Inventory of the Tradeswomen Archive Collection SPC.2022.036
Karen Clemons
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2022-11; 2024-03
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
Business Number: 310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Tradeswomen Archive Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2022.036
Physical Description:
5 boxes
(three record storage boxes; two document boxes)
Physical Description:
3.84 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1971-2023; undated
Date (bulk): 1990-2020
Abstract: This collection contains articles; clippings; magazines; newsletters; t-shirts; stickers; pins; tote bags; conference programs;
photographs; flyers; and other material donated by women who worked in trades' professions (tradeswomen) such as: electricians,
ironworkers, carpenters, and other trades. Also included is material related to tradeswomen involvement in labor unions, and
the nontraditional women's occupation movement. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives collections please
consult the
Tradeswomen Archives Project .
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
The Tradeswomen Archives Collection (1971-2022; undated) contains five boxes and 3.84 linear feet of articles; clippings;
magazines; newsletters; t-shirts; stickers; pins; tote bags; conference programs; photographs; flyers; and other material
donated by women who worked in trades' professions (tradeswomen) such as: electricians, ironworkers, carpenters, and other
trades. Also included is material related to tradeswomen involvement in labor unions, and the nontraditional women's occupation
movement.This collection is arranged into series by occupation, and also includes a series on tradeswomen advocacy, as well
as a general file series that includes material related to tradeswomen events, conferences, and workshops; reports, bulletins,
and other publications; and ephemera such as stickers, tote bags, t-shirts, and bandanas. File titles for a majority of the
material are in regards to the tradeswomen who the material belonged to; or organization the material came from.
Related Materials
For related collections please consult: Lynn Shaw Collection; Oregon Tradeswoman Collection; Pat Williams Collection; Vivian
Price Collection; Madeline Mixer Collection; Ronnie Sandler Collection; Jane Templin Collection; Keli Baars Collection; Priscilla
Golding Collection; and Molly Martin Collection. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives collections please
consult the
Tradeswomen Archives Project .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor unions
Building trades
Women in the labor movement
Apprenticeship programs -- United States
Nontraditional employment for women -- United States
Women -- Employment -- United States
Electricians
Structural steel workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
Carpenter
1982, 2006, undated
box 1, folder 1
Leslie Gill
2014
Scope and Contents
Carpenters Local Union No. 605: dues card, wallet calendar.
box 5, folder 13
Angelina Caballero
2018?
Scope and Contents
issue of "Building Trades News" featuring an image of Caballero
box 5, folder 12
Sylvia Gordon (pile driver)
undated
Scope and Contents
photographs
box 2
Tamera Guilinger
2006; undated
Scope and Contents
Chicago Regional Council Carpenters- stickers; pin. Chicago Women in Trades t-shirt
box 5, folder 11
Rochelle Helfin
undated
Scope and Contents
pin, patch, and badge National Job Corps Training Fund, Inc.
box 2
Outi Hicks
undated
Scope and Contents
t-shirt; bandana for #weareOutiHicks #EndWorkplaceViolence campaign
box 1, folder 2
Donna Raynalds
1982
Scope and Contents
record book belonging to carpenter, Donna Raynalds. Book contains contacts with employers, and was also used by the Department
of Labor during an investigation of a discrimination complaint regarding the lack of hiring of women.
box 2
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters- tote bag; koozie
undated
box 4, folder 1
clippings, stickers
undated
Electricians
1989-2014; 2020; 2023; undated
box 1, folder 3
Deborah Jayne Dawson
2004, 2005, 2007, 2014
Scope and Contents
certificates; photographs (photocopies); articles about Dawson receiving the Modern Apprenticeship Young Learner of the Year
award
box 5, folder 10
Darlene Leineweber
September 2020
Scope and Contents
Keith Roby and Darlene Leineweber wedding invitation
box 1, folder 4-6
Brenda K. Simon
1989-2009; undated
Scope and Contents
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local #11 tradeswomen events (photographs); tradeswomen events (photographs);
IBEW tradesman contact book; IBEW women's committee leadership award; Women Building California programs; feminist class notes;
"Blue Collar Goodbyes" by Sue Doro; Industrial Specification Grade card; and other related material.
box 2
Habitat for Humanity IBEW event t-shirt
undated
General
event in honor of IBEW member [Carel] Nolan.
box 5, folder 18
IBEW Local 11 Solidarity Committee- pins and t-shirt
circa 2023?
General
T-shirt was designed by Dannielle Lewis, IBEW 11 apprentice. This file also contains a deck of Tradeswomen Heroes Award Winners
cards and includes a card featuring Dannielle Lewis.
Ironworkers
1978-2020; 2022; undated
box 3
Jan Jenson
1978-2017
Scope and Contents
Ironworker calendars; Women Building Nations [DVDs]; Iron Ladies [DVD]; photographs of ironworkers taken at jobsites in San
Mateo and San Jose; photographs of ABC picket, Moscone Center; articles and clippings regarding ironworkers and tradeswomen;
"Blair Kennedy, Our Tribute to an Ironworker and Illustrator" [book]; "Rosie the Riveter General Management Plan Summary";
and other related material.
box 1, folder 7-10
Jamie McMillan
2012-2020; undated
Scope and Contents
clippings; articles; interviews with Jamie McMillan. Also includes material about Journeyman [organization]; conference programs;
and articles about tradeswomen.
box 1, folder 18
Jennifer Ortiz
September 27, 2019
Scope and Contents
"Wolf Point East" Weekly Newsletter [project Ortiz worked on]
box 1, folder 11, box 2
Jeanne Park
1975, 2001-2008; 2018-2019; undated
Scope and Contents
ironworkers tradeswomen articles; flyers; t-shirts; GWIC Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference programs; ENR Engineering
News Record. Also includes "Organize! A Working Women's Handbook" published by UNION W.A.G.E Educational Committee; an Ironworkers
convention badge; and copy of a speech given at International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing
Iron Workers event.
box 1, folder 12
Reggie Vanderpool
August 2017
Scope and Contents
article about Reggie Vanderpool, Local 63 (Chicago) Ironworkers in "The Ironworker".
box 5, folder 8
Ruby Wallis
May 2022
Scope and Contents
article about Wallis in "Welding Journal"
box 4, folder 11
Sue Mann
1999
Scope and Contents
"Iron Ladies" Ironworkers Local 433 [dvd]
box 2
Iroworkers Local 765 totebag
undated
box 2
Elizabeth Moses
2022
Scope and Contents
calendar featuring interview with Elizabeth Moses
Operating Engineers
2018; 2022; undated
box 5
Anne [Abene] Brophy- International Union of Operating Engineers. Pink Hard Hat
undated
box 5, folder 9
Jacqueline Ann Foley
August 2022
Scope and Contents
celebration of life program
box 5, folder 14
"99's Monthly News" Vol. XXXIX, No. 11
November 2018
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association
undated
box 5, folder 15
Rita Magner
undated
Scope and Contents
LU 104 Nor Cal t-shirt
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry
2019-2021; undated
box 2
Kimberly Brinkman (Sprinkler Fitter)
undated
Scope and Contents
UA Sprinkler Fitters 417 Minnesota sticker and t-shirt; buisness card.
box 1, folder 13
Laura Ceja (plumber)
2019, 2021
Scope and Contents
contains articles mostly from "The United Association Journal" about Ceja.
box 1, folder 14
Courtney Chard (metal welder)
March 2020; undated
Scope and Contents
"Tradewind" Vol. 58, No. 3 magazine, UA Local 46 Toronto, Ontario featuring essay by Chard; stickers
box 4, folder 1
stickers; apprenticeship brochures and pamphlets
undated
Tradeswomen Advocacy
1993-1995; 2017; undated
box 1, folder 15
Sue Doro
2017
Scope and Contents
writings from "Women Build Nations" conference workshop, "Blue Jean Pocket Writers" created by Sue Doro.
box 1, folder 16
Roberta Tracy
November/December 1993; March 1994; January 1995; undated
Scope and Contents
enTrade brochures; "Trade Tax" newsletter (1993); "Tradeswomen" Magazine Vol. 13, No. 1; Vol. 14, No.1
box 1, folder 17
Venessa Ingalls
July 2023; undated
Scope and Contents
Tradeswomen Sisterhood flyers, brochures, business cards, "Pre Apprenticeship Partnership" project proposal
Tradeswomen Organizations
circa 2012; undated
box 5, folder 19
Chicago Women in the Trades
circa 2012; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes 25th anniversary golf ball; thank you card; keychain.
box 5, folder 16
Women in Non Traditional Employment Roles (WINTER)
undated
Scope and Contents
stickers; flyers
General File
1971-2022; undated
Sub-Series: Events, Conferences, and Workshops
1981-2022; undated
box 1, folder 19
12th Annual Working Class Women's Luncheon, Harry Bridges Institute [program]
2013
box 1, folder 20
Celebrating Tradeswomen, Inc. [programs]
2010, 2012, 2013, 2017
box 1, folder 21
Women Building and Protecting California 5th Annual Statewide Conference for Women in the Trades and the Fire Service, "A
Guide to Workers' Health and Safety Rights and Filing a CAL/OSHA Complaint"
2006
box 1, folder 22, box 2
Women Build Nations Conference- programs; playing cards; business cards; bandana; tote bags; koozie
2013, 2015-2017, 2022
box 2
Women of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) 1st leadership conference tote bag
September 27, 2010
box 1, folder 23
general file
1981, 1995, 1999, 2012, 2014, 2017
Scope and Contents
Includes material for: Pride at Work convention; Women in Trades Career Fair, a tradeswomen archiving event, "Conference to
Develop Effective strategies in Organizing Women Workers" (1981); women in trades exhibits, apprenticeship council hearings,
and others.
Sub-Series Ephemera
1982-2014, 2024; undated
box 2
Tradeswomen Taskforce [bandana]
undated
box 2
"Stop the War on Workers!" LA/LB Harbor Labor Coalition [bandana]
2013
box 2
North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) bag
undated
box 2
Wonder Woman t-shirt
undated
box 2
San Pedro Labor Fest t-shirt
circa 2012
box 4, folder 2
stickers; brochures; clippings related to unions and trades such as construction, pile drivers, operating engineers, and others
2005, 2017, undated
box 4, folder 3
stickers, pins, buttons, flyers, clippings, and other material related to tradeswomen organization and advocacy
1996, 1999, 2012, 2016, 2018
box 4, folder 4
Tradeswomen Inc. calendar
2014
box 2
"Women Working" Chicago Women's Graphics Collective [sign]
1982
box 5, folder 17
"I Support the Sisterhood" tradeswomen calendar organized by WeldHer Workshop
2024
Sub-Series: Photographs and A/V Material
1982; 1986; 1997; undated
box 4, folder 5
photographs of tradeswomen
undated
box 4, folder 6
"pile driver" [VHS tape]
undated
box 4, folder 6
"All Walks of Life. Culture Stories. A Woman in a Man's World" Huby's Ltd. [VHS tape]
1997
box 4, folder 10
"Hard-Hatted Women, Stories of Struggle and Success in the Trades" postcards
1982, 1986
Scope and Contents
Postcards feature images by Sandy Thacker and include: "Electrical Winders"; "Ironworker"; "Carpentry Student"; "Carpenter";
"Machinst": "Railroad Worker"; "Electrician"; and "Piledriver"
Sub-Series: Publications
1971-2014; undated
box 4, folder 7
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) survey and catalogue
1980
box 4, folder 8
"The Story of a Shelter" Women's Advocates
1980
box 4, folder 8
"The Day Will Come...Stories of the Haymarket Martyrs and the Men and Women Buried Alongside the Monument" Illinois Labor
History Society
1994
box 4, folder 8
"Women at Work" Women's Bureau U.S. Department of Labor
undated
box 5, folder 6
The Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor [brochure]
circa 1920s-1930s
box 5, folder 5
"Women Workers, the Forgotten Third of the Working Class" Ilene Winkler
circa late 1960s
box 4, folder 8
'Women in Revolt", International Socialist Review
March 1971
box 5, folder 4
UNION W.A.G.E. Vol. 2, No. 16
March-April 1973
box 5, folder 2
"Organize! A Working Women's Handbook" Published by UNION W.A.G.E.
September 1975
box 5, folder 3
"Supporters of Silkwood" #5
May 1978
box 5, folder 1
"Apprenticeship and the Blue-Collar System, Putting Women on the Right Track" Kathleen M. Weston
1995
box 5, folder 7
documents related to Tradeswomen Archives Project
circa 2014
