Vernon R. Stedman Papers 1933-1972

Deal, Clyde Watterson, 1888-1978

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Clyde Watterson Deal (born March 10, 1888, Caldwell County, North Carolina- died December 16, 1978, Oregon), labor union leader and public official, was a founder, president and business manager of the Ferryboatmen's Union of California, later the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, from 1918 to 1941. He joined the U.S. Conciliation Service in 1941 as a commissioner and served until 1945. For two years he was labor counselor in charge of labor negotions for the "Atlanta Journal." He rejoined t...

Fox, John M., 1902-1978

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John Fox came to Seattle in 1931 from San Francisco to organize officers and unlicensed personnel into the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific and into the Masters, Mates and Pilots. He was simultaneously an officer of two unions, serving as secretary and business manager of Local 6 of the Masters, Mates and Pilots, which represented licensed officers, and from 1931 to 1941 as secretary of the Inlandboatmen's Union, which represented unlicensed personnel, and as president from 1940 until his re...

National Labor Bureau. Seattle Office.

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Stedman, Vernon R.

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Vernon R. Stedman (1916-1993) was a National Labor Bureau researcher and labor negotiator for maritime unions. In the 1950s he studied economics at the University of Washington, and conducted research for a dissertation tentatively entitled "Development of Collective Bargaining in the Puget Sound Inland Waterways Industry." The project dealt largely with the history of the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific (IBU), but also to some extent the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Associatio...

International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots

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The Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) had its beginnings in the tragic burning of the steamboat Seawanhaka in New York Harbor on June 28, 1880. The 612-ton, 230-foot side paddle wheeler, under the command of Capt. Charles P. Smith, suffered an explosion in the boiler room; an event not uncommon in the early days of steam-powered vessels. As flames spread rapidly through the wooden-hulled boat, Capt. Smith was faced with few options in the narrow Hell Gate channel. He stayed at the helm and ...

Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific

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