UNITED
STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA. DISTRICT 31 COLLECTION, 1920s-1970s
Storage: Box Lot (6 boxes, 8 x 10 in.; 2 boxes, 11 x
14 in.; 1 box 16 x 20
in.)
Color Photoprints (CP0021)
Oversize (I don't know how to
describe this)
Accession
Number: G1986.0360
Description
of the Collection
Summary:
Relating to USWA, District 31, whose purpose is to provide
plant
level union leaders in northern Indiana (St. Joseph, LaPorte,
Porter
& Lake counties) and Illinois (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall,
Grundy,
Will & Kankakee counties) with services and skilled advice.
Subjects
include union leaders including the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee
(1930s), especially Joseph Germano, director of District 31
from
1942-1973. The majority of the photos are groups at conventions,
meetings,
and other union functions including some strikes.
Container
List
Box 1
1
AFL-CIO constitution convention, 1955
2
Bittner, Van
3
Blue Ballot Judicial Amendment, 1962
Committee for Modern Courts in
Illinois, Inc.
4
Burke, Walter
5
CIO conventions
6
CIO-Industrial Union Council
7
Civil Rights Conference
8
Conference on Community Affairs, East Chicago, 1958
9
Sub-District 3 Counsellor's [sic] Dinner, 1973
10
Democratic convention, 1964
11
Doherty, John
12
Germano, Joseph
13
Germano, Joseph
14
Germano, Joseph - Golf Day
15
Germano, Joseph - Golf Day banquet
16
Germano, Joseph and Japanese Steelworkers Federation, 1960
17
Germano, Joseph - Testimonial dinner, 1955?
18
Germano, Joseph - Testimonial dinner, 1970
19
Germano-Millgate Apartments, construction, 1972
20
Germano-Millgate Apartments, groundbreaking & other ceremonies, 1972
21
Germano-Millgate Apartments, groundbreaking & other ceremonies, 1972
Box
2
1-11 Joseph Germano 25th Anniversary
& USWA, District 21 Annual
Convention,
1965
Box 3
1
Harper, Harry, 1943
2
Haymarket Memorial opening, 1968
3
Indiana Habor dedication
Insurance
4
In-step Trainees dinner-conference, 1959 (Inland Steel Training
&
Education Program)
5
Inland Steel Co.- views
6
Inland Steel Co. - negotiations
7
Israel Bond Dinner & Rally, 1956
8
Israel Bond Dinner & Rally, 1956
9
Jewish Labor Committee, 1950, 1953
10
Labor Committee luncheon, 1967
11
Labor's Bipartisan League, 1940s
12
Legislative Meeting, 1956
13
Memorial Day Massacre, 1937 (strike at Republic Steel Plant)
14
Mischeau, George E. retirement dinner, 1961
15
McDonald, David
16
Murray, Philip
17
Murray, Philip - funeral
18
Murray, Philip Memorial Grove (redwoods, California)-Dedication,
1967
19
Murray School
Box 4
1
Phoenix Manufacturing Co., Joliet Ill.-tour, 1955
2
Retirees
3
Scholarships awarded by USWA
4
South Works plant- tour, 1953
5
Thimmes, Jim
6
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
7
Steelworkers Institute, Univ. of Illinois, 1947
8
Strikes
9
Strikes-Rally, 22 for 52, Gary, IN, 1952
10
Strikes-Acme Steel, Harvey, IN, 1952
11
Union negotiations with steel industry, 1946
12
Wage Policy Committee, District 31
13
War Manpower Commission, 1945
14
USWA - 9th Constitutional Convention, New Jersey, 1958
15
USWA - 10th Constitutional Convention, 1960
16
USWA - 12th Constitutional Convention, 1964
17
USWA, Toronto, Canada, 1966
18
USWA - Executive board, 1961
19
USWA - Youngstown Sheet & Tube, conference, 1967
20
USWA District 23, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1964
21
USWA District 30
22
USWA District 31
23
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1946
24
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1947
25
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1949
Box 5
1
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1951
2
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1952
3
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1953
4
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1953
5
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1954
6
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1955
7
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1956
8
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1957
9
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1958
10
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1958
11
USWA District 31 annual conference, 196_
12
USWA District 31 annual conference, n.d.
13
Unidentified
14
Unidentified events: Lyndon
Johnson, Adlai Stevenson & others
15
Unidentified: testimonial
dinner?
Box
6 Albums (photos removed from albums)
1
Banquets, meetings, 1940s
2
Meetings, women delegates, strikes, 1930s-40s
3
Meetings, strikes, 1930s-40s
4
District 31 annual conference - tribute to Philip Murray, 1950?
5
Testimonial dinner for Germano, meetings, portraits, 1940s-50s
6
District 31 annual conference - tribute to Philip Murray, meetings,
testimonial dinner for Germano,
1940s-50s
7
Meetings, 1945, 1950; softball teams
8
Meetings, strikes
9
Meetings, Steelworkers Institute
10
District 31 annual conference, 1950s?
11
District 31 annual conference, 1950s?, Joseph Germano
12
AFL-CIO meeting?, strikes
13
Meetings, strikes, 1950s-60s
Box
7 Albums
1
Tour of David J. McDonald to Inland Steel Container Co. and The
Chicago Heights Works, Dec. 14, 1955
2
Tour of Phoenix Manufacturing Co. plant, Joliet, IL, Dec. 16, 1955
3
Souvenir of visit of David J. McDonald & Joseph L. Block,
Inland
Steel Co., Indiana Harbor Works, August 31,
1954
4
Photos & press clippings regarding ceremony at Lindblom High School
and book, Pattern for Industrial
Peace, Oct. 23, 1951
Box 8
1
Bridge
2
Joseph Germano
3
Joseph Germano
4
Joseph Germano & others
5
Joseph Germano, 20th Anniversary, 1960
6
David J. McDonald
7
Harry Truman, Paul Douglas & 2 others
8
I.W. Abel
Van Bittner
Howard Hague
Philip Murray
Jim Thimmes
Clifford Townsend
Unidentified
9
East Chicago Steelers (baseball team), 1954?
10
USWA, 7th Constitutional Convention, Chicago, 1944
11
USWA, 10th Constitutional Convention, Atlantic City, 1960
12
USWA, 10th Constitutional Convention, Atlantic City, 1960
13
USWA District 31 Annual Convention, n.d.
Box 9
1
Van Bittner
2
Tom Doherty
3
Joseph Germano
4
Philip Murray
5
Democratic National Committee dinner, 1955
6
Illinois Industrial Union Council, War Production Conference, 1942
7
Illinois State Federation of Labor-CIO 7th annual dinner, 1964
8
Junior Association of Commerce of Chicago-Bosses' Day Dinner, 1940
9
Legislative Conference, Washington D.C., 1943
10
Packinghouse Workers Organization Committee-CIO, 1939
11 Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, 1940, 1941
12
International Wage Policy Committee, 1956
13
First Executive Board, USWA, Cleveland, 1942
14
USWA District 31 annual conference, 1943-64 (not inclusive)
15
Unidentified
16
USWA District 31 annual conference, n.d. (stuck to glass)