Records, 1937-1968.

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Records, 1937-1968.

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Records of a union that represented workers at the Speed Queen Division, McGraw-Edison Company of Ripon, Wis. Manufacture of washing machines began in Ripon in 1908 by the Barlow & Seelig Manufacturing Company, where the union was organized in 1937. In World War II, the company manufactured military equipment. A name change to Speed Queen Corporation occurred in 1949 and in 1956 the company merged with McGraw-Edison Company.

0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6844447

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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McGraw-Edison Company. Speed Queen Division.

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United Steelworkers of America. Local 1327 (Ripon, Wis.)

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Barlow & Seelig Manufacturing Company.

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Adelman, Meyer.

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