ILGWU. Chicago Joint Board records, 1914-1975

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ILGWU. Chicago Joint Board records, 1914-1975

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Contains files on local unions throughout the MidwesternUnited States, as well as material on Joint Boards of Milwaukee, St. Louis, andKansas City. In addition to meeting minutes of several local unions in Chicago (59,74, 76, 100, 208, 212, 261, 314, 381), this collection includes minutes of meetingsrelating to the Chicago Health Center and union health and retirement funds. Generalcorrespondence deals with organizing activities in the Midwest area. Subject filesconsist of correspondence concerning intra-office, union, and local matters, minutesof the Joint Board, and publications either created or collected by the Joint Board.Correspondents throughout both series include Morris Bialis, Abraham Plotkin, HarryRufer and Harold Schwartz. Locals represented in the records of the Chicago Joint Board include: 67 (Toledo, OH),90 (Elgin, IL), 120 (Decatur, IL), 133 (Peoria, IL),187 (Racine, WI), 189 (Batavia, IL), 238 (Gary, IN), 240 (Aurora, IL), 272 (Gilman,IL), 277 (Indianapolis, IN), 286 (Ishpeming, MI), 293 (Marquette and Negaunee), 317(Bay City, MI), 328 (Kokomo, IN) 337 (Elkhart, IN), 354 (Alpena, MI), 355 (Clinton,IA), 355 (Manistee, MI), 364 (Port Huron, MI), 380 (Shelbyville, IN), 382 (Lincoln,IL), 392 (Logansport, IN), 441 (Kalamazoo, MI), 489 (Kendallville, IN), 508(Mauston, WI).

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