Finding Aid to the Al Addy Collection
larc.ms.0132
Finding aid prepared by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
Labor Archives and Research Center
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA, 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
2012
Title: Al Addy collection
Date (inclusive): 1906-1979
Extent:
0.75 cubic ft.
(1 box)
Collection number: larc.ms.0132
Accession number: 1991/062
Repository:
Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English.
Abstract: Consists of materials related to the International Longshore and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), Local 6 including: a black and
white 1936 photo of staff; a cartoon; a bound volume of all publicity generated by the ILWU Local 6 in support of the successful
1949 strike against the Distributors Association of Northern California; and two programs for ILWU events. Also includes
materials related to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, including: original and duplicate photographs, taken from
Local 85, dating from 1906 to the 1960s, depicting individual and groups of teamsters, trucks with cargo, related businesses,
and various officials and members; scattered issues of
Council News, the publication of Bay Area Teamster Warehouse Council, and
Northern California Teamster, the publication of Teamsters Joint Council 7; and miscellaneous pamphlets and programs, including
The Sebastopol Story, about the organization of the apple industry in Sebastopol, California issued by the Western Council of Cannery and Food
Process Workers Unions, and a program for the Jack Goldberger Testimonial Dinner, in 1977.
Location: Collection is available onsite.
Creator:
Addy, Al
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote
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of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Acquisition
Donated by Al Addy in 1991, accession number 1991/062.
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Separated Materials
Issues of the Local 6
Bulletin, 1946-1948 have been added to the Newspaper Collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
Biography of Al Addy
Al (Alfred W.) Addy was born in Park City, Utah into a mining family. In 1933, Addy moved to San Francisco and joined Warehouse
Union Local 6. The following year, 1934, he took part in the general strike, working on union publicity. After the strike,
Local 6 joined what is now known as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU); Addy then went to work for the
ILWU under Jack Olsen, Publicity and Education Director. From 1934-1950, Addy organized, wrote flyers and speeches, and took
photographs.
In 1950, after a falling out with members of the ILWU, Addy became business agent and organizer of Warehouse Local 12 of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) [note: this local is no longer in existence; it was initially started to organize
warehouses in competition with ILWU Local 6]. He was on an organizing crew of thirteen men with Dave Beck. He also did all
the West Coast press work for Jimmy Hoffa, with whom he became close, and additional work for the Western Conference of Teamsters,
particularly for George Mock and Einar Mohn. In 1954, he began editing the
Council News, a newspaper issued by Bay Area Teamster Joint Councils 7 and 38. Mock and Mohn asked Addy to start the
Northern California Teamster in February 1953; Addy edited the paper until his retirement in 1975. Al Addy died in 1998.
Scope and Contents
Consists of materials related to the International Longshore and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), Local 6 including: a black and
white 1936 photo of staff; a cartoon; a bound volume of all publicity generated by the ILWU Local 6 in support of the successful
1949 strike against the Distributors Association of Northern California; and two programs for ILWU events. Also includes
materials related to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, including: original and duplicate photographs, taken from
Local 85, dating from 1906 to the 1960s, depicting individual and groups of teamsters, trucks with cargo, related businesses,
and various officials and members; scattered issues of
Council News, the publication of Bay Area Teamster Warehouse Council, and
Northern California Teamster, the publication of Teamsters Joint Council 7; and miscellaneous pamphlets and programs, including
The Sebastopol Story, about the organization of the apple industry in Sebastopol, California issued by the Western Council of Cannery and Food
Process Workers Unions, and a program for the Jack Goldberger Testimonial Dinner, in 1977.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Al Addy Collection, larc.ms.0132, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bay Area Teamster Warehouse Council (San Francisco, Calif.).
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 12 (San Francisco, Calif.).
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 85 (San Francisco, Calif.).
International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.).
Teamsters Joint Council 7 (San Francisco, Calif.).
International Brotherhood of Teamsters--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works.
Labor unions--Longshoremen--United States.
Photographic prints--1900-1970.
Stevedores--California--San Francisco.
Stevedores--Labor unions--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Stevedores--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores--California--San Francisco.
Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Box 1, Folder 2
Photograph of ILWU staff, political cartoon
circa 1936, undated
Box 1, Folder 3
Publication
Local 6 in Action
1946
Box 1, Folder 4
Programs, 13th Annual Ball and Floor Show and Testimonial Dinner for William H. Chester
1949, 1977
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Box 1, Folder 5
Photographs, early teamsters
1906, undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographs, union leadership and membership
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Northern California Teamster
1954-1979
Box 1, Folder 10
Programs and publications
1932, 1966-1977