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Mss 734
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Part 2 (Mss 734): 1988 Additions, 1937-19748.4 c.f. (8 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) The 1988 Additions (which were donated to the Historical Society in 1978) cover the period 1937-1974 and are divided into two general categories: internal administrative records of the union, and subject files, plus a small group of miscellany. The administrative records include important documentation not available in the materials received from the union in earlier donations-chiefly minutes of the executive board, 1940-1968, officers' correspondence, 1937-1965, and convention files, 1938-1964. As a result of this new material, the overall quality of the collection as a resource for research is greatly improved. The ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS pertain to the international union and document the activities of its officers, activities in the headquarters, and interactions between the international and its local membership. Included is a constitution; materials pertaining to biennial elections, biennial conventions, and executive board meetings; officers' correspondence; and publications. The biennial election records cover the period 1954-1966 and generally document the union's election procedures on both an international and local level. The biennial convention files date from 1938 to 1964 and include proceedings, resolutions, and correspondence. Additional information about the biennial conventions may be found in the holdings of the Society Library. (This material partially duplicates the archival record.) Records of the International Executive Board meetings include minutes, resolutions, and correspondence. These records document, although not completely, the 4th through the 71st IEB meetings and cover the period 1940-1968. Also included is detailed information on votes and decisions of the board, 1945-1967. Of special note among the material on conferences is material pertaining to ACA's 1966 affiliation with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The officers' correspondence covers the period 1937-1973 and is arranged chronologically by officer. One folder contains correspondence sent to international executive board members, 1953 to 1965. Also included are various publications issued by and for ACA members and covering the period from 1941 to 1952. Additional publications are available in the Society Library. The SUBJECT FILES are arranged alphabetically. Most material is arranged by company name and thereunder by union, although there are a few exceptions to this. Most company files include correspondence, together with agreements, arbitration, and negotiation material. On the whole, they provide good coverage of labor-management relations. Some material filed under the heading “Local Records” consists of minutes, by-laws, correspondence, and miscellaneous records of several ACA locals. Also in the subject files are materials which document ACA's loss to the Communication Workers of America in the 1966 election at Western Union, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting a strike by radio and cable workers in the early half of 1948, materials on ACA's position on the Western Union-Postal Telegraph merger, and records concerning ACA activity during the McCarthy era. The subject files also include publications issued by various unions and companies (especially COMSAT), materials concerning ACA's relation with Congress of Racial Equality, Federal Communications Commission hearings and dockets, and material pertaining to labor spies. The MISCELLANY includes examples of election ballots, letters to the international union regarding opportunities for employment, newspaper clippings, statements, and arbitration awards concerning related unions.
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Series: Administrative Records
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International constitution
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Drafts and proposals, 1940-1974, undated
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Correspondence, 1937-1974, undated
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Affiliation, 1943-1949
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Anti-espionage plan, 1941
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Charters for locals, 1943-1960
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Conferences
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Democracy and Autonomy in the CIO, 1949
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Box
1
Folder
15
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President's Conference on Occupational Safety, 1954
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Conference miscellany, 1953, 1955, 1969
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Box
2
Folder
12a
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IBT Affiliation Conference, 1966
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Contributions to other organizations, 1953-1966
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Box
2
Folder
1-12
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Conventions (Biennial), 1938-1964
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Box
1
Folder
6-13
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Elections (Biennial), 1954-1966
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Executive Board
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Box
2
Folder
13-22
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4th-71st meeting minutes, 1940-1968
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Box
3
Folder
1-4
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Decisions and votes, 1945-1967
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Officers' correspondence
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Box
3
Folder
5
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1937-1952, Rathborne and Selly
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Box
3
Folder
6
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1953-1972, Selly
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Box
3
Folder
7-8
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1961-1973, Fitzsimmons
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Box
3
Folder
9
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1954-1967, Kehoe and Bender
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Box
3
Folder
10
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1953-1965, Correspondence to IEB members
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Publications
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Challenge (ITT), 1948-1952
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Box
4
Folder
2
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FYI (MacKay), 1951-1952
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Labor's Outlook
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Box
4
Folder
4
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The Log (Broadcast District Local 1), 1941-1942
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Telephone News,
1945-1947
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Pamphlets, publications, and propaganda miscellany
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Alliance for Labor, Proceedings of founding conference, 1969
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American Cable and Radio Corporation (ACRC)
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Box
5
Folder
14
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ACA miscellany, 1958, 1964, undated
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Communication Workers of America (CWA), 1964
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Box
5
Folder
16
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National Labor Relations Board arbitration regarding CWA, 1949-1953
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Box
5
Folder
17
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American Radio Association (ARA), 1947-1949, undated
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American Telephone and Telegraph
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Correspondence and clippings regarding rate regulation and anti-trust, 1961-1966
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AT&T-Long Lines
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Box
6
Folder
2
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CWA Local 1150 election propaganda, 1966-1968
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Box
6
Folder
3
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ACA election propaganda, 1966-1967
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Anti-ACA material
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Box
5
Folder
18
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CIO charges against ACA and other unions, 1949, 1955
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Box
5
Folder
19-20
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ACA compliance status with NLRA section (h)
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Box
5A
Folder
1
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ACA statements to the Judiciary committee, 1954-1955
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Box
5A
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous correspondence and statements
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Bell Telephone, CWA Local 2590, Correspondence, convention reports, membership development statistics, and miscellany, 1967-1968
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Broadcasting Department, agreements and correspondence, 1952-1962
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Bunker-Ramo Corporation
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Agreements
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Union election, 1965
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ACA and International Association of Machinists election propaganda, 1965
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Miscellaneous correspondence and grievance file
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Cable and Wireless/Western Union International; San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Correspondence, 1969-1970, undated
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Agreements and FCC hearings, 1970
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Job classification and cost of living information
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation, Radio and Cables Department Overseas Communication Union, agreements, 1957-1965
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Columbia Records, ACA agreements and correspondence, 1967-1970
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Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT)
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Correspondence, 1964-1966
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Annual reports, 1965-1970
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Reports to shareholders, 1965-1971
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Reports to President and Congress, 1966-1970, and miscellaneous pamphlets
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Box
6
Folder
14
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Statements by COMSAT officials, 1966-1968
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Box
6
Folder
15-18
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News releases, 1966-1971
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Box
6
Folder
19
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Miscellany, newspaper clippings, and photographs
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Communication Workers of America
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Box
6
Folder
21
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Publications, propaganda, and miscellany
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Box
6
Folder
22
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Anti-ACA propaganda
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Box
6
Folder
20
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), correspondence and leaflets, 1960-1964
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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Box
7
Folder
6-7
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Dockets
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Reports of the Board of War Communications on telegraph service to the FCC
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Box
7
Folder
8-9
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1942-1943
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Box
6
Folder
5
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1942-1947
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Insurance organizing
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Box
7
Folder
15-16
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Correspondence, 1958-1972, undated
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Box
7
Folder
17
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Agreements, 1969-1972, undated
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Box
7
Folder
18
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NLRB hearings, 1967-1971, undated
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Miscellany
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Box
8
Folder
2
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International merger (RCA, WU, ACRC), correspondence and statements, 1954-1958
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International Telephone and Telegraph World Communications
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Box
7
Folder
10
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ACA, 1964-1965
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Box
7
Folder
11-12
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CWA Local 1172, 1951-1960
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Box
7
Folder
13
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CWA, 1960-1970, undated
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Box
7
Folder
14
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, election, 1969
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Local records
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Local 1, by-laws, correspondence, arbitration, and miscellany, 1972
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Local 9
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Provisional by-laws, 1969
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Minutes, 1943-1969
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Box
5
Folder
4-6
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Correspondence, 1943-1970, undated
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Financial statements, 1947-1968
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Newsletters (Spearhead,Hot Line), 1963-1964
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Box
5
Folder
9
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Miscellaneous records
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Local 40
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Box
5
Folder
10
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By-laws, undated
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Minutes, 1961-1966
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Correspondence and union election propaganda regarding Western Union
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MacKay Radio and Telegraph Company
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1938-1950
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Agreements
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National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET)
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Correspondence, 1967
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Arbitration, agreements, and negotiations, 1960-1971
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Box
8
Folder
8
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National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. vs. Subversive Activities Control Board, 1962
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Box
8
Folder
7
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), arbitration, correspondence, and miscellany
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Radio Communications Association-Alaska Communications (Alascom)
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Box
8
Folder
9
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Correspondence, 1971, undated
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Negotiations and agreements, 1971
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Box
8
Folder
11
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Teamsters publications and newspaper clippings
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Strike scrapbook, radio and cable, 1948
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Box
8
Folder
13
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Smythe, Dallas W., correspondence and essays, 1972-1973
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Box
8
Folder
14
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Statements, miscellaneous
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Box
8
Folder
15
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Technical, Electronic and Communications Union, New York, election propaganda, 1966-1967
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Box
8
Folder
16
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Telegraphists' and Postal Clerks Union-Australian Third Division, correspondence, 1952-1961
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Box
8
Folder
17
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Tropical Radio Telegraph Company, correspondence, 1966, 1969-1970
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Western Union
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ACA
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Articles of agreement covering employees in U.S. North American Division, 1964-1966
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Box
9
Folder
2
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NLRB and FCC arbitration, 1938-1948
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Box
9
Folder
3
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, 1962 union election propaganda
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Commercial Telegraphers' Union (CTU)
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Correspondence, 1941-1966, undated
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Articles of agreement
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Arbitration
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Local 1 financial statement
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Fact Sheet and Bulletin, 1952-1962
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Telegrams and newspaper clippings
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CWA
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Local 1177, 1966 union election
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Correspondence and miscellany
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Western Union-Postal Telegraph merger
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Box
9
Folder
12-14
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Correspondence, 1942-1969
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Box
9
Folder
15
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Agreement, 1943
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Legislative bills
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Box
9
Folder
17-18
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Statement and reports, 1944-1966, undated
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Box
9
Folder
19
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Miscellany
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Box
9
Folder
20
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Willmark Agency, Labor spies information
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Box
9
Folder
21
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Miscellany
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