Guide to the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union papers, [ca. 1936-1976]

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Guide to the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union papers, [ca. 1936-1976]

Collection number: BANC MSS 77/168 c

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Collection Summary

Collection Title: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union papers,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1936-1976]
Collection Number: BANC MSS 77/168 c
Creator: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Extent: Number of containers: 21 cartons Linear feet: 26.25
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Subject files relating to seamen and maritime unions include miscellaneous publications (union, industry, government, etc.), clippings, reports and studies, press releases of various unions and organizations, statistical data, copies of legislative bills, reports on and minutes of various conferences, copies of union constitutions and by-laws, copies of collective bargaining agreements, occasional copies of ILWU memoranda and letters, etc.
Languages Represented: English

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[Identification of item], International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union papers, BANC MSS 77/168 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

These files were given to The Bancroft Library by the ILWU in May 1977. They consist primarily of miscellaneous publications (union, industry, government, etc.), clippings, reports and studies, press releases of various unions and organizations, statistical data, copies of legislative bills, reports on and minutes of various conferences, copies of union constitutions and by-laws, copies of collective bargaining agreements, occasional copies of ILWU memoranda and letters, etc. They have been kept in the order in which they were maintained in Union headquarters.

Carton 1

Seamen - U.S.

 

Seamen - U.S. Alien Seamen

 

Seamen - U.S. Employment

 

Seamen - U.S. Hiring hall

See also Longshore Hiring Hall

 

Seamen - U.S. I.L.O. Material, Conf. Reports, etc.

 

Seamen - U.S. Legislation Copeland Law (2 folders)

 

Seamen - U.S. Manning Scales

 

Seamen - U.S. Military Service

 

Seamen - U.S. Praise of Men

 

Seamen - U.S. Safety

 

Seamen - U.S. Shipping Articles and Other Forms

Carton 2

Seamen - U.S. Strikes - SIU, 1962

 

Seamen - U.S. Strikes June 1961

See also Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Foreign Flag Organizing Drive

 

Seamen - U.S. Strikes

 

Seamen - U.S. Strikes, 1965

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Foreign Flag Crews Organizing Drive.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Foreign Flag Crews Organizing Drive International Maritime Workers Union (to organize foreign crews)

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Joint Action & Policy Statements

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Joint Action Seamen - Trade Union U.S. Council of Marine Crafts of America 1934-1935

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Joint Action Joint Maritime Legislative Committee 1938

Carton 3

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Joint Action Joint Maritime Union Conference, 1946, 1947

 

Marine Council of the Pacific

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Joint Action National Seamen's Unity Convention, S.F. Jan. 17-22, 1938

 

Seamen - Trade Unions Joint Action New York Maritime Council

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Joint Action Northwest Joint Policy Committee of Maritime Unions 1952

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Joint Action Seafaring Labor Conference, Wash., D.C. Jan. 4, 1951

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Jurisdictional Disputes

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Jurisdiction S. 2222 (Lausche) 1963

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Merger Proposals

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Publications

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Maritime Mirror Oct. 1, 1936 Jan. 7, 1937

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Publications Maritime Worker

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Publications The American Seaman Formerly: The Pacific Seaman

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Publications The National Seaman

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Publications Seamen's Guide

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Amer. Communications Assoc. - Marine Div.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Amer. Communications Assoc. - Marine Div. Convention Proceedings 1973

Carton 4

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Amer. Communications Arson. Marine Div. MSG 1940-47

 

Trade Unions - U.S. Communications Association, American (CIO) (shore)

See also: Seamen -Trade Unions - ACA

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept. Maritime

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Amer. Radio Association 1955-

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Radio Assoc., Amer. - thru 1954

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. American Radio Association Agreements 1957-

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Radio Assoc., Amer. Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Amer. Radio Assoc. The Pulse

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - Amer. Radio Telegraphists Association

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Amer. Radio Tel. Assoc. ARTA People's Press (ARTA Edition)

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Inland Boatmen's Union

Carton 5

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Inland Boatmen's Union Convention Proceedings 1939

 

Seamen - Trade Unions Intl. Seamen's Union

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S.; I.S.U. Constitutions & Membership Books

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. I.S.U. ISU Fishermen's Locals

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. I.S.U. Furuseth, Andrew

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. I.S.U. Publications, Miscell.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. I.S.U. ISU Pilot

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. I.S.U. Seamen's Journal

 

Congress of Industrial Organizations - Hearings before the Committee to Investigate Charges Against National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. MCS-AFL 1959

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. MCS-AFL 1953-58

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Cooks, AFL-CIO Agreements 1955

Carton 6

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Cooks & Stewards - Agree. Pensions, Welfare

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. MCS-AFL MCS-AFL Lawsuits

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Cooks, AFL-CIO Rank & File Campaign Committee Publications

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. MCS-AFL Welfare Fund Bills and Correspondence

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. MCS-AFL Rank & File Guide by and for West Coast Cooks & Stewards

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. MCS-AFL Publications Stewards News MCS-AFL (Rank & File Matson pub)

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Engineers, AFL-CIO 1958-ME & MEBA Merged 10/58

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Engineers: CIO 1951-58

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Engineers thru 1950

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Engineers Agree. - Pensions, Welfare

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Engineers ... MEBA Isthmian Strike 1951

 

MFOW Voted to Join this Union in 1953

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen ... Affiliation with SIU

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen 1941-54 MFOW until merger with SIU in 1953

Carton 7

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen 1940 & prior

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen Arbitration Awards

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen Constitutions

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen Convention & Conference Reports

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1942-44

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1941

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen, Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1940

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen, Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1939

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen, Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1938

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen, Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1937

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen, Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1936

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen, Minutes Hdqrtrs Branch SF, 1933-1935

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen, Minutes Branches in various ports - (All Years)

Carton 8

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen ... Publications, Miscell.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen ... MFOW Journal

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen Black Gang News March, 1951 -Oct. 1956

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen Black Gang News Apr. 18, 1936 -Jan. 8, 1937

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Firemen ... West Coast Firemen, 1937-1945

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Officers, Brotherhood of (NMU)

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Radio Officers IBEW, #6, AFI

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Transport Indus. Union

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Marine Workers Industrial Union

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Masters, Mates & Pilots, 1959-

See: Longshore - U.S. Trade Unions -I.L.A. Marine Div. 5/71

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Masters, Mates & Pilots, 1953-58

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Masters, Mates & Pilots, 1936-52

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Masters, Mates & Pilots Strikes, 1961-

Carton 9

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union, 1958

See also: Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Jurisdictional Disputes For Election Invalidation Suit see Labor Legislation U.S. - Labor Management Reporting

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union, 1954-57

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union, 1950-54

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union 1948-49

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union 1945-47

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union 1942-44

Carton 10

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union 1940-41

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union 1937-39 & undated

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Agreement Pensions, Welfare

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Amer. Coal Shipping, Inc. Dispute

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Constitutions

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Correspondence 1937-48 & Undated

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Curran, Joseph, 1952

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Curran, Joseph, 1936-51 & undated

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union

Carton 11

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Minutes Nat. Council Mtgs. - 1947

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Minutes Nat. Council Mtg. 1938-41

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. NMU Minutes 1938-47

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Minutes 1937

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Trade Unions NMU Seamen's Defense Com. Minutes 1936

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union NMU-CIO Membership Comm.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Trade Unions NMU Publications

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union (2 folders)

Carton 12

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Trade Unions

 

National Maritime Union Bank and File Pilot

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. N.M.U. The Rudder

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Voice of the Membership Membership Pilot What's Doin'

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Seamen Trade Unions N.M.U. - Rank & File

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Research Dept. Publications

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat'l Maritime Union Smith, Ferdinand

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Strike NMU-ARA- MEBA 6/51-7/51

 

Trade Unions - U.S. NMU Taft-Hartley Material

 

Seamen - Trade Unions Nat. Maritime Union Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Tobin Case

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union NMU 1948 Wage Review East Coast

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. NMU Wage Survey NMU Research Dept. 1945

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Nat. Maritime Union Trade Unions Wage Issue NMU ARB. Kleinsorge 3/2/47

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Trade Unions Wage Review ARB. Kleinsorge NMU 2/14/47

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union ... 1955

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union... 1950-54

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union (SUP) - thru 1949 (2 folders)

Carton 13

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. - Constitutions

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. - "Cut-rate crews" plan

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union of Pacific Lundeberg, Harry, 1940-57

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union of Pacific Lundeberg, Harry, 1935-39

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union of the Pacific Mahoney Case

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. Coast Seamen's Journal

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. SUP Deck Gang News

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. Seamen - Trade Unions U.S. Sailors Union of Pacific The Defender

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union of Pacific Trade Unions Rank and File West Coast Sailor SUP

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. West Coast Sailors Journal Pub. by Rank and File Committee

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. Publications, Miscell.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors Union of the Pacific Quittenton Material

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. Rank & File Activities

 

Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors' Union of the Pacific San Diego Beating Case August 1956

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. SUP Seattle Port Hearings Dolliver Senate Comm.

 

Seamen - Trade Unions S.U.P. Strike November 1952

Carton 14

Seamen - Trade Unions S.U.P. Strike - May 1952 -July 1952 (2 folders)

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Sailors' Union ... Weisberger, Morris

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.U.P. P.A.S.A. Case no. 1360-47-2 WSB Trans. 9-10-46

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Scandinavian seamen's club of America

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Seafarers' Intl. Union 1958

See also: Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - Jurisdictional Dispute

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Seafarers' Int'l Union 1951-57

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Seafarers int. union thru 1950

See also: Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Int'l Seamen's Union

 

Seamen - Reade Unions - U.S. - S.I.U. - Canada Gt. Lakes Dispute (1963)

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.I.U. Constitutions

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.I.U. Convention, 1951

Carton 15

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.I.U. Fishermen's Locals

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.I.U. Hall, Paul

 

SIU Raids on ILWU See ILWU History Raids

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.I.U. Rank & File Movements

 

Strikes - 1962 See: Seamen - Strikes SIU, 1962

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.I.U. W.S.A. Case no. 1394-47-2 Trans. 9-10-46

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. S.I.U. - Welfare Fund Investigation 9/15/54

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. SIU - Pacific Coast Division (SUP, MFOW, MCS-AFL)

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Seafarers Int'l - Pacific Coast District

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Staff Officers Associations

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. Tugboatmen, N.M.U. no. 333

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - U.S. - United Steward Dept. Seamen of the Pacific

 

Seamen - U.S. Unemployment Insurance

 

Seamen - U.S. Wages 1953-

 

Seamen - U.S. Wages - thru 1952

 

Seamen - U.S. Wages - Comparison Other countries

Carton 16

Seamen - U.S. Wages History 1934-(Eden)

 

Seamen - U.S. War Risk Insurance

 

Seamen - U.S. War Service Benefits

 

Seamen - U.S. War Service Bonuses

 

Seamen - U.S. Working conditions

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - Canada Canadian seamen's union

 

Seamen - Trade Unions Canada Canadian Seamen's Union Searchlight Broken File 1946-50

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - Gt. Britain Nat'l Union of Seamen

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - Greece Fed. of Greek Maritime Unions

 

Seamen - Trade Unions - Int'l Maritime Conf. 7/49

Carton 17

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Agreements with Steamship Companies

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Agreement with Pacific Maritime Assoc.

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Constitution and By-Laws

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Shipping Rules

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - General Council Meetings 1946

 

Marine Cooks & Stewards - General Council Minutes, 1947-48

 

Marine Cooks & Stewards - General Council Minutes, 1949-50

 

Marine Cooks & Stewards - General Council Minutes, 1951-53

 

Marine Cooks & Stewards - Publications - Bulletins (2 folders)

 

Marine Cooks & Stewards - Publications - Facts and Figures

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Economic Material on Maritime Industry

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Ships Mailings 1949-50

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Ships Mailings 1951

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Ships Mailings 1952

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Ships Mailings 1953-54

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - News Releases

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Washington Report

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Miscellaneous

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - Pub's - Clippings

Carton 18

Marine Cooks and Stewards - CIO Trial, 1950

 

Marine Cooks and Stewards - CIO Trial, 1950, exhibits

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1937-39

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1941

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1943

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1949

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1951

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1953

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1955

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1957

 

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1960

Carton 19

National Maritime Union - Convention Proceedings, 1957

 

Completed Constitution of the National Maritime Union of America

 

National Maritime Union Publications (4 folders)

 

International Seamen's Union of America - Convention Proceedings

 

Masters, Mates & Pilots of America - Agreements (2 folders)

 

American Communications Assoc. - Agreements - Tanker companies

 

American Communications Association - Agreements - Pacific American Shipowner

 

American Communication Association - Agreements - Dry Cargo & Passenger Ship Companies

 

American Merchant Marine Staff Officers Association - Agreements

 

Sailor's Union of the Pacific - Agreements

Carton 20

Sailors' Union of the Pacific - Agreements (2 folders)

 

Seafarers' International Union of North America - Agreements (2 folders)

 

American Radio Association - Agreements ( 3 folders)

 

American Radio Telegraphists Association - Agreements

 

Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific - Agreements

 

International Seamen's Union - Agreements

 

Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America - Agreements

 

Sailors' Union of the Pacific - Agreements (3 folders)

 

Sailors' Union of the Pacific - Agreements (Sailors' & Firemen's Vacation plan)

 

Sailors' Union of the Pacific - Agreements - Bulk Carrier

 

Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders & Wipers Association Agreements ( 4 folders)

Carton 21

Marine Engineers Beneficial Association - Agreements (3 folders)

 

National Maritime Union - Agreements (7 folders) .

 

"Contracts of various unions & unlicensed personnel on oil tankers"

 

International Seamen's Union & Andrew Furuseth

 

Clippings and documents on Andrew Furuseth & American Maritime Unions

 

Constitutions and By-Laws of Various Unions