Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the minutes, correspondence and chronological files of Locals 1, 3, 17, 164, 388, and 579, including executive and grievance boards, general membership meetings as well as the papers of Presidents Frank Dutto, and Harry Lorber and Business Agent Michael Sandroff. Also included in the collection are documents on standard contract negotiations as well as collective bargaining negotiations between individual shops and corporate entities. General files include records pertaining to by-laws, elections, legal disputes and grievances, the Cross indictment, and union label samples, amongst others. Souvenir programs and photographs from a variety of locals are also included.
Arrangement
Material in Series I is grouped by organizations and arranged chronologically within each grouping. Material in Series II is arranged alphabetically and chronologically. Series III is arranged chronologically, and Series IV though VIII are arranged alphabetically. Series IX has not been arranged by an archivist.
The records are organized into the following series:
Series I: Minutes, 1920-1984
Series II: Officers' Papers, 1946-1987
Series III: Bargaining and Arbitration, 1954-1987
Series IV: Shop Files, 1964-1989
Series V: Local 3, Subjects, 1954-1989
Series VI: Welfare and Pension Fund, 1955-1988
Series VII: General Files, 1902-1978
Series VIII: Souvenir Programs, 1930-1993
Series IX: Photographs, 1950-1990s