| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | International Typographical Union, Local 53 Records
| | | | Creator: | International Typographical Union, Local 53 | | | | Dates: | 1882-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Local 53 is the Cleveland, Ohio, local of the International Typographical Union. It was chartered in 1860, disbanded in 1865, and reorganized in 1868. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, committee and delegate reports, correspondence, publications, contracts, arbitration transcripts, dues books, and other financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3841 | | | | Extent: | 23.80 linear feet (16 containers and 39 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | International Typographical Union. Local No. 53 (Cleveland, Ohio). | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- United States. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- United States. | Wages -- Printers -- United States. | Strikes and lockouts -- Printers -- Ohio. | Strikes and lockouts -- Printers -- Illinois. | Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspaper strike, 1947-1948.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Jean Y. Tussey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tussey, Jean Y. | | | | Dates: | 1932-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Jean Y. Tussey, labor union activist, was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. After graduation from Rutgers University in 1938, she worked as a newspaper reporter, machine shop worker, and as a member of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). She became a member of Local 53 of the International Typographical Union when she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951 and joined the staff of the Plain Dealer newspaper as a proofreader. In 1973, she became a full time organizer for Local 53, concentrating on organizing newspaper employees in Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties. Tussey was involved in several women's labor groups, including the Coalition of Labor Union Women, and in general women's groups, including the National Organization for Women, serving as vice president of the Cleveland chapter in 1972. Tussey also edited a collection of writing and speeches by Eugene V. Debs, entitled Eugene V. Debs Speaks (1970), and authored numerous articles on labor history. In 1982, Tussey was a founding member of the Greater Cleveland Labor History Society, serving as president and executive committee member of that organization. The collection consists of reports, minutes, financial statements, agendas, newspaper clippings, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4525 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tussey, Jean Y., 1918- | International Typographical Union. Local No. 53 (Cleveland, Ohio). | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women labor union members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Organizing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- United States. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Pro-choice movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Equal rights amendments.
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