Paul Scharrenberg papers, 1893-1960.

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Paul Scharrenberg papers, 1893-1960.

Correspondence and papers relating primarily to Scharrenberg's career in the labor movement and his other positions.

4 boxes, 5 cartons, 24 volumes (ca. 10 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6782849

UC Berkeley Libraries

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International Seamen's Union of America

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California. Dept. of Industrial Relations.

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California State Federation of Labor

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History Representatives of sixty-one unions and five central bodies convened in San Francisco, January 1901, and organized the State Federation of Labor. The only group of workers which refused to affiliate was the building trades unions. They, in turn, formed the State Building Trades Council later that same year. This situation was reversed however in 1910 when P. H. McCarthy, President of the Building Trades Council, permitted building tra...

Scharrenberg, Paul

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Seaman and labor activist. Born Hamburg, Germany, August 21, 1877. Died 1969. Editor of the International Seamen's Union of America's newsletter, Seamen's Journal; Secretary, California Federation of Labor, 1910-1936; Commission of Immigration and Housing, 1913-1922; San Francisco City Planning Commission, 1917-1926; State Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1927-1931; Legislative representative for AFL, 1937-1943; Director, California State Dept. of Industrial Relations. ...

Online Archive of California

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