ORU_Bx040.xml Guide to the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen Records 1918-1937 Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen records Tanya Parlet. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013
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Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen records Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen Bx 040 0.5 linear feet 1 container 1 legal manuscript box 1918-1937 The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (Four L) was a "company union" created by Brice P. Disque, in 1917. The collection (1918-1937) contains corporate records including constitutions and by-laws, minutes, convention proceedings, correspondence, and publications. English . 1

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The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (Four L) was a "company union" created by Brice P. Disque, in 1917 (Mickelson).

Other men involved in the formation of the union were Charles T. Early, George Gerlinger, A. C. Dixon, and G. F. Hagenbush.

Brice P. Disque was in charge of the Spruce Production Division of the Bureau of Aircraft Production, and served as as the President of the United States Spruce Production Corporation, 1917-1919.

[Source: Mickelson, Erik. "The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen: The Origins of the World's Largest Company Union and How it Conducted Business." Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects, Seattle General Strike Project, University of Washington (website). http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/mickelson]

Corporate records include articles of incorporation, by-laws, constitutions, preamble and amendments to constitutions, lists of officers and Board of Directors, and Board of Director's meeting minutes (1919-1936; 1936-1937).

Other minutes include Central Council meetings (1918), and Portland convention (December 6, 1918).

Also included are proceedings of Conventions in Spokane (December 9, 1918) and in Portland (January 6, 1919), and also a report of the 36th Semi-Annual Meeting of the 4L Board of Directors (November, 1936).

There is one folder containing two letters, and one folder of publications. Publications include two regarding the history of the union, one regarding camp sanitation (possibly regarding the Spruce Corporation work camps), a copy of the National Labor Relations act, and minutes of a meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association (November 16, 1918).

 Guide to the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen Records

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