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Table of contents

Newsletters 1955-1981

Scope and Contents

Consists of newsletters published by the National Right to Work Committee, arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically. The Right to Work National Newsletter became the National Right to Work Newsletter in June 1969. Similarly, the NRW News Service became the Right to Work News Service in March 1975.

box 1, folder 1-4

Free Choice, 1965-1981

Scope and Contents

1965 - 2nd Quarter, 1981. Per note from donor, May - December 1978 and January - April 1979 issues are not included. 1969 No. 10 is missing.

box 1, folder 5-7

National Right to Work Newsletter June 1969-1981

Scope and Contents

Through October 29, 1981.

box 2, folder 1-3

National Right to Work Newsletter June 1969-1981

box 2, folder 3-7

Right to Work National Newsletter 1955-May 1969

Scope and Contents

Missing 1955 Vol. 1, No. 4; 1956 Vol. 2, Nos. 2, 3, and 5; 1962 Vol. 8, No. 2.

box 3, folder 1

Right to Work News Service March 1975-1981

Scope and Contents

Through September, 1981. Per note from donor, in 1978 there was no #11 issued.

box 2, folder 8

Right to Work News Service March 1975-1981

box 3, folder 1-2

NRW News Service 1970-February 1975

Scope and Contents

1970s issues are undated, so original order is unknown. Missing 1971 #3. Per note from donor, 1973 #9, 11, 17, 21 and 25 are not included.

box 3, folder 3

Recaps 1976-1981

Scope and Contents

Published by Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism, a division of the National Right to Work Committee.

box 3, folder 4

Samples of other NRWC publications 1963-1981

Scope and Contents

Includes AFL-CIO News, Right to Work News, Right to Work Digest, Issue Briefing Paper, and Violence Task Force Report.

Larson, Reed -- Speeches, articles, interviews 1959-1979

General

See also: Pamphlets -- Larson, Reed speeches, Box 6, folder 6.

Scope and Contents

Consists mainly of speeches given by Larson, former President of the National Right to Work Committee, to various clubs and associations across the United States, arranged chronologically.

box 3, folder 5

1978-1979

box 3, folder 6

1976-1977

box 3, folder 7

1972-1975

box 3, folder 8

1968-1971

box 4, folder 1

1959-1967

Speeches by right-to-work supporters 1959-1980

Scope and Contents

Consists of speeches given mostly by National Right to Work Committee Board members to various conventions and groups across the United States, arranged alphabetically by speaker, then chronologically if necessary. There are only one or two speeches for each individual, with the exception of Charles W. Bailey.

box 4, folder 2

Bailey, Charles W. 1969-1980

box 4, folder 3

Bailey, Charles W., 1965-1968 ; Cadwallader, S.D.; Calvin, Ben; Dillard, E.S.

box 4, folder 4

Hooser, Lafayette A.; Kilcullen, John; Newton, Hugh C.; Ruggles, William

Legislative testimony statements 1965-1981

Scope and Contents

Consists of statements given before Congress or submitted as part of the Congressional record by Reed Larson and various right to work supporters, arranged chronologically.

box 4, folder 5

1978-1981

box 4, folder 6

1977

box 4, folder 7

1975-1976

box 5, folder 1

1973-1974

box 5, folder 2

1969-1972

box 5, folder 3

1965-1968

box 5, folder 4

Factual sources 1960s - 1970s

Scope and Contents

Consists of bibliographies, newspaper article documentation for the Committee's film And Women Must Weep, and the results of public opinion research about right-to-work laws conducted in 1964 and from 1974-1977.

Collected materials 1952-1977

Scope and Contents

Consists of materials from outside sources, such as newspaper articles and pamphlets, relating to compulsory unionism and right-to-work laws, divided into subseries by subject.

box 5, folder 5

Chavez, Cesar and California agricultural workers' labor dispute 1968-1970

box 5, folder 6

Information about, and in support of, right-to-work laws 1956-1969

box 5, folder 7

Miscellaneous 1958-1973

Scope and Contents

Pamphlets: If You Couldn't Vote in Free Elections; The Voluntarism of Samuel Gompers [2 versions]; The Union Label and Its Use or Nonuse on Printed Materials

Articles: "The Case for Boulwarism;" "The Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation - A Force in the Public Sector;" "The Aerospace Story;" "Kennedy Urged to Fire 'Biased' Aerospace Aide" / "Douglas Employes [sic] File Suit"

Copy of complaint in E.R. Reid, et al. v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation and UAW-AFL-CIO District Lodge 1093

box 5, folder 8

National Association of Manufacturers pamphlets 1959, 1967

box 5, folder 9

Negative effects of compulsory unionism 1950s, 1970s

box 5, folder 10

Pamphlets from state right-to-work movements 1958-1977

box 6, folder 1

Political and legislative aspects of the right to work and compulsory unionism 1956-1977

box 6, folder 2

Religion and the right to work 1955-1965, 1975

Pamphlets 1955-1981

Scope and Contents

Consists of pamphlets published by the National Right to Work Committee, divided into subseries by subject. These include both informational pamphlets about various aspects of compulsory unionism and right-to-work laws, as well as advertisements for the Committee's own educational materials and pamphlets describing the Committee and its work.

box 7, folder 1

About the NRWC and its educational materials 1958-1981

box 7, folder 2

Arguments in support of right-to-work laws 1958-1966

box 7, folder 3

Benefits of right-to-work laws 1958-1979

box 7, folder 4

Compulsory unionism and public/government employees 1969-1978

box 7, folder 5

Condemnation of compulsory unions and their tactics 1955-1980

box 7, folder 6

Larson, Reed speeches 1965-1978

General

See also: Larson, Reed -- Speeches, articles, interviews, Box 3, folders 6-8, and Box 4, folders 1-2.

box 7, folder 7

Political and legislative aspects of the right to work and compulsory unionism 1959-1979

box 7, folder 8

Political cartoons 1965, 1977-1978

box 7, folder 9

Religion and the right to work 1960s-1970s

box 7, folder 10

Text of state right-to-work laws 1958, 1972

Collection Contents

Newsletters

Larson, Reed -- Speeches, articles, interviews

Speeches by right-to-work supporters

Legislative testimony statements

Factual sources

Collected materials

Pamphlets