International Union of Steam Engineers Photographs
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Abstract
The National Union of Steam Engineers was founded in 1896 in an effort to address wages, benefits, work week hours, and working conditions. Local union charters were granted the following year, and the organization changed its name in 1898 to International Union of Steam Engineers to account for locals in Canada. The union adopted a steam gauge as its emblem, which continues to be the logo even after the organization has become the International Union of Operating Engineers as of 1928.This collection contains five contact prints and four glass negatives of New York delegates on their way to the 1908 convention of the International Union of Steam Engineers.
Historical/Biographical Note
The National Union of Steam Engineers was founded in 1896 in an effort to address wages, benefits, work week hours, and working conditions for steam engineers and operators. Local union charters were granted the following year, and the organization changed its name in 1898 to International Union of Steam Engineers to account for locals in Canada. The union adopted a steam gauge as its emblem, which continues to be the logo even after the organization has become the International Union of Operating Engineers as of 1928.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of photographic contact prints and glass negatives of New York delegates on their way to the 1908 convention of the International Union of Steam Engineers (which later became known as International Union of Operating Engineers).
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection, which were created in 1908, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; International Union of Steam Engineers Photographs; PHOTOS.288; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by David Yorke, 2009. The accession number associated with this gift is 2015.037.
Custodial History
Materials purchased by David Yorke of Burnaby, British Columbia from CMYSales, a photo and ephemera shop in Bellrose, NY 11426. Materials purchased via E-Bay auction. Original provenance is unknown.
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Processing Information
Prints were rehoused into one acid-free folder, to be moved to a shared manuscript box. Four glass negatives were separated from the prints and are housed in one flat photo box.
