SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. LOCAL 34 (MINNEAPOLIS,
MINN.):
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. Local 34 (Minneapolis, Minn.), creator. | |
| Title: | Local 34 records, | |
| Dates: | 1916-1952. | |
| Abstract: | Minute book (1940-1943) with data on the union's routine business, finances, membership, social events, worker training programs, cooperation with other union organizations, picketing of nonunion shops, violations of union contracts, and jobs in defense plants. | |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | P15: See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Included also are a scrapbook (1951-1952) of the Minneapolis Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Committee, which co-ordinated training programs in Minneapolis, and some national sheet metal workers' publications (1916-1920).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. Local 34 (Minneapolis, Minn.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 9955
Processing Information:
Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson
Catalog ID number: 990017309910104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| P15 | 1 | Minute book, May 14, 1940-January 19, 1943. 1 volume. | |||||||||
| Minutes of the executive board and of the membership, including information on routine union business, financial reports, election of officers, descriptions of defense industry work available, picketing non-union shops, violations of union contracts by workers and employers, induction of new members, worker training programs, coopertion with other unions, and social events. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Committee scrapbook, 1951-1952. | |||||||||||
| The committee, composed of union and employer representatives, coordinated and directed apprentice training programs in Minneapolis. The program was implemented through the William Hood Dunwoody Industrial Institute. The scrapbook contains information on the organization of the program, dinner programs, citations, and samples of application blanks, business cards, training materials, and similar items. The volume was dismantled in 1981 and is now contained in a folder. | |||||||||||
| Publications, 1916-1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Copies of two union publications: Sheet Metal (April 1916), and The Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' Journal (December 1919; January, March, April, June 1920). | |||||||||||
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:
- Apprenticeship programs -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Labor movement -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Labor unions -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Organizations:
- William Hood Dunwoody Industrial Institute.
- Places:
- Minneapolis (Minn.).
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