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Hamilton (Jim) Papers
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Series I. Labor Unions I. 1964-2012, undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Series I. contains convention resolution reports, constitution proposals, minutes, press releases, and flyers which document Jim Hamilton's involvement with the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), Local 688. Of note are newspaper clippings, newsletters, meeting notes, contracts, and grievance reports which reflect Hamilton's participation in the St. Louis Lambert International Airport taxicab drivers' strike, as well as flyers and letters regarding various union position elections, such as Jim Hamilton's campaigns for shop secretary, secretary treasurer, and to the political education committee, as well as other union members' campaigns for similar roles. Also present are the Fighting Teamster and Teamster Truth Local 688 newsletters, as well as newsletters, leaflets, and convention documents that chronicle the activities of national TDU chapters and Jim Hamilton's proposed amendment to the TDU constitution. The series also contains convention documents from the 1981 International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention, newsletters, flyers and pamphlets regarding the conventions and organizing efforts of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, and color photographs depicting people associated with various organizations.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.
box 1, folder 1-2

American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 2002-2012, undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains one color photograph of a student at Long Middle School.
box 1, folder 3

Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Color Photograph undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 4

"Ford Worker, Dennis Gallis" Color Photograph undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5

International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) 1981, undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes one photograph of Ray Adams and Gene Elcan (?).
box 1, folder 6

Labor Periodicals 1974, 1983-1988, 2002

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7

St. Louis, Missouri-Area Labor Leaflets 1997, 2000-2012

Language of Material: English.
box 1, box 2, box 3

Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) 1964-1996, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, box 2

Local 688 1965-1990, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8-9

Administrative Records 1977-1989, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 1-2

Airport Strike 1977-1990, undated 1977-1984

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains one color photograph.
box 2, folder 3

Elections 1965, 1989-1985, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 4

Fighting Teamster Newsletter 1982-1983

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 5

Newsletters 1981-1989

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 6

Newspaper Clippings 1978-1982

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 7

Teamster Truth Newsletter 1979, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 8-9, box 3, folder 1-2

National Chapters 1964-1996, undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains one color photograph.
box 3, folder 3

United Automobile Workers (UAW) 1976, 1980

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains color photographs.
 

Series II. Political Activities 1963-2012, undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Series II. contains letters, newsletters, and flyers that reflect the activities of various socialist organizations such as the Spartacist League, the Workers Socialist League, the Young People's Socialist League, and the American Socialist Organizing Committee, among others. Also included are draft resolutions and typed manuscripts of articles from Greece, France, and Austria concerning the Communist International League, letters and flyers regarding the Action Committee for (the) Defense of Political Prisoners in Spain, and newsletters by the Student Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the Bolivian periodical Masas. The series also includes The Young Socialist and Labor News, a publication of the Socialist League. The series also contains color photographs depicting people in various organizations in the United States, Mexico, Italy, Yugoslavia, and France.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.
box 3, folder 5

Action Committee for Defense of Political Prisoners in Spain 1975, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 6

American Socialist Organizing Committee 1963-1965

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 7

Communist International League 1970-1983, 1991, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 8

Freedom Socialist Party 2012, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 9

Independent Socialist Club 1966, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 10

"Jim with Conrad François in Paris at cafe near HQ" Color Photograph undated

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 11

Labor News 1981

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains Volume 5, Number 3-4, 6-8.
box 3, folder 12

"Labor Party Conference, Kansas City," Color Photographs undated

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 13

Latin America 1973, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 14

"May Day, 1983, in Milano, Italy" Color Photograph 1983

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 15

Proletarian Tasks Tendency 1983

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 1

Reconstruction of the Fourth International 1975, 1982

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 2

Rijeka, Yugoslavia Color Photographs undated

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 3

Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Color Photograph undated

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 4

Spartacist League 1963-1972, 1997

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 5

Strike! Bulletin, Socialist Party of Ohio undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains Volume 1, Number 5.
box 4, folder 6

Student Peace Union 1963

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 7

The Young Socialist 1962-1963

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains Volume 5, Number 8; Volume 6, Number 3-6, 9; Volume 7, Number 1.
box 4, folder 8

"Trotskyist Work in the Trade Unions" series, Workers Vanguard 1973

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 9

Worker's Labor Party 2000, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 10

Worker's Socialist League 1965, 1976-1990, 2004

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 11

World Worker's Conference, Mexico City undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains color photographs.
box 4, folder 12

Young People's Socialist League 1963-1964, undated

Language of Material: English.
Collection Contents
Series I. Labor Unions
Series II. Political Activities
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