Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Western Labor Communications Association records
- Dates:
- 1965-2008, bulk 1990-2006
- Creators:
- Western Labor Communications Association.
- Abstract:
- Consists of the office files of the Western Labor Communications Association (WLCA), donated by Fred Glass. Includes notes, agendas, correspondence, and materials from WLCA conferences and Executive Board Meetings from 1991 to their final meeting in June 2006. Also includes founding documents for the California Labor Press Association (CLPA) and the Western Labor Communications Association.
- Extent:
- 0.75 cubic ft. (1 carton)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Western Labor Communications Association Records, larc.ms.0391, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Consists of the office files of the Western Labor Communications Association (WLCA), donated by Fred Glass. Includes notes, agendas, correspondence, and materials from WLCA conferences and Executive Board Meetings from 1991 to their final meeting in June 2006. Also includes founding documents for the California Labor Press Association (CLPA) and the Western Labor Communications Association.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Western Labor Communications Association (WLCA), founded in 1965 as the California Labor Press Association (CLPA), provided informational and educational support for labor publications, labor-oriented radio and television programs, and later, electronic media. During its existence, the WLCA hosted annual conferences and journalism contests, and provided resources to help raise the profile of California's labor press publications.
On June 16, 2006, the WLCA was officially dissolved and their treasury was turned over to the International Labor Communications Association (ILCA), the AFL-CIO umbrella organization for labor communications.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Fred Glass, two-term President of the Western Labor Communications Association. Accession number 2013.011.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Frances Wratten Kaplan in 2014.
- Arrangement:
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The Western Labor Communications Association Records are arranged into the following series: Series 1: Conferences and Workshops (1991-2003); Series 2: Executive Board Meetings (1993-2008), and Series 3: Founding Documents (1965-2004).
- Physical location:
- Collection stored offsite: advance notice required for use.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2014
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-09-15T14:10-0700
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:
-
[Identification of item], Western Labor Communications Association Records, larc.ms.0391, 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