Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) records, 1940-1974 (bulk 1956-1974).

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Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) records, 1940-1974 (bulk 1956-1974).

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The collection consists of records of AFL-CIO Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Region 5 (Charlotte, N.C.) from 1940-1974. The regional office administration files (1955-1974) include correspondence and reports detailing the work of Paul Christopher and Carey Haigler at AFL-CIO regional offices. Materials contain information on field representative's organizing efforts and contacts with state, local, and national offices. National office administration files (1955-1974) contain correspondence with national officers including President George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland and William Schnitzler. The state and local councils files (1948-1974) consist of correspondence documenting the relationship between the AFL-CIO regional offices; the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee State AFL-CIO offices; city and county central bodies; and building and trades councils. The field representative files (1954-1974) primarily contain activity and expense reports made by AFL-CIO Field Representatives concerning their organizing efforts and assistance given to local unions. The unions files (1951-1974) include correspondence between local and international unions pertaining to organizing efforts and contains an extensive amount of correspondence with the Textile Workers of America. The company files (1949-1973) contain correspondence for companies with organizing opportunities particularly General Electric and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The subject files (1940, 1964-1974) contain materials regarding Operation Dixie (1946-1954) and organizing at the Franklin Hosiery Mill. The financial records (1946-1974) are primarily composed of records pertaining to funds for the routine operation of the regional offices (1956-1974) and the CIO Organizing Committee (1946-1953).

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Kirkland, J. Lane 1923-

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Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

AFL-CIO. Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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In 1955 when the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merged, it created AFL-CIO Region 8 encompassing Tennessee and Kentucky with Paul Christopher as Director. North and South Carolina became part of Region 5 directed by Carey Haigler. The 1964 reorganization of the AFL-CIO placed Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina in Region 8 with Christopher as Director and Haigler as Assistant Director. After Christopher's death in 1974, Region 8 st...

Haigler, Carey.

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Schnitzler, F. William 1904-

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Christopher, Paul

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