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Finding Aid to the San Francisco Labor Council Executive Director Records
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Preferred Citation
  • Related Materials
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information
  • Arrangement
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents

  • Title: San Francisco Labor Council Executive Director records
    Date (inclusive): 1968-2018
    Date (bulk): 2005-2018
    Source: Paulson, Tim, 1952-
    Extent: 13.36 Cubic Feet (9 cartons, 3 oversize manuscript boxes)
    Collection number: larc.ms.0434
    Accession number: 2015/027
    Repository: Labor Archives and Research Center
    J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
    San Francisco State University
    1630 Holloway Ave
    San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
    (415) 405-5571
    larc@sfsu.edu
    Abstract: These materials were collected during the tenure of the San Francisco Labor Council Executive Director Tim Paulson. They contain administrative records, materials from labor and community campaigns, election fliers and candidate questionnaires, and Paulson's calendars and hand-written notes. There are also materials from events and meetings (fliers, agendas, workshop materials) and newspapers covering labor issues.
    Physical Location: Materials are stored offsite; requires advance notice.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Conditions Governing Use

    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], San Francisco Labor Council Executive Director Records, larc.ms.0434, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

    Related Materials

    Related material can be found in the Tim Paulson Federation of Retired Union Members (FORUM) Collection (larc.ms.0437) and the Tim Paulson Labor Party Advocates Collection (larc.ms.0436), (all accession 2015/027).

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Donated by Tim Paulson in 2015, accession number 2015/027.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Eva Martinez in 2023.

    Arrangement

    This collection in arranged in six series. Series 1: Administrative Records; Series 2: Campaigns; Series 3: Elections; Series 4: Executive Director Papers; Series 5: Events and Meetings, and Series 6: Newspapers.

    Biographical / Historical

    The San Francisco Labor Council was organized in 1892 and received its charter from the American Federation of Labor in May of 1893. In 1958 it merged with the San Francisco Congress of Industrial Organizations' Industrial Union Council.
    Tim Paulson was a journeyman tilesetter who served in several labor organizations. He served as executive director of San Francisco Labor Council from 2004 to 2018.

    Scope and Contents

    These materials were collected during the tenure of the San Francisco Labor Council Executive Director Tim Paulson. They contain administrative records, materials from labor and community campaigns, election fliers and candidate questionnaires, and Paulson's calendars and hand-written notes. There are also materials from events and meetings (fliers, agendas, workshop materials) and newspapers covering labor issues.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Paulson, Tim, 1952-
    San Francisco Labor Council