Collection Contents
Series 1.
Personal Papers,
1940-1980, n.d.
Physical Description:
3 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series is composed of correspondence, clippings and union
dues books. The correspondence includes letters in German from Stirner's
relatives in Romania (1978) and newspapers clippings on the Soviet Union and
nuclear disarmament issues (1972-1980, n.d.). Also included in this series are
Stirner's union dues books from the 1940s. See also Stirner's personal copy of
the 1938 Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union
Constitution in the Minutes/Bylaws/Constitution subseries (which contains
information on his joining the union), and also the Correspondence subseries of
the Union Materials Series.
Box-folder 5/1
Membership Dues Books,
1940-1948
Box-folder 5/2
Family Correspondence - Romania (in German),
1978
Box-folder 1/1
Clippings - Soviet Union, Politics,
1972-1980, n.d.
Series 2.
Union Materials,
1936-1988
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series includes minutes, correspondence, legal documents,
flyers, and other materials. The bulk of the materials are from Stirner's
tenure as Secretary/Treasurer for the Waiters Alliance (1951-1961), and
includes minutes, materials relating to several lawsuits filed by or against
Stirner and the local, grievances filed by union members against employers and
the union, and a wide variety of other material including correspondence, and
copies of the columns Stirner wrote for the
Los Angeles Citizen.
Arrangement
This series is divided into 4 subseries:
Minutes/Bylaws/Constitution, Lawsuits and Grievances, Correspondence, and Other
Union Materials.
Subseries A.
Minutes/Bylaws/Constitutions,
1936-1961
Physical Description:
10 folders
Scope and Content Note
This contains minutes from Southern California Waiters Alliance
and from the Los Angeles Joint Executive Board from the mid-1950s to the early
1960s. Also included are three versions of bylaws for the Waiters Union Local
17 from 1936, 1957, and 1964, as well as bylaws for the Los Angeles Joint
Executive Board (1949, 1957), the Bartenders Local 284 (1956), and the
Waitresses and Cafeteria Workers Local 639 (1955), and four versions of the
constitution of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders
International Union (1938-1966). The 1938 version includes union dues stamp and
the date of Stirner's enrollment in the union.
Box-folder 1/2-1/6
Southern California Waiters Alliance, Local
17
Box-folder 1/7-1/8
Los Angeles Joint Executive Board of Culinary
Workers and Bartenders Unions AFL
Box-folder 5/3
Waiters Local 17,
1936-1964
Box-folder 5/4
Bartenders Local 284, Waitresses Local 639, and
Joint Executive Board,
1949-1957
Box-folder 5/5
Constitution - Hotel & Restaurant Employees and
Bartenders International Union,
1938-1966
Subseries B.
Lawsuits and Grievances,
1946-1963
Physical Description:
38 folders
Scope and Content Note
This subseries include court documents, transcripts,
correspondence and other materials relating to both lawsuits filed by or
against Stirner and/or the union and grievances filed by union members against
employers or the union (Stirner).
The lawsuits deal primarily with issues related to the two
trusteeships (1950-1951 and 1961-1963). They include Charles Stirner v. Hugo
Ernst et al. challenging the continuation of the 1950-1951 Trusteeship; J. W.
Van Hook v. Southern California Waiters Alliance which deals with the Los
Angeles Cooks and Waiters Club and charges that Van Hook misused his authority
and misappropriated funds while in charge of the club and the Waiters Alliance;
John L. Cooper et al. v. Ed S. Miller et al. which dealt with contract and
collective bargaining issues; and C.T. McDonough, Trustee et al. v. Edward
Simpson et al. concerning challenges to the second trusteeship. The complete
transcripts of the July-August 1961 hearing on the continuance of the
trusteeship are included in the collection. A number of petitions/pledge sheets
signed by union members in support of the 1951 call for election and lawsuit
regarding the Cooks and Waiters Club, and a petition concerning the 1961
challenge to the trusteeship, as well as miscellaneous materials relating to
these and other legal actions are included in this subseries.
Materials on grievances include correspondence and other
documents dealing with complaints concerning wages and working conditions,
taxation and distribution of tips, and racial discrimination, as well as
challenges to Stirner and Simpson's running of business meetings, including
"Tiny" Small's report on a vote challenging the legitimacy of a vote to
increase dues. Some of the issues also involve the Waitresses and Bartenders
unions. See Correspondence subseries for further information.
Box-folder 2/1-2/7, 5/6-6/4
Box-folder 2/1
Charles Stirner v. Hugo Ernst et al.,
1951
Box-folder 2/2
J. W. Van Hook v. Southern California Waiters
Alliance,
1950-1958
Box-folder 2/3
John L. Cooper et al. v. Ed S. Miller et al.,
1961
Box-folder 2/4-2/5
C.T. McDonough, Trustee et al. v. Edward Simpson et
al. [2 folders],
1961-1962
Box-folder 5/6-6/4, 2/6-2/7
Box-folder 5/6-6/4
Reporters Transcript of Proceedings - In the
Matter of the Hearing to Determine Continuance or Dissolution of Trusteeship
over Southern California Waiters Alliance, Local 17, Hotel and Restaurant
Employees and Bartenders International Union
Box-folder 5/6
Volume I, pages 1-215,
July 25, 1961
Box-folder 5/7
Volume II, pages 216-496,
July 26, 1961
Box-folder 5/8
Volume III, pages 497-762,
July 27, 1961
Box-folder 5/9
Volume IV, pages 763-948,
July 28, 1961
Box-folder 6/1
Volume V, pages 949-1153,
August 8, 1961
Box-folder 6/2
Volume VI, pages 1154-1346,
August 9, 1961
Box-folder 6/3
Volume VII, pages 1347-1458,
August 10, 1961
Box-folder 6/4
Volume [VIII], pages 1459-1705,
August 10, 1961
Box-folder 2/6
Correspondence,
1960-1963, n.d.
Box-folder 2/7
Legal Documents/Attorneys notes,
1958-1963, n.d.
Box-folder 2/8-2/12
Rank and File Committee (Los Angeles Waiters Club
Case)
Box-folder 2/8
Campaign Contributions,
1951
Box-folder 2/9
Support bringing of facts,
c.1951
Box-folder 2/10
Don't drop lawsuit,
c.1952
Box-folder 2/11
Call for election in August,
c.1953
Box-folder 2/12
Campaign contributions,
1953
Box-folder 2/13
Protesting Suit by Local 17 Against International,
c.1961
Box-folder 3/1-3/9, 6/5-6/8
Box-folder 3/1
Trial Committee,
1951-1961
Box-folder 3/2
Biltmore Grill et al. (Tip Distribution),
1946-1961
Box-folder 3/3
Moulin Rouge and Coconut Grove,
1957-1959
Box-folder 6/5
Sheraton West Hotel Dispute,
1958
Box-folder 6/6
IRS/Tips Dispute,
1958-1959
Box-folder 3/4
Civil Rights/FEPC - Thomas C. Woodard,
1959-1960
Box-folder 6/7
Paul Meister Case,
1959-1960
Box-folder 6/8
Ann Crofford/Landis Largo Case,
1960-1961
Box-folder 3/5-3/7
Correspondence Forwarded to Walter Cowan
Box-folder 3/5
Grievances/Contract Issues,
1958-1961
Box-folder 3/7
Tips and Wages,
1960-1961
Box-folder 3/8
"Charges by Antonio Serafin - Exhibit #4,"
1951-1962
Box-folder 3/9
"Charges Against Stirner by Andrew (Scotty) Allan,"
1961-1962
Box-folder 3/10
Declarations and Summations,
1961
Box-folder 3/11
Other Legal Documents,
1959-1962, n.d.
Box-folder 3/12
Miscellaneous Resolutions, Notes,
1956-1961, n.d.
Box-folder 3/13
Lawyers Correspondence, etc.,
1950-1963, n.d.
Subseries C.
Correspondence,
1950-1963
Physical Description:
14 folders
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains correspondence on a variety of issues,
including information pertaining to grievances, lawsuits and other issues
covered in other series and subseries. It includes both official letters sent
to the membership and more personal correspondence. Of special interest are
letters to and from Stirner and a variety of politicians and a series of
letters from Rosilla Dana Anthony challenging her husband's dismissal as a
union business agent. The official correspondence comes first; the rest of the
material is in alphabetical order.
Box-folder 3/14-3/16
Southern California Waiters Alliance, Local
17
Box-folder 6/10
Rosilla Dana Anthony,
1958-1959
Box-folder 4/1
John L. Cooper,
1960, n.d.
Box-folder 6/12
Edward Miller (General President, International),
1955-1961
Box-folder 6/13
NLRB & U.S. Department of Labor,
1960
Box-folder 4/2
Rank and File Committee - L.A. Cooks and Waiters Club,
1950-1954, n.d.
Box-folder 6/15
Restaurant Hotel Employees Council,
1960-1961
Box-folder 6/16
Simpson-Stirner Committee,
1961-1963
Box-folder 4/3
Charles Stirner - "Personal,"
1951-1959, n.d.
Subseries D.
Other Union Materials,
1939-1988
Physical Description:
22 folders
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a variety of other union related
materials including financial statements, benefit information, election
campaign materials, lists, files of Edward Simpson (Local President), and the
texts of Stirner's regular column, titled "Waiters Union Local 17," which ran
in the Los Angeles Citizen, the Official Publication of the Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor Unions, and a speech by Stirner. The two folders
labeled " Edward Simpson's File" were kept intact even though some of the items
are duplicates of materials elsewhere in the collection. The final folder
contains materials relating to the union, which Stirner collected after his
retirement.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box-folder 7/1
Benefits and Welfare Fund,
1952-1963
Box-folder 7/2
Health and Welfare (Retirement),
1959, n.d.
Box-folder 7/3
Bills/Financial Information,
1945-1958, n.d.
Box-folder 4/5-4/10
Los Angeles Citizen Column-
Waiters Union Local
17
Box-folder 4/10
Clippings,
1955-1957, n.d.
Box-folder 4/11-4/12, 7/4, 8/1
Box-folder 4/11
"Election 1961,"
1960-1961
Box-folder 4/12
Various Waiters Campaign Materials,
1951-1963, n.d.
Box-folder 8/1
Sample Ballots (some with totals recorded),
1950-1963, n.d.
Box-folder 7/4
Cooks, Waitresses, and Bartenders Campaign
Materials,
1950-1962, n.d.
Box-folder 4/13
Officers/Mailing Lists,
n.d.
Box-folder 4/14
Lists & Notes (Miscellaneous),
n.d.
Box-folder 7/5
Los Angeles Joint Executive Board of Hotel and
Restaurant Employees - Credit Union,
1960
Box-folder 7/6
Political Cartoons (Internal),
n.d.
Box-folder 4/15-4/16
Edward Simpson's File [2 folders],
1939-1960
Box-folder 7/7
Stirner-Simpson Committee Ribbons,
n.d.
Box-folder 7/8
Uniform Contracts,
1955-1976
Box-folder 7/9
Miscellaneous Union Material,
1981-1988
Series 3.
Photographs and Clippings,
1950-1957, n.d.
Physical Description:
2 folders and several oversize
items/folders
Scope and Content Note
This series includes photographs, miscellaneous clippings and
pages from a scrapbook containing both photographs and clippings. All of the
photographs are union related, though most are unidentified. The panoramic
print is rolled and needs conservation.
Box-folder 7/10
Miscellaneous Clippings,
1950s-1960s
Box-folder 8/2
"First Senior Members Receiving Their Continued Health
and Welfare Benefits and Retirement Income,"
1956
Box-folder 8/3
Studio Portrait - Stirner?
n.d.
Box-folder 8/4
Rolled Panorama Print,
n.d.
Box-folder 8/5
Scrapbook pages (13 sheets),
1950-1957, n.d.