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BOOKS & REPORTS ON UNIONS AND LABOR
MOVEMENTS
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
University of Washington Libraries
AUTHOR: Adair, Karen
Elizabeth.
TITLE: Organized women workers in Seattle, 1900-1918.
PUBL INFO: 1990.
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks D 7 Th37814
LOCATION: Auxiliary
Stacks Thesis 37814
AUTHOR: AFL-CIO.
Washington State Labor Council.
TITLE: Labor looks at the ... session of the Washington State
legislature.
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD8079.W3 W32 1959+
AUTHOR: AFL-CIO.
Washington State Labor Council.
TITLE: Proceedings of the annual convention.
PUBL INFO: Seattle.
NOTE: Includes Proceedings of the Merger convention held in July 1957,
and Partial proceedings of the 5th Annual convention, 1962.
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD8055.A6 W23A 1957+
AUTHOR:
AFL-CIO. Washington State Labor Council
TITLE:
Reports
NOTE:
Irregular, <1989>-1995. Weekly, <1976-> Biweekly, 1982-
LOCATION: Special Collection Stacks Oversize HD8055.A6 W24 v.4-7 CHECK SHELF
AUTHOR:
Churchill, Thomas.
TITLE: Triumph over Marcos : a story based on the lives of Gene Viernes &
Silme Domingo, Filipino American Cannery Union organizers, their assassination,
and the trial that followed.
PUBL INFO: Seattle,
Wash. : Open Hand Pub. ; Monroe,
LOCATION:
Special Collections/Pacific NW HD6515.C27 C48 1995
AUTHOR: Courtney,
Kenneth D.
TITLE: The unionization of outside salesmen
PUBL INFO: 1954.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks 650 Th8365
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 8365
AUTHOR: Davison, Carole L.
TITLE: Seattle's "restaurant maids" : an historic context document
for Waitresses' Union, Local 240, 1900-1940.
PUBL INFO: 1998.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 47096
AUTHOR: De Shazo,
Melvin Gardner.
TITLE Radical tendencies in the Seattle labor movement as reflected in the
proceedings of its central body
PUBL INFO: 1925.
LOCATION: Auxiliary
Stacks THESIS 1158
AUTHOR: Dembo,
Jonathan
TITLE: Unions and
politics in Washington State, 1885-1935
PUBL INFO: New York : Garland Pub., 1983.
LOCATION: Special Collections Reference HD8079.W3 D45 1983
AUTHOR: Demirel, Sinan S.
TITLE: The roots of large-scale collective action : Tacoma and the Seattle
General Strike
PUBL INFO: 1995.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 43238
AUTHOR: Dickson,
William John
TITLE: Labor in
municipal politics: a study of labor's political policies and activities in
Seattle
PUBL INFO: 1928.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks THESIS 1575
AUTHOR: Elberson,
Irving Donald.
TITLE: Labor relations in the Puget Sound flour milling industry
PUBL INFO: 1937.
LOCATION: Main Auxiliary Stacks 331.88 EL1L
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 3450
AUTHOR: Frank, Dana.
TITLE: Purchasing power : consumer organizing, gender, and the Seattle labor
movement, 1919-1929
PUBL INFO: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,1994.
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HD8085.S413 F7 1994
AUTHOR: Furber,
George Richard.
TITLE: Union wage rates in the Seattle area
PUBL INFO: 1951.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks 650 Th6683
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 6683
AUTHOR: Griffiths, Austin E. (Austin Edwards)
TITLE: The blight : labor excesses and consequences
PUBL INFO: Seattle,
U.S.A. : A. Griffiths, 1939.
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD8045 .G74 1939
AUTHOR: Humphrey,
James Leslie.
TITLE: The activities of the Seattle Professional Engineering Employees
Association
PUBL INFO: 1948.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks 650 Th5600
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 5600
AUTHOR: Hunt, James Leroy.
TITLE: A history of the Central Labor Council in Spokane, Washington
PUBL INFO: 1940.
LOCATION: MicroNews Microfilm A1399 1 microfilm reel
AUTHOR: International Union of Operating
Engineers
TITLE: 1905-1955,
commemorating the golden anniversary of Local 302 and
all its branches : International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL, Seattle,
Washington.
PUBL INFO: Seattle, Wash. : The Union, [1955?]
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD8066 .N22 1955
AUTHOR: Jacoby, Daniel F.
TITLE: Schools, unions and training : Seattle 1900-1940
PUBL INFO: 1986.
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HB 31 Th34002
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 34002
AUTHOR: Japanese Shoemakers
Association
TITLE: Shiatoru Nihonjin Kutsuk{229}o Kumiai Kisoku = Japanese Shoemakers
Association rules.
PUBL INFO: [Seattle] : Shiatrou Nihonjin Kutsuk{229}o Kumiai, 1921.
LOCATION:
Special Collections/Pacific NW E184.J3 S45 1921
AUTHOR: Longshoreman
Union
TITLE: Seattle Longshore centennial, 1886-1986
PUBL INFO: [Seattle
: I.L.W.U., 1986?]
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD6515.L8 S4 1986
AUTHOR: Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union. Local 2519 (Seattle, Wash.)
TITLE: Paul Bunyan in review; twenty-five years of progress, 1935-1960.
PUBL INFO: Seattle [Publications Press, 1960]
LOCATION: Forest Resources Stacks HD6515.L92 U56
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD6515.L92 U56
AUTHOR: Magden,
Ronald Earnest
TITLE: The
working longshoreman
PUBL INFO: [Tacoma, Wash. : International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union, Local 23 of Tacoma, 1991].
LOCATION: Fish-Ocean Class Reserv HD6515.L8 M33 1991
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD6515.L8 M33 1991
AUTHOR: McCann,
John.
TITLE: Blood in the water : a history of District Lodge 751, International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
PUBL INFO: Seattle, Wash. : District Lodge 751, IAM&AW, c1989.
LOCATION: Odegaard Stacks HD6515.M22 W25 1989
LOCATION:
Special Collections/Pacific NW HD6515.M22 W25 1989
AUTHOR: McCann, John
(Charles John)
TITLE: Labor and the making of the postwar order at the Boeing Company
PUBL INFO: 1994.
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HD8039.A452 U65
AUTHOR:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
TITLE: NAACP
1940-55. General office file. Boeing Aircraft Co.,1940-41 [microform]
PUBL INFO Frederick, MD : University Publications of America, [c1991]
NOTE: Correspondence, newspaper clippings and press releases regarding
employment discrimination, labor unions, aircraft industry.
LOCATION:
MicNews
Microfilm A8473
AUTHOR: O'Connor,
Harvey
TITLE: Revolution
in Seattle, a memoir.
PUBL INFO: New York, Monthly Review Press, 1964.
LOCATION: Social Work Stacks 331.88 Oc5r
LOCATION:
Special Collections/Pacific NW 979.743 Oc5r
AUTHOR: Pacific Coast Coal Company.
TITLE: Constitution of central and mine councils of Pacific Coast Coal Co.,
organized January 25, 1922
PUBL INFO: Seattle,
1924.
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW 979.715 P11c
AUTHOR: Pierce
County Labor Council
TITLE: To live in dignity : Pierce County labor, 1883-1989
PUBL INFO: Tacoma, Wash. : The Committee, c1989.
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD8083.W3 T6 1989
LOCATION: Tacoma Stacks HD8083.W3 T6 1989
AUTHOR: Prouty, Herbert Clay.
TITLE: Seattle's A.F.L. - C.I.O: War of the Warehousemen
PUBL INFO: 1938.
LOCATION: Main Auxiliary Stacks 331.88 P94s
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 3838
AUTHOR: Schwantes,
Carlos A.
TITLE: Radical heritage : labor, socialism, and reform in Washington and
British Columbia, 1885-1917.
PUBL INFO: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1979.
LOCATION: Odegaard Stacks HD8079.W3 S38
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD8079.W3 S38
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HD8079.W3 S38
AUTHOR: Seattle
Industrial Labor Union Council : affiliate of CIO.
PUBL INFO: [Seattle
: The Council, 1941]
LOCATION: Special Collections Stacks Oversize HD8055.S42 S43 1941
AUTHOR: Short, W. M.
TITLE: History of
activities of Seattle labor movement and conspiracy of employers to destroy it
and attempted suppression of labor's daily newspaper, The Seattle union record.
PUBL INFO: [s. l. : s. n., 19--?]
NOTE: Originally issued as a brief signed W. M. Short, president Washington
State Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C., Nov. 28, 1919
LOCATION:
Special Collections/Pacific NW 979.743 H629 Photocopy
LOCATION: Special Collections Rare Books 979.743 H629
AUTHOR: Smith,
Virginia B.
TITLE: A history of labor relations in the Puget Sound ferry boat trade
PUBL INFO: 1950.
LOCATION: Allen Temporary Storage 330 Th6636
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 6636
AUTHOR: Spokane Trades Council and Western Central Labor
Union Joint Publishing Committee
TITLE: Directory
of the labor unions of the states of Washington and Idaho for 1898 PUBL
INFO: [Spokane] : Spokane Trades Council and Western Central Labor
Union Joint Publishing Committee [1898?]
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD6517 .W2 1898
AUTHOR: Stevens, Carolyn.
TITLE: The Tacoma labor movement and the First World War
PUBL INFO: 1990.
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks D 7 Th37776
AUTHOR: Strouthous,
Andrew
TITLE: US labor and political action, 1918-24 : a comparison of independent
political action in New York, Chicago, and Seattle.
PUBL INFO: Houndmills, Basingstoke : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press,
2000.
LOCATION.: HD8085.N53 S77 2000 (SUZALLO)
AUTHOR: Thompson,
Margaret Jane.
TITLE: Development and comparison of industrial relationships in Seattle
PUBL INFO: 1929.
LOCATION: Main Auxiliary Stacks 331.87 T37d
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 1719
AUTHOR: Warf, Barney Louis.
TITLE: Regional transformation and everyday life : social theory and
Washington lumber production
PUBL INFO: 1985.
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks G 59 Th33102
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 33102
AUTHOR: Washington
State Board Against Discrimination.
TITLE: A position paper on equal opportunity and organized labor in
Washington
PUBL INFO: [Olympia?
Wash.] : The Board, [1968]
LOCATION: Suzzallo/Allen
Stacks HD4903.5.W2 W37 1968
AUTHOR: Washington
State CIO
TITLE: 1946 Washington State C.I.O. convention, Seattle, Washington,
September 27-28-29.
PUBL INFO: [Seattle : Webb Printing and Lithographing, 1946]
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD8057 .W37 1946
AUTHOR: Washington State Federation of
Labor
TITLE: Federation
bulletin (Washington State Federation of Labor, 1945)
LOCATION: Special Collections Stacks Oversize HD8055.A6 W22 v.1
AUTHOR: Washington State Federation of
Labor
TITLE: History of
Washington State Federation of Labor, January 1902 to December 1924.
PUBL INFO: Seattle : Washington State Federation of Labor, [1924?]
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW 979.706 WFH 1902-1924
AUTHOR: Washington State Labor Council,
AFL-CIO.
TITLE: Directory of affiliated organizations
PUBL INFO: Seattle, Wash. : The Council, [1982]
LOCATION: Special Collections/Pacific NW HD6517.W2 D52 1982
AUTHOR: Westine,
Carl Gustaf.
TITLE: The Seattle teamsters
PUBL INFO: 1937.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Stacks Thesis 3538
RECORDS
OF SPECIFIC LABOR UNIONS AND/OR MEMBERS
AUTHOR: Adlum, Merle
Daniel, 1919-1986.
TITLE: Merle D. Adlum papers, 1963-1983.
NOTE: Trade-union official and port commissioner, of Seattle, Wash.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Broetje,
Arthur F.
TITLE: Arthur F. Broetje papers, 1934-1968.
NOTE: Teacher and labor union official, Bremerton, Wash.
NOTE: Correspondence and subject files relating to Broetje's involvement with
Local 336, American Federation of Teachers, Bremerton, Wash. (1936-1966), and
other labor organizations including the Central Labor Council, Bremerton, the
United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202, the Washington State
Federation of Teachers, and the Washington State Labor Council. Includes two
tape-recorded interviews with Broetje.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Carr, Harry L.
TITLE: Papers, 1944-1972.
NOTE: Trade-union official, of Seattle, Wash.
NOTE: Correspondence, speeches, minutes, and reports, chiefly concerning Carr's
activities as president of Carpenters' District Council, Seattle, Wash. Includes
material relating to AFL-CIO, King County Labor Council of Washington, American
National Red Cross, Seattle Maritime Advisory Board, and Washington State World
Fair Commission.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Ekroth, Fair
Taylor.
TITLE: Papers of Fair Taylor Ekroth and Nels S. Ekroth, ca. 1940-1967.
NOTE: Papers chiefly concerning the Progressive Party (1948) in Washington,
Puget Sound Cooperative League, Washington Pension union, and various trade
unions. Includes materials from Alice Franklin Bryant's congressional election
campaigns in 1952 and 1966.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Flood,
George E.
TITLE: Papers, 1932-1959.
NOTE: Labor leader.
NOTE: Publications, press releases, reports, telegraphs, clippings, and other
papers, relating to Workers Alliance of Washington (1935-1939), Unemployed
Citizens League (1932-1933), and Ship Scalers, Dry Dock, and Miscellaneous Boat
Yard Workers Union,
Local 589.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Flynn, Leo F.
TITLE: Papers, 1944-1967; (bulk 1955-1958)
NOTE: Correspondence, press releases, convention yearbooks, clippings, photos,
and other materials, concerning Flynn's activities as president of Washington
State Council of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and as
an organizer for
American Federation of Labor (1938-1956)
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR:
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths,
Forgers, and Helpers. Local 104 (Seattle, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1945-1960.
NOTE: Correspondence, labor agreements, and subject files.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR:
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Fishermen
and Allied Workers Division. Local 3 (Seattle, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1935-1981.
NOTE: Correspondence, minutes, negotiations, agreements, and other papers,
including records of two predecessors, United Fishermen's Union of the Pacific,
Puget Sound District, and International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America,
Pacific District, Local 3. Major correspondent is Joseph F. Jurich.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR:
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 37
(Seattle, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1933-1980.
NOTE: Founded 1933 as Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 18257, with
AFL affiliation, representing Alaska salmon cannery workers and farm workers;
1937 became Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7, with United
Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America-CIO affiliation,
and 1945 Food, Tobacco, and Agricultural Workers of America affiliation; 1951
became Local 37 of ILWU, and ca. 1987 Region 37 of IBU/ILWU; membership is
primarily Filipino Americans.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR:
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers. Local
25 (Tacoma, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1942-1970.
NOTE: Correspondence, membership lists, financial records, grievances, and
negotiation records.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR:
International Woodworkers of America. Local 3-101 (Everett, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1935-1983.
NOTE: AFL-CIO labor union representing mill and timber workers in Everett,
Wash., and in Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom counties; established ca. 1940 as
CIO union in Everett, Wash.; in 1950s merged with several smaller locals active
in Snohomish County
Industrial Union Council, local coordinating arm of CIO.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Jenkins,
Frank
TITLE: Oral history interview with Frank Jenkins, 1972.
PHYS DESC: Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes (60 min. each)
PHYS DESC: Transcript: [13] p.
NOTE: African-American stevedore and officer of the International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union.
NOTE: Jenkins details the history of the International Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union's (ILWU) exclusionary practices in the Puget Sound area,
discusses discriminatory hiring policies which limited employment opportunities
for black longshoremen in Seattle, the 1921 and 1934 strikes, and the changed
employment practices resulting from the '34 strike. The structure of the ILWU is
discussed, as well as some contract negotiations that occurred during Jenkins'
tenure as a union official. He chronicles the turbulent post-war history of the
longshoremen's union in the Puget Sound area and explains the reason for the
union's expulsion from the CIO in 1948.
NOTE: Interview conducted by Richard C. Berner on 6/6/72 and 6/28/72 in
Seattle, Wash.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Kinney,
Marion S., Mrs.
TITLE: Papers, 1919-1981.
NOTE: Owner of Frontier Bookstore, Seattle, Wash.
NOTE: Correspondence, autobiography, minutes, speeches, writings, court papers,
reports, financial records, news releases, pamphlets, newsletters, and ephemera,
relating to Kinney's business and her activities in various leftist
organizations, including the
Communist Party, U.S.A. and Washington State, and as executive secretary for
Washington Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born, and as member of
International Association of Machinists, Hope Lodge No. 79.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Mensalvas,
Chris D., d. 1977.
TITLE: Papers, 1948-1974.
NOTE: Union official, of Seattle, Wash.
NOTE: Correspondence, reports, minutes, ephemera, and tape-recorded interview,
relating to Mensalvas's activities as an official in International
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 37 (Cannery Workers), and his
opposition to deportation of Filipinos under the McCarran-Walter Act. Includes
material relating to the Philippines consul in Seattle. Persons represented
include Carlos Bulosan and Ernesto A. Mangaoang.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Moriarty, Charles P.
TITLE: Papers, 1957-1966.
NOTE: State legislator, of Seattle, Wash.
NOTE:
Correspondence, reports, reference files, documents, and ephemera, relating to
Moriarty's activities as a member of Washington State House of Representatives
(1957-1959) and Senate (1959-1966), representing the 36th district, Seattle.
Correspondents include AFL-CIO, Washington State Labor Council, Council of State
Governments, National Legislative Conference, Washington League of Women Voters,
Washington Republican Party, Washington State Research Council, and Washington
Tax Commission.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Office and
Professional Employees International Union. Local 8 (Seattle, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1938-1980.
NOTE Correspondence, minutes, contract and negotiation files, grievance and
arbitration files, newsletters, financial records, and ephemera.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: O'Neill, A. F.
TITLE: Papers, 1942-1965.
NOTE: Boilermaker, of Seattle, Wash.
NOTE: Convention proceedings, transcript of hearing concerning jurisdictional
dispute in 1948, printed items, and other materials, relating to O'Neill's
activities as officer of
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths,
Forgers, and Helpers, Local 104, Seattle.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Pierce
County Central Labor Council (Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1890-1971.
NOTE: Organized 1890 as Tacoma Trades Council under AFL; changed name to Tacoma
Central Labor Council, 1907; merged with Pierce County Industrial Union Council
(CIO) to form present body, 1957.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Rasmussen,
Walter H., of Seattle, Wash.
TITLE: Papers, 1946-1967.
NOTE: Labor leader and editor.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Sykora,
Elmer R.
TITLE: Papers, 1954-1956.
NOTE: Labor organization official.
NOTE: Reports, notes, scrapbook, photos, and memorabilia, relating to Sykora's
work as officer and business agent for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local
2519, Seattle, Wash.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local
1289 (Seattle, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1911-1958.
NOTE: Correspondence (1922-1948), minutes (1911-1946), financial records
(1918-1948), membership files (1911-1951), legal documents, reports, speeches,
writings, election records (1924, 1943, 1945), convention proceedings, ephemera,
and other
records; together with minutes, financial records, reports, and other papers, of
Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity (1923-1930), Seattle Building
Trades Council (1923-1944), and Washington State Council of United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America (1922-1958)
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 131 (Seattle, Wash.)
TITLE: Records, 1888-1960.
NOTE: Correspondence (1923-1952), organizational materials, minutes (1908-1960),
financial records (1897-1951), reports (1910), yearbooks, and other records.
Includes Washington Benevolent Association records and minutes of the Portland,
Seattle, and
Tacoma Building Trades councils.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Washington State CIO.
TITLE: Records, 1950-1957; (bulk 1954-1957)
NOTE Merged into Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, in 1957.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
AUTHOR: Washington
State Federation of Labor.
TITLE: Records, 1906-1957; (bulk 1920-1957)
NOTE: Merged into Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, in 1957.
LOCATION: Special Collections Manuscripts
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