa 1880-1972 Subseries 1: American Federation of Labor / Congress of Industrial Organizations / AFL-CIO Subseries 2: Individual Unions and Locals Series B: Industry Organizations, 1911-1969 Series C: Other Related Organizations, 1872-1988 Series D: Related Government Agencies, 1910-1988 Subseries 1: City of Portland Subseries 2: State of Oregon Subseries 3: United States Government Series E: Topical Files Related to Labor, 1907-1955 Subseries 1: Churches and Labor Subseries 2: Farmers and Labor Subseries 3: Labor Day Series F: Publications, 1902-1972 Subseries 1: Publications by Topic Subseries 2: Publications by Type

The collection is open to the public.

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any publication use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Labor Collection, Mss 1505, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

The collection was assembled at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over a long period from many sources.

Pieces from many accessions are assembled into the Labor Collection.

Ephemera related to labor unions, activities, and related topics may be added in the future.

Initial processing produced an inventory to the collection. Processing and a full guide were completed in 2005.

When they could be identified, some individual accessions or parts of accessions that had been processed with the Labor Collection were removed and treated as individual collections or reunited with collections that contain the bulk of the accessions.

A few pieces of several manuscript collections were placed in the Labor Collection. Among these are pieces from the Gust Anderson Papers (Mss2576), the Julia Ruuttila Papers (Mss250), and the Frederick Stiewer Papers (Mss1496).

The collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Beck, Dave, 1894- . Bridges, Harry, 1901- . Browder, Earl, 1891-1973. Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924. Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969. Meany, George, 1894- . American Federation of Labor. AFL-CIO. Cigar Makers' International Union of America. Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) Communist Party of America. Industrial Workers of the World. International Longshoremen's Association. International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Association. International Woodworkers of America. Labor Temple (Portland, Or.) United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947. Willamette Valley Lumber Operators Association. Boycotts. Collective bargaining. Collective labor agreements. Labor. Labor movement--Oregon. Labor movement--Northwest, Pacific. Labor unions--Oregon. Labor unions--Northwest, Pacific. Strikes and lockouts. Union labels. City and Town Life Labor History Labor Unions Oregon Portland Broadsides. Employees' manuals. Ephemera. Letters. Microfilms. Pamphlets. Scrapbooks. Songbooks. Sheet music. Series A Labor Unions circa 1880-1972

The series is organized into Subseries 1: American Federation of Labor / Congress of Industrial Organizations / AFL-CIO and Subseries 2: Individual Unions and Locals.

 Sub-series 1 American Federation of Labor / Congress of Industrial Organizations / AFL-CIO 1902-1970

Materials are organized into three sub-subseries: the American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, and finally the AFL-CIO, reflecting the merger of the two. Within the sub-subseries, the folders are arranged alphabetically by affiliate, department name, or event.

 American Federation of Labor 1/1 Building Trades Department--quarterly working card, G.W. Lincoln 1916 1/2 California State Federation of Labor, [1937] 1944 "The Ship Murder: The Story of a Frameup" [1937] "Summary and Text of New Anti-Labor Measure 1944 1/3 Central Labor Council of Portland (Portland Central Labor Council)--correspondence and other materials 1937-1954 undated

Petition and related correspondence related to request for removal of Charles F. Hope as Nineteenth Region director, National Labor Relations Board 1937 Correspondence re. voter registration 1950 1954 Organization of Congressional District Leagues packet for voter registration drives undated

1/4 Central Labor Council of Portland (Portland Central Labor Council)--election endorsements (not inclusive) 1926-1954 1/5 Convention (61st annual), Seattle, Washington 1941

Elaborate souvenir bound volume, "State of Washington: The Evergreen Empire" Labor League for Human Rights 1943

1/6 Leaflets 1/7 "Publicity Handbook" Oversize C-6/1 Poster, "Give! For Home Front, For War Front" 1/8 Labor's League for Political Education 1952

"Voting Records of Senators and Representatives, 1947-1952" Sample constitution for establishment of city and congressional district leagues

1/9 Oregon Labor's League for Political Education 1955 July Oregon State Federation of Labor 1/10 Constitution, convention program, and correspondence 1930 1940 1952 1/11 Election endorsements and legislative program (not inclusive) 1927-1954 1/12 Pamphlet--The Story of American Labor 1952 1/13 American Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor--constitution and leaflets 1953 undated 1/14 Printed materials 1902-1950

American Federationist--special edition on "Majority Rule in Combination with Representative Government" 1902 January 15 "Unions Reduce Industrial Waste" 1925 "Labor Planks in the Political Platforms" 1928 Walkathon [dance marathon] program--benefit, District Council of Carpenters and Local 162, Team, Auto Truck and Delivery Drivers, AFL 1931 May 10 "Make this Comparison Between Company Union and A.F. of L. Union" 1935 February "Book of Information and Instructions for Officers and Members..." 1940 January A Labor Party for the United States, 1936 (Social Economic Foundation) "Statement on S 380..." (U.S. Senate "full employment" bill) 1945 August 28 "For a Healthy America" circa 1945 "Want a New Home? Here's The Key: S.1592" (U.S. Senate housing bill) circa 1945 Labor's Monthly Survey 1946 January 1946 May"Health..Benefit Plans by Collective Bargaining," Collective Bargaining Series No. 1 25 "Samuel Gompers Centennial, 1850-1950" 1950 "The Significance of State Laws Prohibiting Union Security" [1950]

1/15, Oversize C-6/1 Union Industries Show, Cleveland, Ohio--pamphlet and poster 1949 1/16 Union Label Trades Department 1940 undated

"The Union Label and Defense," radio address by I.M. Ornburn 1940 Flier undated Poster (Oversize B-6/1) undated

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) 1937-1943 1/17 Proceedings, First Constitutional Convention 1938 November 15-17 1/18 Report by John L. Lewis, Second Constitutional Convention 1939 October 10 1/19 Speeches by John L. Lewis 1937-1940

"The C.I.O. Program for a Better America," conference 1937 October 15 "Equal Opportunity," National Negro Congress 1940 April

1/20 Printed materials (by and about the CIO) 1937-1948

"Law and Order in Ohio," speech by Governor Marin L. Davey 1937 September 23 Anti-CIO letter 1937 March 22 "Welcome to the C.I.O." 1937 November "Aid for the Unemployed and How to Get It" 1938 March "Labor's Program for Better Housing" 1938 October "The CIO Forward March in Behalf of Industrial Unionism," Washington State Industrial Union Council (Seattle, Washington) 1938 December "The CIO Defense Plan" by Philip Murray 1940 December "A New Blow at Labor...Congress Must Amend the Sherman Act" circa 1940 "CIO's 1941 Legislative Program" 1941 January "On Every Front CIO Works, Fights, Gives" 1943 October "Voting Recommendations," Oregon State and Portland Industrial Union Council 1948

1/21 Printed materials (by and about the CIO) undated

"A Catholic Priest on the C.I.O." (Reverand Charles O. Rice) "Industrial Unionism" "The Company Union Trap" "Questions and Answers on the C.I.O." "What Is The CIO: Aims and Purposes"

1/22 Textile Workers Organizing Committee 1958 June 20 AFL/CIO Committee on Political Education 1/23 Handbook 1959 1/24 Publications 1960-1968

"Oregon Delegation: How Did They Vote on Key Issues?" 1960 "Extremists" [1964] "If We Blow the Elections of '68...Can We Survive the Assault of '69?" 1968 Oregon AFL-CIO 1955-1970 undated

2/1 1955-1970 undated Oregon AFL-CIO

Broadsides (oversize)--Voting Records of Oregon Legislators (Oversize C-6/1) 1959 1965 Leaflets: election recommendations, 1960 May; membership recruitment undated Constitution and By-Laws 1965 Convention program, Roseburg, Oregon 1970 September 14-17 Letterhead (blank): Committee on Political Education undated

2/2 Multnomah County Central Labor Council [1958] 1966

Flier: "Elect Ed Whelan, Secretary-Treasurer" [1958} Letter to affiliated unions with brochure re. boycott of DiGiorgio Products 1966 May 25

Oregon State Labor Council 2/3 Directories and stationery 1958-1960 circa 1960

Directories of affiliated unions compiled by J.T. Marr, executive secretary 1958-1960 Stationery (blank) circa 1960

2/4 Speaker's manual circa 1960 2/5 Printed materials 1937 1957-1960 [1966] undated

Ballot (reproduction pasted up for publication), Inman-Poulsen Lumber Co., Portland, Oregon, election by employees of AFL or CIO 1937 Clean Democratic Trade Unions by George Meany (pamphlet) 1957 June All Together, lyrics to song honoring AFL-CIO merger [1958] "The 1960 Elections: The Legislative Record" by Andrew J. Biemiller, reprint, American Federationist 1960 October "It's Your Strike Too!" re. Kingsport (Tennessee) Press strike [1966] Accredited delegate list undated Leaflets undated "Get Crooks Not Unions" Sears Boycott Committee Stationery undated AFL-CIO News (Oversize B-6/2) 1960 September 3

2/6 Union Label and Services Trades Department circa 1960 undated

Brochures circa 1960 Ephemera undated "Where Is Your Union Button?" cards Rainbonnet Union director of union and non-union companies undated Individual unions and locals circa 1880-1972

Subseries 2 Individual unions and locals circa 1880-1872

Many of the unions are represented by only one item or a few pieces, including some union cards and other ephemera representing a single member. These members are listed by name in folder titles and descriptions. Folders are arranged alphabetically by name of the union, and thereunder chronologically.

 2/7 Allied Printing Trades Council undated

List of publications bearing the union label and/or union printed.

 2/8 Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America 1926-1927

"Working and Wage Agreement and Discipline," Division 757, Portland, Or.

 2/9 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (AFL-CIO) 1964-1965 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (AFL) 2/10 Membership application (blank form) 1902 2/11 "50 Progressive Years"--comb-bound portfolio 1948

Golden anniversary of messages, history, and photographs for the union's annual convention, Chicago, Illinois. Presentation copy to Gust Anderson (see also Gust Anderson Papers, Mss 2576).

 2/12 Amalgamated Transit Union--flier 1985

Strike, Tri-Met, Portland, Oregon.

 2/13 American Brotherhood of Cement Workers Local 119, Portland, Oregon--membership book, J.E. Sperry 1911 2/14 American Communications Association/American Radio Telegraphists Association (CIO) circa 1935

Recruiting drive leaflet, featuring message from John L. Lewis, and pamphlet, The A.W.U.E. Exposed (American Western Union Employees, AFL). Stamped "American Radio Telegraphists Assn., CIO Affiliate, Portland, Ore."

 2/15 American Federation Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers [1929]

"The History Making Allen-A Lockout," strike tabloid newspaper (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

 2/16 American Federation of Musicians / Musicians' Protective Union, 1903 circa 1915 undated

Membership cards (2)--G.W. Lincoln, 1903 Contract for Traveling Members, second trumpet, Birth of a Nation, circa 1915 Campaign card "To Restore Annual Conventions," Stephen B. McDonald, undated

2/17 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees--membership and recruitment brochures 1943 1947 2/18 American Newspaper Guild 1937-1938

Correspondence (2 letters) regarding Seattle (Washington) Newspaper Guild strike against The Seattle Star, 1937 July Membership brochure, 1938

2/19 Association of Mechanical Employees of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company 1917-1918

Souvenir program (2 copies), Watch Party.

 2/20 Bricklayer's International Union No. 1, Portland, Oregon--membership card, William C. Hoffman 1895 2/21 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen--withdrawal card, F.M. Shurtliff 1900 2/22 Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America (AFL-CIO)--Railway Carmen's Journal 1968 October 2/23 Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks--traveling card, Pauline C. Jacobson 1920 2/24 Building Service Employees International Union (AFL) Local 49 (Portland, Oregon) 1938 1952

Letter to tenants of King Albert Apartments 1938 February 21 Agreement with Portland Association of Building Owners and Managers 1952 Business Card, Gene Kelly, assistant business representative circa 1952

2/25 Cannery Workers' and Farm Laborers' Union Local 18257 (Seattle, Washington) 1936-1938 2/26 Cigarmaker's International Union of America--constitution 1925

Cigarmaker's International Union of America Local 202 (Portland, Oregon)

 2/27 Letterhead (blank) circa 1885 Traveling books 2/28 Traveling books B-H 1888-1925

H. Bringman (1905-1926), L. Dreyfuss (1904, 1915), Thomas J. Estabrook (1905-1918), O.W. Fredricks (1913-1925), E. Geisler (1900, 1915), Phil Harris (1888-1891), and A. H. Henderson (1903, 1916-1919).

 2/29 J-M 1889-1924

George E. Jackson (1907), A. W. Jones (1911-1915), H. Lange (1889-1904), Henry Lindermann (1917, 1924), W.J. Luckeroth (1907-1913), Ray Martin (1920), Frank McMurphy (1921-1922), and H. O. Muhler (1894-1905).

 2/30 P-W 1906-1922

H. G. Parsons (1922), W. D. Sharp (1909-1917), Robert Stern (1906-1916), Herman Stumpe (1909-1917), Frank Turk (1910-1921), and Fred G. Helbock (1910-1922).

 9 Traveling card ledger 1924-1932

Information recorded includes name, traveling card number, initiation date and location, and dates for admission by traveling card, withdrawals, and suspensions.

 2/31 Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union (Astoria, Oregon)--letter re. member Pete Hellem 1935 June 17 2/32 Commercial Telegraphers' Union (AFL) 1941 1957

Letter to Kansas City Local 23 1941 April 18 Resolution opposing American Communications Association 1957 October 14 Petition for membership (blank form)

7/1 Federal Cultural and Professional Workers Union (Portland, Oregon)--Project News 1939 January 17 3/1 Federal Labor Union (AFL) 1917 undated

Local No. 15541 (Baker, Oregon)--AFL certificate of affiliation (oversize folder C-6/1) 1917 Constitution format for locals undated

3/2 Food and Drug Clerks Union Portland, Oregon, Local 1092 (AFL) 1955

Registered Pharmacists Working Agreement Business cards, Charles Dodge, organizer

3/3 Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America--general convention, Portland, Oregon 1927 August 8-13 3/4 Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (CIO)

Booklet, Building Ships for Victory, 1942.

Summary of Atlantic Coast conference of joint labor-management production committees, New York City, 1942 August 8-9

 Industrial Workers of the World 3/5 Correspondence 1916

Ione Burns (at Helena and Missoula, Montana) to Laurence Nelson, Great Falls, Montana, 1916 September 11-12

 3/6 Preamble and Constitution 1968 3/7 Membership and recruitment circa 1918-1940

Leaflet: Cartoon--"Lay the Boss Off--It Makes More Sense" Leaflet: "Look Out--Danger Ahead!" re. World War I Leaflet: Preamble (to constitution) Leaflet: Scab--quote from Jack London, 1904 Stickers, featuring themes of "Solidarity," "One Big Union," and anti-scab messages. Includes sticker for Construction Workers Industrial Union No. 573, IWW.

3/8 Membership and recruitment 1958 1969 1972

Flier--memorial meeting in memory of Joe Hill, New York City 1958 November 23 Pamphlet--"World Labor Needs a Union," by Fred Thompson 1969 Portland Area Branch--fliers, leaflets, newsletters, and pamphlets 1972 June and November undated

Centralia massacre 3/9 IWW and related publications 1920-1929

"Suppressed Evidence in the Centralia Case" (leaflet). Chicago: General Defense Committee [1920] The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin [1920] Was It Murder? The Truth About Centralia by Walker C. Smith. Seattle: Northwest District Defense Committee 1922 August Centralia Publicity Committee, Centralia, Washington--A Black Page of American History," 1922 Centralia Publicity Committee, Centralia, Washington--Speeches by Elmer Smith, Capt. Edward P. Coll on the Centralia Case 1929 Centralia Publicity Committee, Centralia, Washington--"Think or Surrender!" (leaflet), undated Centralia Publicity Committee, Centralia, Washington--The Centralia Horror: Up and in Action (sheet music), words and music by Henry C. Peterson. Seattle: Washington Branch General Defense Committee, 1927 Centralia Publicity Committee, Centralia, Washington--"Centralia Case." Walla Walla, Washington: Friends of Ray Becker," undated

3/10 Centralia, Tragedy and Trial: The American Legion's Account by the Armistice Day Massacre by Ben Hur Lampman. Centralia and Tacoma: American Legion posts 1920 3/11 Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, Boston, Massachusetts 1921

"The Sacco-Vanzetti Verdict" by John Nicholas Beffel. Reprint, The New Republic 1921 August 21 "America's Conscience: Comments on the Sacco-Vanzetti Verdict" 1921

Periodicals 3/12 The Industrial Pioneer (1925 January) and The Young Rebel, (1929 December) 1925 1929 3/13, oversize B-6/3 Industrial Solidarity--clippings of editorials [preservation photocopies, originals oversize] circa 1930 Oversize B-6/3 Industrial Worker 1972 May Oversize B-6/1 Poster--"Education, Organization, Emancipation" circa 1920 Publications 3/14 Songs of the Workers 1917 3/15 The Lumber Industry and Its Workers 1922 3/16 Workers of the World Awaken (sheet music) by Joe Hill 1916 3/17 Related 1913 1919

Sabotage: Its History and Function by Walker C. Smith 1913 Ol' Rags an' Bottles, reprinted from The Nation, 1919 January 25: New York City: National Civil Liberties Bureau 1919

3/18 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada--District 1 convention program 1930 May 29-June 5 3/19 International Association of Machinists / International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (AFL), 1941-1954 circa 1990

E. C. Knuth--membership book 1941-1944 William H. Truenbach--membership book, working permit card, Willamette Lodge No. 63, and signature card, Hesse-Ersted Iron Works, Portland, Oregon 1941-1943 Mt. Hood Lodge No. 1005, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers--card announcing move to new Machinists Building, 3545 SE 32nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon circa 1990 Wilbert A. Plocker--membership book, circa 1952-1954

3/20 International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America (Portland, Oregon) 1917-1941

Louis W. Dwier, union card and identification card (1917-1941) and G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation Steel Yard (1919), in leather case.

 3/21, Overszie B-6/1 Oversize B-6/1 International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America 1943 1970

Articles by Daniel J. Tobin, The International Teamster 1943 April Broadside--reprint, Oregon Teamster 1970 May 21

3/22 International Glove Workers' Union circa 1920

Blank forms for local union use.

 International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America 1904 1919 Oversize C-6/1 Local No. 176, Baker City, Oregon--charter 1904 3/23 Local No. 285, Astoria, Oregon--constitution and by-laws 1919 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) 3/24 Agreements, wage rates, and work rules 1935 1937 1947 3/25 Correspondence 1934-1936

Senders and recipients include: Joseph Carson (mayor, Portland, Oregon), Columbia River Longshoremen's Association, A.B. Green (Oregon State Federation of Labor), Longshoremen and Water-Transport Workers of Canada (Central Strike Committee), Edward F. McGrady (federal mediator), National Longshoremen's Board, Portland Local 38-78 ILA, and Orville E. Pratt (Joint Marine Committee Modesto Defense Fund).

 3/26 The Hook (Portland, Oregon) 1934 June 2-July 20 1938 July 11 1973 July 5

ILA, 1934; ILWU, 1938; ILWU Local 8, 1973

 3/27 Waterfront Worker (San Francisco) 1935 March-October 3/28 The New Waterfront Worker (San Francisco) 1935 May-July

Strike Bulletin

3/29 Local 38-79 (San Francisco) 1936 October-1937 February 3/30 Local 38-126 (Vancouver, British Columbia) 1936 November-1937 February 3/31 Joint Maritime Publicity Committee 1936 December 3/32 Northwest Joint Strike Committee (Seattle, Washington) 1937 January 3/33 Membership card and receipts--J. Sperry 1934 3/34 Waterfront passes, Port of Portland (with photographs) 1918

For ship's crew members and pilots: Mrs. C.A. Ayers, E. C. Brown, V. A. Burns, W. S. Jayes, Ben Moore, Tom J. Pollanz, John W. Ring, and Lisle W. Sherry.

 International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) 4/1 Book cover--"Bloody July 5th" anniversary stickers 1965

On book, Parliamentary Procedure at a Glance, owned by Francis J. Murnane, whose business cards and political campaign card are glued inside front cover. Murnane was a union officer, journalist, and candidate for the state legislature.

 4/2 Contract, Pacific Coast 1948-1951 4/3, Oversize B-6/4 Harry Bridges Defense Committee and Bridges, Robertson and Schmidt Defense Committee 1940-1955 4/4 Pamphlet--The Outlook for Labor 1960 4/5 Pension and Welfare Fund, [1950] 1952 "ILWU PMA Welfare Fund," [1950] Pensions on the Waterfront: The Climax of an Era of ILWU Progress 1952 July

Oversize B-6/4 Periodicals and clippings 1948-1972

Clipping--"A Day in the Life of a Striker," MCS Voice 1948 October 28 Clipping--"Longshore Fights for Life," Willamette Rising 1972 January 20 Periodical--The Dispatcher 1960 September 9 1971 July 2

4/6 Federated Auxiliaries--strike brochures 1971-1972 4/7 Strike--correspondence, news releases, ephemera 1971-1972 4/8 Strike--Area ILWU Strike Bulletin 1971 July 12-September 9

Issued by ILWU Area Publicity Committee on behalf of locals: Numbers 4, Vancouver, Washington; 8 and 40, Portland, Oregon; 12, Coos Bay, Oregon; 50, Astoria, Oregon; and 53, Newport, Oregon.

 International Typographical Union 4/9 Convention proceedings (bound volume) 1887 June 4/10 Published material 1960-1962

Facts About the International Typographical Union 1960 "Citizens' Job Protection Laws" (leaflet) circa 1960 "Professional Strikebreaking Must Be Outlawed!" (leaflet) 1962 100 Years Plus of Democratic Trade Unionism: The Story of the International Typographical Union [1962]

4/11 Multnomah Local No. 58

Constitution and By-Laws 1883 Constitution, By-Laws and Scale of Prices 1885 Letter to printers and publishers of Portland 1887 August 22 Apprentice Membership Card, Miss O. M. St. Clair 1892 June 5 "Good People? Facts Recorded by Law Enforcement Agencies Don't Agree!" (leaflet) [1962] Re. strikebreakers hired by the Newhouse newspaper chain at the Oregonian and Oregon Journal

4/12 Other locals 1899 1909

Capital No. 210, Salem, Oregon--constitution, by-laws and scale of prices 1899 Olympia (Washington) No. 142--constitution and by-laws 1909

4/13 International Woodworkers of America (CIO) / Federation of Woodworkers (AFL) 1937-1938

Ladies' Auxiliary 289, Federation of Woodworkers (Portland, Oregon)--membership card and flier for mass meeting, 1937 June 23, and letter reporting vote to affiliate with CIO 1937 July 26 Local No. 102--flier, mass meeting re. Plylock labor situation 1937 December Affiliation card 1937 Second constitutional convention (Seattle, Washington)--Harold J. Pritchett's president's address and Bertel J. McCarty's secretary's report 1938 September 12-17

4/14 International Wood Workers of America (CIO) 1940-1948

The Case Against Busheling by Seth Nordling and James Freeman [1940] International Woodworker (Portland, Oregon)--front page 1944 February 16 Bargaining for the Union and Know Your Union booklets 1948

4/15 Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America / Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmetologists and Proprietors' International Union of America 1932 circa 1950

Letter to membership on organizing campaign 1932 May 5 Union shop cards circa 1950

4/16 Knights of Labor--pledge circa 1880 4/17 Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers' Union (AFL), Portland, Oregon, Local 107--business card, Lester D. Bowers, assistant business representative circa 1955 4/18 Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union circa 1935

Newspaper clipping, "Organizer Proposed," re. Pearl Wright

Willamette Valley District Council--list of fair and unfair operations

 4/19 Master Horseshoers Protective Association Local No. 36 (Portland, Oregon)--souvenir brochure 1896 4/20 Masters, Mates and Pilots of America Columbia River District--agreement with Freight and Passenger Boat Operators 1938 4/21 Multnomah County Employees Association--resolution re. Grant Phealey's retirement (photographic reproduction) 1934 4/22 Musicians Mutual Association Portland, Oregon, Local 99 1946-1950

Constitution and by-laws, directory, and price lists and working conditions.

 4/23 National Association of Master Plumbers convention, Portland, Oregon--program 1925 June 23-25 4/24 Northwest Lumber Inspectors' Union (AFL)--working agreements 1950 4/25 Oregon Commonwealth Federation (AFL)--circular letter and call to second annual convention 1937 December 4/26 Oregon Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO)--statement opposing proliferation of nuclear power 1976 4/27 Order of Railroad Telegraphers circa 1920-1956

Clippings, pamphlets, by-laws, letterhead, bulletins.

 4/28 Order of Railway Conductors 1905 1948 Mt. Hood Division No. 91--souvenir program, delegate list, and metal identification card (Mrs. R.C. Hooly) for Grand Division convention at Portland, Oregon, 1905 May 9-16, featuring Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. Oregon State Legislative Committee--voter registration flier 1948 4/29 Oregon Washington Council Lumber and Sawmill Workers--leaflets [1937]

"To the Lumber Workers of the Northwest: Four-Point Formula for Peace"

"The Canadian Lumber Issue and What It Means to the Lumber Workers of the Northwest"

 4/30 Pacific Coast Fisheries Union, Astoria, Oregon 1935-1936

Correspondence of Glen E. Murdock, business agent, with locals re. membership issues.

 4/31 Painters', Paperhangers', and Decorators' Union 1895 1899

Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America Local No. 136--membership card, G. T. Larkin, 1895

Local 1 (Portland, Oregon)--minute book (typescript transcript, thermal copy), 1899 February-1900 January

 4/32 Pecan Workers Local 172 (San Antonio, Texas)--circular letter re. strike pamphlet 1938 July 7 4/33 Portland Aircraft Workers Lodge No. 737--receipt for dues, E. C. Knuth 1943 5/1 Portland Butchers' Union Local 143--program for barbecue, Troutdale, Oregon 1902 August 17 5/2 Portland Stereographers and Electrotypers Union Local 48--strike against Oregonian and Oregon Journal 1960-1961

Fliers and broadsides from both sides in the strike and AFL-CIO statements re. anti-strikebreaker legislation.

 5/3, Oversize C-6/1 Retail Clerks International Protective Association (AFL), 1930, 1937 circa 1930

Sample card listing union clerks and promoting union label circa 1930 Poster (oversize), promoting union label circa 1930 Flier and circular letter featuring American Federation of Labor Resolution No. 5 urging support for organizing retail clerks 1930 Circular letter to department store employees in Seattle, Washington, re. dues 1937

5/4 Retail Clerks Union--brochure and fliers circa 1955

Flier, "Please Help Us Get Our Jobs Back," Local 1257 (Portland, Oregon) re. Roberts Brothers purchase of Lipman Wolfe. Brochure, "A Message from Dave Beck to the Seattle Retail Clerks," Joint Council of Teamsters, No. 28.

5/5 Rogue River Fisherman's Union (Gold Beach, Oregon) 1935 October 21

Letter from James M. Pool, union president, to Charles Peabody, Portland, Oregon, re. Rogue River Initiative Petition.

 5/6 Stove Mounters' International Union of North America (AFL-CIO) circa 1960 undated

Booklet re. union label with list of unionized appliance makers, circa 1960 Flier--Stove Mounters and Steel Range Workers International Union Local 4 (Belleville, Illinois) listing fair and unfair makers of stoves and rangers.

5/7 Summit County Central Labor Union (Akron, Ohio)--flier re boycott of Quaker Oats Company products undated 5/8 Taxicab Drivers Local 281, Portland, Oregon (AFL)--business card, Bert Garrison, business representative circa 1955 5/9 United Automobile Workers of America circa 1940 Leaflet re. benefits of membership Notice of Dodge Local No. 3, Highland Park Plant meeting (photographic reproduction) 5/10 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (AFL) 1922-1953

Local 226 (Portland, Oregon)--dues books for Andrew Nelson 1922-1923 1943-1944 "Labor Record of William A. Cutts" (candidate for Oregon Legislature) circa 1930 California State Council of Carpenters--bulletin listing CIO-controlled lumber mill crews and AFL and CIO controlled plywood mill crews in Washington and Oregon 1937 October Resolution (matted and signed over much of its face by individual members) commending Oregon Federation of Labor lobbying efforts 1953 April

5/11 United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America--pamphlet, The Decline of the AFL-CIO, convention address by Frank J. Donner 1962 August 30 5/12 United Federal Workers of America (CIO)--membership leaflet circa 1950 5/13 United Mine Workers of America--pamphlet, A Brief History of the United Mine Workers of America [1948] 5/14 Upholsterers' International Union--leaftlet, "How They Voted" (80th Congress, 1947-1948) 1948 Oversize B-6/1 Western Federation of Miners Local 109 (Douglas Island, Alaska)--poster, "Notice! A General Strike" at the Treadwell Mines 1908 March 21 5/15 Western Union Employees (AFL) 1945

Circular letter from National Negotiating Committee re. negotiations with Western Union and War Labor Board 1945 April 11 Membership leaflet urging vote for American Federation of Labor in NLRB election [1945]

Series B Industry Organizations 1911-1969

Material in this series relates to labor issues in industry, including agriculture. Folders are arranged alphabetically by names of organizations and chronologically thereunder.

 5/16 American Iron and Steel Institute (New York)--pamphlet, Management's Job 1946 January

Text of radio interview with Ernest T. Weir, institute director, by John G. Forrest, financial editor, New York Times.

 5/17 Associated Farmers of Oregon--leaflet supporting Oregon Ballot Measure 3616 regulating picketing and boycotting 1938 5/18 Automobile Manufacturers Association--leaflet and letter 1945 November

Pamphlet, Why Does the Auto Union Cause So Much Trouble in the Automotive Industry?

Copy of association letter to President Harry S. Truman.

 5/19 Employers' Association (Portland, Oregon)--pamphlet 1911 April

Address of William D. Wheelright at association banquet, "The Employer and Employee: The Rights of Both and the Duty of One to the Other," and "A Reply on Behalf of Organized Labor."

 5/20 National Association of Manufacturers (New York) 1937

Pamphlet, Legal Aspects of the "Sit-Down" Strike 1937 March "Industry's Platform for 1938" (specially printed for Frederick Steiwer) 1937 December 8

5/21 National Coal Association 1922

Leaflet, "The Important Issue in the Coal Strike"

Pamphlet, The Herrin Conspiracy

 5/22 National Lumber Manufacturers Association 1923 April 28

Memo to subscribing organizations with attached document re. debate in British Parliament on resolution to displace capitalistic system

 5/23 Pacific American Shipowners and Waterfront Employers of San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and San Pedro--pamphlet, Hot Cargo: The Longshoremen's Alibi for Arbitration Award Violations 1935 October 30 5/24 Pacific Coast Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers--1968 Injury Frequency Report 1969 5/25 [Pacific coast tanker operators]--pamphlet, Read the Facts About the Tanker Strike 1935 5/26 Waterfront Employers' Association 1936

Circular letter with pamphlet, Maritime Strikes on the Pacific Coast, 1936 November

 5/27 Waterfront Employers of Oregon and the Columbia River--articles of incorporation 1948 5/28 Willamette Valley Lumber Operators Association (WVLOA) 1937-1938

Review of West Coast Lumber Labor Year (1937) 1938 January 1 Lumber Labor Letter 1938 January 1 and 10 "Packwood's Statement Regarding Boycott" 1938 July 21 Chronological Review-Digest of Portland, Ore., Press Reports Covering Lumber Boycott 1937 July-1938 July

7/2-3 Scrapbooks--Lumber Labor Letter and other related materials 1937-1938

No. 1: 1937 May 26-September 18 No. 2: 1937 September 27-1938 January 22

Series C Related Organizations 1872-1988

Organizations, federations (except for AFL-CIO), and committees that relate to labor, including both pro-union and anti-union organizations. In some cases, the materials, rather than the organization, are labor related. The folders are arranged alphabetically by name of the organization and chronologically thereunder.

 5/29 All Union Caucus (Portland, Oregon) circa 1955 1959

Constitution circa 1955 Circular letter and proposed constitutional amendment, Economic Bill of Rights 1959 January 6

Oversize B-6/5 American Legion--War Against Depression Campaign--broadside circa 1935 5/30 American Red Cross--pamphlet, Life Saving Blood: A Plan for Labor Union Cooperation with the American Red Cross Blood Donor Service 1942 Oversize C American Red Cross--Honor Roll, Blood Donors (blank) 1942 5/31 Americans Incorporated (Portland, Oregon)--Radical Activities Bulletin 1938 February11-April 22 5/32 Carl Schurz Society (Portland, Oregon)--leaflet, "Hitler Smashes Trade Unions" (2 copies) 1938 7/4 Citizens Committee to Free Earl Browder--call to National Congress 1942 5/33 Committee against Waterfront Screening--pamphlet, The Case Against Waterfront Screening 1956 5/34 Committee for Protection of Four of Oregon's Foreign Born--flier, "Stop the Deportation Hysteria!" 1940 Communist Party 5/35 United States circa 1930-circa 1940

Leaflet, "Open Challenge to Capt. Coll of the American Legion," re. Centralia massacre circa 1920 Flier, "Defeat Muir's Sell-out! Keep Strike Ranks Solid!" 1936 Pamphlet, Red Baiting: Enemy of Labor, by Louis Budenz and Earl Browder circa 1940

Portland (Oregon) Section 5/36 Fliers and plan of work 1935 5/37 The Challenger 1936 June 20 5/38 Conference of Labor Reformers (Boston, Massachusetts)--pamphlet, Live to Help Live: An Address from Friends of the Workingman 1872 5/39 Council of Workers, Soldiers and Sailors of Portland (Oregon) and Vicinity circa 1920 5/40 Federated Trades Council / Fraternal Building Association (Portland, Oregon)--Mardigras and Carnival Committee 1904 5/41 International Association of Industrial Boards and Commissions--convention program, Portland, Oregon 1946 August 25-29 5/42 International Labor Defense circa 1936 1941

Flier, offering defense to those arrested in the Longshoremen's strike circa 1936 Brochure re. people defended, including Ina Wood, Robert Wood, Alan Shaw, Eli Jaffee, Elizabeth Green, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Lewis, Herb Brausch, and J. I. Whidden 1941

5/43 Jean Field Committee (Los Angeles, California)--pamphlet, The Crime Against Jean Field by Albert E. Kahn 1952 Oversize B-6/5 Jobs with Justice--rally poster, Portland, Oregon 1988 June 8 5/44 Labor Center (Portland, Oregon)--flier, Forum: The War, the Economy, and Labor circa 1972 5/45 Labor Temple circa 1925 1934 1918 1921 1928 undated

Postcard of Labor Temple, Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street, Portland, Oregon circa 1925 Leaflet, "Labor Institute on N-R-A" at Labor Temple 1934 February 14-16

Also includes three stock certificates for the Portland Cooperative Labor Association dated 1918, 1921, and 1928, an undated newspaper clipping regarding the worth of such stocks, and a business card listing Labor Temple as the address.

 5/46 Labor's Humanity Legion of Labor's Committee for Civilian Relief in China--certificate book for donation collection circa 1940 5/47 Labor's Non-Partisan League--book, Testimony of John L. Lewis Before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Miner's Welfare 1947 7/5 Law and Order League (Seattle, Washington)--flier, "Excesses in the Name of Labor..." 1936

Reprint of statement from Austin E Griffiths, City Council president, The Seattle Sunday Times

5/48 Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (4L)--ephemera [1918]-1927

Bulletin No. 3, "Objects of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen," Spruce Production Division, U.S. Signal Corps [1918] Badge with explanation by Maryland Allen of Portland, Oregon [1918] Constitution and By-Laws (headquarters Portland, Oregon) [1919] Inland Empire Division (headquarters Spokane, Washington)--"Logging and Lumber Manufacturing Wage Tabulation" 1923 March Pamphlet, High-Ball: Logging Camp Humor, published by Four L Lumber News for the Pacific Logging Conference, Tacoma, Washington 1927 November 2-5

5/49 Mechanics' Institute (San Francisco, California)--program for reception to the workmen of the United Iron Works 1893 December 22 5/50 Metal Trades Council of Seattle (Washington) and Vicinity--leaflet listing demands made on shipyards and allied industries 1919 January 21 5/51 Moral Re-Armament--pamphlet, Battle Line for American Industry 1943

Addresses by Senator Harry S. Truman (Missouri) and Representative James W. Wadsworth (New York) at a presentation of the industrial drama, The Forgotten Factor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 5/52 National Child Labor Committee (New York)--pamphlet, Child Labor Legislation and Methods of Enforcement in the Western United States 1905

Address by Judge Ben B. Lindsey (Denver, Colorado) at first annual meeting 1905 February 14-16, New York City; reprint of published version in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1905 May.

 5/53 Oregon Labor Press 1941-1963

Pamphlet, The Enemy Within, by S. Eugene Allen 1941 July 30 Reprint of article, "President of sheriffs' union upgraded by commissioners" 1962 April 27 Audit report, year ended 1962 December 31, by Shafer, Cooper and Hill (Portland, Oregon) 1963 March 20

6/1 Oregon State Society of Certified Public Accountants--fact sheet on House Bill No. 267 eliminating 1913 waiver of examination based on experience [1928] 6/2 Oregon Unemployed Organization (Portland, Oregon) 1955-1963

Fact sheet, Unemployment Compensation Act 1955 January Flier, "Parade for Jobs" 1959 April 8 Newsletter, The Exposer 1961 August 1962 February 26 Flier, "Petition," Oregon State Highway Commission to allow use of vacant dwellings in future freeway construction areas to be used as temporary emergency shelter for homeless workers 1962 December 13 Fliers, "Homeless Workers!" and "Homeless Workers to March" 1963 January

6/3 Oregon Workers Alliance 1936

Resolution re. Support Offered the Maritime Unions 1936 September 21 Fliers, "W.P.A. Workers Organize" and Meier and Frank Strike mass meeting 1936

6/4 Pacific Northwest Labor College (Marylhurst, Oregon)--informational and course brochures 1978 6/5 Pacific Northwest Labor History Association 1986 1988

Flier, call for papers, Pacific Northwest Labor History Conference, Eugene, Oregon 1986 May 16-18 Flier, Pacific Northwest Labor Music and Arts Exchange 1988 April 29-May 1

6/6 Portland Area Post War Development Committee--brochure, "Let's Vote Them Jobs--Not Breadlines!" 1944 May 6/7 Portland Committee to Free Angela Davis--flier, mass rally featuring her mother, Sallye Davis 1971 February 5 6/8 Portland Daily Reporter [Portland Reporter]--subscription card and clipping 1960

Newspaper that operated 1960-1964 during strike against the Oregonian and the Oregon Journal.

 6/9 Portland Inter-Union Newspaper Committee (Portland, Oregon) 1960

Circular letter to candidates (envelope addressed to Nan Honeyman, Portland, Oregon) urging boycott of Oregonian and Oregon Journal for campaign advertisements 1960 March Leaflet, "It's Your Strike, Too!" 1960

6/10 Portland Labor College (Portland, Oregon)--course descriptions and paper "Committee" ribbons 1923-1925 6/11 Republican National Committee--campaign brochures urging labor vote for Warren G. Harding 1920 6/12 San Francisco Trades Union Promotional League--admission tickets and pledge card 1925 6/13 Socialist Party 1911 1936

The Searchlight (Socialist Party of Portland, Oregon) 1911 April 23 Campaign pamphlet, Emancipate Youth From Toil, Old Age from Fear by Norman Thomas, candidate for president 1936

6/14 Socialist Labor Party 1933 1941

Flier, meeting with Paul F. Schnur, national organizer, "The Answer to Technocracy," Portland, Oregon 1933 January 10 Pamphlet, The World War and Soviet Russia, by Arnold Petersen, national secretary 1941 June

6/15 South Bend Industrial Union Council, Racial and Religious Tolerance Committee--pamphlet, Will Labor Be in Chains? circa 1940 6/16 Unemployed Leaguers and Common People (Portland, Oregon)--Report No. 3 of Legislative Committee re. candidate labor records 1934 Oversize B-6/5 Unemployed Union of Portland, Oregon--Unemployed Bulletin 1915 February 9 6/17 Unemployed Workers Council (Portland, Oregon)--membership information sheet circa 1970 6/18 Union of the Unemployed--newspaper clipping, Willamette Bridge 1971 April 22 6/19 United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 198 (Oregon)--campaign literature against "right to work" measure 1956 Oversize B-6/5 Welfare Fund for Lumbermen and Soldiers in War Service--broadside, "The Lumbermen Soldier Welfare Funds and the Re-Employment Question" [1919] 6/20 Workers Education Bureau of America--brochure, "The Workers' Bookshelf" 1923 Oversize B-6/5 Workers Solidarity Committee (Portland, Oregon)--broadside, "Nixon's Attack on Labor" 1971 Series D Related Government Agencies 1910-1988

The series consists mostly of ephemera produced by government agencies and legislative bodies related to labor issues. Subseries are: 1) City of Portland, 2) State of Oregon, and 3) United States Government. Within subseries, the folders are arranged alphabetically by agency or legislative body and chronologically thereunder.

 Sub-series 1 City of Portland 1934 6/21 Public Employment Bureau--identification card, Harold Clark 1934 Sub-series 2 State of Oregon 1910-1988 6/22 Department of Human Resources--Vocational Rehabilitation Division--job fairs brochure 1988 May 6/23 Divison of Continuing Education--brochure for seminar on white collar unionization for employers 1972 December Legislature 6/24 Constitutional amendments, initiatives, and referenda 1910-1964

Initiative petition for a measure on protection and safety of workers in construction trades 1910 Initiative petition and law as enacted on Regulation of Labor Organizations passed by the voters 1938 Leaflet by Transport Information, Incorporated, supporting Referendum 318-189 which would kill increased weight-mile rates adopted by the 1951 Legislature, and opposing Amendment 330-331 that would kill the weight mile tax principal permanently 1952 Brochure supporting Ballot Measure No. 3 to change Workmen's Compensation legislation 1964

6/25 Legislation 1913 1957

Law regulating hours of employment on state, county, municipal and school district work, as passed by the legislature 1913 Senate Bill No. 432 and amendments creating State Council on Aging 1957

6/26 State Apprenticeship Commission--pamphlet, The Oregon Plan of Apprenticeship 1936 State Employment Service 6/27 Employment Opportunities list, Willamette Valley offices 1937 August Oversize B-6/6 Registration of Unemployment by Counties 1931 February 7

Table, by county, providing aggregate statistics on the unemployed, including marital status, number of dependents, home ownership or rental, and number not reporting dwelling status.

 6/28 State Printer (Willis S. Duniway)--leaflet, "The Face of the Record" re. closed-shop printing bill proposed by Governor Oswald West 1912 September Oversize B-6/6 State Unemployment Compensation Commission--poster, "Unemployment Benefits, Information for Workers" circa 1945 Oversize B-6/6 Wage and Hour Commission--orders 1941-1953

Telephone and Telegraph (No. 18) 1941 May 23 Public Housekeeping (No. 14) 1947 November 14 Manufacturing (No. 8) 1948 August 20 Mercantile (No. 9) 1952 March 7 Preparing Poultry, Rabbits, Fish or Eggs for Distribution (No. 6) 1953 February 10

Sub-series 3 United States Government 1910-1967 Congress Legislation 6/29 Borah and Gardner eight-hour bills 1910 April 16

"How" Confidential Bulletin of Labor News by Marshall Cushing

 6/30 Wagner Act 1937-1938

Leaflet, "Don't Be Fooled! It's Your Wages and Your Unions They're After," advocating defense of the Wagner Act against amendments, published by CIO Pamphlet, Why the Wagner Act Should Not Be Amended, by CIO Legal Department, stamped "Distributed by Internat'l Woodworkers of America Pamphlet, The Wagner Act Threatened with Destruction! By CIO Legal Departmen Pamphlet, We Must Amend the Wagner Act, speech by Senator Edward R. Burke (Nebraska), stamped, "Compliments of Lionel M. Stern, President, The Colonial Iron Wks. Co., Cleveland, Ohio") Pamphlet, Wagner Act, reprinted from the Oregon Voter, 1937 October-November

6/31 Taft-Hartley Act to amend the National Labor Relations Act 1947-1955

Public Law 101--80th Congress, as passed. Stamped "From the office of Homer D. Angell, M. C., Third District, Oregon" 1947 Pamphlet, Top Dog: The story of your economic future and welfare under the Taft-Hartley law and its program against labor by John C. Stevenson 1955 Bulletins, "Explaining the Taft-Hartley Act" and "Summary of Provisions of the Taft-Harley Act," American Federation of Labor [1947] Radio address by John A. Barr, Montgomery Ward and Company, "The Worker Does not Lose Under the Taft-Hartley Law" 1947 December

6/32 Record, reports, and speeches 1928-1967

Speech, Senator Hiram W. Johnson (California) re. conditions in coal fields 1928 February 1 Reports, Senate No. 744 and House No. 988, "To Protect Labor in Its Old Age" 1934 March-April House bill to amend the Social Security Act to remove limitation on outside income (H.R. 9656). Stamped "From the Office of Edith Green, M.C., Third District, Oregon" 1958 January Congressional Record--excerpts from: Remarks, Senator C. C. Dill (Washington), "Organized Labor's Radio Station WCFL" 1929 January 7 Congressional Record--excerpts from: Remarks, Representative John G. Cooper (Ohio), "Convict Labor" 1931 February 28 Congressional Record--excerpts from: Statement, Representative Aime J. Forand (Rhode Island), "Improvements in Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance" 1957 August 30 Congressional Record--excerpts from: Report of labor union political contributions to members of the Senate 1958 June 16 Congressional Record--excerpts from: Remarks, Representative Frank Thompson, Jr., "Hoffa Purge List Revealed; Widened to Take in Kennedy's Backers" 1960 May 3 Congressional Record--excerpts from: Speech, Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon), "Labor Court Will Not Solve Labor Problems" 1967 October 19

6/33 Department of Labor--Children's Bureau--pamphlet, Your Community and Its Young People: Their employment and educational opportunities 1946 6/34 National Re-Employment Service for Oregon 1933

Identification card, Harold E. Clark, Salem, Oregon 1933 November 29 Consumer's Statement of Cooperation card (blank, 2 copies) 1933

6/35 War Manpower Commission--United States Employment Service--Statement of Availability form, Vera L. Clark at Fred Meyer store, Portland, Oregon 1944 Series E Topical Files Related to Labor 1907-1955

This series includes three topical subseries: 1) Churches and Labor, 2) Farmers and Labor, and 3) Labor Day Celebrations, including the International Labor Day May 1 and American Labor Day the first Monday in September.

 Sub-series 1 Churches and Labor circa 1931-1960 6/36 Catholic--pamphlets circa 1931-1955

Encyclical Letter of Our Holy Father by Divine Providence Pope Leo XIII on The Condition of Labor (English translation), issued 1891, published circa 1931 by the International Catholic Truth Society (Brooklyn, New York) Capital and Labor by John A. Ryan. New York: Paulist Press (first published 1920) circa 1935 The American Labor Movement (Social Action Series No. 6) by Francis J. Haas. New York: Paulist Press 1937 Leaflet--"Right to Work Laws" by John F. Cronin, National Catholic Welfare Conference circa 1955 Leaflet--speech, "The Right-to-Work Laws" by Jerome L. Toner, St. Martin's College, Olympia, Washington, 1955 February 18 (distributed by Washington State CIO Council, Seattle)

6/37 National Council of the Churches of Christ--leaflet, extension of remark by Representative Lee Metcalf (Montana), "National Council of the Churches of Christ Condemns Right-to-Work Laws" 1960 January 11 6/38 Pamphlet--"Right-to-Work" Laws: Three Moral Studies by an Oblate Father, an Eminent Rabbi, a Methodist Dean. Washington, D.C.: International Association of Machinists 1955 Sub-series 2 Farmers and Labor circa 1905-1948 6/39 Flier--"The Money Power Against the Masses. Facts for Farmers and Laborers, by a Practical Farmer," H. Parker of Walla Walla, Washington circa 1905 6/40 Political cartoon re. farm workers and the Wagner Act by Garza (ink on paper) 1935 6/41 "The Farmers' Alliances in Washington--Prelude to Populism" by Fred R. Yoder in Research Studies of the State College of Washington, 1948 September-December, volume 15, numbers 3-4 Sub-series 3 Labor Day 1913-1949 6/42 Celebrations and commemorations 1913-1949

Program, "Grand Labor Day Celebration," sponsored by labor organizations of Portland, Oregon 1913 September 1 Flier, International Labor Day celebration featuring debate by the Public Speaking Club re. "Resolved, That the closed shop is a detriment to the American workers." Sponsored by the Socialist Party at Alisky Hall, Third Avenue and Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon 1921 May 1 Flier, Lower Umpqua Valley first annual Labor Day Celebration and Salmon Bake, Reedsport, Oregon 1940 September 2 Stickers, "Labor Day 1940 Portland" Pamphlet, The Crack in the Bell: A Labor Day Message by Earl W. Jimerson and Patrick E. Gorman, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America [1949]

7/6 Labor Day celebration program, sponsored by Oregon lumber companies, Silverton, Oregon 1924 September 1 Series F Publications 1902-1972

The series is organized into two subseries: 1) Publications by Title and 2) Publications by Type. The folders within subseries are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereunder.

 Sub-series 1 Publication by Title 1902-1972 6/43 Business Chronicle (Seattle, Washington) 1935 May 29 1937 February 13

Marked articles, "Strike Violence Must Cease!" (1935) and "Dave Beck Conquers Seattle" (1937)

 6/44 Chester Wright's Labor Letter (Washington, D.C.) 1949 April 9-May 7

Includes subscription letters and fliers.

 7/7 Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber Digest (Portland, Oregon)--reprints 1937

"Our President Got No Smoke in His Eyes..." 1937 September 30 "The Country Has Had Its Fill of Labor Racketeering" 1937 November 30

7/7 "The Deportation of Harry Bridges: His Communist Leanings!", unidentified publication 1937 December 3 6/45 Economic Council Letter (New York State Economic Council) 1937 December 20 7/7 Fortune--article, "The Scandals in Union Welfare Funds" by Daniel Bell 1954 April Oversize B-6/7 Free Society (A periodical of Anarchist Work, Thought, and Literature) 1902 February 16 1903 January 18 6/46 Labor Relations Reports (Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, D.C.) 1938 January 17 6/47 Labor's Confidential Analyst (Labor Institute of America, New York) 1944 January-1945 July 6/48 Labor Today (Detroit, Michigan) winter 1962-1963 6/49 The Nation (articles only) 1952 1954

"Labor and Civil Liberties" by Arthur Eggleston 1952 June 28 "Workers' Health: The I.L.W.U. Program" by Louis Goldblatt 1954 December 18

6/50 Oregon Voter 1927 April 2 6/51 "Principal and Interest," leaflet by "A.S.H." circa 1930 6/52 The Right to Strike, pamphlet by Mary E. Marcy circa 1925 6/53 Service Benefits--and How to Compare Service vs. Indemnity Benefits (Study No. 1, Parts B and C, Problems and Solutions of Health and Welfare Programs, Foundation on Employee Health, Medical Care and Welfare, Inc.) 1958 June Oversize B-6/7 Tacoma Independent (Tacoma, Washington) 1972 May Voice of Action (Portland, Oregon) 1935 6/54 Clipping--list of supporters in campaign to make Portland a 100 percent union town [1935] Oversize C-6/2 Issue 1935 June 23 Sub-series 2 Publications by Type 1920-1969

Includes cartoon, songs and poetry, microfilm, and scrapbooks.

 6/55 Cartoon (photographic reproduction)--re. labor and elections, by Wallen circa 1940 Songs and poetry 6/56 Brookwood Song Book (Brookwood Chautauqua, New York) circa 1935 6/57 [Union songs] circa 1940 7/8 Songs and Poetry

"The Advancing Proletaire" (sheet music) by Douglas and Liebich. Chicago: International Song Publishers circa 1920 The Hobo in Song and Poetry. Cincinnati, Ohio: V.C. Anderson [1926]

Microfilm 1965 1969 1 Thomas Richard Cox. "Sails and Sawmills, the Pacific lumber trade to 1900," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Oregon 1969 2 K.A. Erickson. "The Morphology of Lumber Settlements in Western Oregon and Washington." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley 1965 Scrapbooks 1937-1940 8 Newspaper clippings 1937 September 9-1938 November 22 1940

Three scrapbooks of clippings and loose pages from a third extensively document the dispute between the AFL and CIO for the right to organize lumber and dock workers on the West Coast.