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Title: Louis J. Avelino papers
Dates: 1915-1974
Collection number: MS 33
Creator:
Avelino, Louis J.
Collection Size:
1.25 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Louis J. Avelino Papers consist of photographs, ephemera, military medals, and documents related to Avelino’s participation
in the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Louis J. Avelino Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Louis J. Avelino papers, MS 33, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Sean Heyliger, 05/09/2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Louis J. Avelino Papers consist of photographs, ephemera, military medals, and documents related to Avelino’s participation
in the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union. The ephemera series include dinner menus, dining cards, and a
navy safety broadsheet from the Pearl Harbor Navy Station, and also includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings chiefly related
to Pearl Habor. The photographs are mostly of Avelino’s friends and family members, and also includes a few images related
to his work with the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union a track meet at Berkeley High School in 1933. The
International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union file includes the constitution and by-laws of San Francisco Area Bay ILWU
pensioners, a 1957 contract for dockworkers, and an untitled manuscript three-page documenting the experiences of longshoreman
Len Greer and the San Francisco maritime strike of 1934.
Series I. Photographs
Series II. Ephemera
Series III. International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union
Series IV. Medals
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Avelino, Louis J.
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.)