Peter Tiernan papers HLL.2019.030
Allison Ransom
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
October 2020
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.
Content Description
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.
Arrangement
The collection is alphabetically arranged in one series.
Preferred Citation
Custodial History
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.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection except for one file comprising financial documents.
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.
Processing Information
Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace in October 2020.
Biographical / Historical
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
box 1, folder 1
Bay Area Painters and Tapers Trust Funds
1985-1996
box 1, folder 2
Building and Construction Trades Council, California, San Francisco, and Marin County
1986-1988, 1996
box 1, folder 3
Certificates, George Meany Center for Labor Studies, and Center for Labor Research and Education, Institute of Labor Relations,
University of California, Berkeley; black-and-white and color photographs
1984, 1987, undated
box 1, folder 4
District Council of Painters No. 8, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO
1987-1999
box 2, folder 4
District Council of Painters No. 8 checks
1988-1990
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted.
box 1, folder 6
Exhibits, Painters Union Local 83, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs, v. District
Council of Painters, No. 8, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO, Defendants
1990
box 2
"Hire a Union Painter" pen, San Francisco Painting Contractors Advancement Fund (SFPCAF)
undated
box 1, folder 7
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO
1987-1988, 1998
box 1, folder 8
Labor union management publications
1985-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes
Unions today: new tactics to tackle tough times, a BNA Special Report. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1985;
Labor Law Notes, Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1997;
Labor's Heritage, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1989;
A Job Recovery Workshop presented by the Joint Labor-Management Committee of the Heavy, Highway, Railroad and Utility Construction
Industry of Western Pennsylvania
, ca. 1984; photocopies of newspaper clippings.
box 2, folder 1
Painters Union Local 83, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO
1977-1991
Scope and Contents
Contains one letter to Peter Tiernan from Senator Barbara Boxer.
box 2, folder 2
The Primer, Painting and Drywall Work Preservation Fund, Inc.
1987
box 2, folder 3
The Voice, Painters, Tapers, and Paperhangers of Northern California
1982-1999