Selected Records

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COLLECTION	TOWN	UNION	COMPANY/INDUSTRY	SIZE	Z or ZZ
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local P-1135. Records, 1964-1974.	Fort Dodge	Packinghouse Workers	Iowa Beef Processors	1.00	Z 42
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local P-1. Records, 1939-1973, 1986.	Ottumwa	Packinghouse Workers	Morrell	20.00	Z 23
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local P-38. Records, 1965-1975.	Mason City	Packinghouse Workers	Armour and Co.	0.10	ZZ 19
American Federation of Grain Millers. Local 48. Records, ca 1930s-1986.	Keokuk	Grain Millers	Hubinger Company	0.20	Z 39
American Federation of Grain Millers. Local 6. Records, 1949-1980.	Clinton	Grain Millers	Clinton Corn Processing	18.00	Z 49
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Local 616. Records, 1944-1975.	Ottumwa	AFSCME	Road construction	1.20	Z 8
American Federation of Teachers. Local 716. Records, 1946-1988.	Cedar Rapids	Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers	Teachers	0.40	Z 47
American Federation of Women’s Auxiliaries of Labor, Tri-City Joint Council. Records, 1941-1951.	Quad Cities	Tri-City Federation of Labor	Women’s auxiliaries	0.40	Z 13
Bakery and Confectionary Workers International Union of America. Local 36. Records, 1942-1948.	Des Moines	Bakers	Omar Incorporated	0.10	ZZ 16
Billings, Harry. Reminiscence, ca. 1978.	Cedar Rapids	Electrical Workers	Iowa Electric Light and Power Company	0.10	ZZ 53
Bluff City Typographical Union. Local 203. Records, 1882-1985.	Council Bluffs	Typographers	Printing trades	2.50	Z 64
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers' International Union of America. Local 5. Records, 1890-1953.	Sioux City	Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers	Building trades	0.40	Z 36
Brooks, Eli. Papers, 1933	Albia	Mine Workers	Coal mining	0.10	ZZ 32
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of North America. Local 246. Records, 1901-1941.	Des Moines	Painters	Building trades	4.20	Z 2
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Local 187. Records, 1936-1964.	Clinton	Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen	Chicago & North Western Railroad	2.50	Z 54
Burlington Trades and Labor Assembly. Records, 1942-1981.	Burlington	City Central		0.40	Z 15
Butts, A. P. Papers, 1948, 1979.	Fort Dodge	Railway Conductors	Railroads	0.10	ZZ 42
Cedar Rapids CIO organizing in the packinghouse industry. Scrapbook, 1937-1939.	Cedar Rapids	CIO	Packinghouse workers	0.20	Z 68
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor. Records, ca. 1956-ca. 1970.	Cedar Rapids	City Central		0.10	ZZ 49
Cement, Lime, Gypsum, and Allied Workers Division, Local D-66. Records, 1976-1984.	Fort Dodge	Gypsum Workers	Gold Bond Building Products	2.20	Z 40
Central Iowa Building Trades Council. Records, 1967-1974.	Des Moines	City Central; Building trades	Building trades	0.20	Z 35
Check voucher from Pals Transfer, Inc. to Robert Walker, 1961		Teamsters		0.10	ZZ 15
Clinton Labor Congress and Clinton County Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Temple. Records, 1919—1956.	Clinton	City Central		1.50	Z 48
Cole, Delno. Newspaper Article, 1974.	Des Moines	Rubber Workers		0.10	ZZ 31
Communication Workers of America, Local 7102. Records, 1978-1982.	Des Moines	CWA	Automotive	0.70	Z 59
Communication Workers of America. Local 7181. Records, 1977-1989.	Burlington	CWA (nurses)	nurses at Burlington Medical Center	0.10	ZZ 34
Dahl, Carl. Papers, 1961-1973.	Waterloo	UAW	Farm Equipment	0.10	ZZ 9
Daly, Sister John Marie. Thesis, 1962, 1975.	Waterloo	Electrical Workers, Packinghouse Workers, Auto Workers	Rath Packing Company, John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works, Iowa Public Service Company, American Gas Company, United States Telegraph and Telephone Company, Cedar Valley Telephone Company, Citizen Gas and Electric Company, Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company	0.20	ZZ 44
Delavan Strike of 1978-1979.	Des Moines	UAW	Delavan Corp.	0.20	ZZ 55
Des Moines Allied Printing Trades Council. Records, 1971-2000.	Des Moines	Printing trades	Des Moines Register and Tribune	0.50	Z 65
Des Moines City Employees Joint Council. Records, 1970-1987.	Des Moines	Firefighters, Police, municipal workers	Des Moines municipal workers	0.10	ZZ 59
Des Moines Stereotypers Union Number 40. Records, 1937-1976.	Des Moines	Stereotypers	Printing trades	1.00	Z 1
DeYoung, John. John and Rosa DeYoung Papers, 1920-1967.	Quad Cities	Labor Newspaper Publisher		0.10	ZZ 8
Dubuque Federation of Labor. Records, 1940-1966.	Dubuque	City Central		0.20	Z 46
Federal Labor Union. No. 20878. Records, 1937-1948.	Clinton	Federal Labor Union	Clinton Corn Processing	1.80	Z 57
Fenn, Earl. Dues Book, 1939-1943.	Clinton	Machinists		0.10	ZZ 41
Firefighters, Station 9, Des Moines, Iowa. Newspaper Articles, 1978.	Des Moines	Firefighters		0.10	ZZ 30
Flom, Abert. Papers, 1911-1945.	Sioux City	Plasterers and Cement Finishers	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 20
Fort Madison Trades and Labor Assembly. Records, 1956-1987.	Fort Madison	City Central		0.60	Z 7
Graphics Arts International Union. Local 104. Records, 1972-1978.	Cedar Rapids	Printing trades	Cedar Rapids newspapers and commercial print shops	1.00	Z 62
Graphic Communications International Union. Local 157M. Records, 1952-1995.	Des Moines	Printing trades	Meredith Publishing, Des Moines Register and Tribune, small print shops	21.00	Z 67
Hart, David. Packinghouse Scrapbook. 1966-1976.	Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota	UPWA; AMC&BWA	Packinghouse workers	0.10	Z 16
Henry, Ben. Papers, 1909-1976.	Des Moines	CIO, Miners, Packinghouse Workers		0.10	ZZ 1
ILLOWA Construction Labor & Management Council. Records, ca. 1994.	Quad Cities			0.10	ZZ 61
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. Local 103. Records, 1936-1978.	Dubuque	IATSE	Film; Theater	0.40	Z 22
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, Local 57. Records, 1934-1955.	Sioux City	Asbestos Workers	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 33
International Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Steam Fitters, and Gas Fitters. Local 464. Records, ca. 1950-1956.	Council Bluffs	Steam Fitters	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 38
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. District Lodge 102. Records, 1944-1977.	Quad Cities	Machinists	Manufacturing	10.60	Z 6
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. District Lodge 105. Records, 1942-1992	Fairfield	Machinists	Amana; Louden; Rockwell; Philco	12.60	Z 30
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. District Lodge 118. Records, 1937-1983.	Des Moines	Machinists		5.60	Z 25
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. District Lodge 162. Records, 1941-1982.	Sioux City	Machinists	Manufacturing; Mechanics	17.20	Z 17
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Ladies Auxiliary, Tall Corn Lodge 262. Records, 1937-1981.	Des Moines	Machinists	Women’s auxiliary	0.20	Z 29
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 2303. Records, 1966-1976.	Burlington	Machinists	International Resistance Company	0.40	Z 20
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 1373. Records, 1968-1974.	Waterloo	Machinists	Waterloo Industries, Inc.	0.10	ZZ 6
International Association of Machinists. Key City Lodge 1238. Records, 1933-1955.	Dubuque	Machinists	A. Y. McDonald Manufacturing, Morrison Brothers, Adams Company	3.00	Z 66
International Association of Machinists. Key City Lodge No. 1238. Records, 1957-1958.	Dubuque	Machinists	Mallory Battery Company	0.10	ZZ 36
International Association of Machinists. Rocket Lodge 624. Records, 1946-1960.		Machinists	Railroads	0.20	Z 38
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. Local 71. Records, 1900, 1948.	Des Moines	Book Binders	Printing trades	0.10	ZZ 2
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 231. By-Laws and Agreement, 1917.	Sioux City	Electrical Workers	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 46
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 405. Records, 1934-1965.	Cedar Rapids	Electrical Workers	Public Utility Company of Cedar Rapids	0.10	ZZ 43
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 704. Records, 1917-1944.	Dubuque	Electrical Workers	Electricians	0.10	ZZ 17
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada. Local 633. Records, 1912-1970.	Ottumwa	Painters	Building trades	0.60	Z 5
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada. Local 693. Records, 1902-1915.	Dubuque	Painters	Painters	0.10	ZZ 12
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America. Local 218. History, 1967.	Burlington, Fort Madison, Mt. Pleasant, Keokuk, and Monmouth, Illinois	Teamsters	Distribution, Construction, Heavy and Highway Construction, Concrete, Bakeries, Dairies, Bottling Companies, Grain Elevator, Feed Mills, Meat Drivers, Motor Freight, Contract Carriers, Transfer Companies, Private Carriers, Lumber Yards, Mason Company, etc.	0.10	ZZ 54
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 147. Records, 1966-1981.	Des Moines, Ottumwa	Teamsters	Ottumwa municipal workers	0.20	Z 53
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 421. Records, 1940-1975.	Dubuque	Teamsters	Dubuque Stone Products Company	0.10	ZZ 40
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 567. Contract, 1910.	Dubuque	Teamsters	Master Team Owners Association	0.10	ZZ 37
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Records, 1949-1961.	Clinton	International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union	Clinton Garment Company Inc.	0.50	Z 55
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America. Local 86. Records, ca. 1970.	Des Moines	Printing Pressmen	Printing trades	0.10	ZZ 29
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America. Local 225. Meeting Minutes, 1931-1964.	Dubuque	Printing Pressmen	Printing trades	0.10	ZZ 5
International Typographical Union. Local 118. Records, 1872-2001.	Des Moines	Typographers	Printing trades	23.00	Z 45
International Typographical Union. Local 22. Letter to George S. May regarding history, 1954.	Dubuque	Typographers	Printing trades	0.10	ZZ 27
International Typographical Union. Local 406. Records, 1936-1986.	Mason City	Typographers	Mason City Globe-Gazette, Stoyles Printing, Central Shaw Printing	1.50	Z 63
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 148. Records, 1987	Keokuk	Operating Engineers	Foote Mineral Company	0.10	ZZ 60
Iowa City Federation of Labor. Records, 1966-1973.	Iowa City	City Central		0.10	ZZ 45
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. Records, 1894-2000 Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Inventory	Des Moines	State labor federation		75.00	Z 61
Iowa Labor History Oral Project (ILHOP). Records, 1954-1968, 1875-1993, 1998-2000.	statewide			1.80 ft.	Z 71
Iowa-Nebraska-South Dakota Typographical Conference. Records, 1923-1978.	Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota		Printing trades	1.20	Z 44
Iowa United Professionals. Records, 1980-1983	Cedar Rapids and statewide	UE- Iowa United Professionals (formerly AFSCME)	government employees, professional social services	0.10	ZZ 48
Johnson, George E. Papers, 1956.	Cedar Falls	Carpenters		0.10	ZZ 47
Jordan, John. Papers, 1946-1976.	Des Moines	Packinghouse Workers	Swift (Iowa Packing Co.)	0.20	Z 52
Kritz, James. Papers, 1936-1977.	Dubuque	Carpenters, United Way		0.10	ZZ 26
Ladies’ Auxiliary to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Tall Corn Lodge 262. Records, 1937-1981.	Des Moines	Machinists; Women’s Auxiliary		0.20	Z 29
Larsen, Paul. Papers, 1947-1986.	Waterloo	Union organizer	Black Hawk Labor Council	6.40	Z 60
Letter to corresponding secretary of the Tri-City Labor Congress to Linsay & Phelps Company, 1893.	Quad Cities	Tri-City Labor Congress and Davenport Saw Mill Union, No. 1	Lindsay & Phelps lumber company	0.10	ZZ 65
Lewis, Richard P. A history of the Des Moines, Iowa, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, 1976.	Des Moines	Postal Workers	Post Office	0.10	ZZ 10
Maytag Strike of 1938 collection, 1937-1939.	Newton	UE	Maytag Washing Machine Co.	0.10	ZZ 7
Maytag Strike of 1938 collection (Gary Young), 2001.	Newton	UE	Maytag Washing Machine Co.	0.10	ZZ 25
McDonnall, James. Papers, 1943-1970.	Des Moines	CIO		0.80	Z 9
Muscatine Button Factories Strike collection, 1911.	Muscatine	Button Workers	McKee-Bliven, Muscatine Button Company, Empire plant, Automatic plant	0.10	ZZ 51
National Association of Letter Carriers of the United States. Branch 645. Records, 1913-1980.	Fort Dodge	Letter Carriers	Post Office	0.80	Z 4
National Council of United Cement Workers. Constitutional Convention Proceedings, 1936-1939.	Buffalo	Cement Workers		0.10	ZZ 39
North Iowa Area Development Labor Council. Records, 1957-1979	Mason City	City Central		0.40	Z 26
O’Hara, James. A Study in the Oral History Tradition of Long-Term Meatpacking Laborers. MA Thesis, 1999.	Dubuque	Packinghouse Workers	Farmland Foods; Dubuque Packing Company, IBP, Inc., FDL Foods, Inc.	0.10	ZZ 21
O’Hara, George. Papers, 1940, 1947, 1950, 1953-1973.	Des Moines	AFL-CIO organizer statewide		5.20	Z 69
Ortiz, Bernard. Materials relating to organizing Hispanic workers in the building trades, 2000-2001.	Des Moines	Laborer’s International Union of North America and Iowa-Nebraska-South Dakota Laborer’s District Council	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 64
McTaggart, Fred. On the Assembly Line: A Study of Contemporary Labor Lore, 1968.				0.10	ZZ 56
Osborne, Harvey. Papers, 1968.	Kansas City, Missouri	Bakers		0.10	ZZ 52
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee Joint Council. Records, 1938-1968.	Sioux City	Packinghouse Workers	Swift, Armour, Cudahy	0.20	Z 51
Peick, Doris Ann. Papers, 1963-1976.	Cedar Rapids	Electrical Workers; Women’s Auxiliary		0.80	Z 27
Quad Cities Area Labor Management Council. Records, 1987.	Quad Cities	labor-management		0.10	ZZ 58
Service Employees International Union. Local 55. Records, 1937-1972.	Cedar Rapids	SEIU	School maintenance workers	1.00	Z 37
Service Employees International Union. Mercy Hospital organizing campaign collection, 2001.	Iowa City	SEIU (nurses)	Mercy Hospital	0.10	ZZ 66
Seymour, Earl. Papers, 1971-1999	Des Moines	Rubber Workers	Bridgestone/Titan; Tire Manufacturing	2.80	Z 3
South Central Iowa Federation of Labor. Records, 1934-1999.	Des Moines	City Central		12.00	Z 28
Sullivan, John H. Dues Books, 1941-1972.	Burlington	Iron Workers	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 62
Sullivan, LeRoy C. Dues books and badge, 1955-1970.	Burlington	Iron Workers	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 63
Swift & Co Plant Explosion of 1949 collection, 1949.	Sioux City	Packinghouse Workers	Swift & Co.	0.10	ZZ 22
Tri-City Federation of Labor. Records, 1925-1975.	Quad Cities	City Central		0.20	Z 12
Turner, Jeffry M. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local #33 history summarized, ca. 2002.	Des Moines	Plumbers & Steamfitters	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 67
UE Social Club, Inc. Records, 1951.	Quad Cities	UE	Manufacturing; Farm Equipment	0.20	Z 11
Union History of Public Transit of Sioux City, Iowa	Sioux City		Transit workers	0.10	ZZ 50
United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters Helpers. Local 66. Records, 1899-1903.	Dubuque	Steam Fitters	Dubuque building trades	0.10	ZZ 28
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; International Union. Local 1551. Records, 1971-1975.	Fort Madison	UAW	Shaeffer Pen	0.10	ZZ 57
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; International Union. Local 74. Records, 1946-1979.	Ottumwa	UAW	Farm Equipment	1.00	Z 19
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; International Union. Local 838. Records, 1947-1972.	Waterloo	UAW		0.20	Z 24
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; International Union. Local 858. Records, 1954-1977.	Bettendorf	UAW	Case, J.I. Company	0.10	ZZ 4
United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 1315. Records, 1955.	Charles City	UAW; UE	Oliver Tractor Company	0.10	ZZ 14
United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; International Union. Local 807. Records, 1943-1978.	Burlington	UAW	Farm Equipment	0.80	Z 18
United Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiners of America. Local 364. Records, 1936-1939.	Council Bluffs	Carpenters	Carpenters	0.10	ZZ 35
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 672. Meeting Minutes, 1940-1978.	Clinton	Carpenters	Building trades	0.10	ZZ 18
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 1835. Records, 1907-2004.	Waterloo	Carpenters	Building trades	16.00	Z 72
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Local 767. Records, 1901-1975.	Ottumwa; Centerville	Carpenters	Building trades	5.40	Z 31
United Cement, Lime and Gypsum International Union. Local 106. Contracts and Agreements, 1946, 1967.	Mason City	Cement and Gypsum Workers	Leigh Portland Cement Company	0.10	ZZ 3
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. District Council Eight. Records, 1938-1955.	Quad Cities	UE		18.40	Z 14
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 222. Records, 1966-1987.	Sioux City	Packinghouse Workers	Iowa Beef Processors	0.20	Z 56
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 431. Records, 1985-1987.	Ottumwa	Packinghouse Workers	Geo. A. Hormel & Co.	0.20	Z 58
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 179. Records, 1967-1982.	Cherokee	Packinghouse Workers	Wilson & Co.; United Refrigerated Service	0.20	Z 34
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 287B. Records, 1964-1981.	Fort Madison	UFCW; Barbers	Barber	0.20	Z 32
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local P-31. Records, 1935-1994	Fort Dodge	Packinghouse Workers	Geo. Hormel and Co., Tobin Packing Co.	14.00	Z 41
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local P-46. Records, 1937-1992.	Waterloo	Packinghouse Workers	Rath	13.00	Z 33
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local P-3. Records, 1915, 1920, 1933-1990.	Cedar Rapids	Packinghouse Workers	Wilson Foods	35.60	Z 50
United Mine Workers of America. District 13. Records, ca 1890s-ca 1981.	Mystic; Centerville; Brazil	Mine Workers	Coal Mining	0.10	ZZ 23
United Mine Workers of America. District 13. Records, 1894-1895, 1898-1909.	Oskaloosa, Centerville, Albia, Beacon, Ottumwa, Des Moines	Mine Workers	Coal Mining; Iowa Coal Operators Association	1 reel microfilm	Mf 11
United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 128. Records, 1943-1953.	Fort Dodge	UPWA Local 128	Fort Dodge Laboratories, Inc., Fort Dodge Serum Company	0.40	Z 43
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America. Local 444. Records, 1954-1957.	Keokuk	Rubber Workers	Dryden Rubber Plant; Sheller Manufacturing Co.	0.20	ZZ 11
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America, Local 310. Records, 1950-1972.	Des Moines	URW	Firestone Tire	1.40	Z 10
United Steelworkers of America. Local 164. Records, 1998-2001.	Des Moines	Steelworkers	Titan	0.40	ZZ 24
United Way of Siouxland. Office of Labor Representative. Records, 1957-1983.	Sioux City	UPWA; UFCW	United Way of Siouxland	0.40	Z 21
Women’s Auxiliary to the Tri-City Federation of Labor. Records, 1941-1951.	Quad Cities	City Central; Women's Auxiliary		0.20	Z 13
Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers' International Union. Local 158. Records, 1961-1977.	Dubuque	Lathers	Building Trades	0.20	ZZ 13