Chicago Federation of Labor records,
1890-1983
Descriptive Inventory for the Collection at Chicago
History Museum, Research Center
By Archie Motley, et al., 1980; rev. 2013
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Title: Chicago Federation of Labor records, 1890-1983
Main entry: Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council.
Inclusive dates: 1890-1983
Size:
56.5 linear feet
2 oversize folders (172 items) (broadsides).
6 microfilm reels : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera negative of minutes).
6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Reader-use copy of
minutes).
16 sound cassettes.
15 sound recordings.
Access:
This collection is open for research use. However this descriptive inventory doesn't
include unprocessed portions of the collection.
Restriction: The
CFL scrapbook with WCFL radio station-related articles, 1926-1930, is closed
until microfilmed. Items are extremely fragile.
Restriction: For
listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to
have a listening copy made if one is not available).
Provenance
statement: Gift of the Chicago Federation of Labor (accn.#:
M1966.0571, M1970.0024, M1977.0043, M1981.0004, M1985.0011, M1985.0019) and
John Patrick Fitzpatrick (accn#: M1963.0419, M1964.0471) and smaller lots
donated by John H. Keiser (accn#: 1997.0046) and Irwin Klass (accn#:
M1981.0028).
Terms governing
use: Copyright
may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated
by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Please cite this
collection as: Chicago Federation of Labor records (Chicago History
Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific
item.
This descriptive
inventory contains the following sections:
Biographical/historical
note on the Chicago Federation of Labor,
Summary description of the collection,
Description of some material related to the
collection,
Biographical note on John Fitzpatrick,
List of online catalog headings about the
collection,
Arrangement of the collection,
Detailed description of archival series in the
collection,
List of contents of the collection.
Biographical/historical note on the Chicago
Federation of Labor:
The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is an umbrella
organization for unions in the Chicago area founded in 1896 as an affiliate of
the American Federation of Labor (AFL). John Fitzpatrick served as CFL
president in 1900-1901, 1906-1946, and William Lee served as president in
1946-1984. The AFL and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merged in
1955, and their Chicago area affliates merged in 1962. Thereafter, William Lee
served as president of the unified Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial
Union Council.
Summary
description of the collection:
Meeting minutes,
1903-1922, of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL); broadsides containing
lists of dues paid by local unions to the CFL and other reports, 1911-1918;
office files of the CFL, ca. 1890s-1940s, containing letters, notes, reports,
etc., mostly during the presidency of John Fitzpatrick; scrapbooks 1912-1947;
later topical files, 1950s-1980s, mostly during the presidency of William Lee;
Cook County Industrial Union Council meeting minutes, 1951-Jan. 1962; and CFL sound
recordings, 1960s-1980s. The collection includes some personal and family
papers of Fitzpatrick as well.
Many of the
Fitzpatrick materials relate to his presidency of the CFL, work as an organizer
for the American Federation of Labor (AFL), early leadership of the Chicago
Journeyman Horse Shoers Union, and unsuccessful candidacy for mayor of Chicago
on the Labor Party ticket in 1919. Up to 1930, there are few copies of outgoing
letters; later files often include copies of outgoing letters as well as
incoming letters, etc. Topics include labor, Chicago civic and political
affairs, the Farmer-Labor parties of Cook County and of the United States,
Brookwood Resident Workers College (Katonah, N.Y.), Radio Station WCFL, Chicago
and Illinois teachers' organizations and school matters, African Americans and
the labor movement, William Z. Foster, socialism and Communism and their
relationships to the labor movement, the independence of Ireland, and Russian
relief in the early 1920s. Correspondents include Samuel Gompers, William
Green, Frank Morrison, and Edward Nockels.
Later materials in
the collection during the presidency of William Lee include topical operating
files, items on the Federation News,
and Cook County Industrial Union Council delegate meeting minutes, 1951-January
1962, and executive board meeting minutes, Apr. 1951-Jan. 1962.
For convenient
access, photocopies of many A.J. Muste items in this collection have been stored
in a separate box. [Staff cannot guarantee that all Muste items in the
collection were photocopied.]
For convenient
access, photocopies of many early items in the collection that relate to
African Americans have been filed in box 25.
Part of this
collection was formerly known as the John Fitzpatrick papers.
Part of this
collection was formerly known as the William Lee papers.
Description of
some material related to the collection:
Related materials at
Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Federation of
Labor collection of visual materials (1986.0083); the Irwin Klass papers, the
Irwin Klass visual materials; the Chicago Teachers Union records; a very small
collection named "John Fitzpatrick item" (1993.0120na); and
publications of the CFL, the horse shoers union, and other labor organizations
cataloged separately. Some records of the Trade and Labor Assembly of Chicago
were donated by CFL but are a separate collection at the Research Center.
Records of various labor unions that were members of CFL also are cataloged
separately.
Biographical note on John Fitzpatrick:
Chicago labor leader
John Fitzpatrick was the youngest of five brothers. He was born in Athlone,
Ireland on April 21, 1872. He attended Irish grammar schools for five years but
was brought to America by an uncle in 1882, shortly after his father's death.
John's mother had died before he was one year old.
Not long after John
arrived in America, his uncle died leaving young John to make his own way in
the world. He worked on the killing floor of the Chicago Union Stock Yards and
learned the trades of blacksmith and horseshoer. He became a member of Local
No. 4 of the Chicago Journeymen Horse Shoers Union, a membership he retained
until his death, and one of the first paid organizers for the Chicago Federation
of Labor in 1902 and also worked many years as an organizer for the American
Federation of Labor. Fitzpatrick served as president of the Chicago Federation
of Labor in 1900-1901, 1906-1946.
Fitzpatrick was an
unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Chicago on the Labor Party ticket in 1919,
finishing fourth behind the Republican incumbent William Hale Thompson,
Democrat Robert Sweitzer, and independent candidate Maclay Hoyne. Fitzpatrick
polled about 55,000 votes in the election.
John Fitzpatrick
died after a long illness in Chicago on September 27, 1946, survived by his
wife and a son, John Patrick Fitzpatrick, a prominent Chicago engineer.
John H. Keiser's
1965 Northwestern University doctoral dissertation, "John Fitzpatrick and
Progressive Unionism 1915-1925," is the most extensive available study of
Fitzpatrick. Through Mr. Keiser's assistance, about one-sixth of the collection
were donated to the Chicago Historical Society (CHS) by John Patrick
Fitzpatrick in 1963 and 1964.
--This information from
the newspaper obituary about Fitzpatrick and Keiser's dissertation.
List of online
catalog headings about the collection:
The following
headings for this collection were placed in the online catalog:
Subjects:
Chicago Federation
of Labor and Industrial Union Council--Archives.
Cook County
Industrial Union Council--Archives.
Fitzpatrick, John,
1871-1946--Archives.
Lee, William A.,
1895-1984--Archives.
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938.
Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938.
(in 1918-1927 files)
Jones, Mother,
1837-1930.
Kelly, Edward J.
(Edward Joseph), 1876-1950.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
AFL-CIO.
American Federation
of Labor.
Chicago Journeymen
Horse Shoers Union.
Chicago Urban
League.
Congress of
Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Farmer-Labor Party.
Hull-House (Chicago,
Ill.) (in 1922-1925 files)
Labor Party of Cook
County.
WCFL (Radio station
: Chicago, Ill.)
African Americans--Employment--Illinois--Chicago.
Cleaning and dyeing
industry--Employees--Labor unions--Illinois--Chicago.
Communism--United
States.
Crime--Illinois--Chicago.
Education--Illinois--Chicago.
Gambling--Illinois--Chicago.
Horseshoers--Illinois.
Irish Americans--Illinois--Chicago.
Irish unification
question.
Labor
Day--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Labor unions--Illinois--Chicago--19th
century.
Labor unions--Illinois--Chicago--20th
century.
Labor unions.
Labor unions and
communism--United States.
Labor unions and
socialism--United States.
Presidents--United
States--Election--1920.
Presidents--United
States--Election--1924.
Presidents--United
States--Election--1928.
Socialism.
Strikes and lockouts--Illinois--Chicago.
Strikes and
lockouts.
Working class--Illinois--Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.)--Economic
conditions--19th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Economic
conditions--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics
and government--To 1950.
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics
and government--1951-
Ireland--Politics
and government.
Russia--Politics and
government.
Form/genre:
Audiocassettes.
Audiotapes.
Broadsides.
Correspondence.
Minutes.
Reports.
Added entries:
Baldwin, Nellie.
Buck, Robert M.
Cermak, Anton
Joseph, 1873-1933.
Deneen, Charles
Samuel, 1863-1940.
Douglas, Paul H, (Paul
Howard), 1892-1976
Dunne, Edward F., (Edward
Fitzsimons), 1853-1937.
Fitzpatrick, John, 1871-1946.
Fitzpatrick, John
Patrick, donor.
Foster, A. L. (Albon
L.), 1894-1968.
Foster, William Z., 1881-1961.
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924.
Green, William, 1870-1952.
Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold
LeClair), 1874-1952.
Jones, Mother, 1837-1930.
Keenan, Joseph D.
Keiser, John H.,
1936- Horseshoers' dilemma. (in box 25).
Kelly, Edward J. (Edward
Joseph), 1876-1950.
Lee, William A., 1895-1984.
Lewis, James, 1863-1939.
Morrison, Frank, 1859-1949.
Muste, Abraham John,
1885-1967.
Nockels, Edward Nicholas,
1869-1937.
Robins, Margaret
Dreier.
Smith, Alfred
Emanuel, 1873-1944.
Thompson, William
Hale, 1869-1944.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
AFL-CIO.
Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America.
American Federation
of Labor.
American Committee
on the High Cost of Living.
American Union
Against Militarism.
Brookwood Labor
College (Katonah, N.Y.)
Chicago Journeymen
Horse Shoers Union.
Congress of
Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Cook County
Industrial Union Council.
Illinois State
Federation of Labor.
Illinois Vigilance
Association (Chicago, Ill.) (in 1917-1920
files).
Sacco-Vanzetti
Defense Committee.
WCFL (Radio station
: Chicago, Ill.)
Federation news.
John Fitzpatrick
papers.
William Lee papers.
United
States--Illinois--Cook County--Chicago.
Mexico.
Arrangement of
the collection:
Series 1. Meeting
minutes in typescript, 1903 Aug. 2-1922 Sept. 3 (Microfilm)
Series 2. Meeting
minutes with broadsides of reports, 1911-1918
Series 3. CFL
records part 1: John Fitzpatrick office files, etc. 1890-1947 (box 1-38 & 3
scrapbooks)
Subseries 1.
Fitzpatrick chronological files, etc. (box 1-25)
Subseries 2.
Fitzpatrick topical files, etc. (box 26-38 & 3 scrapbooks)
See
also: List of selected items
by and to some prominent correspondents
See
also: List of selected original items by or about African Americans
See also: List of selected items
relating to Chicago and Illinois teachers' organizations and schools
Series 4. CFL
records, part 2: William Lee office files, 1950s-1980s (box 39-50)
Series 5.
Miscellaneous
Series 6. Sound
recordings.
Detailed
description of archival series in the collection:
Series 1. Meeting minutes in typescript, 1903
Aug. 2-1922 Sept. 3 (Microfilm)
The minutes of
meetings of the Chicago Federation of Labor from Aug. 2, 1903 to Sept. 3, 1922,
are present in the collection as microfilm of 22 volumes of typed minutes.
This material was
microfilmed by Chicago Historical Society with the permission of CFL; it is part
of accn.# M1970.0024.
Series 2. Meeting minutes with broadsides of
reports, 1911-1918:
There also are
original printed broadsides that contain meeting minutes from 1911 to 1918 as
well as other information that CFL apparently wanted to post as signs for its
members to read. The broadsides also include CFL executive board reports,
finance committee reports, and lists of dues paid by local unions that do not
appear in the books of typed meeting minutes. The meeting minutes on broadsides
appear to be complete for all years except 1911. Also present as broadsides are
3 reports: for Dec. 7, 1913, Oct. 7, 1917, and Oct. 6, 1918.
The broadsides are
accn.#: M1977.0043.
An itemized list of
the broadsides is in the section of this finding aid named: List of contents of
the collection.
CFL records part 1: John Fitzpatrick office
files, etc. 1890-1947 (box 1-38 & 3 scrapbooks)
Correspondence,
notes, reports, and miscellaneous items from the office files of the Chicago
Federation of Labor (CFL) and John Fitzpatrick as CFL president, as an early organizer
for the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and leader of the Journeymen Horse
Shoers Union, some items about Fitzpatrick's candidacy for Mayor of Chicago on
the Labor Party ticket in 1919, and some Fitzpatrick family and personal
materials. Up to 1930, most correspondence consists of incoming letters only.
Topics include union
operation and organization, union representational disputes, dues payments,
membership drives, and contracts; on Chicago Federation of Labor conditions and
opportunities, strikes and lockouts, and other maters involving the labor movement
in general. The papers also frequently refer to political affairs and to
Chicago civic matters. The files include many letters from labor and civic
leaders, ordinary union men and citizens, and numerous organizations as well as
correspondence of Samuel Gompers, William Green, and Frank Morrison of the AFL
and of Edward Nockels of the CFL.
Series 1 is divided
into two subseries:
Subseries 1.
Fitzpatrick chronological files, etc. (box 1-25)
Subseries 2.
Fitzpatrick topical files, etc. (box 26-38 & 3 scrapbooks).
Subseries 1, the chronological
files, mainly date from 1913 through 1930 although there are pre-1913 materials
on the horseshoers union and later postal telegrams exchanged by the CFL and Radio
Station WCFL from 1938-1940.
Materials on the horseshoers
union are chiefly in 1890-1913, 1919-1920, 1925-1926 files and in box 25 in
John H. Keiser's 1964 article, "The Horseshoers' Dilemma."
Other topics and
correspondents include the Labor Party of Cook County, 1919-1920; the Farmer
Labor parties of Cook County and of the United States, 1920-1924, especially in
the 1920 Presidential race; William Z. Foster, primarily 1918-1921 but
continuing to 1930; the Brookwood Resident Workers College at Katonah, New York,
1921-1928, including considerable A. J. Muste correspondence; organizations and
individuals interested in Irish freedom (1920-1921) or in Russian relief (1921-1923).
Additional topics include African Americans in the labor movement, Chicago and
Illinois teachers' organizations, and random comments on socialism and
Communism and their relation to labor as well as letters of Mrs. Nellie
Baldwin, an avowed Socialist.
The Fitzpatrick
papers also treat significantly: the Hearst newspaper lockout in Chicago (1912-1913
materials and an October 1915 report); an Illinois Central Railroad Strike
(1912-1913); the lockout of the Cement Mill Workers Union at the Lehigh
Portland Cement Company plant at Mitchell, Indiana (1914-1916, mainly 1914);
the treatment of union and non-union employees at Kankakee State Hospital and
at other Illinois state institutions (1914-1916); a jurisdictional dispute
between the White Rats Actors' Union of America, Inc. and the Actor's
International Union, both of New York City (1915-1917); Judge Samuel Alschuler
and arbitration involving the Meat Packing Industry (1918-1920); labor's
efforts in behalf of the war effort during World War I (mainly 1918 materials);
and the CIO Newspaper Guild boycott against the Printing Trades in Chicago
(1939).
Many items concern
preparations for the first and second Annual Labor Day Celebrations in Soldier
Field (1927-1928) sponsored by CFL and Radio Station WCLF.
Fitzpatrick frequently
received letters and newsletters from these organizations: the Committee on
Industrial Relations (CIO), Frank P. Walsh, chairman (1916-1917); the American
Union Against Militarism (1916); the American Committee on the High Cost of
Living (1917); the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (1920-1921); and the
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee (1921 and 1927 primarily).
The files also
contain a few items relative to the U.S. Presidential campaigns of 1924 and
1928; approximately 40 sworn statements by C.O. Rison (June-July 1910)
attesting to his observation of illegal gambling in Chicago stores, saloons,
and similar places; and union membership cards of Fitzpatrick (in an envelope
in box 19).
Beginning in 1930,
the collection includes copies of outgoing letters and more documentation of
the CFL's day to day operations although it is not a complete archive of the
organization. Topics continue to be CFL's representation of the interests of
organized labor as well as efforts to deal with the challenges of the Great
Depression.
The papers include
approximately 40 letters exchanged between Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly and the
Federation, 1933-1946, mainly 1933-1937 (many are relatively routine); and 33
items of correspondence, 1931-1937, with Mrs. Lillie May Burgess of
Hyattsville, Maryland, concerning her interest in and unpublished biography of
the famed labor organizer, Mary Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones.
Troubles in the
cleaning and dyeing industry in Chicago, 1931-1938, mainly relating to hoodlum
infiltration of it are discussed in correspondence among John Fitzpatrick, AFL
president William Green, and others.
Other
correspondence, ca. 1935-1940, deals with conflicts between the American
Federation of Labor and the newly-formed Congress of Industrial Organizations
(CIO). Bitter opposition of Fitzpatrick and the AFL's William Green to the new CIO
appears in correspondence about jurisdictional disputes involving various
office workers' and other unions, the American Newspaper Guild strike against
the Hearst newspapers in Chicago during the late 1930s, several references to
the Memorial Day massacre during the Republic Steel Strike of 1937, and other
matters. Many letters contain allegations that the CIO was greatly influenced
and in some instances dominated by communists and other radicals, whose
concerns were basically political rather than in behalf of he working classes.
However, the
collection is limited by absence of copies of most of John Fitzpatrick's
outgoing letters before 1930 and because many important issues and events are
mentioned in only a few items that may be significant but do not document the
topic in depth.
Because the early
office files (through box 25) are arranged chronologically rather than by author
or topic, lists are provided below to help researchers find (1.) selected items
by or to some prominent people, (2.) early items relating to African Americans,
and (3.) items relating to Chicago and Illinois teachers' organizations and
schools. The following lists are selective rather than complete and probably do
not cover boxes after box 25.
List of selected items by and to some correspondents:
[Please
note: Most of this material is filed in Series 3, subseries 1, by date.]
Baldwin, Nellie (all
by Baldwin):
1917 Aug. 19, Sept.
21
1918 Feb. 17, 19;
Mar. 8, 22, undated: Apr. 2, 22, 25; Sept. 1
1918 Oct. 29; Nov.
18; Dec. 6
1919 Jan. 4, 26;
March undated
Buck, Robert M. (all
by Buck, Chicago journalist and alderman):
1921 Sept. undated;
1924 Dec. 28
1925 Mar. 2; 1927
Aug. 29
Cermak, Anton
Joseph, 1873-1933:
1918 Feb. undated
(about Cermak); 1922 Feb. 17 (by Cermak);
1928 Jan. 7 (by);
1929 Dec. 27 (by); 1930 Mar. 28 (by), Apr. 9 (to)
Darrow, Ruby
(Hammerstein):
1937 May 9 (by)
Debs, Eugene,
1855-1926:
1920 June 28 (by)
Deneen, Charles
Samuel, 1863-1940:
1924 June 13 (to),
June 16 (by); 1930 June 21 (by)
Douglas, Paul
Howard, 1892-1976 (all by Douglas except as marked):
1921 Nov. 17, Dec.
20; 1922 Mar. 14; 1923 Jan. 11; Apr. 1, 28;
1924 Feb. 29; 1928
Oct. 25; 1930 Feb. 28; 1937 June 30, Dec. 1 (to) Dec. 5, Dec. 27.
Dunne, Edward
Fitzsimons, 1853-1937:
1914 Oct 5 (to),
Oct. 7 (by); 1915 Jan. 18 (by) Feb. 6 (speech by);
1915 May 7 (by)
Foster, Albon L. d.
1968:
1937 June 15 (by),
June 25 (to), June 26 (by), July 1 (to)
Foster, William
Zebulon, 1881-1961 (includes original items by, to, and about Foster):
1918 Mar. 20, June
13, 14, 14, 18, 22, Dec. 5; 1919 Feb. 7, 14, 27, Mar. 4, 4, 28, 30, 31, Apr. 7,
9, 9?; 1919 July 15, 16, 16, 22, 28, 29, 30, Aug. 8; 1920 Sept. 10, 24, Nov.
21, 22, 23, 26, Dec. 4; 1921 May 9, Oct. 5, Dec. 13; 1923 Mar. 3.
[Photocopies were
filed in a one folder collection at CHM: MSS Alpha1: Foster.]
Frankfurter, Felix,
1882-1965:
1918 May 18 (to),
May 24 (by), June 13 (by), June 13 (by), Dec. 10 (by)
Haywood, William
Dudley, 1869-1928:
1916 Jan. 28 (copy
of letter by Haywood), Jan. 28 (to) Feb. 28 (copy by)
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946:
1927 May 18
(telegram by)
Hoover, Herbert
Clark, 1874-1964:
1921 Oct. 21 (to);
1928 Aug. 20 (to), Aug. 29 (telegram by); 1928 Sept. 8 (by)
Ickes, Harold
LeClair, 1874-1952:
1918 Mar. 26 (to),
Apr. 22 (by), Apr. 23 (to); 1923 May 3 (by); 1939 Feb. 11 (about); 1927 Sept. 3;
1930 May 15
Jones, Mary Harris,
1837-1930 (original items mostly by Mother Jones):
1921 May 16, Sept.
10; 1922 Dec. 5; 1923 Dec. 20
1924 Feb. 29, July
31; 1925 Jan. 25; 1927 Nov. 14, Dec. 14
1928 Jan. 11; 1930
June 20, July 8, July 15; undated item
[Photocopies were
filed in a separate collection at CHM: MSS Alpha1: Jones, Mary Harris.]
Kelly, Edward
Joseph, 1876-1950:
1933 May 10 (by);
May 13 (about); May 16 (by) May ? (about); Jun3 2 (to)
1933 June 2 (to);
Nov. 11 (to); Nov. 11 (to); Nov. 21 (by)
1934 Mar. 5 (by);
May 7 (by):Oct. 19 (to); Oct. 22 (by); Nov. 21 (by)
1935 Mar. 19 (to);
Mar. 28 (by); April 16 (by); Apr. 19 (to);
1936 July 1 (to);
Aug. 10 (by); Oct. 5 (by); Oct. 8 (to); Dec. 4 (to)
1937 May 25 (to)
June 21 (by); Aug. 24 (by) Sept 28 (to) Sept. 30 (by)
1937 Oct. 9 (to);
Nov. 23 (by); Nov. 23 (by); Nov. 23 (by);
1937 Dec. 20 (by)
Dec. 30 (by); 1938 Mar. 7 (to); 1940 Jan. 9 (to); 1943 Dec. 20 (by); 1946 June
17 (by)
Lewis, James
Hamilton, 1863-1939:
1918 June 12 (by),
June 22 (to); Oct. 16 (by), Oct. 18 (by); Nov. 17 (copy of letter by Lewis plus
reply); Dec. 17 (by); 1919 Feb. 21 (by); 1930 Sept. 2 (by)
O'Hara, Barratt,
1882-1969:
1922 Mar. 31 (by)
Owen, Chandler:
1922 Apr. 7 (by)
Robins, Margaret
Dreier, 1868-1945 (all by Robins except May 22, 1922):
1911 Dec. 18; 1917
July 16; Aug. 22, 31; Sept. 17; Oct. 2
1922 May 22 (to), 31;
1923 June 12; 1925 Apr, 29; 1932 Dec. 2
Robins, Raymond, 1873-1954:
1938 Mar. 17 (by)
Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano, 1882-1945:
Nov. 10, 1937 (to)
Smith, Alfred
Emanuel, 1873-1944:
1928 Aug. 20 (to
Smith); Aug. 22 (secretary's reply): Aug. 31 (by Smith)
Taft, William
Howard, 1857-1930:
1919 Jan. 13 (by)
Thompson, William
Hale, 1869-1944:
1918 July 10 (to); 1921
Oct. 21 (printed copy of letter to Herbert Hoover); 1927 July 13 (by Thompson)
White, William
Allen, 1868-1944:
1918 Nov. 10 (by)
Wilson, Woodrow,
1856-1924:
1917 Nov. 22 (to); 1918
Mar. 26 (to); Aug. 8 (to); Oct. 9 (by Wilson)
Yates, Richard,
1860-1936:
1926 June 12 (by),
June 25 (by)
List of selected original items by or about
African Americans: [Photocopies
in box 25.]
1910 June 28
1918 Jan. 20
1919 Jan. 2, 25;
Feb. 6, 12, 14, 17; May 1; June 24; July undated;
1919 Nov. 21; Dec.
5; 1919 undated
1920 Feb. 16, 20;
April 1, 6; August passim; Sept. 9,
25, 30
1920 Oct. 21, 30
1921 Feb. 11; Mar.
27; Apr. 7; May 3; Sept. 23
1922 Apr. 7
1923 Feb. 24
1925 Apr. 1, 14;
Aug. 6, 20; Sept. 18; Dec. 12, 14, 22
1926 Feb. 24; Mar. 8
1927 Oct. 18; Nov.
9; Dec. 1, 14, 16, 28
1928 Jan. 6, 13, 24,
24, 25, 29; Feb. 6; Mar. 61928 Apr. 3, 17; Aug. 7, 8
1930 Apr. 3, 12, 25,
25; July 12, 31; Sept. 12
1934 July
1935 Aug. 12, 15, 22
1936 June 2, 18
1937 Apr; 22; May
21, 26; June 15, 15, 18, 25, 26; July 1; Nov. 10
1943 Oct. 15
List of selected items relating to Chicago
and Illinois teachers' organizations and schools:
1912 July 8
1916 Feb. 16, 21,
25; Apr. 21, 24; May 1, 3
1917 Mar. 24, June 7
1918 June 3, Dec. 23
1919 Jan. 13; Mar.
24; July 11
1921 May 31
1922 June 2
1923 Feb. 6
1924 July 1, 18;
Oct. 3
1925 Jan. 28; Feb.
3, 20; Apr. 20; Dec. 1
1926 June 5, 16, 21,
29; July 6; Dec. 29
1927 Feb. 14, 22;
Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29; Apr. 12; May 10; June 27;
1927 Sept. 16; Oct.
15; Nov. 2, 16
1928 Jan. 9, 17, 21;
Mar. 2, 5, 6, 7, 12; Apr. 2, 10, 17, 24, 27
1928 May 1, 7, 8,
15, 22, 29; Sept. 25; Oct. 8, 23; Dec. 4
1929 Dec. 2, 14
1930 Feb. 17; Mar.
7; June 6; Sept. 2; Oct. 1, 19
1933 one undated
item
1934 Nov. 21
1935 July 11
1936 Mar. 31; Apr.
8; Dec. 1, 4, 30
1937 May 20, 22, 24,
24; Aug. 18; Nov. 21, Nov. undated
1938 Mar. 1
Series 4. CFL records, part 2: William Lee
office files (box 39-50):
This material is
more recent, mostly during the presidency of William A. Lee, and has
descriptive folder titles.
Series 5. Miscellaneous
This series includes
unprocessed boxes of the collection.
Series 6. Sound recordings:
Includes audio tapes
and audio cassettes of CFL programs and of activities sponsored by others.
List of contents of the collection:
Series 1. Meeting minutes in typescript, 1903
Aug. 2-1922 Sept. 3 (Microfilm):
Please request
microfilm reels by date.
[accn.#: M1970.0024]
Series 2. Meeting minutes with broadsides of
reports, 1911-1918 [accn.#:
M1977.0043]:
Broadsides 1911
(incomplete):
June 18, July 2,
July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Nov. 19, Dec. 17.
Broadsides 1912:
Jan. 7, Jan. 21,
Feb. 4, Feb. 18, Mar. 3, Mar. 17, Apr. 7, Apr. 21, May 5, May 19, June 2, June
16, July 7, July 21, Aug. 4, Aug. 18, Sept. 1, Oct. 6, Oct. 20, Nov. 3, Nov.
17, Dec. 1, Dec. 15.
Broadsides 1913:
Jan. 5, Jan. 19,
Feb. 2, Feb. 16, Mar. 2, Mar. 16, Apr. 6, Apr. 20, May 4, May 18, June 1, June
15, July 6, July 20, Aug. 3, Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Nov.
16, Dec. 7, Dec. 7, Dec. 21.
Broadsides 1914:
Jan. 4 (Sunday),
Jan. 18, Feb. 1, Feb. 15, Mar. 1, Mar. 15, Apr. 5, Apr. 19, May 3, May 17, June
7, June 21, July 5, July 19, Aug. 2, Aug. 16, Sept 6, Oct. 4, Oct. 18, Nov. 1,
Nov. 15, Dec. 6, Dec. 20.
Broadsides 1915:
Jan. 3, Jan. 17,
Feb. 7, Feb. 21, Mar. 7, Mar. 21, Apr. 4, Apr. 18, May 2, May 16, June 6, June
20, July 11, July 18, Aug. 1, Aug. 15, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Oct. 17, Nov. 7, Nov.
21, Dec. 5, Dec. 19.
Broadsides 1916:
Jan. 2, Jan. 16,
Feb. 6, Feb. 20, Mar. 5, Mar. 19, Apr. 2, Apr. 16, May 7, May 21, June 4, June
18, July 2, July 16, Aug. 6, Aug. 20, Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Nov.
19, Dec. 3, Dec. 17.
Broadsides 1917:
Jan. 7, Jan. 21,
Feb. 4, Feb. 18, Mar. 4, Mar. 18, Apr. 1, Apr. 15, May 6, May 20, June 3, June
17, July 1, July 15, Aug. 5, Aug. 19, Sept. 2, Oct. 7, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Nov. 4,
Nov. 18, Dec. 2, Dec. 16.
Broadsides 1918:
Jan. 6, Jan. 20,
Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Mar. 3, Mar. 17, Apr. 7, Apr. 21, May 5, May 19, June 2, June
16, July 7, July 21, Aug. 4, Aug. 18, Sept. 1, Oct. 6, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Nov. 17,
Dec. 1, Dec. 15.
Note: Also present as broadsides are reports for Dec. 7, 1913, Oct. 7, 1917,
and Oct. 6, 1918.
CFL records part 1: John Fitzpatrick office
files, etc. 1890-1947 (box 1-38 & 3 scrapbooks):
Subseries 1. Fitzpatrick chronological file,
etc. (box 1-25):
box 1 Correspondence, mostly incoming letters;
notes; reports; etc., 1890-1913
box 2 Correspondence, etc., 1917 [1914?]
box 3 Correspondence, etc., Jan.-Sept. 1915
box 4 Correspondence, etc., Oct. 1915-Apr. 1916
box 5 Correspondence, etc., May 1916-Aug. 1917
box 6 Correspondence, etc., Sept. 1917-May 1918
box 7 Correspondence, etc., June 1918-Jan. 1919
box 8 Correspondence, etc., Feb-Dec. 1919
box 9 Correspondence, etc., Jan. 1920-Feb. 1921
box 10 Correspondence,
etc., Mar--Oct. 1921
box 11 Correspondence,
etc., Nov. 1921-June 1922
box 12 Correspondence,
etc., July 1922-Feb. 1924
box 13 Correspondence,
etc., Mar. 1924-Mar. 1925
box 14 Correspondence,
etc., Apr. 1925-May 1926
box 15 Correspondence,
etc., June 1926-Aug. 1927
box 16 Correspondence,
etc., Sept. 1927-Apr. 1928
box 17 Correspondence,
etc., May 1928-Apr. 1930
box 18 Correspondence,
etc., May 1930-Mar 1935 [accn.#: M1970.0024]
CHS staff notes on
contents of boxes 18-25
box 19 Correspondence,
etc., Apr. 1935-Feb. 25, 1936 [accn.#: M1970.0024]
Union membership cards
of Fitzpatrick (in an envelope)
box 20 Correspondence,
etc., Feb. 26, 1936-Sept. 1936 [accn.#: M1970.0024]
box 21 Correspondence,
etc., Oct. 1936-Apr. 1937 [accn.#: M1970.0024]
box 22 Correspondence,
etc., May- Sept. 1937 [accn.#: M1970.0024]
box 23 Correspondence,
etc., Oct. 1937-Feb. 1938 [accn.#: M1970.0024]
box 24 Correspondence,
etc., Mar. 1938-Dec. 1939 [accn.#: M1970.0024]
box 25 Correspondence,
etc., 1940-1946; undated items [accn.#: M1970.0024]
John
H. Keiser's article: "The Horseshoers' Dilemma"
Photocopies
of selected items by or about African Americans:
CFL records part 1: John Fitzpatrick office
files, etc. 1890-1947 (box 1-38 & 3 scrapbooks):
Subseries 2. Fitzpatrick topical files, etc.
(box 26-38 & 3 scrapbooks)
box 26
folders:
1 AFL agreements, July 1940-July 1941
2 AFL Chicago office, Nov. 1937-Oct.
1939
3 AFL convention material, 1937-1942
4 AFL correspondence with CFL, Apr. 1938-Sept.
1943
5 AFL departments, Oct. 1940-Feb. 1944
6 AFL: federal unions, July 1940-Jan. 1944
7 AFL: Frank Fenton, June 1939-Feb. 1940
8 AFL: William Green, president, Mar. 1940-Mar.
1942
9 AFL: William Green, president, Mar. 1942-Feb.
1944
box 27
folders:
1 AFL: George Meany, secretary-treasurer,
Dec. 1939-Jan. 1940
2 AFL: Frank Morrison, secretary-treasurer,
July 1938-Dec. 1939
3 AFL receipts and expenses, 1941
4 AFSCME affiliated locals, Mar. 1937-Mar.
1942
5 AFSCME correspondence, May 1938-Feb. 1944
6 Agreements, forms of, miscellaneous,
Aug.-Oct. 1938
7 Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher
Workmen of North America, May 1938-Jan. 1940
8 American Federation of Musicians, May
1940-Oct. 1942
9 American Federation of Office
Employees, 1937-1941
10 American Federation of Teachers, Local
#1 correspondence, May 1937-Dec. 1943
11 American Federation of Teachers, all
locals except #1, Oct. 1938-Feb. 1944
box 28
folders:
1 American Legion, Union Labor Post
#745, July 1938-July 1939
2 American Vigilant Intelligence
Federation, 1931-1939
3 Associated Actors and Artistes of America,
Aug. 1938-Sept. 1939
4 Bakery & Confectionery Workers Int'l
Union of Americas, July 1938-Sept. 1939
5 Bills: federal legislative measures,
1935-1936
6 Board of Education; Special Committee
on Vocational Education, May 1938-Apr. 1939
7 Boycott Committee, American Jewish
Congress & Jewish Labor Committee, Apr.-Dec. 1939
8 Chicago Federation of Labor, John
Fitzpatrick biography, 1944-1946
9 Chicago Federation of Labor,
Hospitalization Insurance, 1940-1941
10 Chicago Federation of Labor, Maurice
Lynch, 1951
11 Chicago Federation of Labor, National
Defense Committee, July 1941-Dec. 1943
box 29
folders:
1 Chicago Federation of Labor, Edward N.
Nockels, "In Memoriam," 1937
2 Chicago Federation of Labor,
Resolutions, 1940-1943
3 Chicago Teachers' Federation, Sept. 1938
4 Constitutional Amendment Committee,
May-Nov. 1938
5 Education and Public Institutions,
Committee On, May 1938-Feb. 1940
6 Federation News, undated
7 Meyer Fink, 1936
box 30
folders:
1 Hotel and Restaurant Employees'
International Alliance, May 1938-Feb. 1944
2 Housing, 1938-39
3 Insurance Agents (American Fed. of
Industrial and Ordinary), 1938-1940
4 International Fur Workers Union, 1935-1936
5 International Ladies Garment Workers'
Union, Mar. 1938-Nov. 1943
6 International Ladies Handbag, Pocketbook
& Novelty Workers' Union, Feb. 1939-June 1943
7 International Metal Engravers Union, Mar.
1940-Nov. 1943
8 International Molders Union of North
America, May 1938-Oct. 1939
9 International Typographical Union,
June 1938-Jan. 1940
10 Anton Johannsen, 1946
11 Joseph D. Keenan, 11 Dec. 1939, "Annual
Wage for Labor"
12 Labor Day Parade Committee, Chicago,
1942
13 Labor League for Human Rights, May
1942-June 1943
box 31
folders:
1 Labor League for Human Rights, June
1943-Feb. 1944
2 Labor Unions, Federal, Apr. 1938-Feb. 1940
3 "Landis Award", Feb. 1922-Jan.
1929
4 Legislative, state and local, 1935-1937
5 Samuel Levin, May-Aug. 1939
6 Jake Lingle, court case, 1931
7 Locals (out of town), Aug. 1938-Sept. 1944
8 Earl McMahon, Dec. 1949-Apr. 1950
9 Miners' groups, Apr. 1938-Oct. 1943
box 32
folders:
1 Tom Mooney, June 1938-July 1942
2 National Federation of Post Office
Clerks, Apr. 1938-Apr. 1943
3 Office Employees' Association, #12755,
Oct. 1939-Jan. 1941
4 Office Employees' Union #20732,
Agreement forms, 1942
5 Office Employees' Union #20732,
Agreements, 1937-1943
6 Office Employees' Union #20732,
Agreements of other office workers' unions, 1939-1940
7 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Agreements signed, 1937-1945
8 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Annual Dinner Dance, 1939-1942
9 Office Employees' Union, #20732, assessments
(Special), Dec. 1941-Oct. 1942
10 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Auditing Committee Reports, 1940-1943
11 Office Employees' Union, #20732, constitution,
Aug. 1938-June 1940
12 Office Employees' Union, #20732, conventions,
1940-1941
13 Office Employees' Union, #20732, correspondence
with the AFL, Oct. `1937-July 1942
14 Office employees' Union, #20732, correspondence,
"C", June 1937-Oct. 1942
15 Office Employees' Union, #20732, certificate
of affiliation, 1937
16 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
O.E.U.-C.F.L. correspondence, 1944
17 Office Employees' Union, #20732, correspondence,
"D", July 1937-July 1944
box 33
folders:
1 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Correspondence, "F", May 1939-Nov. 1944
2 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Correspondence, "P", Apr. 1938-Oct. 1944
3 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Correspondence, "S", June 1937-Sept. 1944
4 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Correspondence, "W", June 1937-Apr. 1944
5 Office Employees' Union, #20732, Cuneo
strike, Apr. 1941-Aug. 1942
6 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Election of Officers, Sept. 1940-Sept. 1944
7 Office Employees' Union, International
Council of, 1942-1944
8 Office Employees' Union, International
Council of, Legislative, Apr-May 1944
9 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Lease, 1941
10 Office Employees' Union, #20732, Molly
Levitas, V.P., 1936-1944
11 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Minutes, Executive Board, June 1937-July 1944
box 34
folders:
1 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Minutes, Membership meetings, June 1937-Apr. 1941
2 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Minutes, Regular meetings, Jan. 1941-Dec. 1943
3 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Organization matters, 1921-1938
4 Office Employees' Union, #20732, Per
capita tax, 1943
5 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Polish National Alliance strike, Oct. 1941-Dec. 1944
6 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Publication, "Pen and Desk," Apr. 1942-Feb. 1943
7 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Publicity, May 1938-Apr. 1941
8 Office Employees' Union, #20732,
Withdrawal and transfer cards, Apr. 1938-Mar. 1943
9 Office Workers, Midwest Conference, Dec.
1940-Jan. 1941, Letter re Council
10 Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers
of America, Brotherhood of, May 1938-Jan. 1940
11 Political endorsements, Jan-Feb. 1951
12 Printed matter without union label,
July-Aug. 1938
13 Printing Pressmen's and Assistants'
Union of North America, June 1938-Feb. 1940
14 Printing Trades' Unions, Organizing
Committee of Chicago, 1943
15 Radio stations, undated
16 Railroad Brotherhoods, Feb-Apr. 1939
17 Railroad Employees of America,
Amalgamated Assn. of Street and Electric, June 1938-June 1939
box 35
folders:
1 Rehabilitation, 1949
2 Resolutions, June 1938-July 1939
3 Retail Clerks International Protective
Association, Apr. 1938-Feb. 1940
4 School, Federation Labor, Sept. 1939-Mar.
1940
5 Social Security commissions, 1938-1943
6 Technical and Research Employees
Union, May 1936-June 1937
7 Thirty Hour Week, 1940
8 U.A.W., July 1939-Jan. 1943
9 Unfair organizations, Mar. 1940-Sept. 1942
box 36
folders:
1 U.S. Government legislative matters, Mar.
1935-June 1937
2 Wages and Hours Law Committee, Nov.-Dec.
1938
3 Wage stabilization orders, 1942
4 Wall Paper Craftsmen and Workers of N.
America, United, May 1938-Apr. 1939
5 War Labor Board, 1944
6 Women's Trade Union League, conference
reports, etc., 1938
7 Women's Trade Union League, Aug. 1938-Sept.
1943
8 Miscellaneous, 1940-1944
box 37
Six (6) unidentified
Dictaphone cylinder recording with attached note: "WCFL -- Court notes
including report of absolution of judge of Oscar Nelson in connection with "Racket
Trial," 1934
box 38
Five (5)
unidentified Dictaphone cylinder recordings (same topic as above)
unboxed: CFL scrapbook, 1912-1925
unboxed: CFL scrapbook, Feb. 1943-Sept. 1947
unboxed: CFL scrapbook, WCFL radio
station-related articles, 1926-1930 RESTRICTION:
Closed until microfilmed. Items are
extremely fragile.
Series 4. CFL records, part 2: William Lee
office files, etc. (box 39-50):
box 39
folders:
1 Actors Equity, Aug. 1960-Oct. 1981
2 AFL-CIO minimum wage
arbitration/collective bargaining boycott, Apr. 1967-May 1976
3 AFL-CIO pamphlets, 1952-1973
4 AFL-CIO newsclippings, 1961
5 AFL-CIO press releases, and Community
Services Guide, 1971, 1974
6 AFSCME, Apr. 1981-Mar. 1982
7 Allied Novelty Products Workers, Aug. 1960-Apr.
1983
8 Allied Printing Trades, Feb. 1975-Aug.
1982
9 Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
Workers Union, Nov. 1976-Sept. 1983
10 Amalgamated Industrial, Production,
Sales & Jewelry Workers Union, July 1966-June 1982
11 Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher
Workers of N. America, July 1976-Oct. 1981
12 American Federation of Government
Employees, Sept. 1975-June 1981
13 American Federation of Musicians, Feb. 1963-Oct.
1969
14 American Guild of Variety Artists, Feb. 1965-July1983
15 Asbestos Workers, Aug. 1979
16 Barbers and Cosmetologists, July
1965-July 1967
17 Bill Posters and Billers, Apr. 1965-Feb.
1974
18 Bookbinders, Aug. 1966-Aug. 1978
box 40
folders:
1 Boot and shoemakers, Aug-Sept. 1965
2 Bricklayers and Stonemasons, Feb. 1976
3 Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship
Clerks, Nov. 1962-Jan. 1982
4 Building and Construction Trades
Council, May 1977-July 1983
5 Building code, 1949-1950
6 Building Service Employees, Sept. 1965-Jan.
1968
7 Chicago city: pay, Nov. 1949-Dec. 1950
8 Chicago Federation of Labor, 1956-1983
9 Chicago Federation of Labor: election,
June 1960
box 41
folders:
1 Chicago Federation of Labor, 1956-1965
2 Chicago Federation of Labor: I.U.C.
election (1974), May 1974
3 Chicago Newspaper Guild, Jan. 1967-July
1980
4 Chicago Post Office Clerks Union, Mar.
1961-Feb. 1968
5 Chicago Principals Assn., Mar. 1976-Apr.
1980
6 Chicago Tribune clippings: Illinois
state and local unions and labor, June 1974
7 Chicago Today clippings: Illinois state
and local unions and labor, June 1974
8 Communications Workers of America, Aug.
1976-July 1981
9 Cook County College Teachers, Dec. 1970-Aug.
1982
10 Cook County Industrial Union Council: delegate
meeting minutes, Jan. 18 1951-Apr. 20, 1955 [accn.#: M1981.0004]
box 42
folders:
1 Cook County Industrial Union Council: delegate
meeting minutes, May 18 1955-Jan. 8 1962
2 Cook County Industrial Union Council: executive
board minutes, Apr. 23 1951-Feb. 22 1954
[accn.#: M1981.0004]
3 Cook County Industrial Union Council: executive
board minutes, Mar. 19 1954-Apr. 16 1956
[accn.#: M1981.0004]
4 Cook County Industrial union Council: executive
board minutes, May 14 1956-Jan. 8 1962
5 Credential sheets, 1965-1982
6 Credential sheets, 1965-1982
box 43
folders:
1 CTA (July 1968 strike), July 1968-Dec.
1969, including statements, press releases and newsletters
2 CTA 1968 strike, clippings, July-Aug. 1968
3 CTA 1968 strike, newsclippings, Aug. 1968-June
1969
4 CTA union newsclippings, Mar. 1973
Gibson firing and wage demands
5 CTA press clippings and news releases,
June-July 1973
6 Daily News clippings, Illinois state
and local unions and labor, June 1974
7 Distillery workers, June-Aug. 1980
8 Draft, military, Apr. 1951
9 Firefighters, Feb. 1977-Oct. 1982
box 44
folders:
1 Hispanic Labor Council, May 1973-May
1979
2 Hospital Employees Labor Program
(Chicago), arbitration agreements, 1969-1970
3 Hotel and restaurant employees, 1966-1982
4 Human Relations, Illinois Committee
On, Apr. 26 1952: panels A&B: Progress in Human Relations at Home and in
Unions
5 Human Relations, Illinois Committee
On, Apr. 26 1952: panels C&D: Civil Liberties and Aid for Foreign Nations
6 Human Relations, Illinois committee
On, Apr. 26 1952: panels E&F: Trade Unions in Foreign Policy and Racial
Equality in Foreign Affairs
7 Illinois State Federation of Labor,
June 1955-Feb. 1984
box 45
folders:
1 Industrial Safety, Governor's
Conference On, May 1-2 1950
2 Institute of Labor and Industrial
Relations, educational materials and papers, 1954
3 Institute of Labor and Industrial
Relations, educational materials and papers, 1956-1965
4 Insurance Workers International Union,
June 1968-Sept. 1973
5 International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Mar. 1968-Feb. 1969
6 International Association of Marble,
Slate and Stone Polishers, Sept.-Dec. 1976
7 International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, May-July 1968
8 International Brotherhood of
Electrical workers, Dec. 1974-Mar. 1983
9 International Ladies Garment Workers
Union, Nov. 1965-Nov. 1981
10 Irwin Klass, Correspondence, Sept. 1950-Mar.
1951
11 Labor conference materials, 1962-1976
box 46
folders:
1 Labor, miscellaneous, 1924-1978
2 Labor press, Aug.-Dec. 1951
3 Labor Press club, May 1951-Feb. 1952
4 Laborers, May 1971-July 1980
5 Labor-related papers, 1963-1976
6 Labor training materials, 1961, 1968
box 47
folders:
1 Lathers International Union, July 1975
2 William Lee, testimonial dinner, Apr. 16
1955
3 William Lee, May 1961-Sept. 1976
4 William Lee, "1981 United
Community Action Man of the Year!"
5 Local Union Political Education Guide,
undated
6 W. McFetridge, Feb.-Mar. 1950
7 Marshal Field, 1950-1952
8 Minimum wage, 1950
9 National Association of Broadcast
Employees, Mar. 1975-Feb. 1979
10 National Football League Players' Assn.,
Apr. 1982-June 1983
11 National Maritime Union of America, Nov.
1964-July 1982
12 N.L.R.B. Policy Changes Papers, (Midwest
Conference On), Feb. 2 1963
box 48
folders:
1 Office and Professional Employees, Jul
1965-Aug. 1979
2 Oil and Chemical Workers, Aug. 1966-Mar.
1976
3 PATCO, Oct. 1980-Dec. 1982
4 Painters District Council, Aug. 1965-May
1981
5 Paraplegic workers, Mar-Aug. 1951
6 Patriotic organizations, Apr-Dec. 1951
7 Plumbers and pipefitters, Sept. 1960-Nov.
1982
8 Political group/party bulletins/handbills,
1932-1975
9 Political miscellaneous, 1961-1972
10 Printing and Graphic Arts, Dec. 1964-July
1976
11 Retail clerks, Sept. 1960-Oct. 1979
12 Right to Work, Illinois, 1967-1969
13 Roofers, Jan. 1972-July 1982
14 Seafarers International Union, Apr. 1965-Apr.
1977
15 Service employees, Oct. 1968-Sept. 1983
box 49
folders:
1 Sheet Metal Workers, Nov. 1958-Mar. 1980
2 Stage employees, Nov. 1961-Oct. 1980
3 Strikes, 1950-1951
4 Sun-Times clippings: Illinois local
and state unions and labor, June 1974
5 Taft-Hartley, Dec. 1965-Mar. 1966
6 Taft-Hartley, newsclippings, 1965-1966
7 Taft-Hartley, undated
8 Teachers unions, Jan. 1971-Nov. 1983
box 50
folders:
1 Union publications (national), 1926-1933
2 United Association: "Excerpts
from the Archives of U.A.," May 1962-Feb. 1967
3 United Auto Workers (UAW)-AFL-CIO, Feb.-May
1968
4 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, Aug. 1971-Aug. 1984
5 United Farm Workers, Sept. 1969-Apr. 1982
6 United Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers,
Mar. 1961-Nov. 1977
7 United Packinghouse Food and Allied
Workers Union, June 1963-Oct. 1967
8 United Shoe Workers of America, May
1972-Jan. 1982
9 United Steel Workers of America, Feb. 1961-Feb.
1982
10 Warehouse and Mail Order Employees Local
#743, press releases & commercials, 1965-1970
11 Lee collection, miscellaneous, 1949-1975
Series 5. Miscellaneous:
1 box: Photocopies of A.J. Muste
originals, 1921-1967, in the CFL records (up to 1928) and in the Sidney Lens
papers. [Please note: Staff cannot guarantee that all Muste items in the CFL records and in the
Sidney Lens papers were photocopied for this compilation.]
1 oversize folder: CFL-William Lee [call#:
MSS Oversize C]
Additional
unprocessed boxes.
Series 6. Sound recordings:
[Some stored in box 51 with office files;
some stored in Y Room area]
Quantity / Description:
(1) with HW notation: "Sec. Of Labor,
Peter Buchanan"
(1) labeled:
"Sensing the News: Southern States Industrial Council, 163. Turning to the
Teamsters 164. Legal Harassment 165. Minimum wage or maximum nonsense 3 weekly
programs in order."
(3) unlabeled
(1) labeled: CFL meeting #1, 6-4-68
(1) labeled: CFL meeting #2, 6-4-68
(1) labeled:
Trade/Coalition News Conferences for Mr. Lee 9-4-69, 3 News conferences; #1.
Trade Council #2. Black Coalition #3. Trade Council
(1) HW notation: "12/19/74 The Dick
Cavett Show (Recorded off TV-ABC Network WMAL -- TV -- Ch. 7; Dick Cavett
interviews economists John Kenneth Galbraith and Pierre Rinfret
(1) labeled: "Statement of George Meany,
Pres., AFL-CIO on Repeal of 14(b), spot #1 -- 1:07; spot #2 -- 2:43
(1) HW notation: CTA hearings, 3/25/70
(1) labeled: Amalgamated Workers of America,
3/19/70
(1) Haymarket Riot contemporary news,
5/21/69
(1) HW notation; #2 Nader
(1) Mayor's
employment conference, 2 Nov. 1958, interviews with Mayor Daley; Block, board chairman
of Inland Steel; Coulter , Chicago Assn. of Business and Industry; Frank
Winston, school board chairman
(3) William A. Lee Testimonial Dinner
(1) HW notation: "Duffy"
(2) 7/6/71; extension 720, reels #1 and #2
(1) W. A. Lee, full text of 6/18/67 rally at
Grant Park vis Middle East crisis
(1) Labor News Conference interview with
T.R. Donahue, AFL-CIO Sec-Treas.
(1) James Hoffa press conference, 6/15/66
(1) Dan Shannon farewell, 2/27/73
(1) Mayor Daley before City Council, 7/2/71
(1) BBC broadcast, "Report on Mayor
Daley," 9/13/71, London
(1) Nomination and election of officers, CFL
and Industrial Council, 5/5/70
(1) Special Conference call, MBS for Mr. W.
A. Lee, 6/26/68
(1) "Kelly Can Do"
(1) Wally Phillips of WGN talking to WCFL
disc jockeys who were fired
(1) "Hanrahan Hits Lee Endorsement of
Mayor Daley," 2/3/73
(1) May
1974 CFL-IUC meeting: nomination & acceptance of W.A. Lee for re-election
as CFL president
(1) W.
A. Lee speaking in support of re-election of Mayor Daley (luncheon) (sounds
like practice for speech to be made)
(2) W. A. Lee remarks to retired CTA
employees on 1/1/76
(1) Jane Byrne, labor luncheon, 3/5/79, Lee
introduction
(1) AFL-CIO -- "Save Social Security,"
30 second spots
(1) The Advocates #506 Labor Reform
(3) Chicago Federation of Labor, Produced by
Frank Sullivan and Associates
(1) Jane Byrne--W. A. Lee Labor committee
check 3/16
(1) Chicago Federation meeting, Jane Byrne,
3/6/79
(1) Special meeting, CFL-IUC, Friday, Apr. 7,
1978
Details about accessions:
1997.0046: from Keiser,
John H.: John Fitzpatrick correspondence with local political leaders and
national labor leaders; newsclippings on labor issues, 1917-1937; copies of
speeches and statements made by Fitzpatrick, 1919-1945; and American Federation
of Labor voting lists (Chicago area), 1937-1938; and a copy of Keiser's article
on the horseshoers' union. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.), 1917-1945.
M1985.0019: from
CFL: Records of the CFL, including papers of William A. Lee, and of the
Federation News.
M1985.0011: from
CFL: Bob Kite, Federation News
M1981.0028: from
Irwin Klass: Misc. union items and E.L. Masters letter of 1915 (3 folders)
M1981.0004: from
CFL: Minutes of Council and executive board of the Cook County Industrial Union
Council, 1951-Jan. 1962, 2 v.
M1977.0043: from
CFL: Broadsides--oversize originals, 1911-1918
M1970.0024: from
CFL: boxes 18-26 of collection and microfilm made by CHS of CFL minutes
1903-1922 (originals in possession of CFL)
M1966.0571: from CFL,
William Lee, president: Fitzpatrick & CFL files
M1964.0471: from John
Patrick Fitzpatrick: Fitzpatrick & CFL files
M1963.0419: from John
Patrick Fitzpatrick: Fitzpatrick & CFL files