Finding Aid for the John Hutchinson Papers, 1937-1967
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Finding Aid for the John Hutchinson Papers, 1937-1967
Collection number: 1138
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, February 2004
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Hutchinson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1937-1967
Collection number: 1138
Creator:
Hutchinson, John, 1921-
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: John Hutchinson (b.1921) was a professor of industrial relations at the UCLA Graduate School of Management (1964- ), a arbitrator
in industrial disputes a member of the American Political Science Association, and author of articles on politics and industrial
relations. The collection contains correspondence, reports, and economic data on various unions, including the Building Service
Employees International Union (BSEIU), the IATSE, Teamsters Union, and United Textile Workers of America (UTWA).
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of John Hutchinson, 1972.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Hutchinson Papers (Collection 1138). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Hutchinson was born on January 29, 1921 in London, England; BS (1950), Ph.D (1963), University of London; MA, UCLA, 1952;
worked as a civil servant in Great Britain; associate professor (1964-70), then professor of industrial relations at the UCLA
Graduate School of Management; has been an arbitrator in industrial disputes; member, American Political Science Association;
author of articles on politics and industrial relations; wrote
The imperfect union: a history of corruption in American unions (1970).
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, reports, and economic data on various unions, including the Building Service Employees
International Union (BSEIU), the IATSE, Teamsters Union, and United Textile Workers of America (UTWA). Also includes clippings
gathered by John Hutchinson for his book,
The imperfect union: a history of corruption in American trade unions (1970).
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Documentation of various unions (Boxes 1-3).
- Miscellaneous materials (Boxes 3-4).
- Scrapbook with clippings about International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and relations with Congress of
Industrial Organizations (CIO) (Box 5).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hutchinson, John, 1921- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Graduate School of Management--Faculty--Archives.
Labor unions--United States--Research.
Items Removed from Collection
Removed from collection for separate cataloguing:
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Strike Home; a report on the 54-day strike of 33,000 North American workers. Los Angeles, United Auto Workers, local 887. [1953?]
- Harris, Joseph P. and Leonard Rowe.
California Politics. 2nd edition. Stanford University Press, 1959.
-
Labor Legislation. Report on 1957 regular session of the California Legislature, January 7 to January 25, March 4 to June 12. [Sacramento]
California State Federation of Labor [1957?]
Documentation on Various Cases
Box 1, Folder 1
Allied industrial workers of America (ATW), 1952-1957.
Box 1, Folder 2
Bakery and confectionary workers' International Union of America, 1957.
Box 1, Folder 3
Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), 1961-1962.
Physical Description: Photocopies of newspaper clippings.
Box 1, Folder 4
BSEIU - Hearing officer report to general president of BSEIU, 1962.
Box 1, Folder 5
Can workers federal labor union, 1956-1957. (FLU no.22623)
Box 1, Folder 6
Chicago - miscellaneous labor corruption incidents.
Box 1, Folder 7
Culinary trades, 1958-1961.
Scope and Content Note
Chiefly Los Angeles hotel and restaurant employees unions.
Box 1, Folders 8-9
Distillery, rectifying, wine and allied workers International Union of America, 1956.
Scope and Content Note
re Union's Social Security fund.
Box 2, Folders 1-4
Distillery, rectifying, wine and allied workers International Union of America. 1958.
Scope and Content Note
re Union's Social Security fund.
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada
(I.A.T.S.E.)
Box 2, Folder 5
Clippings, ephemera, etc. removed from scrapbook, 1937-1946.
Scope and Content Note
re I.A.T.S.E. in Hollywood.
Some relate to Bioff case and some to Hollywood strike of 1945-1947.
Box 2, Folder 6
Ephemera and printed material, 1945-1947.
Scope and Content Note
re Hollywood strike.
Box 2, Folder 7
Clippings and miscellaneous issues of
The Hollywood Sun, September 5, 1945-April 2, 1947.
Scope and Content Note
(vol.1, no.18-vol.4, no.13 incomplete)
Box 2, Folder 8
International Jewelery Workers Union (IJWU), November 1958.
United Textile workers of America (UTWA), 1952-1960
Box 3, Folder 4
Reports of AFL-CIO Committee on ethical practices, 1957.
Box 3, Folder 5
Waste materials handlers. Federal Union No. 20467 “In the matter of Paul J. Dorfman.” March-July 1957.
Miscellaneous Materials
Scope and Content Note
re labor corruption.
Box 3, Folder 7
AFL-CIO: excerpt from minutes of Executive Council meeting
(June 6 and August 27, 1956).
Box 3, Folder 8
Material, 1959-1967.
Scope and Content Note
re Landrum-Griffin Act.
Box 3, Folder 9
“The Los Angeles County employee relations ordinance. Proposed draft.”
Creator/Collector: Mahter, Patrick.
Physical Description: 65 leaves plus appendices. Typescript (carbon).
Box 3, Folder 10
Correspondence.
Scope and Content Note
Letters to John Hutchinson
re corruption material.
Box 4, Folder 1
“A historical examination of the purposes and practices of the education program of the United Automobile Workers of America,
1936-1959.” Michigan, 1960.
Creator/Collector: Linton, Thomas Edwin.
Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) [copy of a dissertation].
Box 4, Folder 2
Miscellaneous printed items.
Physical Description: [8 items].
Scope and Content Note
Includes reports of Australian workers' unions.
Western Conference of Teamsters
Box 4, Folder 3
“The collective bargaining contract....”
Box 4, Folder 4
“Economic and social legislation....”
Oversize Box 5
Scrapbook - clippings, 1937-1938.
Scope and Content Note
re I.A.T.S.E. and relations with C.I.O.
