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Rhode Island AFL-CIO Records State trade union board, Rhode Island Records, 1944-1985 Size: 4 ft. Catalog number: MSS 1051 Processed by: Rick Stattler, May 2000 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The Rhode Island branches of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged in 1958.
Scope and content:
The correspondence files from 1978 to 1982 contain copies of many letters to and from Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy. Other political notables in the correspondence files are Sen. John H. Chafee (June 6 1984), Sen. Claiborne Pell (June 7 1984).
Rhode Island AFL-CIO Scrapbooks:
These scrapbooks were begun by the Rhode Island Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1953 and were continued after the AFL-CIO merger in 1957, ending in 1962. The clippings were done by a news service. Many of the clippings are from the well-indexed Providence Journal and the Providence Evening Bulletin, but there are also many clippings from unindexed papers such as the Pawtuxet Valley Times, Woonsocket Sunday Star, Pawtucket Times, Westerly Sun, Newport Mercury, and Woonsocket Call. There are also occasional clippings from other New England papers relating to the RI AFL-CIO.
The agency apparently clipped any article containing the acronym "CIO" or "AFL-CIO." As virtually every union in the state was a member of the AFL-CIO after 1957, and used "AFL-CIO" as part of its official title, this means that a large proportion of Rhode Island union news is covered by the scrapbooks. The Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport and Westerly news is not easily accessible by any other means, making these books of great value for any sort of trade union research in the late 1950s.
Provenance:
These records were donated in 2000 by the R.I. AFL-CIO, largely through the efforts of labor historian Scott Molloy. An audio reel-to-reel tape from the gift was placed in the Graphics Division, and newsletters and other material were placed in the Printed Collection.
Processing note:
Inventory:
SUBGROUP 1: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, R.I. STATE BRANCH
Series 1: Convention transcripts
Box 1, folder 1. 1944, April
Box 1, folder 2. 1944, October
Box 1, folder 3. 1945, April
Box 1, folder 4. 1945, October
Box 1, folder 5. 1946, April
Box 1, folder 6. 1946, October
Box 1, folder 7. 1947, April
Box 1, folder 8. 1947, October
Box 1, folder 9. 1948, April
Box 1, folder 10. 1948, October
Box 1, folder 11. 1949, April
Box 1, folder 12. 1949, October
Box 2, folder 1. 1950, March
Box 2, folder 2. 1950, October
Box 2, folder 3. 1952, March
Box 2, folder 4. 1952, October
Box 2, folder 5. 1953, March
Box 2, folder 6. 1953, October
Box 2, folder 7. 1954, March
Box 2, folder 8. 1955, March
Box 2, folder 9. 1956, October
Box 2, folder 10. 1957, October
Series 2: Treasurer's reports
Box 2, folder 11. 1948-1957
SUBGROUP 2: RHODE ISLAND STATE C.I.O. INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL
Series 1: Convention transcripts
Box 3, folder 1. 1946
Box 3, folder 2. 1948
Box 3, folder 3. 1949
Box 3, folder 4. 1950
Box 3, folder 5. 1951
Box 3, folder 6. 1953
Box 3, folder 7. 1955
Box 3, folder 8. 1956
Box 3, folder 9. 1957
Box 3, folder 10. 1958
Series 2: Minutes
Box 3, folder 11. 1944-1945, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 12. 1946, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 13. 1947, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 14. 1948, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 15. 1949, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 16. 1950, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 17. 1951, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 18. 1952, Executive Board
Box 3, folder 19. 1947-1949, State Council
Box 3, folder 20. 1950-1954, State Council
Series 3: Audit reports
Box 3, folder 21. 1947-1949
Box 3, folder 22. 1950-1957
Series 4: Miscellaneous
Box 3, folder 23. New England Governors Committee on the Textile Industry, 1952
SUBGROUP 3: RHODE ISLAND AFL-CIO
Series 1: Convention transcripts and notes
Box 4, folder 1. 1960 notes
Box 4, folder 2. 1962 transcript
Box 4, folder 3. 1962 notes
Box 4, folder 4. 1964 transcript
Box 4, folder 5. 1966-1968 notes
Box 4, folder 6. 1970 resolutions and program
Box 4, folder 7. 1974 transcript and notes
Box 4, folder 8. 1976 transcripts
Box 4, folder 9. 1978 notes
Box 4, folder 10. 1980 notes
Box 4, folder 11. 1983 notes
Box 4, folder 12. 1985 notes
Series 2: Correspondence
Box 4, folder 13. 1968-1970, 1975
Box 4, folder 14. 1978-1981
Box 4, folder 15. 1982
Box 4, folder 16. 1983
Box 4, folder 17. 1984
Box 4, folder 18. 1984
Box 4, folder 19. Undated
Series 3: Miscellaneous
Box 4, folder 20. AFL-CIO national policy statements, 1968-1973
Box 4, folder 21. Constitution - Drafts and notes during merger, 1958
Box 4, folder 21a. Constitution - Drafts and notes during merger, 1958 (legal-sized)
Box 4, folder 22. Constitution - Draft and notes, 1966
Box 4, folder 23. Hearing transcript, Bakery Workers vs. A&P, 1957
Box 4, folder 24. Membership mailings, 1960s and undated
Box 4, folder 25. Miscellaneous undated reports
Box 4, folder 26. News clippings, 1965-1984
Box 4, folder 27. Press releases, 1964-1983
Box 4, folder 28. Reports and statements, 1959-1979
Box 4, folder 29. Report on economic development, by Fleet Bank, 1984
Box 4, folder 30. Reports on Project R.I., 1974
Box 4, folder 31. R.I. Personnel Appeal Board report, 1984
Box 4, folder 32. Speech to Leadership R.I. by Allan Feldman, 1984
Box 4, folder 33. "To Exorcise the Excise," by Claiborne Pell, 1965
Box 4, folder 34. Workers compensation rep't, by Institute for Labor Studies & Research, 1985
Subjects:
AFL-CIO.
American Federation of Labor.
Chafee, John H., 1922-1999.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Garrahy, J. Joseph.
Labor unions - Rhode Island.
New England Governors Committee on the Textile Industry
Pell, Claiborne deB., 1918-.
Rhode Island - Politics and government.
Textile industry - Rhode Island.
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