Guide to the Louis J. Avelino Papers
Sean Heyliger
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
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Oakland, California 94612
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African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Louis J. Avelino Papers
Collection number: MS 33
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Oakland, California
- Processed by:
- Sean Heyliger
- Date Completed:
- 05/09/2013
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
© 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.)
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
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Louis J. Avelino Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Louis J. Avelino papers, MS 33, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Processing Information
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.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Series II. Ephemera
Series III. International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union
Series IV. Medals
Indexing Terms
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.)
Photographs
Physical Description: 25 photographs
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes photographs of family and friends of the Avelino family, union activities , and high school photographs of a track
meet at Berkeley High School.
Arrangement
Arranged by photograph identification number.
Box 1:1
Baby sitting in chair hung over car window , reverse: ‘Little Douglas,’ [001]
undated
Box 1:1
Clifford Weaver [002]
1957
Box 1:1
Clifford Weaver and his wife, reverse: ‘my friend & buddy and his wife’ [003]
1957
Box 1:1
Lillian and Louis Avelino in front of house at 86th ave. Oakland, California [004]
1940
Box 1:1
Woman standing in backyard garden [005]
1934
Box 1:1
Emma Avelino standing on walkway [006]
undated
Box 1:1
William Bill Davis and Mary Jane Davis standing in portrait gallery at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition [009]
1915
Box 1:1
Table and chairs in tiled interior room [008]
undated
Box 1:1
Portrait of Louis Avelino as an infant [009-012]
circa 1915
Box 1:1
Man in suit, reverse: ‘Frank’s 74th birthday’ [013]
1952
Box 1:1
Clifford Weaver and wife cutting cake in wedding day [014]
1957
Box 1:1
Men standing on platform, one holding Brazilian flag, reverse: ‘trade union leaders representing 500,000 workers from Brazil’
[015]
circa 1950s
Box 1:1
Men and women seated on couch [016-017]
undated
Box 1:1
Hoi Chiu Fung, General Secretary Trade Union Council Hong Kong, Louis Avelino, Public Relations Guide M.R.A. I.L.W.U., and
Yee-se, China Times Pub. Co. Inc. San Francisco [018]
1958
Box 1:1
R. F. Sollie, Public relations tour guide Matson Navigation Company, Fung Hoi Chui General Secretary Trade Union Council Hong
Kong, and Louis Avelino, Public Relations Guide M.R.A. I.L.W.U. [019]
1958
Box 1:1
Hsi fen Tang, Chinese Times Pub. Co. Inc. San Francisco foreign news columnist, Fung Hoi Chui General Secretary Trade Union
Council Hong Kong, and Louis Avelino, Public Relations Guide M.R.A. I.L.W.U. [020]
1958
Box 1:1
Tom Jones, Art Monell, Jim Haworth, and John McNally [021]
undated
Box 1:1
Luis Machado and two men standing next to rocking chairs [022]
undated
Box 1:1
Group photograph of men in tuxedos [023]
undated
Box 1:1
Group photograph of men and women in formal wear [024-025]
undated
Box 1:1
Track meet at Berkeley High School [3 photographs of long jump]
1933
Box 1:1
Man throwing shot-put
circa 1930s
Box 1:1
Chico High School [4 photographs]
circa 1930s
Ephemera
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes menus from the USS Washington and USS Republic, Pearl Harbor Naval station dining cards, holiday cards, and a navy
safety broadsheet for working on towers.
Arrangement
Arranged by format.
Box 1:2
Commissary cards, Navy yard Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
1942
Box 1:2
U.S. Naval Radio Station, Laulaulei, Oahu safety precautions to be observed while working on masts, towers, or structures
of any kind
1939
Box 1:2
Dining room AFT first sitting card
undated
Box 1:2
U.S.S. Republic anniversary dinner card [2 copies]
1942
Box 1:2
United States Lines, S.S. Washington menus
1940
Box 1:2
El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce map
1974
International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes constitution and by-laws of the San Francisco Area Bay ILWU pensioners, dedication program for the San Francisco
Area Longshoremen’s Memorial Building, and an untitled manuscripts describing the experience of African American longshoreman
Len Greer.
Arrangement
Arranged by format.
Box 1:4
Constitution and by-laws of S.F. Area Bay ILWU pensioners
undated
Box 1:4
San Francisco Area Longshoremen’s Memorial Building dedication program and information
1959
Box 1:4
Miscellaneous dock workers agreement
1957
Box 1:4
Untitled manuscript, recollections of African American longshoreman Len Greer and the San Francisco maritime strike of 1934
undated
Medals
Physical Description: 2 medals
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes Purple Heart and Spanish American War medals.
Box 1:3
Spanish American War medal
undated