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Loy (Baldo) International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Union
Ephemera Collection
URB.ILWU-BL
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Baldo Loy International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Ephemera
Collection
Creator:
Loy, Baldo
Identifier/Call Number: URB.ILWU-BL
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1924-1977
Abstract: Baldo Loy worked for the Pacific
Steamship Association as a Stevedore in 1923 and for the Moore Drydock Company in 1924. By
1935, he was a member of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America,
Local 9. He was "granted Honorable, withdrawel [sic] from this Local" on 26 January 1936.
That same year, at the age of 36, he was issued a picket card by the Maritime Federation of
the Pacific coast, serving the organization faithfully during the Maritime Federation
Pacific Coast strike. The collection consists of picket cards and other forms of
identification relating to Baldo Loy's union affiliations.
Language of Material: English
The
Baldo Loy International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
Ephemera Collectio
n documents Baldo Loy's various union affiliations from 1924 to
1977 when he worked as a stevedore in San Pedro. The collection consists predominantly of
cards issued by various longshoreman and maritime unions including the International
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), the Committee for Maritime Unity (CMU), the
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSW), the Maritime
Federation of the Pacific Coast, and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA).
Items include picket cards, working cards, identification cards, attendance records,
membership books, a traveling card, a registration badge, and a document confirming Loy's
honorable withdrawal from the IUMSW. These items serve to document proof of employment,
various transfers, attendance at union meetings, attendance at picketing events, and
distribution of meal tickets as well as the payment of fines, strike funds, burial funds,
and monthly union dues. Some of the membership books also include parts or entire
reproductions of their union constitutions. Files are arranged alphabetically by title.
Related Material
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Edward Loy, 2010.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
April Feldman, 2010
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera