Civil Service Technical Guild Photographs Bulk, 1960-1979 1922-1987, (Bulk 1960s-1970s)

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Civil Service Technical Guild Photographs Bulk, 1960-1979 1922-1987, (Bulk 1960s-1970s)

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The Civil Service Technical Guild, established in 1937 to represent engineers and architects employed by the City of New York; was founded by three engineers: Henry F. Cunningham, William F. Elliot, and George Ellenoff. In 1956 it merged with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District 37, as that organization’s Local 375. By the 1960s the Guild had won the right of collective bargaining and over the years won for its members improved salaries, medical and dental benefits, Social Security and long-term disability insurance. Spanning the years 1922 to 1980, the collection of ca. 400 black and white photographs represents every aspect of the Guild's existence and activities. Most are of routine gatherings such as banquets and meetings, and these include portraits and posed group photographs with Guild presidents Louis Albano, Philip Brueck, Joseph Collins, Richard Izzo, and Alexander Lurkis,, but a few are less formal and provide more information on the material culture and the social lives of the early union members. In addition, some photographs document subway construction at several different time periods and different locations. Some of the photographers/photographic studios whose work is included in this collection are: John Adams Davis; Drunker, Hilbert Co.; Roland Harvey; Photographic Unit of the New York City Transit Authority; Sam Reiss; A.G. Schoenfeld; Ed Sheenan; Vincent Stibler; and Whitestone Photos.

2.25 linear feet

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331151

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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New York City Transit Authority. Photographic Unit.

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Izzo, Richard.

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Whitestone Photos.

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Stibler, Vincent.

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Sheenan, Ed.

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Schoenfeld, A. G.

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Collins, Joseph

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Unknown. From the guide to the Joseph Collins: Principles of a Polite Education, 1776-1778, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Lurkis, Alexander

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Alexander Lurkis was a civil engineer and original member of the Civil Service Technical Guild, founded in 1937. From 1956-1958 Lurkis was president of AFSCME Local 375, the Civil Service Technical Guild. From the guide to the Alexander Lurkis Photographs, circa 1938-1957, undated, (Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive) ...

Albano, Louis.

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Civil Service Technical Guild

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The Civil Service Technical Guild was organized in 1937 as Council 6 of the Civil Service Forum by three engineers, Henry F. Cunningham, William F. Elliot, and George Ellenoff. Their first activity was a protest in Albany against subcontracting--"farming out," and the Buckley Law (1937) repealed a provision in the new New York City charter which required farming out of large projects. In 1948 the Guild disaffiliated from the Civil Service Forum and was independent until 1951 when it merged with ...

Civil Service Forum (New York, N.Y.)

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Reiss, Sam.

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AFSCME. District Council 37 (New York, N.Y.)

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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, District Council 37 is an umbrella group of 56 local unions representing public employees in New York City. Chartered in 1944, DC 37 has grown from an organization of less than a thousand employees in the city's parks, hospital, finance, and health departments to the country's largest federation of public employees, with more than 125,000 members working in the city's agencies and cultural institutions. The collection contains consti...

Brueck, Philip

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Harvey, Roland

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Davis, John Adams.

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