Christopher Stevens San Francisco Bike Messenger Association collection, circa 2000-2010

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Summary

Creators:
Stevens, Christopher Scott
Abstract:
Collection consists of flyers, posters and other ephemera related to the bike messenger community in San Francisco.
Extent:
0.5 cubic feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Christopher Stevens Bike Messenger Collection, larc.ms.0404, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of flyers, posters and other ephemera related to the bike messenger community in San Francisco, from 2000-2010; includes materials for the ILWU Local 6 campaign to organize Express Network, 2000-2001; materials related to the Flash Messenger Service strike; scattered issues of Cognition, the newsletter of the San Francisco Bike Messenger Association, 2000-2010; and other bike messenger-related event flyers and leaflets collected by Stevens.

Biographical / historical:

Chris Stevens was a San Francisco Bike Messenger Association (SFBMA) member and active messenger (bike and car) from 2000-2013, and volunteer organizer for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in 2000-2001. Chris co-founded independent messenger company Docket Rocket in 2001 after his employer Express Network Inc. (ENI) closed and fired all employees in 2001, rather than allowing them to vote in a scheduled union election under the auspices of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Chris closed Docket Rocket in 2014 and moved to Seattle to become a deckhand with Washington State Ferries, and is currently a member of ILWU's maritime division, the Inlandboatmen's Union (IBU).

Acquisition information:
Collection donated by Christopher Stevens in 2013. Accession number 2013/012.
Processing information:

Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.

Arrangement:

Collection arranged as received.

Physical location:
Collection is available onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and 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 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Christopher Stevens Bike Messenger Collection, larc.ms.0404, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Location of this collection:
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
Contact:
(415) 405-5549
specialcollections@sfsu.edu
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