United Steelworkers of America Local 3654 Records, ca. 1940-1979
11 boxes (5.5 linear feet).
Local 3654 of the United Steel Workers of America was organized in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Records include Minutes, by-laws, newsletters, grievances, company reports, and publications.
Subjects- Labor unions--Massachusetts
Contributors- United Steelworkers of America. Local 3654
Call no.: MS 316
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Upholsters International Union Local 58 Minutebooks, 1901-1939
7 vols. (0.5 linear feet).
Organized in 1892, the Upholsterers International Union represented workers in upholstery, mattress making, carpet laying, and drapery work. In 1985, the union merged with the United Steelworkers of America, one of the largest industrial unions in North America.
The collection consists of minutebooks from 1901-1939 of Local 58 of the Upholsters International Union.
Contributors- Upholsters International Union
Types of material
Call no.: MS 018
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Charles L. Whipple Papers, 1925-1991
21 boxes (10.5 linear feet).
A noted journalist, editor, and first ombudsman for the Boston Globe, Charles L. Whipple was born in Salem, Mass., on May 8, 1914. A descendant of both a Salem witch and of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Whipple was a political radical as a young man, joining the Young Communist League during his sophomore year at Harvard in 1933, and taking part in a small communist study group within the American Newspaper Guild after joining the staff of the Boston Globe in 1936. Unfit for military duty due to a bad eye, Whipple served with the Red Cross for 30 months in Europe during the Second World War, earning a purple heart. He severed ties with the Communist Party when he returned to the Globe and civilian life, becoming the paper’s first opinion page editor, garnering attention in the 1960s for writing the first major newspaper editorial opposing the war in Vietnam. His last positions were as the paper’s first ombudsman in 1975 and, following his retirement from the Globe, as editor of the Beijing Review and the China Daily, China’s first English-language daily. Whipple died in Northampton, Mass., in 1991 from complications following surgery.
Containing both personal and professional correspondence, the Charles L. Whipple Papers document a long and distinguished career in journalism. The collection includes important information on Whipple’s experiences during the Vietnam War, as an employee of the Boston Globe, and as an American living in China in the late 1970s. Many of the correspondents in the collection reflect upon Whipple’s feelings toward his profession and the people he encountered along the way. Of particular note is the extensive correspondence relating to the American Newspaper Guild, including meeting minutes, schedules, and correspondence. The Subject Files include groupings of articles, news clippings, and writings collected by Whipple over his lifetime. The balance of the collection consists of printed materials with a few photos.
Subjects- American Newspaper Guild
- Boston Globe
- Communists--Massachusetts
- Journalists--Labor unions--Massachusetts
- Journalists--Massachusetts--Boston
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Contributors
Call no.: MS 360
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Workmen's Circle Bulletins Collection, 1926-1928
1 envelope (0.25 linear feet).
Created by immigrants as a mutual aid society, the Workmen’s Circle has been around for more than 100 years, and has grown into a national organization with branches throughout the United States. Early issues addressed by the group include building tuberculosis sanitoriums, providing a healthcare and insurance benefit network for members, and creating Labor Lyceums that offered adult education to immigrants and workers.
The collection consists of 10 issues of the group’s publication, the Workmen’s Circle Bulletin, produced in New York City from 1926-1928 and published in Yiddish.
Subjects- Jews--Social conditions--United States
- Mutual aid societies
- Working class--New York
Call no.: MS 164 bd
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Yarn Finishers Union Records, 1919-1921
1 flat box (0.5 linear feet).
Chiefly the minutes of the Rollers Union organized under the Yarn Finishers Union of Fall River, Massachusetts. Items discussed at the meetings include elections, financial issues such as the proposition to institute a minimum wage scale, and the settling of disputes. The collection also contains an account book recording the payment of membership dues.
Subjects- Labor unions--Massachusetts
- Textile workers--Labor unions--Massachusetts
Contributors
Call no.: MS 006
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