Galveston (Texas) Typographical UnionRecords 1860-1935

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Galveston (Texas) Typographical UnionRecords 1860-1935

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Minutes, pamphlets, legal documents, and assorted printed material comprise theGalveston (Texas) Typographical Union Records, 1860-1935, and document theactivities of the union.

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International Typographical Union. Local 28 (Galveston, Tex.)

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Printing, Publishing, and Media Workers Sector of the CWA

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Galveston (Texas) Typographical Union

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The Galveston Typographical Union was founded on November 23, 1860, when the National Typographical Union issued a charter to a small group of Galveston printers. Known as the Galveston Typographical Union No. 28, the union was one of the first labor organizations in Texas. After the National Typographical Union was incorporated into an international organization, with the addition of some Canadian chapters, they issued Galveston a new charter in June 1869. Organized to protect the ...