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Guide to the James K. Staley papers

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Table of contents

Collection Contents

Series 1. Correspondence

Physical Description: 2 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Series contains the correspondence of James K. Staley and the Newspaper Guild, and is divided into two subseries: Personal, and Guild Correspondence.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Box 1:12

Subseries 1.1 Personal correspondence 1969-1983

Box 1:13

Subseries 1.2 Guild correspondence 1970-1980

Series 2. Strike negotiations

Physical Description: 7 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

The second series, Strike negotiations consists of notes, negotiation notes, negotiation bulletins, contracts and bylaws, proposals and, bargaining manuals. Negotiation bulletins, contracts and bylaws, proposals, and bargaining manuals are arraigned chronologically. Negotiation bulletins give updates to the status of negotiations at the bargaining table. Contracts and bylaws provide a glimpse into the final results of the strike settlement. The proposals give direction to the main concerns of the negotiations while the bargaining manuals give direction to the operations of the strike committees. Unfortunately many of the plentiful hand written notes lack sufficient dates except for a few that go from 01/26/1975 to 03/04/1981.

Arrangement

Arranged by format

Box 1:14

Notes 1976-1981

Box 1:15

Negotiations 1975

Box 1:16

Negotiation notes undated

Box 1:18

Contract/Bylaws 1969-1978

Box 1:19

Proposals 1974

Box 1:20

Bargaining manuals undated

Box 1:17

Negotiation bulletins 1969-1978

Series 3. Personal

Physical Description: 3 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

The Personal subseries include personal correspondence between James K. Staley, Sacramento Bee Staff, and personal acquaintances. Most personal correspondence address union and guild matters, and a small amount pertains to James K. Staley’s life beyond the newspaper trade. The second subseries, Guild correspondence consists of updates to union members of negotiations and procedures on conduct during the strike. Both subseries are extremely valuable as documentation of the mood of striking members.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Box 1:21

Identification 1973-1983

Box 1:22

Pamphlets undated

Box 1:23

Writing guides 1964-1971

Box 1:24

Series 4. Picket line photographs circa 1970s

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Photographs include striking union members, and their supporters on the picket line.

Box 1:25

Series 5. Fliers circa 1970s

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes fliers of legal size, and good quality that solicit support for the strike.

Box 1:26

Series 6. Expense vouchers circa 1970s

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes expense vouchers, expense reports, and receipts pertaining to private vehicle use for company business.

Series 7. Printed material

Physical Description: 11 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Printed material is divided into four subseries: magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and articles. The items are arraigned chronologically within each subseries and include trade journals, guild news reports, guild journals, and news print articles. These documents chronicle the Sacramento Bee Strike and concerns to the newspaper trade. The two magazines are trade journals discussing the newspaper trade. Guild newspapers address newspaper guild guidelines and union news during the strike. Newsletters document the state of union and guild affairs before and after the strike. The newsprint articles give prominent view to the reader of companies and employees concerns of the strike viewable by the public in the Sacramento and Fresno newspapers.

Subseries 7.1 Magazines

Box 1:1

Sacramento Magazine 1978

Box 1:1

Typographical Journal 1978

Box 1:2

The Guild Reporter 1974-1978

Box 1:2

Suttertown News 1978-1981

Subseries 7.2 Newspapers

Box 1:3

Bay Guild News 1978

Box 1:3

Union Labor Bulletin 1978

Box 1:4

The Guild Journal 1974-1978

Box 1:5

The Worker Bee 1978

Subseries 7.3 Newsletters

Box 1:6

San Francisco- Oakland Newspaper Guild undated

Box 1:7

Central California Newspaper Guild 1976-1982

Box 1:8

Chapel Chatter 1970

Box 1:9

General Newsletters 1975-1978

Box 1:10

Sacramento Mailers Union 1978

Box 1:11

Subseries 7.4 Articles 1974-1978

Series 8. Artifacts

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

The eighth series contains Artifacts and contains four subseries Picket signs, Button badges, Bumper stickers, and T-shirts referenced by separation sheets within the main collection. There are four Picket signs consisting of one-half cubic foot. The Picket signs have forty eight inch wooden handles one of which is broken leaving it thirty-six inches in length. The signs themselves are 21 by 14 inches of heavy paper. Two are scripted front and back with “Central California Newspaper Guild backs the Mailers Against the Bee.” The other two Picket signs read, “This Guild Member Supports Mailers.” Button badges, Bumper stickers, and T-shirts consist of one and a half cubic feet. The three Button Badges all portray a picture of Scoopy the Sacramento Bees’ mascot with the words “I cancelled the Bee how about you” and are of exceptional quality. The bumper Stickers are in fair condition and colored orange with “Boycott the Bee Unfair to Everyone” scripted in large print. Three printed cotton T-shirts are also included with two Saying “Boycott the Bee” while the other states “The Sacramento Bee, You’ll love us in the morning.”

Box Aisle 43

Picket signs circa 1970s

Box 2

Button badges circa 1970s

Box 2

Bumper stickers circa 1970s

Box 3

T-shirts circa 1970s

Collection Contents

Series 1. Correspondence

Subseries 1.1 Personal correspondence

Subseries 1.2 Guild correspondence

Series 2. Strike negotiations

Series 3. Personal

Series 4. Picket line photographs

Series 5. Fliers

Series 6. Expense vouchers

Series 7. Printed material

Subseries 7.1 Magazines

Subseries 7.2 Newspapers

Subseries 7.3 Newsletters

Subseries 7.4 Articles

Series 8. Artifacts