GREG DAVIS:

An Inventory of His Labor and Radical Ephemera at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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	Creator:	Davis, Greg, compiler.
	Title:	Labor and radical ephemera.
	Dates:	1974-1984.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Newspaper clippings, newsletters, flyers, some correspondence, and related ephemera compiled by Greg Davis and representing a number of labor and leftist political organizations in Minnesota and other Midwestern states. Significant portions of the collection relate to labor elections and to conflicts and strikes led by the United Auto Workers, Amalgamated Transit Workers, architectural metals workers, the teamsters, and steel and mine workers.
	Quantity:	0.6 cubic feet (1 box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

There are files on the Farmer-Labor Association, and on the various branches of the Communist Party (especially the Marxist-Leninist branch), detailing ideological differences and plans for organizational restructuring. Files on the North Country Co-op, the Minnesota Powerline Protest, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, racism, working women, unemployment, and shorter work weeks are also included.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Davis, Greg. Labor and radical ephemera. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,356

Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, 1991

Catalog ID number: 001713833

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
151.E.2.6F	1	Amalgamated Transit Workers Union. Greyhound bus drivers' strike, 1981, 1983.


		Communist Labor Party, 1977-1979.
			Including Electric Machinery Manufacturing Company workers.


		Communist Party ideological debate, undated.


		Farmer-Labor Association, 1978-1981.


		Flour City Architectural Metals Workers. Newsletters, undated.


		International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 2047 (Sperry-Univac), 1979, 1980.


		Minnesota Working Women, 1980-1981.


		North Country Co-op, undated and 1975-1977. 2 folders.


		Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center (Marxist-Leninist), 1974-1980.


		Powerline protest (Minnesota), 1977-1980. 2 folders.


		Shorter work week, 1977-1984.


		Teamsters Local 1145 (Honeywell workers), 1979-1982.
			Includes material on International Comnittee Against Racism.


		Those United to Fight Racism, 1980-1981.


		Unemployed Workers Organizing Committee, 1976.


		United Auto Workers, 1977-1983. 3 folders.


		United Mine Workers. Coal strike, 1978.


		United Steel Workers. Iron Range strike, 1977-1978.


		Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1979-1981.


		Miscellaneous organizations and papers, 1979-1980.
			[0.4 cubic feet, empty, legal]

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Automobile industry workers.; Communism.; Communist parties.; Communist strategy.; Labor and laboring classes.; Labor unions.; Marxian economics.; Philosophy, Marxist.; Racism.; Radicalism.; Radicals.; Strikes and lockouts.; Unemployed.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Organizations:: Farmer-Labor Association of Minnesota.; North Country Co-op (Minneapolis, Minn.); Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

Document Types:: Ephemera.

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GREG DAVIS:

OVERVIEW

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS