Labor unions

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, meeting minutes, statistics, photographs, and other records ranging from 1937 to 2006 relating to Ball Brothers Corporation, Charles Anderson's work with union leaders in the Republic of Cyprus, his research in Denmark, his career working for U.A.W. Locals 93 (Ball Corp.) and 662 (Delco Remy), and various Democratic Party candidates and politicians. Also included is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Anderson in...

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The collection contains scrapbooks from the 1955 Delaware County Economic Conference sponsored by the United Auto Workers and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (UAW-CIO) and the 1958-1959 Surplus Food Program. Also includes photographs of union strikes and photographs of prominent politicians campaigning in Indiana, including Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy.

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The collection consists largely of photocopies of company president Rodney Tetrault’s scrapbook, which included news clippings and photographs documenting violence during the attempt to unionize Indiana Refrigeration Lines drivers. The scrapbook itself was not salvageable, but items, including some correspondence and strike benefit payment stubs, were removed and are included in the collection. Photographs from the scrapbook are in PSC 281.

Scope and Contents The J. Paul Mitchell Collection includes research pertaining to various projects including the publication “A History of Negroes in Muncie,” containing oral history interviews, correspondence, census information, the Delaware-Muncie Planning Commission, AntiPoverty Corporation, and other community outreach groups.Only a limited amount of the collection is devoted to Mitchell’s own work as a professor for Ball State. Examination books and essays are included, but the bulk of the...

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The index lists labor organizations in Muncie from the late-19th through the early 20th century. Information includes name of organization, union leaders, and meeting information (when available). Information is drawn in part from Muncie City Directories.

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This collection consists of three political posters from the 1980s promoting the Independent Self-governing Labour Union "Solidarity", a Polish trade union established in 1980 by Lech Walesa.

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The collection includes the Robert D. Snider's papers including his daybooks, correspondence, memos, and records. Proceedings of the Indiana State Masonry conferences (1960-1978), yearbooks (1970-1982) and the constitution and by-laws of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen-Local 19 of Indiana of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen AFL-CIO Jurisdiction are also included.

Scope and Contents This collection includes records of the UAW-CIO, Local 287 and national UAW publications. The Local 287 records include the original charter (1936), agreements between UAW-CIO Local 287 and BorgWarner (1938-1986), constitution and by-laws (1942-1986), brochures related to pensions and benefits (1961-1980), a history of the Local (1978), minutes (1937-1985), and the Labor Beacon newspaper (1952-2000). The national records include proceedings from national conventions, reports from UAW...

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This collection includes papers, books, newsletters and newspaper clippings relating to the AFL-CIO, GM-UAW, UAW-CIO, and Local 499 in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1940-2005.