Inventory of the Edward J. Santos Papers, ca. 1934-1986 (predominantly 1940-1950)
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Inventory of the Edward J. Santos Papers, ca. 1934-1986 (predominantly 1940-1950)
Accession number: 1998/025
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:
- James Lake
© 1999 San Francisco State University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Edward J. Santos Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1934-1986
Date (bulk): (predominantly 1940-1950)
Accession number: 1998/025
Creator:
Santos, Edward J.
Extent: 1 box (58 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], Edward J. Santos Papers, 1998/025, Labor Archives & Research Center,
San Francisco State University.
Biographical Notes
The collection contains limited biographical materials, the bulk of the material centers around Edward Santos' organizing
activities in the late 1940s. Santos was a native of the Bay Area who sailed on Union Oil ships in the early 1930s and was
active in the onboard ship committees. Santos joined the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (M.E.B.A.) Local 97 in 1943.
He sailed in World War II, the Korean War and Operation Freedom in the Indo-China Wars. He was a representative organizer
from 1946 to 1947 in the New York Area. He was also a national tanker organizer for Locals 79 and 97 from September 1947 to
November 1947. He served as a National and Consolidated Great Lakes Organizer from December 1947 to April 1948, during which
time he was involved in the effort to consolidate all of the M.E.B.A. Locals on the Great Lakes into one unit. In the early
1960s, Santos became an employee of the State of California. He worked at U.C. Berkeley's Lawrence Berkeley Lab, although
the exact nature of his work is not specified.
Scope and Content
The collection offers a glimpse into the world of a maritime organizer's life during the late 1940s. The bulk of the material
spans from 1940 to 1950. Possibly the most valuable portion of the collection can be found in the folder entitled "Ship Log
Sheets" (Folder 7). The log sheets are records of Santos' visits on board ships that had been organized by the M.E.B.A. They
detail the names of the members and crew on the ship, note the status of the members dues and also whether or not there were
sailors on the ship who were not M.E.B.A. members. The logs also include notes made by Santos regarding issues that the members
wanted to see addressed in the next contract. Also included in the collection is a folder of organizing notes that Santos
kept. While some of the notes are cryptic individually, taken as a whole, a picture of an aggressive organizer is produced.
However, the scattered nature of the notes is indicative of the reason why Santos was an organizer for such a short period
of time. It is apparent from some of the letters included in the "Organizing Correspondence" folder that Santos had a difficult
time completing his official reports in a detailed and timely manner. This produced a colorful exchange of letters between
Santos and the M.E.B.A. International President, S.J. Hogan.
The collection also in includes numerous agreements, both in draft and complete forms. The agreements cover both the M.E.B.A.
and other maritime unions like the National Maritime Union (N.M.U.) and the Masters, Mates, and Pilots (M.M.P.). The bulk
of the agreements are for the post World War II years but there is one folder that contains information form the War Shipping
Administration regarding wage scales and bonuses. The agreements have been separated by company name and when possible, two
copies of each agreement have been included in the collection.
The collection does not include complete records for any M.E.B.A. Local or the International. Instead, it offers pieces from
a number of M.E.B.A. Locals. It includes constitutional drafts from Locals 97 and 33, meeting minutes from Local 97, and information
on affiliation and mergers at the National level. The collection also includes a number of individual copies of newsletters
and periodicals produced by various M.E.B.A. Locals, maritime unions, and other labor organizations. These are all located
in the Periodical Series.
Series I: Biographical Information
Box-folder 1/1
Santos Biographical Information
1940-1958
Box-folder 1/2
Oil, Chemical, Atomic Workers Intl Union & CA State Employees' Association, U.C. Berkeley
ca.1960-1986
Box-folder 1/3
Fresh Water Swing Joints Maintenance Log
1950s
Series II: Organizing Information
Box-folder 1/4
Organizing Correspondence
1944-1948
Box-folder 1/5
Organizing Notes & Materials
1942-ca.1948
Box-folder 1/6
Ship Visit Logs
ca.1947-ca.1948
Box-folder 1/7
Business Cards & Membership Cards
ca.1948
Box-folder 1/9
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Pere Marquette Railway Co.
1946-1947
Box-folder 1/10
M.E.B.A. Agreements with East Coast & Gulf Shipping Co.
1946
Box-folder 1/11
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Ann Arbor Railroad Co.
ca.1947
Box-folder 1/12
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Pacific Maritime Association
1951-1961
Box-folder 1/13
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co.
1937-1947
Box-folder 1/14
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
ca.1945-1948
Box-folder 1/15
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Co.
ca.1945
Box-folder 1/16
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Pacific Tankers Inc.
1945-1947
Box-folder 1/17
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Union Oil Co.
1947
Box-folder 1/18
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Pacific American Shipowners Association
1940-1946
Box-folder 1/19
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Keystone Shipping Co.
1945-1946
Box-folder 1/20
M.E.B.A. Agreements with Miscellaneous Companies
1941-1946
Box-folder 1/21
M.E.B.A. Agreement Drafts
1947-1951
Box-folder 1/22
Foreman's Association of American Agreements
1945-?
Box-folder 1/23
Masters, Mates, & Pilots Agreements
1947
Box-folder 1/24
National Maritime Union Agreements
1945
Box-folder 1/25
War Shipping Administration Wage Scales, Bonuses, Working Conditions
1941-1944
Box-folder 1/26
M.E.B.A. Constitutions & By-laws
1931-1946
Box-folder 1/27
M.E.B.A. Local 97 Constitutional Revisions
1943-1957
Box-folder 1/28
M.E.B.A. Local 33 Revised Constitution
1947
Box-folder 1/29
International Association of Machinists Constitution
1941
Box-folder 1/30
National Maritime Union Constitutions
1943-1945
Series V: Meeting Minutes & Committee Reports
Box-folder 1/31
Meeting Minutes on Board S.S. A.C. Rubel
1942
Box-folder 1/32
M.E.B.A. Great Lakes Convention Information & Correspondence
1946-ca.1948
Box-folder 1/33
M.E.B.A. Great Lakes Convention Transcript
1948
Box-folder 1/34
M.E.B.A. Executive Committee Minutes
1947
Box-folder 1/35
M.E.B.A. Statement of Cash Disbursements
1957
Box-folder 1/36
M.E.B.A. Affiliations & Mergers
1948-1958
Box-folder 1/37
M.E.B.A. Local 97 Meeting Minutes
1943-1956
Box-folder 1/38
M.E.B.A. Local 97 Officials' Wage Lawsuit
1958-1959
Box-folder 1/39
National Maritime Union Convention Reports
1947
Box-folder 1/40
Union Oil Benefit Employee Benefit Plan
1940
Box-folder 1/41
M.E.B.A.-P.M.A. Pension & Welfare Fund
1947-1960
Series VII: Political Action
Box-folder 1/42
Political Action: Lee Pressman
1950
Box-folder 1/43
Political Action: Right to Work, Bill Knowland
ca.1958
Box-folder 1/44
M.E.B.A. Locals 33, 79, 97 Strike Information
1934-ca.1946
Box-folder 1/45
Maritime Strike Information
1934-ca.1946
Box-folder 1/46
Committee for Maritime Unity
1946-1947
Series IX Newsletters/Periodicals
Box-folder 1/47
M.E.B.A. Local 31 Newsletters
ca.1947
Box-folder 1/48
M.E.B.A. Local 79 Newsletters
1947
Box-folder 1/49
M.E.B.A. Local 97 Newsletters
1946-1948
Box-folder 1/50
M.E.B.A. Local 33 "Our Living Democracy" Newsletter
1957
Box-folder 1/51
National Maritime Union Pier Guide
1945
Box-folder 1/52
M.E.B.A. The American Marine Engineer
1946-1959
Box-folder 1/53
Operating Engineers' Engineer News
1963
Box-folder 1/55
The International Teamster
1959
Box-folder 1/56
The Master, Mate, & Pilot
1946-1947
Box-folder 1/57
The California State Employee
1963
Box-folder 1/58
The Maritime Fireman
1948-1957
