Records, 1938-1979.

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Records, 1938-1979.

Records consist of membership and Executive Bd. minutes, financial records, various committee files, material dealing with national and regional labor affiliates, negotiation and contract records, grievance cases, correspondence, bulletins, newsletters and other printed materials.

11 linear ft.

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International Union of Electrical Workers. Local 801.

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IUE, Local 801 was organized in 1938 to represent the workers at the Frigidaire Division of General Motors in Dayton. From the description of Records, 1938-1979. (University of Wisconsin, Superior). WorldCat record id: 31037842 ...

General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division

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The first commercially successful electric household refrigerator was produced in the U.S. and offered for sale in 1913. Invented by Fred W. Wolf and called the Domelre, it was an air-cooled refrigeration unit designed for mounting on top of the customer's ice box. In 1915, Alfred Mellowes, working in a backyard wash house in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, engineered and made an electric refrigerating unit. It differed from other contemporary models because it was self-contained wi...