STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
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John J. Ebeling donated the Allied Printing Trades Council records to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection on May 21, 1986.
The printing industry had unions as far back as 1820. Called Typographical Societies or Associations, they organized in cities throughout the country and represented a variety of crafts and skilled labor related to printing. In May 1852 the National Typographical Union formed, uniting most crafts within the industry. It changed its name to the International Typographical Union in 1869.
In 1888, several trades seceded to form a separate international. The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America formed on October 10, 1889 and received a charter from the American Federation of Labor on November 9, 1895. The St. Louis Printing and Pressmen union #6 was granted a charter on August 1, 1890.
The Allied Printing Trades Council developed out of the International Typographical Union in 1893, when it created a separate insignia to acknowledge the work of new locals. By the early 1900s, printing pressmen, book binders, stereotypers, electrotypers and photoengravers had formed their own international unions. In 1910 they formed the International Allied Printing Trades Association. Paper makers and Lithographers joined in 1911 and 1912. In addition to promoting the Allied label, a registered trademark in 47 states by 1914, the Association presided over inter-union disputes, including feuds between mailers and women bindery workers in St. Louis. The St. Louis Allied Printing Trades Council formed on November 20, 1893.
The Allied Printing Trades Council consisted of five international Unions: International Typographical Union; International Printing Pressmen Union; International Photo Engravers Union; International Brotherhood of Bookbinders Union; International Electrotyper and Stereotypers Union. These five formed the International Allied Printing Trades Association and issued the Allied Printing Trades Union label, the only such label representing all crafts in the industry.
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1 (006143)
1. Agreement Galleys, 1944
2. Agreement and Scale of Prices, 1941-1943
3. Allied Printing Trades Council vs. Con P. Curran, 1921 (Restraining order), 1942-1946
4. Allied Printing Trades Council vs. Pearlstone Company, 1939-1955
5. Christian Board of Education, 1938-1939
6. Constitution and By Laws, 1956, 1968
7. Correspondence, 1932-1966
8. Correspondence, 1967, 1969
9. Historical Information of the Allied Printing Trades Council Union Label
10. Industrial Exhibition Booklet, 1946
11. The Label, newspaper, February 11, 1901
12. Label Violations, 1954-1956
13. Mailers Union #3 vs. World Color Printing, 1926
14. Missouri State Allied Printing Trades Council Association, 1894-1939
15. Missouri State Allied Printing Trades Association, 33rd Annual Convention, 5/15-16/65
16. Official Directories of Union Printing Offices, 1937-1974, 1978
17. Resolution Opposing Advertising Circulars in Newspaper Form, 1932-1933
18. St. Louis Labor Tribune, 1958-1980
19. Secretary's Report, 1957-1959
20. Secretary's Reports, 1958-1959
21. Secretary's Reports, 1961
22. Secretary's Report, 1961-1962
23. Secretary's Report, 1964
24. Secretary's Report, 1964-1965
25. Secretary's Reports, 1964-1965
26. Secretary's Reports, 1967-1969
27. Skinner and Kennedy, 1939
28. Union Delegates, 1946-1959
29. "Union Printers" sign, nd
30. Union Printing Establishments of St. Louis and Vicinity
31. Warrington, James, newsclippings, 1956, 1957
32. "Why Go Elsewhere?"
LEDGERS
Volume 1. Record of Labels, 1907-1978
Volume 2. Complaint Ledger, 1903-1933
Volume 3. Label Deposits, 1934-1983
Volume 4. Organizations Committee, 1941-1946
Volume 5. Label Deposit Records, 1933-1953
Volume 6. Receipts and Expenditures, 1944-1953
MICROFILM LEDGERS
Microfilm rolls and ledger originals (volume 1-3 below) stored on site.
ROLL 1
Volume 1 Council Meeting Minutes, 1908
Volume 2 Council Meeting Minutes, 1910-1912
ROLL 2
Volume 3 Council Meeting Minutes, 1921-1929
INDEX
Allied Printing Trades Council
Labor
Warrington, James
Union Label
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
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ST. LOUIS, MO 63121
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