Labor Collection Descriptions

Union records, papers of labor leaders and organizations, and materials on labor related issues. Also see a listing of collections related specifically to Labor Unions. Researchers may also want to consider the labor related holdings of the Western Historical Manuscript Collections in Kansas City, Rolla, and St. Louis.

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Allen, Donna (1920-1999), Papers, 1920-1992, (C3795)
18.6 linear feet
Papers of director of Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press and editor of Media Report to Women. Includes professional correspondence and printed materials on sex and race discrimination cases, media stereotypes, public broadcasting, women's news, national and international women's conferences, nad wome in management. Also documents Allen's involvement in labor, civil rights, and anti-war activism.

Bauder, Russell S., (1902-1987), Papers, 1910-1971 (C3347)
RESTRICTED
24.7 linear feet
The papers of Russell S. Bauder, University of Missouri professor, economist, and arbitrator, consists of arbitration cases and labor agreements, 1929-1971; U.S. Employment Service papers, 1935-1939; U.S. National War Labor Board, Wage Stabilization, 1942-1952; speeches and articles, 1932-1943; miscellaneous economics papers and correspondence, 1939-1949; and miscellaneous reference materials, 1910-1960.

Brewers, Maltsters and General Labor Departments, Local Union No. 6, Minutes, 1898-1940, (C0584)
MICROFILM
Roll 1 contains vol. 1, March 14, 1898-July 14, 1918, in German. Roll 2 contains vol. 2, July 28, 1918-January 1, 1940, in English. Labor-management relations, beer production prohibition, participation in politics, international union policy and relations with other trade unions; World War I, American Socialist Party, Eugene V. Debs, Tom Mooney.

Brookfield, Dutton (1917-1979), Papers, 1844-1979, (C2732)
72.4 linear feet
Business, political and personal papers and photographs of Kansas City, MO, community leader. President of Unitog Company (1953-1979), mayoral candidates (1963, 1971), and on boards of numerous corporations and educational and civic organizations. Family papers include letters from the Civil War, World War I and II, and Vietnam.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Lodge No. 634, Records, 1916-1932, (C0885)
2 folder(s)
The recording secretary's books for Lodge 634 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in Brookfield, MO.

Carpenters' District Council of Greater St. Louis, AFL-CIO, Records, 1892-1979, (C3696)
MICROFILM
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, labor contracts and apprenticeship records. The St. Louis District Council, one of four in the state of Missouri, worked to unionize carpenter shops, provided benefits for members, and mediated jurisdictional disputes between unions.

Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1964-1981, (C3634)
MICROFILM
14 folder
2 rolls microfilm
Office files of the Executive Director of the Committee, and minutes of related organizations: the Joint Administrative Committee of the St. Louis Supplemental Manpower Agreement / of the St. Louis Construction Manpower Corporation; the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Construction Manpower Corporation; and the Board of Directors of Construction Job Opportunities, Inc.

Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis, Minutes, 1945-1946, (C0919)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of bimonthly meetings. Printed.

Davis, James Adam (1905-1988), Papers, 1937-1975, (C3666)
23.5 linear feet
Papers of a state labor leader. State CIO Industrial Union Council, State Labor Council, Political Action Committee, Missouri Valley Authority, Governor's Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation, United Labor Committee of Missouri, State Environmental Improvement Authority and Executive Review Committee materials. Personal records.

Dempsey, L. Walter, Stenographer's Notes, 1917, (C3016)
1 folder(s)
Shorthand notes taken during the investigation of the Lead Belt Riots in St. Francois County, MO, in 1917.

Denham, Robert N. (1885-1954), Papers, 1919-1954, (C0012)
19 linear feet
Includes material on Denham's legal practice in Florida; his work as trial examiner and general counsel for NLRB, including material on Taft-Hartley legislation, speeches, and participation in President's Conference on Administration Procedures; and personal papers.

Greater Kansas City, Missouri, Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Records, 1946-1970, (C2514)
1 linear feet
Papers consist of the minutes of the Central Labor Council, miscellaneous copies of letters, resolutions, and notices.

Hoehn, Gottlieb A. (1865- ), Papers, 1895-1945, (C0347)
8 folder(s)
Papers of Gottlieb A. Hoehn, a journalist and labor organization supporter from St. Louis, MO. The papers consist of printed minutes, anniversary booklets, and programs pertaining to labor organizations. They also include articles written by Hoehn and some miscellaneous materials.

Howie, Margaret, Papers, (WUNP5705)
2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Papers relating to organization and functioning of Stephens College Federation of Teachers organization. Also includes a few papers relating to librarianship at Stephens College, Columbia, MO.

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Local 323, Higginsville, Missouri, Records, 1956-1983, (C3870)
3.6 linear feet
Records of a labor union local which include correspondence, grievance reports, shop meeting notes, manuals, and production figures and other employee data.

International Order of Good Templars, Fredericktown, Missouri, Lodge No. 513, Minutes, 1874-1878, (C3011)
MICROFILM
Minutes of Lodge 513 of the Good Templars. Contains membership information and notes election of officers.

Julian, Vance, Scrapbooks, 1943-1950, (C3486)
MICROFILM
Newspaper clippings about the Missouri constitutional convention of 1943-1944 and about the first five years of transactions of the Missouri State Board of Mediation, a board which acted in public utility labor disputes.

Kaiser, Esther, Collection, 1896, 1945 (C0208)
1 folder
Three letters on the early life of Richard Parks Bland and Hartford Academy, Ohio County, Kentucky. Copy of letter by Bland from Lebanon, Missouri, about his defeat in the Democratic presidential primary, 1896.

Kalleberg, Arthur L. (1913- ), 1961-1976, (C3597)
0.2 linear feet
Papers of a University of Missouri professor of political science. Personal and departmental records and correspondence relating to the resignation of University president C. Brice Ratchford, the organization of the University of Missouri-Columbia Chapter of the National Educational Association and the suspension of visiting associate professor of political science Patrick T. Dougherty.

Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Clarks, Louisiana, Records, 1901-1956, (C3660)
72 linear feet
268 volume(s)
Records of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company and associated companies. Include correspondence, 1901-1945, financial records, company reports, maps, photographs, and other materials related to the southern lumber industry.

Missouri Lumber and Mining Company, Photographs, 1906-1916, (C3875)
2 folder(s)
Photographs of various Missouri Lumber and Mining Company operations in and around the Ozark town of Grandin, MO. Taken and collected by Harry M. Griffith, a company physician.

Missouri State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of ...AFL-CIO, Records, (WUNP4406)
0.4 linear feet
Xerox copies of materials that should be processed with the increment to be obtained in 1990.

Missouri State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of...AFL-CIO, Records, (C3700)
MICROFILM
Records of the State Council office of the secretary-treasurer, formed in 1938 by local unions to oversee union activities within the state. Material includes weekly reports and other correspondence; photographs, printed material; and the proceedings of the annual council conventions.

Missouri State Labor Council Pamphlets, 1959-1965, (C2355)
1 folder(s)
Pamphlets on the time-off-to-vote law; workmen's compensation law; unemployment insurance; Social Security amendments, 1965; and the Active Ballot Club.

Missouri State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Records, 1891-1975 (C0216)
21.6 linear feet
Correspondence, convention proceedings, financial and membership records, minutes, reports, and other records of the Council and its Committee on Political Education, the Missouri State Federation of Labor, and Labor’s League for Political Education. Subject file on topics of interest to labor including the right to work movement. Materials generated through political, legislative, and civic activities of Council executive officers.

Peter Tamony Memorial Lecture, Collection, 1986-2003, (C3944)
0.3 linear feet
Audio cassettes and transcripts of speeches, photographs, and advertisements documenting the Peter Tamony Memorial Lecture series at the University of Missouri.

Schewe, Elenore, Collection, (WUNP6076)
4 linear feet
INVENTORY Material pertaining to the firebrick factories and industry in and around Vandalia and Mexico, Missouri. Includes correspondence, financial material, legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, post cards, publications and publicity, scrapbook and oral history, and assorted ephemera [embossed playing cards].

St. Joseph Typographical Union No. 40, St. Joseph, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5806)
INVENTORY. Records of a labor union of typographical workers, consisting of correspondence, financial reports, meeting minutes, contracts and agreements, convention materials, and miscellaneous; 1905-1980s.

St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8, Records, (WUNP5275)
RESTRICTED
1.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of union publications; THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, THE BULLETIN, and THE UNIONIST.

St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8, Records, 1856-1974, (C3661)
RESTRICTED
16.4 linear feet
40 volume(s)
Minutes, financial records, correspondence and printed material of the union. The records also include THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL and THE BULLETIN of the International Typographical Union and material from the St. Louis Allied Printing Trades Council.

Tindall, Virginia P., Papers, (WUNP5842)
Newspaper clippings, photographs, meeting material, bulletins and memorabilia related to Virginia Tindall's activities in Women's Auxiliary No. 73 to St. Joseph Typographical Union No. 40, and the Woman's International Auxiliary to the Typographical Union.

U.S. Wage Stabilization Board, 9th Region, Minutes, 1951-1953 (C0154)
0.2 linear feet
Minutes record regulations under which the board operated; labor-industry cases brought before the board; decisions; and petitions regarding wage rates, holidays, overtime and merit plans. The Board's region consisted of Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.

United Mine Workers of America, Local No. 298, Richmond, Missouri, Records, 1901-1945, (C3044)
MICROFILM
Membership records for the organization known locally as the Welsh Miners' Union. Contains members' names, record of dues payments, suspensions, transfers, and death claims.