STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI-RESEARCH CENTER ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
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sl 741 AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA, RECORDS, 1933-1984
Roslyn Sherman Voellinger donated the ACTWU addenda on April 7, 2009.
The Addenda includes membership ledgers, minutes books, newsletters, financial statements and convention proceedings and reports for the Amalgamated Clothing and textiles Workers unions and its predecessor and affiliate unions, the Missouri AFL-CIO, the Journeyman Tailor’s Union Local 11 and the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen. Also contains literature included with the union's office library.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1 - Ledgers, Meetings Minutes, Building Plans, 1893-1959, nd.
Series 2 - Newsletters, 1896-1969
Series 3 - Missouri AFL-CIO, 1982-1992
Series 4 - Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, 1957-1964
Series 5 - Convention Proceedings and reports, 1914-1993
Series 6 - International Brotherhood of Longshoremen, 1954-1967
Series 7 - Library, 1912-1991
BOX 1 (102383)
Series 1 - Ledgers, Meetings Minutes, Building Plans, 1893-1959, nd.
1. Membership Ledger, undated
2. Dues Book, 1893-1895
3. Meeting Minutes, 1897-1905
4. Dues Book, 1903-1908
5. Expenses and Income Ledger, 1908-1912
6. Journeyman Tailors Union Local 11 Meeting Minutes, 1916-1923
7. Journeyman Tailors Union Local 11 Meeting minutes, 1924-1943
8. Clothing Employees Ledger, 1925
9. Journeyman Tailors Union Local 11 Meeting Minutes, 1937-1942
10. Contract Shops Special Meeting Minutes, 1937-1950
BOX 2 (102384)
11. Amalgamated Cultural Activities, 1940
12. Journeyman Tailors Union Local 11 Meeting Minutes, 1942-1943
13. Journeyman Tailors Union Local 11 Meeting Minutes, 1943-1950
14. International Glove Workers Union Minute Book, 1944-1956
15. Journeyman Tailors Union Local 11 Meeting Minutes, 1950-1957
16. ACWA Meeting minutes, 1959 (six volumes)
17. ACTWU Southwest Regional Joint Board Offices, 1705 Broadway, Building Plans
BOX 3 (102385)
Series 2 - Newsletters, 1896-1969
18. The Tailor, Official Organ of the Journeyman Tailor’s Union, 8/1896-7/1898
19. Labor, published by the Socialist Party of St. Louis, 1906-1907
20. The Tailor, 1907-1909
21. The Advance, A Monthly of the Labor Movement published by ACWA, 11/33
22. The Advance, 1/1/60-12/15/61
23. The Advance, 5/1/64
24. The Advance, 1968-1969
Series 3 - Missouri AFL-CIO, 1982-1992
25. Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Convention, St. Louis, MO, 9/27-29/82
26. Centennial Celebration, 11/1/91
27. Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Convention, Lake Ozark, MO, 8/31-9/2/92
Series 4 - Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, 1957-1964
28. Report, 12/31/57
29. Report on Financial Statements, 12/31/58
30. Report on Financial Statements, 12/31/59
31. Report on Financial Statements, 12/31/60
32. Charter As Amended, 10/3/61
33. Report on Financial Statements, 12/31/61
34. Report on Financial Statements, 12/31/62
35. Report on Financial Statements, 12/31/63
36. Charter As Amended, 2/14/64
BOX 4 (102386)
Series 5 - Convention Proceedings and Reports, 1914-1993
37. Fiftieth Anniversary Souvenir History of the New York Joint Board, ACWA, AFL-CIO, 1914-1964
38. Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Convention of ACWA, Rochester NY, 5/14-19/34 (5th, 6th,7th, and 8th sessions)
39. Report of the Proceedings of the 55th Annual Convention of the American federation of Labor, Atlantic City, NJ, 10/7-19/35
40. Percentage tables for the Adjustment of Piece Rates on Cents-Per-Hour Basis, 4/3/42
41. General Executive Board Report to The 15th Biennial Convention, 1944-1946
42. General Executive Board Report and Proceedings, 16th Biennial Convention, 5/10-14/48
43. General Executive Board Report, 17th Biennial Convention, Cleveland, OH, 5/15-19/50
44. General Executive Board Report, 18th Biennial Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 5/12-16/52
45. General Executive Board Report, 20th Biennial Convention, Washington, DC, 5/21-25/56
46. GEB Report and Proceedings, 20th Biennial Convention
47. Resolutions, 21st Biennial Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 5/12-16/58
48. General Executive Board Report, 21st Biennial Convention
49. GEB Report and Proceedings, 21st Biennial Convention
50. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 3rd Convention, 1959
51. Proceedings of the AFL-CIO 3rd Constitutional Convention, 1959
52. General Executive Board Report, 22nd Biennial Convention, Miami Beach, FL, 5/30-6/3/60
53. Resolutions, 22nd Convention
BOX 5 (102426)
54. Proceedings of the AFL-CIO 4th Constitutional Convention, Daily Proceedings, 1961
55. Proceedings of the AFL-CIO 4th Constitutional Convention, Daily Executive Council Reports, 1961
56. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 4th Convention, Miami Beach, FL, 12/7/61
57. General Executive Board Report, 23rd Biennial Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 5/14-18/62
58. Resolutions, 23rd Convention
59. Financial Statements of the ACWA and Associated Institutions, 1962-1963
60. Proceedings, Report To Industrial Union Department, 5th Constitutional Convention, Washington, DC, 11/7-8/63
61. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 5th Convention, 1963
62. Executive Council Reports, 1963
63. Daily Proceedings, 1963
64. General Executive board Report, 50th Anniversary Convention, 5/10-15/64
65. 50th Anniversary Keynote Address, Jacob S. Potofsky, 5/11/64
66. 50th Anniversary, Resolutions, 5/9-15/64
67. International Textile and Garment Workers Federation, 130 Baker Street, London, W.1., Report of 1964 Congress and Congress House London, 7/13-17/64
68. Proceedings of the Union Label and Service Trades Department, 52nd Convention, San Francisco, CA, 12/6-7/65
69. Resolutions, 25th Biennial Convention, 5/23-27/66
70. General Executive Board Report, 25th Convention, 5/23-27/66
71. General Executive Board Report and Convention Proceedings, 25th Biennial Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 5/23/27/66
72. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 7th Convention, 1967
73. General Executive Board Report, 26th Biennial Convention, Miami Beach, FL, 5/27-31/68
74. Resolutions, 26th Biennial Convention
BOX 6 (102464)
75. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 8th Convention, 1969
76. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 8th Convention, Daily Proceedings, 1969
77. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 8th Convention, Executive Council Reports, 1969
78. General Executive Board Report, 27th Biennial Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 5/25-29/70
79. Keynote Address of Jacob S. Potofsky, General President, 27th Biennial Convention
80. Resolutions, 27th Convention
81. General Membership Referendum Vote on General officers and General Executive Board, 1970
82. Proceedings, Industrial union Department, AFL-CIO, 9th Constitutional Convention, Washington, DC, 10/5-6/71
83. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 9th Convention, 1971
84. Proceedings and Executive Council Reports of the AFL-CIO, 9th Constitutional Convention
85. Report of the General Executive Board, 28th Biennial Convention, Miami Beach, FL, 5/29-6/2/72
86. resolutions, 28th Biennial Convention
87. Report of the General Executive Board, 28th Biennial Convention
88. Proceedings and Executive Council Reports of the AFL-CIO, 10th Constituional Convention, 10/18-23/73
89. Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 11th Convention,1975
90. Proceedings and executive Council Reports of the AFL-CIO, 11th Convention
91. Proceedings, 19th Biennial Convention, Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, CLC, 5/31-6/2/76
92. Proceedings, Merger Convention, ACTWU, AFL-CIO, CLC, Washington, DC, 6/3-4/76
93. Special Convention, ACWA, Proceedings, Washington, DC, 6/1-2/76
94. Convention Proceedings, 1st Constitutional Convention. Los Angeles, CA, 9/25-29/78
95. Report of the General Executive board, 2nd Constitutional Convention, Detroit, MI, 6/1-5/81
96. Convention Proceedings, 2nd Constitutional Convention
97. 30th Anniversary Report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, 1985
98. ACTWU 4th Constitutional Convention, Proposed Amendments to Constitution of ACTWU, referred to Committee on Law and Constitution, 6/15-119/87
99. General Executive Board report, 4th Constitutional Convention, Miami beach, FL, 6/15-19/87
100. ACTWU In Action, Report of the Convention Proceedings, 5th Constitutional Convention, Miami Beach, FL, 6/4-8/90
101. Report of the General Executive Board, ACTWU, AFL-CIO, CLC, 6th Constitutional Convention, Las Vegas, NV, 6/7-10/93
BOX 7 (102465)
Series 6 - International Brotherhood of Longshoremen, 1954-1967
102. Proceedings of the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen, AFL, Chicago, IL, 7/26-28/54
103. Agreement with Nilo Barge Line, Inc., 3/64
104. International longshoremen’s Association, Great Lakes District Convention, Cleveland, OH, 7/17-17/60
105. Great Lakes District, International longshoreman’s Association, AFL-CIO, Proceedings of Special Convention, 3/1/63 and Regular Convention, Detroit, Michigan, 3/1-2/63
106. Financial Statement, International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO, 1/1-5/31/63
107. Report of Secretary-Treasurer Harry R. Hasselgren and Minutes of Executive Council, 40th Convention, International Longshoreman’s Association, AFL-CIO, 7/15/63
108. Report of President William V. Bradley, 40th Convention
109. International Longshoreman’s Association AFL-CIO, Proceedings of 41st Convention, Miami Beach, Florida, 7/17-21/67
Series 7 - Library, 1912-1991
110. A. Philip Randolph
111. Affirmative Action for the Disabled A How To Manual for Labor Unions, 1979
112. Annual Educational Conference Proceedings: Design for the Future, Vol. 25, 1983
113. An Appeal to the Young by Peter Kropotkin, 1984
114. A Basic Federal Labor Law by Fred J. Naftziger; Keith Kraus, 1975
115. A Brief History of the Amalgamated
116. The Changing Situation of Workers and their Unions, A Report by the AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, 2/85
117. Constitution, ACTWU, AFL-CIO, CLC, 1987
118. Directory of Labor Organizations, Kentucky Department of Labor
119. Free Trade Agreement Impact Analysis for Men's Clothing Parity Committee, 7/89
120. George Meany, The Making of a Freedom Fighter, 1979
121. Health Care for A Nation in Need by Victor W. Sidel, MD, 1991
122. Labor-Management Commitment: A Compact for Change, 1991
123. Labor Research Review 18, Let's Get Moving, Organizing for the 90s, 1991
124. Major Labor-Law Principles Established by the NLRB and the Courts, 12/64-12/73
125. Martin Luther King Jr., Let Freedom Ring
126. The Men's Clothing Industry, Colonial Through Modern Times by Harry A. Corbin, 1970
127. Oversight Hearings On The Subject "Has Labor Law Failed" Part 1; Joint Hearings Before The Subcommittee On Labor-management Relations of the Committee On Education and Labor and the Manpower and Housing Subcommittee of the Committee On Government Operations, House of Representatives, 98th Congress, 2nd Session, Washington, DC, 6/21-26/84
128. Report and Record, 27th Convention, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Atlantic City, NJ, 5/23-6/1/50
129. A Report On The board of Directors of the National Right To Work Committee, AFL-CIO Executive Council, 8/88
130. Report of the General Executive Board, ACWCA, AFL-CIO, CLC, 29th Biennial Convention, Miami Beach, FL, 10/7-11/74
131. Samuel Gompers, Illustrious Americans by Bernard A. Weisberger and the editors of Silver Burdett, 1967
132. Stop The Pain! A Workers' Guide To Job Design
133. Strike Assistance Guide for Local Unions, How to Set Up A Strike Assistance Program
134. Studies In Trade unionism in the Custom Tailoring Trade by Charles Jacob Stowell, 1912
135. This Is the Amalgamated, the Story of A Modern Union
136. Trade's Hidden Costs, Worker Rights in A Changing World Economy, 1988
137. Twenty Years of Progress, 1933-1953, St. Louis Joint Board, ACWA
138. We Are Workers and Students, ACTWU Local 292