Tyree Scott papers, circa 1970-1995.

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Tyree Scott papers, circa 1970-1995.

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Correspondence, minutes, financial reports, manpower compliance reports, subject files, newsletters, speeches and writings, published materials, and other materials documenting the efforts of the United Construction Workers Association to integrate the building trades, ca. 1970-1990. Also includes case files, correspondence, minutes, and other records of the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office (LELO), Court Order Advisory Committee, Southwestern Workers' Federation, Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center, and the American Friends Service Committee Pacific Northwest Regional Office. A group of materials representing the work of Michael Woo, who aided Asian and Alaska Native seasonal cannery workers, is included. Personal papers of Scott's wife, Beverly Sims, whose work focused on labor issues surrounding women's rights, third world countries, and native peoples, also form part of the collection.

73 cubic ft. (73 boxes)

University of Washington. Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7663915

University of Washington. Libraries

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American Friends Service Committee. Pacific Northwest Regional Office

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Court Order Advisory Committee.

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Sims, Beverly Jean Luther, 1933-1977

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Lindberg, William J. (William James), 1904-1981.

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Woo, Michael D.

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Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Human Resources.

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Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center

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United Construction Workers Association.

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Southwest Workers Federation.

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office.

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Scott, Tyree, 1940-2003.

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Seattle labor and civil rights leader. Tyree Scott, a Texas-born electrician who served in the Marines during the Vietnam War, settled in Seattle in 1966. Discrimination against black workers in the construction trades led him to organize peaceful demonstrations, and in 1970 he co-founded the United Construction Workers Association with support from the American Friends Service Committee. The UCWA aimed to unite minority construction workers and racially integrate the un...