Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Earl Noldin papers
- Dates:
- 1917-1971, bulk 1947-1967
- Creators:
- Noldin, Earl
- Abstract:
- The Earl Noldin Papers contain material documenting Noldin's activity within the rail unions, and his work as an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). Types of material include personal and union-related correspondence including letters between Noldin and a prison inmate, Dan Crombie; union card and dues books; a large scrapbook of articles written by Noldin for the I.W.W. newspaper Industrial Worker; an incomplete set of United Railroad Operating Crafts (UROC) newsletters; and photographs. The earliest correspondence is dated 1917; more recent materials include correspondence dated 1967 and newsletters and clippings from the late 1960s to 1971, with the bulk of the material from the years 1943-1967.
- Extent:
- 0.25 cubic ft. (1 box, 1 scrapbook)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Earl Noldin Papers, larc.ms.0034, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Earl Noldin Papers contain material documenting Noldin's activity within the rail unions, and his work as an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). Types of material include personal and union-related correspondence including letters between Noldin and a prison inmate, Dan Crombie; union card and dues books; a large scrapbook of articles written by Noldin for the I.W.W. newspaper Industrial Worker; an incomplete set of United Railroad Operating Crafts (UROC) newsletters; and photographs. The earliest correspondence is dated 1917; more recent materials include correspondence dated 1967 and newsletters and clippings from the late 1960s to 1971, with the bulk of the material from the years 1943-1967.
- Biographical / historical:
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Earl (Emil Raymond) Noldin (1893-1979) was a railroad worker active in various railroad unions. He was also an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), and wrote for the organization's newspaper, Industrial Worker. Noldin died in Berkeley, California.
- Acquisition information:
- The papers of Earl Noldin were donated by Richard Ellington on June 4, 1987. Ellington received the papers from Anna Smith, a friend of Noldin, who died in 1985.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Suzanne Forsyth, June 1987.
- Physical location:
- Materials are available onsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2013
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-06-13T11:50-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item], Earl Noldin Papers, larc.ms.0034, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
- Location of this collection:
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J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 4601630 Holloway AveSan Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
- Contact:
- (415) 405-5549