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Johnson, Clyde: Papers, 1941-1976, bulk 1941-1944; 2 folders; Clyde Johnson, a retired labor organizer, was the Southern Director for the CIO Oil Workers Organizing Campaign, 1942-1943.; Photographs (reprints) and photocopy of typescript by Johnson, "The Oil Workers Organizing Campaign in Texas, 1942-43." Photographs depict members of various south Texas locals of the Oil Workers International Union. The typescript is a paper that was prepared for the Southern Labor History Conference at Georgia State University, Atlanta, in April 1976. Also included is a copy of Boomtown Bill, a song written by Woody Guthrie, 1942.; Originals are located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Southern Historical Collection.; Gift, 1977.; Finding aid available.; AR213

Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmetologists and Proprietors’ International Union of America, Local Union No. 63, Dallas, Texas: Records, 1902-1965; 12 boxes (5 linear ft.); Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, minutes, membership applications and ledgers, periodicals, certificates, dues book, constitution, sick and death benefit records, shop card records, booklet, and leaflet.; Gift, 1967.; Finding aid available.; AR1

Justice for Farah Strikers Committee: Records, 1964-1974, bulk 1972-1974; 2 boxes (.63 linear ft.); Emileo Molleda, a member of the United Auto Workers, served as boycott coordinator for the Dallas area. This committee was disbanded in 1974 when the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America won the Farah Strike.; Correspondence, legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, membership lists, printed material, and strikers’ materials. Includes boycott and strike materials; correspondence to state representatives and churches involved with the strike; National Labor Relations Board proceedings and decision; the history of the Farah Company; the strikers’ newsletter, Viva la Huelga; and materials from supporting organizations.; This collection is also known as: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Farah Boycott Office, Dallas, Texas, Records.; Gift, 1974.; Finding aid available.; AR93

Kennard, Don: Papers, 1943-1962; 1 folder; Don Kennard was a labor relations adviser for Region 8 of the Labor Relations Division of the Federal Public Housing Authority in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1940s. He also served as business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 716, Houston, Texas, and later as an international representative for IBEW. He was active in the labor movement in Texas and served as an officer in several organizations namely, the Houston Labor and Trades Council, the Texas State Association of Electrical Workers, and the Texas State Federation of Labor.; Biographical data, correspondence, newspaper clipping, article, speech, and reports. Much of the correspondence is with D. W. Tracy, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor, who later became President of the IBEW. A copy of Kennard’s speech nominating Tracy is included. Reports are also included on Kennard’s investigation of IBEW Local Union No. 136, Birmingham, Alabama.; Gift, 1968.; Finding aid available.; AR161

Koger, Harry, 1893-: Papers, 1945-1963; 5 folders; Harry Koger and his wife, Grace, were labor union organizers of agricultural workers (primarily sharecroppers and migrant workers) in Texas and the South. Harry Koger joined the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America in 1938 where he served in various capacities including regional director for Texas and Oklahoma.; Biographical data, correspondence, newsletters, reports, articles, speeches, and book of poems. Included are scattered issues of the United Neighbors Newsletter, the Farm Workers Newsletter, and the Migrant Workers Newsletter written by Koger; reports of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee as well as the Agricultural Workers Bulletin, and the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union activities in the areas of racial discrimination, migratory workers, and other minority labor groups in Texas in the 1940s and 1950s; as well as miscellaneous studies by various groups on the hardships of the agricultural worker. Also included are speeches and articles by Koger which describe his family’s organizing experiences from the 1940s through the 1960s. The emphasis is on the East Texas area.; Much of the collection is photocopy.; Gift, 1971.; Finding aid available.; AR66

Kuykendall, Mabel McKinney Wier: Collection, 1947-1974; 1 box (.21 linear ft.); Mabel M. Kuykendall was a poet and friend of labor who lived in Fort Worth, Texas.; Book, booklet, programs, poems, and manuscript. Primarily poetry by Fort Worth authors including Mabel Kuykendall. A program for the Cumtux Club promotes a book edited by Gracie Ross and Mabel Kuykendall, Poetry Out Where the West Begins, and Fan of the Feathers by Ross. Two poems by Kuykendall were composed for Boiler Makers Local 96. A carbon typescript, "The Christian and Labor Problems," was written by Herbert R. Mundhenke.; Gift, 1976.; Finding aid available.; AR138

Labor Music: Collection, 1947-1979; 1 box (.33 linear ft.); Sheet music, songbooks, sound recordings, and magnetic tape recordings published between 1947 and 1979. This collection includes not only labor songs of the twentieth century but also country and folk songs from early times.; Collection is also known as: Labor Phonodiscs and Songbooks.; Provenance unknown.; AR255

Labor Union Charter: Collection, 1898-1970; 35 items; This collection is comprised of donated charters and charters removed from the Texas Labor Archives’ collections. They define the formal organization of a union or authorize the establishment of a local or auxiliary to the parent organization.; Charters from various Texas and Oklahoma labor unions.; Gifts, 1967-; Finding aid available.; AR233

Lambert, George, 1913-1974: George and Latane Lambert Papers, 1935-1974; 32 boxes (13 linear ft.); The Lamberts devoted a lifetime to working in the labor movement and liberal politics in Texas. George Lambert was an organizer for the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers; the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Latane Lambert was a representative for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the CIO as well as a leader in the Democratic Party of Texas.; Correspondence, minutes, activity reports, newsletters, photographs, financial documents, legal documents, resumes, speeches, charts, newspaper clippings, constitutions, certificates, manuals, booklets, leaflets, maps, lists, programs, notes, motion picture film, and audio cassette recordings. The papers consist of the personal correspondence of George and Latane Lambert as well as records of their organizing and political activities. Records include extensive materials on labor union organizing campaigns at several garment manufacturing plants primarily in Texas; extensive correspondence with the national and regional offices of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union; and films and photographs produced by the ILGWU. Of special interest are materials on two strikes in San Antonio, the Pecan Workers Strike, 1938, and the Tex-Son Strike, 1959. Records are included of the work of Latane Lambert with various Democratic Party and political awareness organizations particularly the Texas Liberal Democrats, 1960-1968, and the Texas State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1962-1971. Materials are abundant on Democratic Party political campaigns, particularly candidates Maury Maverick and Ralph Yarborough.; Note: The UTA Oral History Collection has an interview with George Lambert (OH19).; Gift, 1971, 1974-1975.; Finding aid available.; AR127, OS91

Lewis, Lee A. (Lee Andrew), 1902-1972: Papers, 1949-1954; 4 folders; Lee A. Lewis helped organize African American Local 279A of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada in 1937 in Houston, Texas. He was also involved in organizing the Texas Federation Club in 1947. Lewis was the executive secretary until the club disbanded in 1961. The Texas Federation Club was formed to protest discrimination against African Americans at the Texas State Federation of Labor conventions.; Correspondence, minutes, printed material, and photographs. These are primarily records of the Texas Federation Club.; Gift, 1971.; Finding aid available.; AR154

Lichten, Robert: Papers, 1956-1971, bulk 1965-1971; 11 boxes (4.58 linear ft.); Robert Lichten served as vice president of the Texas Civil Liberties Union and president of the Dallas Civil Liberties Union.; Correspondence, minutes, financial statements, speeches, newspaper clippings, lists, articles, and printed material concerning the Dallas Civil Liberties Union, the Texas Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union.; Gift, 1978.; Finding aid available.; AR283

Lone Star Steel Company, Lone Star, Texas: Strike Collection, 1958-1970, bulk 1968-1969; 2 folders; On October 15, 1968, more than 2,600 members of the United Steelworkers, Local 4134, Lone Star, Texas, walked off their jobs at Lone Star Steel Company. The strike, marked by frequent violence, lasted nearly seven months.; Clippings, photograph, newsletter, flyer, and notes. Includes a clipping about the steelworkers’ reinstatement after the Lone Star Steel Strike in 1957.; Collection is also known as: United Steelworkers of America, Local 4134, Lone Star, Texas, Records.; Gift, ca. 1971.; Finding aid available.; AR152
Lubbock Building and Construction Trades Council, Lubbock, Texas: Records, 1946-1964, bulk 1946-1953; 1 box (.21 linear ft.); I n the early 1960s the Lubbock Building and Construction Trades Council changed its name to Midwestern Texas Building and Construction Trades Council.; Correspondence, minutes, audit reports, financial statements, and wage scales.; Collection is also known as: Midwestern Texas Building and Construction Trades Council, Lubbock, Texas, Records.; AR106

Lubbock Central Labor Union, Lubbock, Texas: Minutes, 1930-1956; 1 box (.21 linear ft.); Minutes, 1930-1946, 1949-1953, 1955-1956.; Collection is also known as: Lubbock Central Labor Council Minutes.; Gift, 1972.; Finding aid available.; AR68

Mason, Hazel Rounds: Scrapbook, 1923-1960; 1 folder; Hazel Rounds Mason worked for the Pure Oil Company, 1918-1960. She began her career in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a stenographer and soon worked her way up to an executive position in the production department of the firm. She was transferred to the Fort Worth, Texas, office in 1931.; Scrapbook. The scrapbook traces Hazel Rounds Mason’s career at the Pure Oil Company and includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, and photographs. The scrapbook, designed by Naomi Ray Morey, is titled, "Fort Worth Desk and Derrick Club’s Tribute to a Pioneer in the Industry."; This is a photocopy of the original in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift, 1979.; Finding aid available.; AR211

Mauser, Steve R., 1916-1983: Papers, 1946-1980, bulk 1965-1979; 25 boxes (10.2 linear ft.); Steve Mauser was a union member, organizer, negotiator, and international representative for the United Packinghouse Workers of America, the United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, 1942-1979. Mauser worked primarily in District 5.; Correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, constitutions, reports, newsletters, minutes, newspaper clippings, lists, proposals, programs, speeches, flyers, pamphlets, manuals, maps, resolutions, ballots, notes, charts, proceedings, books, articles, memorabilia, and tape recordings. These are Mauser’s files during the period that he worked in various capacities for the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America and earlier for the United Packinghouse Workers of America, 1946-1979. Includes Texas AFL-CIO materials, 1968-1978, and recordings of the Committee on Political Education of the AFL-CIO, 1971-1972, and 1976. His major correspondent was Richard A. Twedell.; The UTA Oral History Collection has a transcribed interview with Mauser (OH6).; Gift, 1980.; Finding aid available.; AR257

Mauser, Steve R., 1916-1983: Papers, 1943-1982; bulk 1970’s; 2 boxes (1 linear ft.); For many years Steve R. Mauser worked as an organizer for the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA). Later he was an international union representative and trouble-shooter for the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. He also served as a member of the negotiating team for the merger of the AFL and CIO in Texas and led a campaign to elect an African American as district director of the UPWA.; Correspondence, agreements, newspaper articles, proposals, arbitration material, notices, labor organizer’s card, merger documents, union histories, and photographs.; Gift, 1986.; Finding aid available.; AR295

McKnight, M. M. (Mansfield Millard), 1905-1956, and Reecy W. (Reecy Weeks), 1907-1998: Collection, 1895-1970, bulk 1930-1970; 3 boxes (.88 linear ft.); Mansfield McKnight was a Fort Worth, Texas, labor union leader, city councilman, Mayor pro tem, and businessman. He was active in state and national union activities as well as in various local humanitarian causes. McKnight served as an officer in Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198, the Texas State Allied Printing Trades Council, the Fort Worth Trades Assembly, and the Texas State Federation of Labor. His wife, Reecy, was an officer and active member of Woman’s Auxiliary No. 44 to Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198. She was appointed to complete her husband’s term of office on the city council after his death in 1954, and went on to win three consecutive terms on her own merit, 1957-1961.; Correspondence, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, resolutions, constitutions and by-laws, charter, booklets, badges, and scrapbooks. Includes Texas Senate Resolution No. 75, in memory of Mansfield M. McKnight. Scrapbooks include clippings and photographs depicting the labor and political career of Mansfield McKnight, the city council career and activities of Reecy McKnight following her husband’s death, and clippings about the activities of their children, Joan McKnight Stutts and Mansfield Dolan McKnight. Also included are clippings about Charles E. McKnight’s race for Tarrant County Democratic Party chairman in 1948, convention programs, a history and constitutions of the International Typographical Union, and a constitution and printed materials of Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198.; The UTA Oral History Collection contains a transcribed interview with Reecy McKnight (OH36).; Gift, 1973.; Finding aid available.; AR24

McKnight, M. M. (Mansfield Millard), 1905-1956, and Reecy W. (Reecy Weeks), 1907-1998: Collection, 1932-1974; 1 box (.21 linear ft.); Mansfield McKnight was a Fort Worth, Texas, labor union leader, city councilman, Mayor pro tem, and businessman. He was active in state and national union activities as well as in various local humanitarian causes. McKnight served as an officer in Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198, the Texas State Allied Printing Trades Council, the Fort Worth Trades Assembly, and the Texas State Federation of Labor. His wife, Reecy, was an officer and active member of Woman’s Auxiliary No. 44 to Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198. She was appointed to complete her husband’s term of office on the city council after his death in 1954, and went on to win three consecutive terms on her own merit, 1957-1961.; Program, certificate, booklet, service pins, and memorabilia. Includes contracts and agreements made between Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198 and local printers and publishers, 1937-1941, as well as the International Typographical Union’s 83rd convention program and service pins.; The UTA Oral History Collection contains a transcribed interview with Reecy McKnight (OH36).; Gift, 1975.; Finding aid available.; AR119

McKnight, M. M. (Mansfield Millard), 1905-1956, and Reecy W. (Reecy Weeks), 1907-1998: Collection, 1922-1978, bulk 1941-1965; 1 box (.21 linear ft.); Mansfield McKnight was a Fort Worth, Texas, labor union leader, city councilman, Mayor pro tem, and businessman. He was active in state and national union activities as well as in various local humanitarian causes. McKnight served as an officer in Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198, the Texas State Allied Printing Trades Council, the Fort Worth Trades Assembly, and the Texas State Federation of Labor. His wife, Reecy, was an officer and active member of Woman’s Auxiliary No. 44 to Fort Worth Typographical Union No. 198. She was appointed to complete her husband’s term of office on the city council after his death in 1954, and went on to win three consecutive terms on her own merit, 1957-1961.; Correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, programs, certificates, minutes, lists, news release, roster, legal document, sermon, and convention badges. Correspondence is primarily sympathy letters to Reecy McKnight, 1956. Newspaper clippings depict the civic careers of Reecy and Mansfield McKnight. Included are materials from various labor and civic groups in which the McKnights participated.; The UTA Oral History Collection contains a transcribed interview with Reecy McKnight (OH36).; Gift, 1978, 1980.; Finding aid available.; AR215

McPeak, Carl A. (Carl Austin), 1905-1970: Papers, 1941-1970; 2 folders; Carl A. McPeak was an organizer and an official in the Oil Workers International Union in Oklahoma during the depression. From 1936 to 1956 he held various positions for the CIO including state director for Texas, 1950-1953. McPeak held various positions with the AFL-CIO after they merged in 1955.; Biographical data, correspondence, newspaper clippings, program, and article. Correspondence includes material from McPeak’s service as a labor representative with the War Production Board in Dallas, Texas, 1942-1944.; Gift, 1970.; Finding aid available.; AR157

Medrano, Pancho, 1920-: Papers, 1946-1971; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.); Francisco F. Medrano, known as Pancho Medrano, was an official for the United Auto Workers. He was active in local politics in Dallas, Texas, and supported the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee efforts in Texas and California. He was also well-known as a heavyweight boxing champion.; Correspondence, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, leaflets, flyers, newsletters, article, and booklets. Medrano’s papers reflect his political and union activities. Included are a variety of Spanish language newspapers and newsletters (LULAC News, La Causa, Encuentro, El Sol de Texas, and Papel Chicano); newspapers and newsletters produced by the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee; information on local United Auto Workers Unions; clippings concerning Mexican American agricultural workers in Texas and California; and the farm workers strikes in the late 1960s. Photographs are of Medrano, UAW groups, and Mexican American farm workers and families. In addition there are materials regarding Thomas Rodriguez and police brutality in Dallas, Texas, 1971; national elections, civil rights, and Mexican Americans in Dallas, 1963-1971; and Medrano’s two sons, Richardo and Roberto, who were activists in Dallas.; The collection is partially photocopy. The UTA Oral History Collection has an interview with Pancho Medrano (OH12).; Gift, 1971.; Finding aid available.; AR55

Mexican American Farm Workers: Collection, 1968-1994, bulk 1970-1988; 3 boxes (1.25 linear ft.); The National Farm Workers Association was established in Delano, California, in September 1962, by Cesar Chavez. In 1966, the name was changed to the National Farm Workers Union, which merged later that year with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee. The merger resulted in the formation of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee affiliated with the AFL-CIO. In 1973, the name was changed to the United Farm Workers of America. Cesar Chavez directed the organization, persuaded farm workers to band together and the public to support the boycott of certain agricultural products. The adoption of the farm-labor law in 1975, and the creation of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board during the administration of California’s Gov. Edmund Brown, Jr., gave farm workers their first collective bargaining rights.; Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, constitutions, reports, photographs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, news releases, lists, flyers, booklets, posters, articles, fact sheets, notices, statistics, artifacts, and miscellaneous printed materials. These are materials collected by Shirley Swallow of Fort Worth, Texas, who was active in the Fort Worth Boycott Office in the 1970s and 1980s. Included are materials produced by the Fort Worth Boycott Office, the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, and the United Farm Workers of America in California and Texas, that describe the various strikes and boycotts organized by the union. Materials related to illegal aliens, migrant farm workers, the Teamsters, Cesar Chavez, and farm worker ministries are interspersed throughout the collection.; Gift, 1996.; Finding aid available.; AR408

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement: Collection, 1951-1977; 14 boxes (5.3 linear ft.); The Independent Workers Association was organized by Eugene Nelson in the Rio Grande Valley in 1966. It affilitated that year with the National Farm Workers Association which then merged soon after with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Though represented heavily with Mexican Americans, the migrant farm workers movement also included many white and African American farm workers.; Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, speeches, reports, map, ballots, booklets, leaflets, brochures, reprinted articles, tape recordings, photographs, and a scrapbook. Includes the papers of Eugene Nelson, 1966-1967; newsletters and other materials from several groups that supported collective bargaining for farm workers; clippings and articles about the farm workers organizing movement, strikes, boycotts, living conditions, and the economic situation of farm workers in California and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, especially Starr County, 1966-1967.; Collection is also known as: Mexican-American Farm Workers Movement Collection.; Gift, 1967-1969, 1979.; Finding aid available.; AR46

Monkres, T. E.:     History, 2000
    1 folder, 10 pages (.04 linear ft).
    T. E. Monkres and Clarence R. Taylor held officer positions at the state and national level in the Communications Workers of America and its Local 6290. The Communications Workers of American, Local 6290, Texas and Oklahoma, represented Western Electric Company workers who installed telephone equipment. Local 6290 began as the Association of Communications Equipment Workers (ACEW) Local 77 and represented Western Electric company workers in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas.
    This is a history of T. E. Monkres' and Clarence R. Taylor's personal experiences in the Communication Workers of American, including discussion of discuss wages, working conditions, and strikes. The period covered ranges from 1941 to 1987. The collection also includes a Communication Workers of America Patch.
    Gift, 2001.
    GA 178

Morton, Frank E., 1908-: Papers, 1950-1975; 23 boxes (9.6 linear ft.); Frank Morton was an international representative, vice-president, and southwestern regional director of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.; Business and personal correspondence, minutes, office diaries, constitutions, agreements, grievance files, reports, legal documents, conference materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, handbills, and articles. These are Morton’s personal and office files during his service with the Office and Professional Employees International Union.; Gift, 1975.; Finding aid available.; AR111
Morton, Frank E., 1908-: Papers, 1953-1977, bulk 1968-1977; 13 boxes (5.2 linear ft.); Frank Morton was an international representative, vice-president, and southwestern regional director of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.; Correspondence, minutes, financial records, office diaries, legal documents, constitutions, lists, reports, ballots, photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, articles, speeches, agreements, proposals, grievance files, bulletins, directories, convention materials, memorabilia, and map. These are Morton’s personal and office files during his service with the Office and Professional Employees International Union. They include materials on the organizing efforts at Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, Texas.; Gift, 1977-1978.; Finding aid available.; AR262

Mullinax, Wells (Firm): Labor Case Records, 1945-1968; 105 boxes (43.54 linear ft.); Mullinax Wells was established in 1947 in Dallas, Texas, as a general law practice. It also served as general counsel to the Texas State Federation of Labor. Its senior partners were Otto B. Mullinax and L. N. D. Wells, Jr. Oscar H. Mauzy was a partner in the 1950s.; Correspondence, legal documents, notes, newspaper clippings, booklets, and printed material. The cases in this collection involved labor unions and/or labor union members vs. corporations, cases which challenged state anti-labor legislation, and cases which questioned the application of federal labor laws. Also included are the cases they handled for the Texas State Federation of Labor and the charter for its library.; An alphabetical cross-index by plaintiff name is available.; Gift, 1969.; Finding aid available.; AR56

Mullinax, Wells (Firm): Labor case records, 1941-1972, bulk 1959-1966; 87 boxes (36.25 linear ft.); Mullinax, Wells was established in 1947, in Dallas, Texas, as a general law practice. It also served as general counsel to the Texas State Federation of Labor. Its senior partners were Otto B. Mullinax and L. N. D. Wells, Jr. Oscar H. Mauzy was a partner in the 1950s.; Records of labor cases tried by the law firm of Mullinax, Wells, Dallas, Texas.; Gift, 1972.; Finding aid available.; AR340

Murphy, Dial: Papers, 1934-1975, bulk 1949-1972; 14 boxes (5.83 linear ft.); Dial Murphy was associated with the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union in various capacities throughout his career. He was director of District 9 in the 1950s, director of District 3 in the 1960s, and then international representative for District 4 in the 1960s and 1970s. Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union resulted from the merger in 1955 of two previously separate unions; the Oil Workers International Union and United Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers of America.; Correspondence, minutes, agreements, legal documents, handbooks, lists, clippings, booklets, reports, notes, studies, newsletters, proceedings, manuals, leaflets, proposals, and financial documents. These are the files of Dial Murphy during his career with the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union, Districts 3, 4, and 9. It includes minutes and reports of the District 4 Council; minutes of the executive board of the international as well as proceedings of national conventions, a history, reports, and printed material of the Oil Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union. A large part of the collection contains agreements and arbitration files with several oil companies with which the union negotiated contracts.; Collection also known as: Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union Records.; Gift, 1976.; Finding aid available.; AR131

National Association of Letter Carriers (U.S.), Branch 226, Fort Worth, Texas: Records, 1917-1965, bulk 1945-1965; 1 box (.21 linear ft.); Minutes and periodical. Minutes, 1945-1965, include the treasurer’s reports. Included is a copy of the Postal Record, February 1917.; Gift, 1973.; Finding aid available.; AR83

National Council of Field Labor Lodges (American Federation of Government Employees): Records, 1964-1967; 6 boxes (2.5 linear ft.); The National Council of Field Labor Lodges was organized September 10, 1964, at an American Federation of Government Employees convention in Dallas. NCFLL represents employees of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division of the U.S. Department of Labor in national negotiations.; Agreements with the U.S. Department of Labor. Correspondence, newsletters, and records of several local lodges including No. 2139. Includes correspondence and employment records of Harry Weisbrod, first president of the National Council of Field Labor Lodges.; Collection also known as: American Federation of Government Employees, National Council of Field Labor Lodges Records.; Gift, 1971.; Finding aid available.; AR57

North Texas Conference of Typographical Unions: Records, 1952-1963, bulk 1957-1963; 5 folders; The North Texas Conference of Typographical Unions was composed of elected delegates from the International Typographical Union locals and ladies auxiliaries of Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Wichita Falls. The conference disbanded in 1962.; Correspondence, minutes, resolutions, credentials, programs, constitution and by-laws, financial records, and newsletters. Includes newsletters of the Southwest Printing Trades, Phoenix, Arizona, 1961.; Gift, 1967.; Finding aid available.; AR174

North Texas Contractors Association: Agreements, 1970-1973; 1 box (.21 linear ft.); The North Texas Contractors Association made agreements with local unions in the North Texas area to act legally as their bargaining agent. The association was a pioneering experiment in regional labor-management cooperation.; Agreements, July 1970-July 1973.; Gift, 1975.; Finding aid available.; AR95

North Texas Contractors Association: Agreements, 1973-1978.; The North Texas Contractors Association made agreements with local unions in the North Texas area to act legally as their bargaining agent. The association was a pioneering experiment in regional labor-management cooperation.; Agreements, 1973-1978.; Gift, 1980.; AR117

Odessa Central Labor Union: Records, 1958-1976; 4 folders; The Odessa Central Labor Union was chartered May 11, 1956. The organization was composed of unions in the Odessa and Midland, Texas, vicinity who were affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The office was moved from Odessa to Midland in late 1975.; Minutes, newspaper clippings, CLU Bulletin, and miscellaneous. Includes minutes of two meetings of the Permian Basin Building and Construction Trades Council, 1968.; Gift, 1977.; Finding aid available.; AR189

Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 277, Fort Worth, Texas: Records, 1962-1979, bulk 1966-1977; 3 boxes (1.04 linear ft.); Local 277 was chartered on May 21, 1952, as a local of Office Employes International Union. The international’s name changed in 1966, to the Office and Professional Employees International Union.; Correspondence, agreements, contracts, legal documents, address and voting lists, questionnaires, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, notes, booklets, brochures, and leaflets. These are retired files related to the companies with which Local 277 negotiated contracts, agreements, and grievances. The records include National Labor Relations Board briefs, decisions, ballots, and notices.; Gift, 1977.; Finding aid available.; AR242

Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 298, Austin, Texas: Records, 1952-1969; 4 boxes (1.5 linear ft.); The Austin local was organized in 1952 as Office Employes International Union, Local 298. In 1966, the international’s name changed to Office and Professional Employees International Union.; Correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, rosters, agreements, bulletins, newsletters, booklets, clippings, certificates, and memorabilia. Includes the records of the Southwestern Organizational Conference of the Office Employes International Union, 1957-1963, and minutes and financial records of the executive board of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.; Gift, 1972.; Finding aid available.; AR74

Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union, District Council No. 4: Records, 1954-1990; 3 boxes (.25 linear ft.); Minutes, financial reports, and constitution and by-laws. Includes minutes, an index, and financial reports of District Council No. 3, 1954-1959.; Photocopy.; Gift, 1976-1990.; Finding aid available.; AR25

Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union, Local 4-228, Port Neches, Texas: Minutes, 1949-1986; 3 boxes (.83 linear ft.); Local 4-228 was chartered on September 22, 1933, with approximately 150 members, as Local 228, Port Neches, Texas, of the International Association of Oilfield, Gas Well, and Refinery Workers of America. A convention to approve a merger of the independent oil unions with the Oil Workers International Union (OWIU) was held on June 1, 1954. The merger officially took place in February 1955, with the formation of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW). The unification necessitated the attachment of district designations to the old local numbers. As a result, OWIU, Local 228 became OCAW, Local 4-228.; The collection consists entirely of minutes of OCAW, Local 4-228.; Gift, 1992.; Finding aid available.; AR385

Oil Workers International Union, Local No. 228, Port Neches, Texas: Records, 1934-1966, bulk 1934-1956; 1 box (.4 linear ft.); In 1966 the international changed its name to the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union.; Correspondence, minutes, financial records, constitution and by-laws, legal documents, reports, handbook, newsletter, and photographs. Included is correspondence, executive board minutes, report, and a handbook produced by the Oil Workers International Union; a constitution and by-laws of OWIU, Local No. 23; and minutes of Oil Workers District Council No. 4. Most of the correspondence pertaining to Local No. 228 deals with its involvement in the Texas State Industrial Union Council and the CIO Political Action Committee.; Minutes of Local No. 228, 1934-1969, are on microfilm (M8, reels 1-4).; Gift, 1971.; Finding aid available.; AR64

Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO), Local 601, Anchorage, Alaska: Records, 1968-1988; 8 boxes (3.3 linear ft.); Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO), Local 601, Anchorage, Alaska, was chartered in 1975. By early 1976 it had eighty members spread thinly across the state. It had two goals: To improve the working conditions for air traffic controllers and to generate support at the local level for the national union. As members of the greater national union, they adhered to the philosophy and actions taken by the parent organization, including the strike that was called after negotiations with the FAA broke down in 1981. This strike violated federal regulations and led to the eventual termination of more than 11,000 air traffic controllers.; Correspondence, reports of congressional testimony, newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters, journals, publications, and artifacts. The bulk of the collection consists of office files and PATCO newsletters and journals, 1968-1988. Photographs of the negotiating teams for PATCO and the FAA are also included.; Gift, 1989.; Finding aid available.; AR389

Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO), Local 442, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Tower Group: Records, 1971-1981; 6 boxes (2.5 linear ft.); Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO), Local 442 was organized in 1973, when the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport began operation and represented the air traffic controllers until the demise of PATCO in 1981.; Correspondence, minutes, financial reports, safety reports, grievances, systems error reports, termination notices, condition reports, bank statements, constitutions, membership lists, organization charts, resolutions, questionnaires, schedule logs, newsbriefs, arbitration materials, petitions, dues records, newspaper articles, cassette tapes, photographs, and unfair labor practices complaints.; Gift, 1981.; Finding aid available.; AR294

Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO), Local 332, Kansas City, Missouri: Records, 1971-1987, bulk 1977-1984; 5 boxes (1.5 linear ft.); Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), Local 332, was established on October 1, 1973. Local 332 was in the central region of the national organization. After a 1981 strike all PATCO members were dismissed for violation of the law which prohibits federal employees from striking. In Fall 1981, Local 332, as well as the national union, was decertified.; Memoranda, correspondence, minutes, financial reports, legal documents, congressional committee statements, newsletters, and newspaper and magazine clippings. The memoranda and correspondence document Local 332’s relationship with the national union. The legal documents relate mainly to attempts by fired controllers to regain their jobs. There are several statements by various union officials given before congressional committees.; Gift, 1990.; Finding aid available.; AR397

Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO), Southwest Region: Records, 1968-1986; 14 boxes (7.58 linear ft.); The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), Southwest Region, was established on January 3, 1968, with a membership of fifteen. Slowdowns, sick-ins, and a fractious relationship with the Federal Aviation Administration characterized the union’s brief, but turbulent life. The decision to strike for higher pay and improved safety standards proved disastrous. The strike of 15,000 PATCO members, which began on August 3, 1981, resulted in the firing of most of the members by President Ronald Reagan and the eventual decertification of the union.; Correspondence, memoranda, news releases, annual reports, newsletters, photographs, collective bargaining material, grievances, facility change forms, questionnaires, membership lists, tower files, posters, and a lithograph.; Gift, 1988.; Finding aid available.; AR291

Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO), Washington, D.C.: Records, 1968-1985; 16 boxes (8 linear ft.); The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) was organized in Chicago, Illinois, on July 1, 1968. Washington, D.C. became the headquarters.; Correspondence, transcripts of testimony, FAA action plans, legal documents, training program proposal, Corson Report, affidavits, constitution, by-laws, contracts, promotional brochures and pamphlets, press releases, Mike Rock’s unpublished history of PATCO, newsletters, reports, radio-TV monitoring reports, analysis of attitudes and behavior of PATCO members, strike planning manual and notebook, strike plan, strike pledges, sprinter file, opinion surveys, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a cassette tape. The material in this collection is from the files of David Trick, former director of operations for PATCO. Included in the collection is a nearly complete run of the PATCO Newsletter, 1968-1982, and extensive newspaper coverage of the ill-fated 1981 strike. The collection is concerned primarily with PATCO's early history and with the 1981 controllers’ strike.; Gift, 1988.; Finding aid available.;     AR302
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Rabun, Henry M., 1912-1981: Papers, 1947-1981; 2 boxes (.83 linear ft.); Henry M. Rabun worked for thirty-two years as an organizer for the United Steelworkers of America in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.; Correspondence, newspaper clippings, convention material, photographs, fliers, and video. The papers contain information on steelworker wages, political activities of the union, and radical groups within the union. A substantial portion of the records chronicle the 1977 contest for the presidency of the United Steelworkers of America between Lloyd McBride and challenger, Edward Sadlowsky.; Gift, 1985.; Finding aid available.; AR364

Race, Ethnicity, and Women: Collection, 1971-1991; 4 boxes (1.6 linear ft.); The materials in this collection were originally on reserve in the central library and were used by graduate students enrolled in SOCW 5317, Race, Ethnicity, and Women, a required course for the Master of Science in Social Work.; The collection consists of photocopies of sixty articles by scholars published in professional journals on the subject of race, ethnicity, and women.; Gift, 1993.; Finding aid available.; AR405

Raicoff, Anna, 1898-1986: Certificate and delegate badge, 1961-1966; 2 items; Anna Raicoff was a milliner and lifetime supporter of organized labor. She was born in Pennsylvania, married, and eventually settled in Dallas where her husband worked as a printer. She was active in the Women’s Auxiliary of the International Typographical Union.; Certificate and delegate badge. Includes a certificate of recognition from the Texas Allied Printing Trades Council and a WIA delegate badge for the 103rd convention of the International Typographical Union, held in Dallas, Texas, August 5-11, 1961.; The UTA Oral History Collection contains a transcribed interview with Anna Raicoff (OH54).; Gift, 1975.; Finding aid available.; AR118 (in OS2-2)

Rapoport, Bernard, 1917-: Papers, 1950-1976; 91 boxes (38 linear ft.); Bernard Rapoport is founder, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of American Income Life Insurance Company, Waco, Texas, which specializes in insurance for labor union workers. An active member of and contributor to a variety of educational, political, and social welfare organizations, he is a well-known supporter of liberal Democratic causes and politicians.; Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, speeches, photographs, reports, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, flyers, booklets, research notes, forms, and bulletins. These are Bernard Rapoport’s personal and business papers. Records of his business transactions as well as materials which document the organizations and political activities with which he was affiliated are included. Frequent correspondents include Jim Wright, Don Yarborough, and Ralph W. Yarborough.; The Rapoport Papers are on microfilm; 84 reels, 35 mm. The originals are located at the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.; Gift, 1977.; Finding aid available.; HC 102.5 .R37 A3 sc, mfil

Reilly, Wallace C., 1898-1972: Papers, 1915-1974, bulk 1926-1969; 2 boxes (.67 linear ft.); Wallace C. Reilly was editor and publisher of the Dallas Craftsman. A lifelong member of Dallas Typographical Union No. 173, he held many offices. Reilly was also a delegate to local and state labor bodies, a delegate to the Dallas Central Labor Council, an International Typographical Union representative, manager and treasurer of the Dallas Labor Temple, and executive secretary of the Texas Federation of Labor. Reilly was elected mayor of Sunnyvale, Texas, in 1969, having served four years on the city council.; Correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, speeches, reports, programs, Reilly family history, photographs, badges, political buttons, constitutions, booklets, and memorabilia. Includes biographical material about his father, labor leader and Dallas Craftsman editor, William M. Reilly; Martha Turner Reilly, his mother, including her Daughters of the American Revolution certificate; programs and souvenir booklets from labor and political conventions and events including the inaugurals of Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and John Connally, 1915-1967; and photographs depicting both political and labor personalities and events. Also includes correspondence, a program, and articles on his testimonial dinner held in 1954, and organized by John W. (Preacher) Hays.; There is an oral history interview with Reilly (OH10) and an interview Mrs. Reilly participated in with Anna Raicoff (OH54) located in the UTA Oral History Collection.; Gift, 1974-1975.; AR115

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