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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Norman Leonard and William H. Carder Collection
Creator:
Leonard, Norman, 1914-2006
Identifier/Call Number: URB.NLWC
Extent:
8.34 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-1983
Abstract: Mr. Leonard served as counsel for the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union through several phases of labor disagreements
including such issues as civil rights, racial discrimination, hiring and registration
disputes, and management's unfair labor practices. The files of Leonard and Carder consist
of legal cases brought before the court by their firm over the period 1951 to 1983. The
documents found within the collection substantiate the process of labor arbitrations through
National Labor Relation Board hearings, state and federal court cases and within the ILWU
itself.
Language of Material: English
Norman Leonard was born in New York City on 27 February 1914. As a young man he moved with
his family to Los Angeles, where he was graduated from UCLA in 1934. He later obtained an MA
(1935) and an LL.B. (1938) from Columbia University. Leonard was first employed as a lawyer
by the firm of Gladstein, Grossman and Margolis, which represented waterfront and other
labor unions in San Francisco. During the McCarthy era the law firm also represented
political dissidents, including members of the Communist Party. Mr. Leonard practiced law
continuously until 1986, with the exception of his US naval service during World War II.
The
Norman Leonard and William H. Carder Collection consists
of legal cases brought before the court by their firm over the period 1951 to 1983. The
documents found within the collection substantiate the process of labor arbitrations through
National Labor Relation Board hearings, state and federal court cases, and within the ILWU
itself. The collection includes correspondence, evidential and research papers, trial
proceedings, briefs, depositions, pleadings, published proceedings, research papers, trial
examiner's decisions, and related documents. The files are arranged in numeric order by the
law firm's assigned case number.
Related Material
Mr. Leonard donated many of his firm's papers on the ILWU to the Labor Archives and
Research Center at San Francisco State University.
Files pertaining to Harry Bridges were donated by Mr. Leonard and Mr. Gladstein to the
Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research in Los Angeles.
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Norman Leonard, 12/1985.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Robert G. Marshall, Colleen Mulford, Kenneth R. Lewis; 1986
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents