White (Albert) Waiters' Union Collection, 1926-1938

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Title:: White (Albert) Waiters' Union Collection,
Dates:: 1926-1938
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Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], White (Albert) Waiters' Union Collection, Mss102, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Scope and content:: This collection consists of White's seven union handbooks, his union traveling card and the By-Laws of the San Francisco chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The union handbooks contain the union constitution, which describes the objectives, roles of officers, modes of finance, methods of discipline, and other aspects of this AF of L affiliated union. In the last few pages of each book are spaces for stamps giving proof of the member's having paid his/her dues, and recording the member's name, local affiliation and transfer data.
Biographical / historical:: Nothing is known of this peripatetic waiter, who worked in six different western cities, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Reno, Los Angeles, Fresno and Sacramento, during the twelve years preceding World War II.
Physical location:: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical description:: 0.25 linear ft.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:: © 1998
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: 1994.

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], White (Albert) Waiters' Union Collection, Mss102, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Location of this collection:: University of the Pacific

University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library

Stockton, CA 95211, US