Finding Aids

Guide to the

Dallas Typographical Union, Local No. 173, Dallas, Texas, 
Records, 1908-1993, Bulk 1960s-1980s

5.17 linear feet

Restrictions-None

Accession Number: 94-2
Collection Number: AR373

Prepared by Bobbye D. Wade
Spring and Summer 1995

CITATION: International Typographical Union, Local #173, Dallas, Texas, Records, AR373, Box number, Folder number, Special Collections Division, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.

Table of Contents

Historical Sketch

Series Description

Scope and Content Note

Provenance Statement

Literary Rights

Container List

Series I: Office Files

Series II: Photographs

Series III: Pamphlets

Series IV: Memorabilia

Series V: Oversized Material

Appendix I: Definations

Appendix II: Related Materials

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Historical Sketch

The local Dallas chapter of the International Typographical Union was founded in 1875. It is the oldest existing labor union in Texas. The purpose of the union is to act as an aid to fraternal members. Its chief concerns are working conditions, wages, benefits and the welfare of the members. Local union activities important to the membership include elections, conventions, grievances, labor contracts and agreements, and recognitions. This collection marks the transition of the trade from traditional typesetting methods to the new electronic typographical style (now known as desk-top publishing). Members of this local trade union work for printing job shops at Dallas newspapers as well as the smaller printing shops of the area. The first female apprentice joined the union within the time frame of this particular collection.

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Series Description

The International Typographical Union, Local #173 Records are arranged in five series:

Series I. Office Files, 1914-1993. 4 linear feet (8 manuscript boxes). Correspondence, membership and financial records, contracts, court cases, grievances, election records. Files are arranged alphabetically.

Series II. Artifacts, 1970s-1980s. 5 linear feet (1 manuscript box). Banner, bumper stickers, a record, key chains and buttons (campaign and convention souvenirs).

Series III. Photographs, 1960's, n.d.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box). Cemetery Plot, Convention, Printers (many identified),Print Shop equipment, Recognitions, Strikers.

Series IV. Pamphlets, 1908-1990. 1.5 linear feet (3 manuscript boxes). Files are arranged alphabetically by title, Constitution and bylaws, contracts and agreements, From various local trade unions, and from those located outside the Dallas/Fort Worth area, including some from other states.

Series V. Oversized Material, Group photograph ITU, 109th Convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1967; Citation, The Progressive Club of New York, 1966

The bulk of the collection is dated from the 1960s through the 1980s. Included are office files, photographs, pamphlets and memorabilia. The office files consist of mailing lists, financial and tax information, mortuary benefit files, newsletters, election material, contracts, rules, policy and procedures. Memorabilia items bear the names of election candidates or are convention souvenirs. Photographs are of members, events and typesetting equipment. Pamphlets include contracts, rules and regulations, and style manuals. A 1967 group portrait and a hand tinted citation are oversized components of this collection.

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Scope and Content Note

The bulk of the records of the International Typographical Union, Dallas, Texas, Local #173, is dated from the 1960s through the 1980s. Contained in 12 1/2 mss. boxes, the materials include office files, photographs, pamphlets and memorabilia. The collection has been divide into series reflecting this.

Series I, consisting of office files, includes mailing lists, financial and tax information, mortuary benefit forms, newsletters, election material, contracts, rules, policy and procedures. Also found among theses office files, in very limited amounts, is information regarding grievances, court rulings and strikes.

The memorabilia in Series II provides useful insight into the political nature of the brotherhood. These items (bearing the names of election candidates or serving as convention souvenirs or mementos) would serve as a visual illustration of union symbolism. Series III, containing various photographs, might be of interest to genealogical researchers. Of particular historic importance are the pictures of printing equipment, which is either obsolete now or soon will be.

The pamphlets in Series IV concern contracts, rules, and regulations and document the changes that have taken place within the union, nationally, statewide and locally. A comparative analysis of these documents should prove very useful in various research projects. Located in this series, of some historic value are style manuals for both of the Dallas daily newspapers. Two items are oversized and have been removed from their frames and placed in oversized boxes and they are listed as Series V. These oversized objects are a large group photograph of union members at a 1967 ITO convention and a hand-tinted citation from The Progressive Club of New York.

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Provenance Statement

The International Typographical Union, Local #173, Dallas, Texas, Records were donated to The University of Texas at Arlington in November, 1993. The Union's Secretary/Treasurer, Elizabeth Sheppard, is responsible for the donation. Jane Boley, the Labor Archivist of the Special Collections Division, negotiated on behalf of The University of Texas at Arlington.

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Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material for the International Typographical Union, Local #173, Dallas, Texas, Records must be obtained from the Special Collections Division.

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Appendix I - Definitions

For the researcher, there are several terms used within the context of the papers generated by the typographical union members that are indigenous to many labor unions. Some of these words have been defined here for you.

• Rat or Scab - a non-union laborer who takes the place of a striking worker. Often a job shop employing non-union workers is referred to as a "rat shop". These terms are used in a derogatory manner.

• Travel Card - obtained by a local union member when jobs are scarce in the area. With a travel card the member pays lower dues at his local to defray the expense of paying dues to the two locals involved in his employment.

• Wobble - when union members have a complaint or grievance, to make their position clear they have been known to "wobble the job.', This refers to the threat of a strike for better conditions. It often serves to resolve the matter before more serious action is taken.

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Appendix II - Related Material

For those interested in further research related to the Dallas Typographical Union, the following material is available at UTA:

• AR 41:International Typographical Union, Local 173, Dallas, Texas. Records, 1892-1956 (2 feet, 1 inch)
• AR 144:ITU Local 173, Dallas, Texas. Records, 1906-1973 (14 feet, 3 inches)
• AR 284ITU, Local 173, Dallas, Texas. Records, 1924-1986 (6 feet, 3 inches)

Other ITU collections at UTA are as follows:

• AR 39 ITU, Local 87, Houston, Texas. Records, 1908-1965 (5 feet, 10 inches)
• AR 18 ITU, Local 138, Austin, Texas. Records, 1870-1970 (6 feet, 3 inches)
• AR 32 ITU, local 188, Waco, Texas. Records, 1910-1945 (5 inches)
• AR 115 Reilly, Wallace C. Papers, 1915-1973 (9 inches)
• 91-55 ITU, Local 198, Fort Worth, Texas. Records 1942-1986 (22 feet, unprocessed)

Oral history interviews with ITO members:

• OH 13 Munoz, Henry 46 pages
• OH 10 Reilly, Wallace C 62 pages
• OH 95 Pittillo, Francis L. tape only

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1. AFL-CIO - Correspondence, memoranda, 1974-1986
2. Application for change in accounting period, 1980-1981, 1984
3. Audit Reports, 1949-1958
4. Bond, Fidelity, 1972-1982
5. Brenner, Joseph, 1914-1929, 1953-1984; (Emigrated to America with his union card from Europe, eventually opened his own print shop)
6. Complaints, 1984-1987
7. Constitution and Bylaws, 1973, 1976
8. Continuous Membership Pins, 1967-1986 (for determining eligibility)
9. Contract Violation, 1974-1975, 1984-1985
10. Contracts (Miscellaneous), 1961, 1986
11. Correspondence, 1931, 1973-1974, 1976-1978
12. Dallas AFL-CIO Council - Correspondence, minutes constitution, financial statement, 1974-1984

1. Dallas Labor Unions Educational Cooperative (Dallas Labor Temple Association) - Correspondence, by-laws, citation, 1915-1931, 1650, 1967-1972
2. Dallas Newspapers Work Schedules, 1984-1987
3. The Dallas Morning News - Greeting, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, proposal, 1939, 1958, 1966-1984
4. The Dallas Morning News Pension Plan, 1978
5. The Dallas Morning News Policies and Procedures, 1980-1983
6. Dallas Typographical Union, Local 173 - Contracts and scales of wages, letters of intent, 1977-1985
7. Dues cards, 1991
8. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Discrimination charge forms, 1971-1973
9. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Newspapers, apprentice information report forms, correspondence, 1967-1973, 1977, 1979
10. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Local union report forms, 1967-1980
11. Elections - Ballots, vote tallies, referendum, 1949, 1959-1974, n.d.
12. Elections - Ballots, vote tallies, 1975-1980
13. Elections - Ballots, vote tallies, 1981-1986, n.d.
14. Financial and Membership Statements, 1949-1957

1. Financial and Membership Statements, 1958-1978
2. Financial and Membership Statements, 1958-1978
3. Greenwood Cemetery - Correspondence, maps, brochures, lists of members' plots, 1938-1989
4. Injunction, 1948
5. Job Shop Contract, 1976
6. Job Shop Contract, 1976-1978
7. Job Shop Notices, 1969-1986
8. Kleeman, Winifred, 1970-1986 (Retired Member, Correspondence)
9. Labor Disputes, 1966
10. Labor Organization (Union) Annual Reports, 1949,-1977, 1981, 1984
11. Legal Negotiations, 1980-1982
12. Legal Negotiations, 1980-1982
13. Legal Opinions, 1949-1968

1. Lou-Etex Conference, 1950, 1969-1073, n.d.
2. Mailing List, 1985
3. Membership List, 1984-1985
4. Memorial Services, 1968, 1975, 1982, n.d.
5. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)
6. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)
7. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)
8. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)
9. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)
10. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)
11. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)
12. Mortuary, 1979, 1986 (Benefits paid and Miscellaneous)

1. National ITU Election Returns, 1986
2. National Labor Relations Board - Appeals, grievances, 1965-1982,1987
3. National Labor Relations Board - Appeals, grievances, 1965-1982,1987
4. National Labor Relations Board - Appeals, grievances, 1965-1982,1987
5. National Labor Relations Board - Appeals, grievances, 1965-1982,1987
6. National Labor Relations Board - Appeals, grievances, 1965-1982,1987
7. Negotiations, 1975, 1980-1987 (Contracts, Morning News)
8. Negotiations, 1975, 1980-1987 (Contracts, Morning News)
9. Negotiations, 1975, 1980-1987 (Contracts, Morning News)
10. Newsletters (Monthly letter from the Secretary - Treasurer of the ITU), 1968-1977

Box 6
Folder

1. Organization Exempt from Taxes, 1950-1985 (Status request forms and 990 forms)
2. Organization Exempt from Taxes, 1950-1985 (Status request forms and 990 forms)
3. Organization Exempt from Taxes, 1950-1985 (Status request forms and 990 forms)
4. OSHA, 1972
5. Payroll, 1980-1987 (Dallas Morning News)
6. Payroll, 1980-1987 (Dallas Morning News)
7. Pension Trust (G. B. Dealey), 1964, 1979
8. Pensions (ITU), 1987, 1988
9. Plaintiffs Memoranda, 1979-1981
10. Policy and Procedures, 1977-1980; (Dallas Morning News)
11. Policy and Procedures, 1977-1980; (Dallas Morning News)
12. Prairie, Ken, 1981, 1982 (ITU representative)

1. Proposals (The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald), 1980-1981, 1984
2. Proposals (The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald), 1980-1981, 1984
3. Public Relations, 1969
4. Public Service (Christmas Basket fund), 1969, 1970, 1984
5. Quarterly Reports (Federal Tax Returns), 1961-1980, 1983, 1985; 10
6. Quarterly Reports (Federal Tax Returns), 1961-1980, 1983, 1985; 10
7. Quarterly Reports (Federal Tax Returns), 1961-1980, 1983, 1985; 10
8. Quarterly Reports (Federal Tax Returns), 1961-1980, 1983, 1985; 10
9. Retirement Home for Printers, n.d.
10. Strikers Replacement Notice, 1955
11. Tax Returns (City and County), 1952-1981, 1984, 1985
12. Texas AFL-CIO - Constitutions, convention material, booklets, 1953-1954, 1969-1976, 1981
13. Texas Allied Printing Trades Council - Constitutions, financial records, convention material, 1959, 1964-1976
14. Texas Typographical (and Mailer) Conference - Notices, membership statistics, programs, constitution and by-laws, minutes, 1975-1985
15. Dallas) Times Herald - Agreements, 1976-1981
16. (Dallas) Times Herald - Agreements, 1976-1981

1. (Dallas) Times Herald - Agreements, 1978-1983
2. (Dallas) Times Herald - Correspondence, 1978-1987
3. Texas Employment Commission - Employers quarterly reports, 1956-1986
4. Texas Employment Commission - Employers quarterly reports, 1956-1986
5. U.S. Department of Labor - Labor Organization Annual Reports, 1959-1986
6. U.S. Department of Labor - Labor Organization Annual Reports, 1959-1986
7. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics - Wage Scales, correspondence, 1967-1978
8. Unemployment Tax Forms, 1962-1986
9. Union Forms (samples), n.d.
10. The University of Texas at Arlington - Correspondence, 1970-1981, 1987, 1993
11. Visitor (Foreign), 1972

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Box 9
Items:

• Large Convention Banner
• 45 RPM Record - Democratic Advisory Council
• Ribbon-Souvenir of San Antonio 1975 Convention
• Small Souvenir Hat
• Committee Appointments 1981
• Teamsters Lapel Pins, n.d.
• Dallas Howdy Cards
• Honolulu Invitation
• Name Placard-114^th Convention
• Miscellaneous
• Business Cards
• Miscellaneous Invitations, Badges, Buttons
• Meatcutter's Union Address Book Convention Souvenir
• Bumper Stickers.

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Series III. Photographs

Box 10
Folder

1. Cemetery, n.d.
2. Groundbreaking, n.d.
3. ITU Conventions, Dallas, Texas, 1961 and Fort Worth, Texas, 1971 (some identified, 8 x 10 and 5 x 7 photographs)
4. ITU Conventions, Dallas, Texas, 1961 and Fort Worth, Texas, 1971 (some identified, 8 x 10 and 5 x 7 photographs)
5. ITU Conventions, Dallas, Texas, 1961 and Fort Worth, Texas, 1971 (some identified, 8 x 10 and 5 x 7 photographs)
6. ITU Executives, n.d.
7. Miscellaneous - Christmas basket drive, race car derby, baseball game, Mondale/Ferraro, ITU building, n.d.
8. Print Shop Equipment, n.d.
9. Printers (snapshots), 1968-1969, 1972, n.d.
10. Printers (snapshots), 1968, 1970, 1972, n.d.
11. Printers (snapshots and 3 negatives), n.d.
12. Printers (snapshots), 1960, 1968-1970, n.d.
13. Printers (snapshots), 1968, 1970, 1972, n.d.
14. Printers, Retired, n.d.
15. Printing Process Machinery, n.d.
16. Printing Process Machinery, n.d
17. Recognitions, 1955, 1972, 1975, n.d.
18. Recognitions, 1955, 1972, 1975, n.d.
19. Recognitions, 1955, 1972, 1975, n.d.
20. Recognitions, 1955, 1972, 1975, n.d.
21. Recognitions, 1955, 1972, 1975, n.d.
22. Recognitions, 1955, 1972, 1975, n.d.
23. Strikers, 1964, n.d.

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Series IV. Pamphlets

Box 11
Folder

1. Agreements, 1958-1965, 1969, 1982-1983
2. Agreements, 1958-1965, 1969, 1982-1983
3. Agreements, 1958-1965, 1969, 1982-1983
4. Agreements, 1958-1965, 1969, 1982-1983
5. Agreements, 1958-1965, 1969, 1982-1983
6. Agreements, 1958-1965, 1969, 1982-1983
7. By - Laws, General Laws, Conference Laws (CWA), 1988, 1990
8. Constitution (AFL), 1965
9. Constitution (CWA), 1987-1990
10. Constitutions (Dallas AFL-CIO Council), 1935, 1956, 1965, 1969
11. Constitutions and By-Laws (Allied Printing Trades Council), 1953, 1957, 1959
12. Constitutions and By-Laws (ITU, Austin) 1970
13. Constitutions and By-Laws (ITU, Dallas), 1933, 1942, 1948-1964
14. Constitutions and By-Laws (ITU, Fort Worth), 1938, 1952, 1958
15. Constitutions and By - Laws (ITU, Houston), 1945, 1951, 1959, 1974
16. Constitutions and By -Laws (ITU, San Antonio), 1944, 1958
17. Constitutions and Laws (Texas State Federation of Labor), 1927, 1951
18. Contracts (and Scale of Wages) (Austin Typographical Union), 1970, 1972, 1974
19. Contracts (and Scale of Wages) (Dallas Typographical Union), 1936-1952
20. Contracts (and Scale of Wages) (DTU), 1952-1957
21. Contracts (and Scale of Wages) (DTU), 1960-1969
22. Contracts (DTU), 1972, 1976, 1978, 1984,-1987
23. Contracts (Houston Typographical Union), 1937, 1950, 1959-1963
24. Contracts (HTU), 1968-1978
25. Contracts (San Antonio Typographical Union/Warn Typographical Union), 1970, 1974
26. Contracts (Miscellaneous), 1960-1964

1. Dallas Progressive Club - Constitution and by-laws, n.d.
2. Dow Jones and Company - Contracts, 1958-1985
3. Dow Jones and Company - Contracts, 1958-1985
4. Laws (Dallas Typographical Union), 1956-1972
5. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
6. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
7. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
8. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
9. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
10. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
11. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
12. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
13. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
14. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976
15. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1908, 1942-1976

1. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1974-1984
2. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1974-1984
3. Laws (International Typographical Union), 1974-1984
4. Manual (Apprentice Training), n.d.
5. Pension Plan, 1987
6. Stylebooks, 1945, 1947
7. Union History (Columbia Typographical Union, Washington, D. C.), 1962
8. The Union Worker's Bible, 1953
9. Useful Information For Printers, n.d.
10. Woman's Auxiliary, No. 80 (to DTU, Local 173), membership list, constitution and by-laws, 1961, n.d.

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Series V. Oversized Material

• OS 174-12 Item 1 - Citation, The Progressive Club of New York, 1966
• OS 174-13 Item 2 - Group Portrait, ITU 109th Convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September, 196714

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