| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 26 | Title: | Beryl Peppercorn Papers
| | | | Creator: | Peppercorn, Beryl | | | | Dates: | 1924-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Beryl Peppercorn (1892-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, labor leader who served as manager of the Cleveland Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (1922-1958). He was a co-founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America with Frank Rosenblum in 1914. By 1935, the ACWA had negotiated contracts at most of the men's clothing stores in Cleveland, making it one of the largest labor unions in the area. He also co-founded the Cleveland Industrial Union Council, the local affiliate of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The collection consists of loose papers, pamphlets, and scrapbooks containing broadsides, pamphlets, programs, letters, newspaper clippings and telegrams relating to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and its activities in Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3388 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Peppercorn, Beryl, 1892-1969. | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Cleveland Joint Board. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 27 | Title: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Glaziers Local Union No. 1210 Records
| | | | Creator: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Glaziers Local Union No. 1210 | | | | Dates: | 1915-1921 | | | | Abstract: | The Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Glaziers Local Union No. 1210, was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohi,o as Local 181 of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers. The collection consists of minutes, including accident, field, financial and shop reports. Also included are receipts relating to Glaziers Local 181 and constitutional amendments of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3727 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. Glaziers Local Union No. 1210 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glassworkers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Painters, Industrial -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Paperhangers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | Title: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 | | | | Dates: | 1893-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 was chartered in 1891 as the Cleveland Printing and Pressmen's Union, Local No. 56. It became the Cleveland Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union, Local No. 56 in 1929, after merging with the Cleveland Pressmen's Assistants Union, Local No. 45. The present name was adopted after a 1973 merger with the Stereotypers and Electrotypers International. Activities of the union have included support of other unions, establishment of a technical school and a tuberculosis sanitarium in Tennessee, and support of the Cleveland Citizen, one of America's oldest labor newspapers. The collection consists of minutes, ledgers, cash and dues books, payment records, tax information, attendance books, subject files, and newsletters. | | | | Call #: | MS 3728 | | | | Extent: | 11.60 linear feet (12 containers and 9 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union. Local No. 56. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 29 | Title: | Graphic Arts International Union, Local No. 24-P Records
| | | | Creator: | Graphic Arts International Union | | | | Dates: | 1912-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Graphic Arts International Union, Local No. 24-P, was founded in 1900 as part of the International Typographical Union but transferred to the jurisdiction of the International Photoengravers Union of North America in 1903. The union merged with the Amalgamated Lithographers of America in 1964 to form the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union. Also in 1964, Akron Local No. 51 was merged into Cleveland Local No. 24-P. The union merged with the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders in 1972 to form the Graphic Arts International Union. In 1966 the Cleveland local absorbed Youngstown Local No. 63 and in 1976 it took in the Photo-Industrial Local No 24-A. The collections consists of records of three local unions and material issued by the international, including minutes, negotiation minutes, constitutions, correspondence, financial and membership records, statistics, agreements, proposals, newsletters, clippings, pamphlets, convention proceedings, and miscellaneous material. | | | | Call #: | MS 3740 | | | | Extent: | 14.61 linear feet (15 containers, 5 oversized volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Graphic Arts International Union. Local No. 24-P (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bookbinders -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | Title: | Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union, Local No. 6-L Records
| | | | Creator: | Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union, Local No. 6-L | | | | Dates: | 1904-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Local No. 6-L of the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union was chartered in 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a member of the Lithographers International Protective and Insurance Association of the United States and Canada. The Association merged with the International Photoengravers Union of North America in 1964 to form the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union. Cleveland Local 6-L broadened its membership to include Akron workers. In 1972 the union merged with the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders to form the Graphic Arts International Union. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, audit reports, dues and assessments ledgers, cash books, and pension account ledgers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3751 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (4 containers and 6 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union. Local No. 6-L (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 31 | Title: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 | | | | Dates: | 1934-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Local 407 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America in Cleveland, Ohio, is the the largest Teamster freight local in Ohio. It has vigorously participated in both local and national Teamster strikes since its formation, ca. 1915. The collection consists of machine duplicated newspaper clippings concerning the Teamster and wildcat truckers' strikes of 1967, 1970 and 1976, machine duplicated business correspondence sent to Thomas "Eddie" Lee, secretary-treasurer of Local 407 (1964-1978), several wage-rate agreements, and miscellaneous items, including copies of news articles on prominent local and national Teamster leaders such as William and Jackie Presser and Jimmy Hoffa. | | | | Call #: | MS 3781 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 407 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Transport workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Truck drivers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Transport workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Wages -- Truck drivers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 32 | Title: | Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 Records
| | | | Creator: | Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 | | | | Dates: | 1947-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, as Local 6 of the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers, an autonomous member of the National Federation of Telephone Workers which was founded ca. 1937. The NFTW became the Communications Workers of America in 1947, but the OFTW did not join until 1949. In 1950 the Ohio Bell employees chose the CWA as their bargaining agent and Local 6 merged with Local 104 to form Local 4305 of the CWA. The collection consists of minutes of monthly membership meetings (1947-1973), minutes of steward's meetings (1952-1975), minutes of executive or advisory board meetings (1953-1959), minutes of officers' meetings (1960-1973), by-laws (1969), grievances, legal briefs and related papers from arbitration cases, copies of the Courier (1958-1969), correspondence, and wage agreements. | | | | Call #: | MS 3784 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Communications Workers of America. Local 4305 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Ohio Bell Telephone Company. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Telephone companies -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Telephone -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees. | Collective bargaining -- Telecommunication -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 33 | Title: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 Records
| | | | Creator: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 | | | | Dates: | 1937-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Local 427 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union was chartered in 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, as District 427 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. It merged with the Retail Clerks International Association in 1979 to form the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. District 427 established the Community Health Foundation in 1964, with the cooperation of the Retail Clerks Local 880. The Foundation merged with Kaiser in 1969. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, correspondence, convention proceedings, reports, contracts, clippings, financial and membership records, subject files, papers of presidents Sam Pollock and Frank Cimino, and records of or material pertaining to affiliated locals and unions, including Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 500, Cleveland Fur Workers Local 86, The Canton Federation of Labor and the Cleveland AFL-CIO. | | | | Call #: | MS 3892 | | | | Extent: | 63.60 linear feet (65 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 427 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Butchers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Food industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements. | Civil rights -- United States. | Health maintenance organizations -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 34 | Title: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 105 Records
| | | | Creator: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 105 | | | | Dates: | 1913-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Local 105 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was formed in 1907 by the merger of Locals 14, 1039 and 1231. Local 1180, a predominantly Hungarian Local in Cleveland, merged into Local 105 in January, 1973. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, cash books, dues books (including members' names, birth dates, date and Local of initiation, and amount of dues paid), financial statements, jurisdictional decisions, application books, and correspondence of U.B.C.J.A. Locals 105 and 1180. | | | | Call #: | MS 4193 | | | | Extent: | 13.25 linear feet (12 containers and 16 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 105 (Cleveland, Ohio) | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 1180 (Cleveland, Ohio). | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Carpenters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Occupations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 35 | Title: | Marvin Clinton Harrison Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harrison, Marvin Clinton | | | | Dates: | 1915-1954 | | | | Abstract: | Marvin Clinton Harrison (1890-1954) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and Ohio state senator who specialized in the areas of accident and labor law. The collection consists of briefs, depositions, medical reports, exhibits, case notes, precedents, authorizations, correspondence, proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, newspaper clippings, settlement notices, receipts, personal papers, and letters from Harrison to his father. | | | | Call #: | MS 3799 | | | | Extent: | 24.40 linear feet (25 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harrison, Marvin Clinton, 1890-1954. | Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.) | Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio. | Accident law -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 36 | Title: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 | | | | Dates: | 1935-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56, was chartered in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891 as the Cleveland Printing and Pressmen's Union, No. 56. It became the Cleveland Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union, Local No. 56, in 1929, after merging with the Cleveland Pressmen's Assistants Union, Local No. 45. The present name was adopted after a merger in 1973 with the Stereotypers and Electrotypers International. The collection consists of constitutions, histories, minutes, grievances, agreements, proceedings of conventions, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4172 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union. Local No. 56. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Printing industry -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Labor -- United States. | Printing industry -- United States. | Wages -- Printers -- United States. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 37 | Title: | Cleveland Newspaper Guild, Local 1 Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Newspaper Guild, Local 1 | | | | Dates: | 1933-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Newspaper Guild, Local 1 was founded in 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, and chartered in 1934. Editorial employees of the Cleveland Press and Cleveland News had previously organized in 1933 as the Cleveland Editorial Workers Association, which then united with other newspaper guilds to form the American Newspaper Guild. The first contract of the national Guild was successfully negotiated in 1934 with the Cleveland News by William Davy, executive secretary of Local #1 for its first 30 years. By 1935, the Guild had adopted the industrial-union form of organization and in 1937, Local #1 expanded to include all non-mechanical employees. By 1944, the guild included workers at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Catholic Universe Bulletin, followed by the Cleveland Citizen, Cleveland Union Leader, Call & Post, and others. In 1968 the Canton Repository became a unit of Local #1, and in 1969 the Massillon Evening Independent local merged with the guild. Cleveland hosted the 50th anniversary convention of the national Guild in 1983, when members voted to merge with the International Typographical Union to form the Media Workers International Union. The collection consists of minutes, notices, general office files, membership files, correspondence, financial files and newspaper clippings relating to the history, administration, and daily activities of Local #1 and its units, as well as conventions and affiliations with other locals of the American Newspaper Guild. The collection also contains files regarding Local #1's activities as part of the Cleveland and Ohio AFL-CIO, as well as awards to members of the local for merit and service towards print journalism and the American Newspaper Guild. Furthermore, there is material on several strikes Local #1 was involved in during 1946, 1956, and a 129-day strike in 1962-1963. | | | | Call #: | MS 4299 | | | | Extent: | 10.60 linear feet (13 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Newspaper Guild -- Archives. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio. | Newspaper employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Newspapers -- Ohio. | Collective labor agreements -- Newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Newspapers -- Ohio. | Collective bargaining -- Newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Newspapers -- United States. | Newspaper Strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1956. | Newspaper Strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1962-1963.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 38 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 39 | Title: | Federal Knitting Mills Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Federal Knitting Mills Company | | | | Dates: | 1907-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Federal Knitting Mills Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905 by several Jewish businessmen. The company produced knit goods, including sweaters, and also supplied fabric to the garment-making industry. The company's national accounts included Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Field & Co. At its height, the company employed five hundred people at its 125,000 square foot plant. Following the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937, several unions attempted to replace the Cooperative Workers Association, the company union for Federal Knitting Mills. An ensuing strike related to this matter seriously strained the company's finances. Federal Knitting Mills dissolved in December 1937. The collection consists of audit reports, balance sheets, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5051 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Federation of Labor. | American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. | United States. National Labor Relations Board. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 40 | Title: | Stanley Garfinkel Oral History Collection
| | | | Creator: | Garfinkel, Stanley | | | | Dates: | 1981-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Stanley Garfinkel (1930-1997) was an oral historian, documentarian, and history professor at Kent State University. After college, Garfinkel worked in his family's seven-store chain Garfinkel Shoes. He was appointed office manager of the company in the early 1960s, but was encouraged by his father to pursue his dream of teaching. He obtained a position at Kent State University in 1963 and taught there until his retirement in 1996. Garfinkel had a special interest in oral history. One of Garfinkel's oral history projects was on the garment industry in Cleveland, Ohio. He interviewed several people who worked in or helped shape the garment industry. He then used those interviews to produce a slide show entitled "Rags: 100 Years of the Apparel Industry in Northeast Ohio," and a television documentary entitled "Rags." The collection consists of interview transcripts and scripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5106 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Dery, Arthur. | Gross, Louis N. | Joseph, Frank E. | Reinthal, David. | Saltzman, Maurice. | Rubinstein, Judah. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Clothing trade -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Oral history -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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