Inventory of the George Hardy Papers, 1933 - 1981

Processed by The Labor Archives & Research Center staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou

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Inventory of the George Hardy Papers, 1933 - 1981

Accession number: 1991/055

Labor Archives & Research Center

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

Contact Information:

Labor Archives & Research Center
San Francisco State University
480 Winston Drive
San Francisco, California 94132
Phone: (415) 564-4010
Fax: (415) 564-3606
Email: larc@sfsu.edu
URL: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/larc.html

Processed by:: The Labor Archives & Research Center staff
Date Completed:: July 1992
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

Title: George Hardy Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1933 - 1981

Accession number: 1991/055

Creator: Hardy, George

Extent: 0.5 cubic foot

Repository: San Francisco State University. Labor Archives & Research Center

San Francisco, California 94132

Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Center's online catalog.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives & Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives & 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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], George Hardy Papers, 1991/055, Labor Archives & Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Introduction

This collection was donated to the Labor Archives and Research Center in May and June 1991 by Joan Hardy Twomey, daughter of George Hardy, President-Emeritus of the Service Employees International Union. This donation also included photographs which have been processed as the George Hardy Photograph Collection 14. This collection was processed by Carol Cuenod in July 1992. (For History, see George Hardy Photograph Collection 14, Acc #'s: 1991/055, 1992/027.)

Scope and Content

This small collection represents a random selection of George Hardy's papers which the donor determined worth saving. The papers and records from George Hardy's terms as President of the Service Employees International Union are held by the Union in Washington, D.C. The first three folders hold items which were created by or about Hardy. A biography titled "So Much is to be Done: ... " was prepared for the dedication of the George Hardy Center in Los Angeles. It offers a comprehensive account of Hardy's life beginning with his family background up to his retirement as SEIU president.

The other folders contain material which was generated by the SEIU. Most significant is correspondence in two folders titled "George Scalise Case." Scalise was BSEIU president until 1940 when he was jailed for extortion and income tax evasion. Both George Hardy and his father, "Pop" Hardy, took leading roles in fighting this corruption within the union. There is textual and visual material in an oversize scrapbook which is part of this accession. The visual material is listed in the George Hardy Photograph Collection No. 14. The contents of the textual material are listed below. The inclusive years are 1951-1952 and researchers will find a good collection of handbills, clippings and correspondence from the theater janitors strike in 1951.

Container List

General

Box-folder 1/1

George Hardy: application for membership in BSEIU Local 9 1933

George Hardy: honorable discharge from U. S. Army 1946

George Hardy: outline for job performance by office staff undated

George Hardy: letters by John O'Doyle (GH pseudonym) re San Francisco Labor Council 1969

George Hardy: remarks to Executive Council of the California Labor Federation 1969

Box-folder 1/2

"So Much to be Done: George Hardy's Life in Organized Labor" 1980

Congressional Record, 6/18/80, "A Tribute to George Hardy" 1980

Box-folder 1/3

George Hardy: clippings, citation 1947--1985

Box-folder 1/4

SEIU: unfinished manuscript on history of BSEIU, Chapters I - IV 1902--1936

Box-folder 1/5

SEIU: correspondence, general 1939--1981

Box-folder 1/6

SEIU: leaflets, newsletters, general 1980's

Box-folder 1/7

SEIU: George Scalise Case, correspondence 1934--1940

Box-folder 1/8

SEIU: George Scalise Case, correspondence 1934--1951

Box-folder 1/9

SEIU: George Scalise Case, clippings 1940

Box-folder 1/10

SEIU: theater janitors' strike, San Francisco 1981

clippings and leaflets

Box-folder 1/11

SEIU: Charles Hardy's application for union membership, dues record 1937--1948

Textual Material in Oversize Scrapbook

Box-folder Pages 1 - 12

Theater janitors strike 1951

newsletters, clippings, leaflets, correspondence

Box-folder Page 13

California State Council of BSE 1951

clippings

Box-folder Pages 14, 26

Janitors strike in Boise, Ida. 1952

clippings

Box-folder Pages 15 - 16

Organizing of hospital workers 1952

clippings, leaflets

Box-folder Page 17

General booklets and cards 1952

Box-folder Pages 18

General leaflets 1951 - 1952

Box-folder Pages 19 - 22

General clippings, booklets, leaflets 1951, 1952

Box-folder Pages 23 - 24

General union newspapers 1951, 1952

Box-folder Page 25

BSEIU Western Conference in Eureka 1951

clipping

Box-folder Page 27

Newspapers, unmounted 1951--1953.

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