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Company Files Series 1 1935-2012

Physical Description: 53.5 linear feet

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and contracts relating to collective bargaining between the union and companies employing union-represented workers.
Box 50

Abbott Motel and Hotel Supplies, Inc. 1968-1969

Box 50

Abbitt Company 1968

Box 1

Air Filter Sales and Supplies 1971

Box 1

Air Reduction Pacific Company 1953-1954

Box 1

Alvo Nut & Bolt Co. 1967, 1969

Box 48

American Crystal Sugar Co, Clarksburg, Yolo Co.

Scope and Contents

Employee list
Box 50

Anderson Brothers Trucking Co. 1946

Box 50

Associated Grocers, Inc. 1977

Box 1, 50

Associated Metals 1947-1977

Box 1

ATCO Rubber 1978-1991

Box 50

Atlas Shower Door Company 1957-1961

Scope and Contents

"Atlas Shower Door Co., Basco-Sacramento, and Sacramento Shower Door Co."
Box 50

B. F. Hetrick Co. 1956-1957

Box 1

Atlasta Equipment Co. 1956

Box 2

Barden Bumpers, Inc. 1970-1973

Box 2, 50

Bert McDowell Co. 1951-1978

Scope and Contents

See also Fleming Foods, Sacramento Logistics, and United Grocers.
Box 2, 50

Bissinger & Co. 1961-1971

Box 2, 50

Blake, Moffitt, and Towne 1955-1985

Box 51

Blue Chip Stamp Co. 1964-1968

Box 2

Brewer Enterprises 1948-1977

Scope and Contents

See also Rice Growers Association
Box 2, 51

Butte County Rice Growers Association 1965-1971

Box 2

California Alfalfa Mills 1947

Box 51

California Almond Growers Exchange 1965-1968

Box 2, 51

California Dehydrating Company 1946-1987

Box 51

California Waste Solutions 1997-2003

Box 3

California Zonolite Company 1945-1966

Scope and Contents

Other names: Universal Insulating Co.
Box 3, 51

Canteen Vending Service 1954-2006

Scope and Contents

Other names: Canteen Service, Canteen Company, Canteen Corporation, Canteen Foodservice
Box 51

Capital Rice Mills 1938-1947

Box 4

Capitol Electric 1966

Box 4

Capitol Alfalfa Mills 1945-1947

Box 4, 51

Capitol Feed Mills 1949-1988

Box 51

Certified Grocers 1986-1987

Box 4, 51

City Iron and Metal 1953-1967

Box 4

CFS Continental 1956-1979

Scope and Contents

See also Continental-Price Wholesale
Box 4

Clarke-Wheeler Co. 1958-1970

Box 4

Colusa Glenn Dryer Co. 1972-1973

Box 4, 5, 51

Consolidated Electric Company 1953-1989

Scope and Contents

Other names: Consolidated Electric Distributors
Box 51

Consolidated Foods Corp. 1967

Box 5

Continental Chemical Company 1971-1976

Box 51

Continental Nut Co. 1969

Box 5, 51

Cruit Inc. 1962-1979

Scope and Contents

Other names: Formerly Cruit's Replacement Parts
Box 5, 51

Davidson Plywood and Lumber 1979-1991

Box 5

Delta Industries 1967-1976

Box 51

Don Casmor Waste Paper Co. 1961-1965

Box 5, 51

Dunlap Electronics 1964-1965

Box 5

E. M. Olson Warehouse 1983-1986

Scope and Contents

See also Olson Warehouse.
Box 5, 51

Eng-Skell Company 1963-1980

Scope and Contents

See also ESCO Institutional Distributors.
Box 5

Eres Sundries Sales 1952-1958

Box 5, 51

ESCO Institutional Distributors 1979-1989

Scope and Contents

Other names: Clark-Esco. See also Eng-Skell Company.
Box 5

ESS Electrostatic Sound Systems 1973

Box 15, 51

F. F. Smith & Company, Inc. 1942-1960

Box 51-52

F. H. Woodruff and Son, Inc. 1941-1967

Box 15, 52

F. Lagomarsino & Sons 1948-1967

Box 5, 52

Farber Brothers Distributing Co. 1971-1980

Box 6-11, 15, 52

Farmers Rice Cooperative 1944-2010

Box 11

Finegold's Restaurant Equipment 1984-1995

Scope and Contents

"A Division of S.E. Rykoff & Co."
Box 11

Fleetwood Mobile Homes 1967

Box 11-15, 52

Fleming Foods 1955-2004

Scope and Contents

See also Bert McDowell Co., Sacramento Logistics, and United Grocers.
Box 15

Fullview Corporation 1961-1966

Box 15

General Electric Supply Co. 1973-1979

Box 15, 52

Gladding, McBean, & Co. 1941-1950

Box 16

Globe Grain & Milling Co. 1960-1967

Box 52

Goodyear Rubber Co. 1967

Box 16

Greater Oak Lumber Company 1978

Box 16

Graybar Electric Co. 1972

Box 16

Al Greenbaum 1974

Box 16

Harrison Automotive Parts 1947

Box 16

Haslett Warehouse Company 1947-1961

Box 16

Hi & Dry Warehouse 1967-1971

Box 16, 52

Independent Paper Stock Company 1937-1993

Scope and Contents

See also Smurfit Corporation
Box 17

Island Elevator Company 1947-1953

Box 52

J. W. Lindner Co. 1957-1969

Box 17

John Heinrich Company 1977-1980

Box 17

Kar Products, Inc. 1968

Box 17

Karolton Envelope undated

Box 17

Kerr, Gifford, & Co., Inc. 1948-1959

Box 17, 52

L. A. By-Products Company 1957-1978

Box 17, 52

Levin Metals Corp. 1975-1994

Scope and Contents

Other names: LMC
See also: Simsmetal
Box 17

Levins Auto Supply Company 1969-1978

Box 52

Levitz Furniture Co. 1963-1971

Box 17

Lucky Stores, Inc. 1976

Box 17

Lynn-Edward Corporation undated

Box 18

M. D. Green Rice Milling Company 1954-1960

Box 18, 52

Market Wholesale Grocery Co. 1958-1988

Box 18

Maxwell-Delevan Warehouse Corp. 1967

Box 18

McKessan and Robbins, Inc. 1953

Box 48

McKesson Kirk Geary

Scope and Contents

Employee list
Box 52

Meyers Bag Co. 1944-1953

Box 18-19

Monarch Foods 1953-1986

Scope and Contents

Other names: Monarch Institutional Foods
See also: PYA/Monarch, Inc.
Box 48

Montgomery Ward

Scope and Contents

Employee list
Box 52

Morse Pellet Mills Inc. 1968

Box 19, 52

Nabisco Brands, Inc. 1946-2010

Scope and Contents

Other names: Nabisco, Inc., Kraft-Nabisco Inc.
Box 20

National Distributing Co. 1947

Box 20

Northern Sack Company 1944-1945

Box 52

Northern Star Mills 1966

Box 20

Nulaid Foods, Inc. 1965-1980

Box 21, 52

Oakland Bean Cleaning and Storage Co. 1964-1999

Box 21

Olson Warehouse Co. 1945-1997

Scope and Contents

Other names: Olson and Winters, Olson Bean
See also: E. M. Olson Warehouse Co.
Box 21

Pacific Fruit Express 1941

Box 21

Pacific Growers 1962-1976

Box 21

Pacific Rice Products 1987-1988

Box 52

Packaged Hulls, Inc. 1951-1964

Box 22

Packaging Company of California 1968

Box 22

Pak 'n $ave undated

Box 53

Paramount Trucking 1968-1969

Box 22

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company 1973

Box 22

Perkins Grain and Milling Supplies 1947-1955

Box 53

Pillsbury Mills, Inc. 1953

Box 22-24, 35, 53

Port of Sacramento 1965-2010

Scope and Contents

Also labeled "Sacramento Port"
Box 24

Poultry Producers of Central California 1947-1971

Box 24

Price Wholesale Grocery Co. 1958-1972

Box 48

Railway Icemen's Union, Local 1

Scope and Contents

Employee list: 5 pages of handwritten names
Box 24, 53

Rainbow Fasteners 1964-1980

Box 24, 53

Ralph's & Farber's Distributing Co. 1963-1991

Box 25-29, 53

Rice Growers Association 1935-1998

Box 29

Rice Mill Products 1958-1985

Box 48

Rio Linda Poultry Producers Association Feed Mill

Scope and Contents

Employee list
Box 29

Rising River Distributing Co. 1959

Box 29-30

River Garden Farms 1976-2006

Box 30

River Lines 1939-1966

Box 30, 53

Riverside Elevators 1945-1991

Box 30

Rodgers Bro. Seed Company 1937

Box 30

Rosenberg Bros. 1937-1946

Box 31-32

S. E. Rykoff 1957-1996

Box 32-34, 53

Sacramento Bag 1937-2012

Box 34

Sacramento Feed Co. 1936-1942

Box 34

Sacramento Cannery Sales Co. 1949-1951

Box 34-35

Sacramento Logistics 1995-2008

Box 35

Sacramento Pre-Pakt Co. 1959-1960

Box 35

Sacramento River Warehouse Co. 1936-1938

Box 35

Sacramento Warehouse and Distributors Association 1967-1973

Box 53

Sacramento Wholesale Grocery Association 1948

Scope and Contents

See also United Grocers
Box 35

Sacramento Wholesale Hardware 1956

Box 35

Sacramento Wire and Rope Company 1970-1977

Box 35, 53

Sacramento Wool Company 1942-1948

Box 48

Sacramento Wool (?) Co.

Scope and Contents

Employee list
Box 35

Sacramento Yolo Port 1987

Box 35-39, 53

Safeway 1946-1986

Box 40

San Joaquin Surgical Supply 1970-1974

Box 40, 53

Seaport Automotive Warehouse, Inc. 1974-1991

Box 48

Sears & Roebuck Co.

Scope and Contents

Employee list
Box 53

Shasta Beverage Company 1965-1968

Box 40-41

Sims Metal 1988-2009

Box 43

Superior Sales Co. 1956-1979

Box 41-43

Smurfit 1967-2010

Box 43

Sperry Flour Co. 1947-1961

Box 43

Springfield Cedar Co. 1939-1940

Box 43

Sunset Rice Dryer 1945

Box 43

Superior Concrete Accessories Inc. 1971-1974

Box 43-44

Sutter Basin Growers 1963-2009

Box 44

Swanson Mill 1966

Box 53

Thompson and Holmes, Ltd. 1948-1950

Box 44

Tiedeman and McMorran 1945-1969

Box 44

Tifco Industries 1976-1979

Box 53

Tingey Potato Company 1944-1958

Scope and Contents

Also includes material on Woodruff Potato Co.
Box 44-47

Transco 1937-1993

Box 53

Tyndall Warehouse Co. 1937-1968

Box 53

Union Storage Co. 1947

Box 47-48, 53, 88

United Grocers 1953-1988

Scope and Contents

See also Bert McDowell, Fleming Foods, and Sacramento Logistics.
Box 47

Union Wire Rope Co. 1956

Box 48

United Surgical String 1942-1943

Box 53

Valley Electric Company 1981-1985

Box 48

Valley Electronic Co. 1954-1985

Box 53

Valley Paper Co. 1967

Box 53

Valley Wholesale Grocers 1935-1967

Box 48

Vita Bark 1976-1978

Box 48

Van Voorhies-Phinney Co. 1941

Box 49

Weinstocks 1975-1976

Box 53

Western Aluminum Corporation 1960-1961

Box 53

Western Potato Co. 1949-2002

Box 53

Western Refractories 1949-1951

Box 49-50

Weyerhauser 1960-2009

Box 50

Wickland Oil Co. 1973

Box 53

Wing On Co. 1974

Box 50

Woodland Bay 1944-1946

Box 50

Zellerbach Paper Co. 1964-1994

Box 50

Zenith Distributing 1976-1987

Box 53

Multiple Corporations: Grocery Industry 1947-1985

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Growers Milling Industry Contracts 1955-1958

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Junk and Scrap Metal Industry 1938-1955

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Lumber and Mill Employees 1973

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Paper Industry 1937-1958

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Plumbing Supply Warehouses 1937

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Seed Industry Warehouses (Women Employees) 1937-1945

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Mixed Agreements 1937-1946

Box 54, 88

Multiple Corporations: Mixed Correspondence 1943-1984

Box 54

Multiple Corporations: Seniority Lists 1987

Box 48

Various Companies: Employee List

 

Administrative Files Series 2 1935-2009

Physical Description: 39.5 linear feet

Scope and Contents

Includes membership lists, dispatch records, meeting minutes, correspondence, and information on political action. This series also includes some grievance and arbitration files.
Box 54-57, 78

Arbitration 1952-1989

Box 86

Baseball Tournament 1980

Box 86

Bid Jobs (New Place) 1983

Box 86

Board of Adjustments 1979-1983

Box 78

Charter 1937-1938

Box 57-59, 78

Contracts, General 1941-1985

Scope and Contents

May also include company files and master contracts
Box 78, 86

Conventions and Constitution 1935-1985

Box 59-61, 88

Correspondence 1935-1981

Scope and Contents

Includes material on organizing in Hawaii; includes some company files.
Box 90-94

Dispatch Books 1938-1994

Box 61, 78

Elections 1948-1988

Box 79

Finance 1937-1986

Box 62, 88

Grievances 1950-1989

Box 86

ILWU Warehouse Council 2008

Box 62-63, 79

Insurance 1948-1981

Box 86

Job Stewards 1969-1970

Box 86

Labor School 1946-1950

Box 76-77, 79-80

Master Contract Negotiations 1939-2003

Box 87

Member Files, Restricted 1938-1979

Scope and Contents

Files containing Social Security Numbers or personal health information
Box 69, 80, 88

Membership 1943-1988

Box 63-69, 80-83, 88

Minutes, Meetings, and Notes 1936-2009

Scope and Contents

Minutes from 2004-2009 also include general information on membership and activities.
Box 78

Minutes, Coalition of Organized Labor and Coalition of Valley Unions 1984-1990

Box 86

National Labor Relations Board 1942-1988

Box 74-75, 84

Organizing 1956-2000

Box 69-71, 84

Pension 1935-2004

Box 88-98

Permit Payment Ledgers 1944-1988

Box 86

Picket File undated

Box 86

Picnic 1974 1983-1984

Box 72, 84

Political Action 1936-1988

Box 72, 84-85, 88

Publications 1944-2004

Scope and Contents

Box 88 includes two copies of "The ILWU Story", DVDs of "Harry Bridges: A Life on the Beam" and "We are the ILWU".
Box 72

Reports 1937-1983

Box 73

Retirement 1946-1988

Scope and Contents

See also Pension
Box 73-74, 85

Strike 1940-1981

Box 85-86

Unsorted Office Files 1940-1989

Box 86

Veterans' Rights Information 1968-1973

 

Photographs and Memorabilia Series 3 circa 1950-1999

Physical Description: 4.4 linear feet

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs and signage, picket signs, and a small amount of other memorabilia such as patches and buttons.
Box 97-98

Photographs circa 1950-1999

Scope and Contents

Photographs of individuals, groups, events, rallies, union hall, and work sites.
Box 94-96, 98, map-case III, drawer V

Memorabilia 1950-1980

Scope and Contents

Buttons, iron-on badge, membership cards, picket sashes, picket signs, dispatcher sign, Harry Bridges commemorative pennant, certificates, receipt books, minute book cover.
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