Inventory of the Boeing Strike -- Seattle, Washington Collection, 1948

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Inventory of the Boeing Strike -- Seattle, Washington Collection, 1948

Accession number: 1987/005

Labor Archives & Research Center

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

Contact Information:

Labor Archives & Research Center
San Francisco State University
480 Winston Drive
San Francisco, California 94132
Phone: (415) 564-4010
Fax: (415) 564-3606
Email: larc@sfsu.edu
URL: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/larc.html

Processed by:: The Labor Archives & Research Center staff
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

Title: Boeing Strike -- Seattle, Washington Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1948

Accession number: 1987/005

Collector: Maupin, Joyce

Extent: .2 cubic feet

(1 scrapbook and 3 folders)

Repository: San Francisco State University. Labor Archives & Research Center

San Francisco, California 94132

Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Center's online catalog.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives & Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives & Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Boeing Strike -- Seattle, Washington Collection, 1987/005 , Labor Archives & Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Introduction

This scrapbook was compiled and donated to the archives by Joyce Maupin, union organizer and activist.

Scope and Content

The scrapbook, predominantly of newspaper clippings from the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligence, and The Militant from April 29 th through September 21 st, 1948 records the strike between the International Association of Machinists (IAM), Lodge 751 and Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle, WA. The scrapbook also includes: Picket Line Briefs, volume 1, nos. 2 - 110, incomplete, April 23 rd - September 2 nd 1948; strike ephemera (flyers, leaflets, etc.); radio speech transcript by Socialist Workers Party candidate for United States President, Farell Dobbs, broadcast on station KING, Seattle, WA, August 21 st 1948; and the 1944 contract between Boeing Aircraft Company and the IAM.