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International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), District Council 7 Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-116

Scope and Contents

The records of this collection are divided into nine series: Constitution, Minutes, Proceedings, Financial Reports, Administrative Functions, General Motors, Chrysler Airtemp, Labor History, and Photographs.

Series I consists of the Constitution and By Laws, 1951 and 1954.

Series II, Minutes, contains the subseries of Executive Board Minutes, 1949-1966, District Council Minutes, 1949-1966, Miscellaneous Conference Board Minutes, 1950-1966, and Civil Rights Committee Minutes, 1954-1957.

Series III is Proceedings the records of the District Council Meetings, 1956-1962.

Series IV contains the Financial Reports from 1947-1974.

Series V is comprised of the Administrative Functions Records. The series is broken down into the subseries of Resolutions and Elections.

Series VI is records concerning General Motors. The series consists of the subseries Negotiations and Benefits, which includes Guaranteed Annual Wage and Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, and negotiations, 1967, 1970, and 1972. The second subseries is General Information from 1934 to 1974.

Series VII is Chrysler Airtemp and it consists of general information from 1964.

Series VIII, Labor History, is union history information including newspaper clippings and pamphlets.

Series IX, Photographs, consists of pictures of the various locals, union officials, union building, summer institute, Ohio Right to Vote Campaign, Scholarship Grant Program, and the 1948 Univis Lens Strike. Box Seven, File One has pictures of James B. Carey with John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Adlai Stevenson. File four has a photograph of David Fitmaurice with Lyndon B.Johnson. File fourteen, Miscellaneous Photographs, has a picture of Harry S Truman and an autographed picture of the ex governor of Ohio, John Gilligan. File nineteen contains a picture of Walter Reuther with John F. Kennedy.

Dates

  • Creation: 1934-1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Brief Historical Note

The International Union of Electrical Workers District Council No. 7 (I.U.E. District 7) is headquartered at 3461 Office Park Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45419. The U.E.'s first founding convention was held on March 21 22, 1936. At this time, James B. Carey was unanimously elected President of the U.E. and Julius Emspack, Secretary Treasurer. At the National C.I.O. Convention, November 1949, the U.E. was expelled from the C.I.O. for being "Communist dominated." At this same meeting a successor union with the same jurisdiction was chartered the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (I.U.E.) James B. Carey, C.I.O. secretary and U.E. president voted out of office in 1941, was installed by Murray as head man of the I.U.E.

I.U.E. District Council 7 is one of 11 districts within the I.U.E. It has jurisdiction over 106 local unions in a seven state area Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Extent

3.5 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Includes Executive Board minutes, District Council minutes and proceedings, Conference Board minutes, and Civil Rights Committee minutes. Also included are financial records, election materials, negotiation records, subject files, and photographs.

Arrangement

The collections is arranged into 9 series:

Series I:
Constitution and By-Laws, 1951; 1954
Series II:
Minutes, 1949-1966
Series III:
Proceedings, 1956-1962
Series IV:
Financial Reports, 1947-1974
Series V:
Administrative Functions, 1958; 1960
Series VI:
General Motors, 1934-1974
Series VII:
Chrysler Airtemp, 1964
Series VIII:
Labor History, 1943-1974
Series IX:
Photographs, Undated

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records of IUE District Council 7 were accessioned into the Wright State University Archives and Special Collections Department by the Ohio Labor History Project in March of 1981.

Related Materials

MS-49 International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), District Council 7 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms49.pdf)

MS-79 International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), Local 755 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms79.pdf)

MS-83 International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), Local 725 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms103.pdf )

MS-99 International Union of Electrical Workers, Local 689 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms99.pdf)

MS-103 International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), Local 725 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms103.pdf )

MS-111 International Union of Electrical Workers, Local 801 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms111.pdf)

MS-114 International Union of Electrical Workers, Local 768 Records (https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms114.pdf)

MS-127 International Union of Electrical Workers, Amalgamated Local 804 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms127.pdf)

MS-266 International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, Local 769 Records (http://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms266.pdf)

Processing Information

Processed by: Harry J. Moore, May 1981

Title
Guide to the International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), District Council 7 Records (MS-116)
Status
Completed
Author
Harry J. Moore
Date
1981 May
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2017 August: Finding aid updated according to DACS

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
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