Local No. 35 of the Federation of University Employees records
Collection
Call Number: RU 488
Scope and Contents
These records contain correspondence, reports, circulars, news releases, photographs, scrapbook and a tape recording of union activities from 1941 to 1965. The Yale blue collar workers were organized by the United Construction Workers, United Mine Workers of America, Yale University Employees, Local 142 and chartered 1941 Oct 17. In 1942 February a contract was signed. A drive was organized for dining-hall employees during the fall of 1942. Edward J. Logue [See also Ms 959, Edward Logue Papers] was an active organizer in the union until he left for the war in 1942. During 1947 the union tried to interest library workers in the union. In 1951 the union for Yale employees became the Federation of University Employees, Local 1 and Local 35, Federation of University Employees, Hotel and Restaurant Employees AFL-CIO affiliated in 1956.
[See also YRG 47-E Yale Student Essays Collection, "Unionism at Yale" by John Larkin '54]
[See also YRG 47-E Yale Student Essays Collection, "Unionism at Yale" by John Larkin '54]
Dates
- 1941-1981
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by accession.
Extent
6.52 Linear Feet (9 boxes, 2 folio folders)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The records consist of correspondence, lists, circulars, flyers, photographs, news releases, scrapbooks, an audiotape, and memoranda documenting the operations and activities of the Yale University Federation of University Employees Local No. 35, AFL-CIO at Yale University.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 36 (YRG 36), Records of Yale labor organizations.
- Title
- Guide to the Local No. 35 of the Federation of University Employees Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- October 1985
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
mssa.assist@yale.edu
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
mssa.assist@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511