I.W. Abel papers, 1940-1986.

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I.W. Abel papers, 1940-1986.

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Collection contains personal correspondence, photographs, speeches, plaques, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings concerning Abel's tenure with the United Steelworkers of America. Material emphasizes USWA constitutional conventions and Abel's retirement as USWA president in 1977.

9.7 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7323276

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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United Steelworkers of America. District 27 (Canton, Ohio)

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District 27 was created when the United Steelworkers of America was founded in 1942. The District office coordinated the activities of local unions in Ohio (some of which preceded the formation of the district) until district restructuring in 1995. From the description of United Steelworkers of America, District 27 records, 1936-1973. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 607097857 ...

Abel, I. W. (Iorwith Wilbur), 1908-1987

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President of the United Steelworkers of America beginning in 1965 and active during the formative years of the union in the Canton, Ohio local of Timken Roller Bearings; also served on the War Labor Board during World War II. From the description of Ohio Labor History Project interview : Mr. I.W. Abel / I.W. Abel; interview conducted by James Ragazino, 1975. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 61670106 ...

United Steelworkers of America

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...