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HLL.2019.030
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Contributing Institution:
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
Title: Peter Tiernan papers
Creator:
Peter Tiernan
Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.030
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Physical Description:
.63 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1966-2000
Date (bulk): 1985-1999
Abstract: The collection comprises the papers of Peter Tiernan, a painter who was involved with San Francisco District Council of Painters
No. 8, Painters Union Local 83, and Bay Area Painters and Taper Trust Funds. It includes election flyers and leaflets, articles,
letters, drawings, legal exhibits, publications, and one pen.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
The Peter Tiernan papers, 1966-2000, bulk 1985-1999, include various subject files comprising leaflets, flyers, drawings,
articles, pamphlets, and letters regarding the administration, legal situations, and elections within the San Francisco District
Council of Painters No. 8, San Francisco Painters Union Local 83, Bay Area Painters and Tapers Trust Funds, the California,
San Francisco, and Marin County Building and Construction Trades Councils, and the International Brotherhood of Painters and
Allied Trades, AFL-CIO. Of note is one letter to Peter Tiernan from Senator Barbara Boxer. Also included are exhibits regarding
a lawsuit between the District Council of Painters No. 8 and the Painters Union Local 83, as well as
The Voice, the publication of the Painters, Tapers, and Paperhangers of Northern California,
The Primer, published by the Painting and Drywall Work Preservation Fund, Inc., and
Hard Hat Times. One subject file regarding the assassination of Dow Wilson, who was active in Painters Local 4 in San Francisco is present,
as are various publications regarding labor union management, certificates indicating Tiernan's completion of various union
management courses, and black-and-white and color photographs of Tiernan and others. One San Francisco Painting Contractors
Advancement Fund (SFPCAF) pen is included as well.
The collection is alphabetically arranged in one series.
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The Peter Tiernan papers were donated to the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco between 2000 and 2019, and were acquired
by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.
There are no access restrictions on this collection except for one file comprising financial documents.
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.
Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace in October 2020.
Peter Tiernan was a painter in the San Francisco Bay Area who was active in various painters' unions. He was a Delegate and
President of the District Council of Painters No. 8, the President of Painters Union Local 83, a Business Agent and Trustee
of the Bay Area Painters and Tapers Trust Funds, a member of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades,
and an advisor and chair of the Work Preservation Fund. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from the
University of San Francisco, attended graduate school at Golden Gate University, and completed a Labor Studies Program at
San Francisco City College. He also completed a seminar about collective bargaining in the private sector at the Center for
Labor Research and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California, Berkeley, and a course about
organizing in the construction industry at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Painters, Industrial -- Labor unions
Construction workers -- Labor unions