Earl T. Bester papers, 1937-1967.

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Earl T. Bester papers, 1937-1967.

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Correspondence, minutes, financial records, near-print government and union correspondence, and related papers created by Earl T. Bester, director of District 33, United Steelworkers of America, from 1952 to 1965. Bester helped organize the Steelworkers Organizing Committee (1936), which in 1940 became the United Steelworkers of America (CIO). In 1952 he became director of district 33, headquartered in Duluth.

2.75 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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