Labor

Scope and Contents The records in the Aurora Trades and Labor Assembly (ATLA) Collection are arranged in five series and span the years from 1901 to 1984. Series I contains constitutions, by-laws, annual reports, minutes of meetings, and a brief history of the ATLA. There are some gaps in the meeting minutes and several meetings in the late 1970’s are on cassette tapes. Financial records (1904-1883) comprise Series II. Included are income and expense records, audit reports, bank accounts, and per capita...

Scope and Contents The Burlington Railroad Strike records were collected by the donor in the course of his Ph.D. dissertation research. The records from the Burlington Railroad were donated to Mr. Flynn by a company official. These records include special agent reports, legal documents, and correspondence. The Burlington Railroad Strike records also consist of oral history interview transcriptions that the donor conducted during his research. James R. Flynn completed his dissertation entitled, "The...

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The Carpenters' Auxiliary #280 records consist of a history, correspondence, and newsletters dating 1941 to 1971. The Carpenters' Auxiliary #280 records consist of a history, correspondence, and newsletters dating 1941 to 1971. Two scrapbooks which contains photographs of Auxiliary activities and newspaper clippings pertaining to the organization are included in the collection.

Scope and Contents Records in the Central Labor Union of Freeport collection date 1901-1983, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1930’s to the late 1970’s. The Central Labor Union’s activities, from 1934-1981, are documented through its constitution, minutes, financial records, correspondence, delegate’s credentials, and lists of affiliated unions. Records from several affiliated unions are included in the collection. Among these are documents from the local, district, state, and national...

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The collection consists of the records of the DeKalb County Building and Construction Trades Council from 1950 to 2001. The records include administrative files, minutes, correspondence, printed materials, legal documentation, and audio-visual materials. The records reflect the organization’s activities as a labor union. The correspondence includes letters from individuals, labor organizations, private companies, and public organisms. The minutes have many gaps, especially before 1980.

Scope and Contents The records in this collection document many of the activities of the DeKalb-Ogle County Central Labor Council from 1964 to 1982. Types of records include: constitution, by-laws, minutes, correspondence, membership information, newsletters, and newsclips. Financial reports were usually included in meeting minutes. The minutes, although incomplete, provide excellent documentation of the issues important to Council members. Extensive correspondence files and material from the Illinois F of...

Scope and Contents The DuPage Building & Construction Trades Council records date from 1955 to 1984, though the bulk of the material covers the years 1968 to 1979.  A complete run of monthly Council meeting minutes (1966-1979) and of weekly Business Representatives meeting minutes (1970-1979) are in the collection.  The majority of the records are subject and correspondence files that deal with a variety of topics: politics and labor legislation, wage rates, jurisdiction disputes, pickets, and the...

Scope and Contents This collection represents a small portion of the records generated by the Elgin Trades Council; records pre-dating 1965 have been lost. The materials are divided into five series. The first series contains the records of the Council -- constitutions, meeting minutes (1967-1979), and general correspondence (1968-1978). The remaining four series contain documentation on related organizations. Series two and three contain records from the E1gin Association of Commerce, the Aurora Labor and...