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Labor unions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Charles F. Fleming scrapbook

 Collection — Folder S2037
Identifier: S2037
Scope and Contents This collection contains pages from a scrapbook used by Charles F. Fleming to hold material related to his work with the Labor Legislative Council of Lake County and Vicinity, an organization established to oppose a petition by Standard Oil Company to build a pipeline from Whiting, Indiana to Indianaolis. Ranging from 1940 to 1952, the items from the scrapbook include correspondence, newspaper clippings, formal resolutions, and typed and handwritten notes for speeches and presentations...
Dates: 1940-1952

Francis Sevenish collection

 Collection — Folder S2368
Identifier: S2368
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of programs from several events held in Indianapolis, Indiana, including the First Annual Ball of Rollers, Roughers, Catchers and Hookers Union No. 9 at the Mozart Hall September 16, 1873, the Grand Social Ball given by the Working Women's Protective Association at the Washington Hall on May 13, 1874, and the First Annual Ball of the Associated Brotherhood of Iron and Steel Heaters of Indianapolis held at the Masonic Hall May 22, 1874. Also included are...
Dates: 1873-1924

Harry Dynes papers

 Collection
Identifier: L256
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of K.C. Adams’ correspondence during the period 1916-1917 when he was working as publicity director of the United Mine Workers (UMW) in Indianapolis. The correspondence includes both letters received and sent by Adams and regard organizing activities of UMW; strikes and other labor conflicts in coalfields in Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and other places; the role of UMW in the 1916 presidential election; the involvement of UMW with...
Dates: 1873-1945

Indiana industries collection

 Collection — Folder S1599
Identifier: S1599
Scope and Contents This collection includes two advertising trade cards from Anderson, Fudge & Co. Ladoga Woolen Mills in Ladoga, Indiana circa 1890-1900; a six-page history of the Standard Forging Corporation in 1948; and a letter from A E. St. John of the Federated Metals Division of the American Smelting and Refining Company in New York, New York to Dorothy Riker in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 18, 1949 regarding the history of the company near Chicago.
Dates: circa 1890-1949

Indianapolis Typographical Union collection

 Collection
Identifier: L642
Scope and Contents This collection contains minutes, correspondence, membership files, convention records, publications, histories, photographs, and realia created by the Indianapolis Typographical Union, its parent union, subsets and contract partners in Indiana from 1871 to 2013.

There is also a collage poster (OBE025).
Dates: 1871-2013

John V. Beamer collection

 Collection
Identifier: L517
Scope and Contents This collection consists principally of papers related to John V. Beamer's career in U.S> Congress from 1951 to 1959 and includes correspondence regarding legislation and political issues from constituents and colleagues, national associations, labor unions, Indiana newspapers, colleges and universities, and businesses in his district; speeches, newsletters, and press releases; copies of the Congressional Record; newspaper clippings; campaign records,...
Dates: 1910-1974

Journeymen Barbers International Union of America convention panoramic photographs

 Collection — Object OBF012
Identifier: OBF012
Scope and Contents This collection includes two black-and-white panoramic photographs from two Journeymen Barbers International Union of America conventions held in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 6, 1914 and September 11, 1924. The convention attendees were photographed in front of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument. In the 1914 photograph taken by Cirkut Photo, some of the attendees, which included women, hold banners or pennants indicating their home state or country. The 1924 image shows men, as well...
Dates: 1914/10/06, 1924/09/11

Oral history and audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: L640
Scope and Contents This collection comprises the breadth of the oral history collection at the Indiana State Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 2019. The bulk of the collection contains oral histories created during the ISL Oral History Project during the 1960s-1980s and recordings of events, meetings, recitations, and radio interviews created and acquired by library staff during that period. The remainder are oral histories created by various outside institutions and organizations, such as universities, public...
Dates: circa 1904-2019

"Right to Work" legislation protest signs

 Collection — Folder OBD010
Identifier: OBD010
Scope and Contents This collection contains signs created by unions used by protesters to show opposition to "Right to Work" legislation that passed in Indiana in 2012.
Dates: circa 2012

United Auto Workers Local 933 letter

 Collection — Folder S1636
Identifier: S1636
Scope and Contents This collection contains a July 14, 1975 circular letter sent to Local 933 UAW retirees regarding the November 1975 election, Local 933's endorsement of mayoral candidate Robert "Bob" Welch, and the need for volunteers to help register voters. The letter includes the signatures of Local 933 President Arthur S. Murray and George Hribernik, Community Action Program (CAP) Committee chairman.
Dates: 1975/07/14