Winstead, Ralph D. Papers, 1927-1957
Collection Number: 5473
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ralph D. Winstead Papers, 1927-1957
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5473
Abstract:
Papers include research data and reports for the National Recovery Administration;
reports Winstead made while a field investigator for the U.S. Senate Civil Liberties
Committee regarding alleged acts of espionage against unions by employers; documents
relating to the 1949 National Labor Relations Board staff hearing examiners controversy;
and records relating to the Shipbuilders Stabilization Committee and to the Industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America.
Creator:
Winstead, Ralph D.
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Ralph D. Winstead was a statistician and technical editor in the field of construction
methods data, materials cost and price, and construction costs.
Winstead was a technical editor, government employee, and union official. His early
career was in the construction industry in the state of Washington and in British
Columbia. In 1922, he became associate editor of the F.W. Dodge Corporation trade
publication, the AMERICAN CONTRACTOR. He became editor of the publication in 1927
only to leave in 1929 to assume the editorship of the Chicago based CONSTRUCTOR. From
1934 to 1936, Winstead was the construction unit chief of the Division of Research
and Planning, Industries Studies Section of the National Recovery Administration.
Winstead subsequently became a field investigator for the U.S. Senate Civil Liberties
Committee (La Follette Committee), 1936-1940; a field examiner for the National Labor
Relations Board, 1940-1942; and a national representative of the Industrial Union
of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America. His last professional effort was as
an investigator of the attempted assassination of Walter Reuther in 1948.
National Recovery Administration (NRA) documents in this collection largely relate
to the construction industry and include carbons of preliminary and summary reports
(1933-1935) on the industry and NRA codes; manuscript documents on sources of then
current statistics on construction, on the status of the American Federation of Labor
unions functioning in the industryk, and on building trades wages in a variety of
cities from 1925 to 1935. Also a memorandum from Winstead to James E. Hughes regarding
the revision or elimination of construction codes.
U.S. Senate Civil Liberties Committee (La Follette Committee) documents include carbon
copies of reports by Winstead and other field investigators dealing with alleged anti-union
espionage activities, largely in Texas, engaged in by the following: Sugarland Industries,
the Texas Can Company, the Freeport Sulphur Company, the Marshall Canning Company,
the Weirton Steel Company, the Ford Motor Company, International Corporation Services,
the Corporation Auxiliary Company, and the Waeker Brothers Iron Company. Victims of
this alleged spying campaign included the National Maritime Union, the Industrial
Workers of the World, the Oil Workers' International Union, the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters, the Steelworkers Organization Committee, the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, the United Mine Workers of America, and the United
Retail and Wholesale Employees. Included with the reports are notes, letters, and
financial documents. Significant correspondence includes that of J. Edgar Hoover,
Robert M. La Follette Jr., Malcolm Halliday (assistant general counsel) and Heber
Blankenhorn. A major subject of the reports was the activities of the Corporation
Auxiliary Company.
National Labor Relations Board documents include papers concerning the 1949 staff
hearing examiners controversy. These consist of manuscript documents ranking prospective
candidates for the position of hearing examiner, petitions regarding the Civil Service
Commission's attempt to remove hearing examiners, and reports, memoranda, briefs,
and letters regarding the controversy. Charles Antone Horsky (lawyer) is the chief
correspondent.
Documents relating to the Shipbuilders Stabilization Committee include dockets of
interpretive rulings regarding work rules, wages, fringe benefits and apprentice training;
and various documents having to do with zone standards in the industry.
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA) documents
include constitutions, by-laws, agreements, minutes, publications, reports and correspondence.
Of special interest are the materials on the 1945 dispute of the union with the Todd
Shipbuilding Corporation and the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (San Pedro yard). Also
included are documents (1941-1942) regarding the IUMSWA organizing activities, including
briefs on hiring, employment and communist activities; memos on jurisdictional disputes
between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
and proposed union policy for shipyard hiring practices in Washington and Oregon.
Major correspondents include John Green (president, IUMSWA) and George Smith (a national
representative).
Also, a lengthy exchange of correspondence (1922, 1943-1944) between Winstead and
Walter N. Polakov (industrial diagnostician and engineering counselor) largely concerning
the direct and indirect costs of mine accidents; manuscripts and publications of Winstead
on the history of union busting, a history of the construction industry (1920-1934),
a history of the IUMSWA, a pamphlet on legal right for ship-building workers and a
"union busters and finks" handbook.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ralph D. Winstead Papers #5473. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Blankenhorn, Heber, 1884-1956.
Blood, Ross P.
Halliday, Malcolm.
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
Horsky, Charles Antone.
La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953.
Polakov, Walter (Walter Nicholas), b. 1879.
Winstead, Ralph D. (Ralph Dimmit), 1894-1949.
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America
American Federation of Labor.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.).
Corporation Auxiliary Company.
Ford Motor Company.
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America.
Industrial Workers of the World.
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers,
and Helpers.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
National Corporation Services.
National Maritime Union of America.
Oil Workers' International Union.
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.).
Texas Can Company.
United Mine Workers of America.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on
Civil Liberties.
United States. National Labor Relations Board.
United States. National Recovery Administration.
United States. Shipbuilders Stabilization Committee.
Subjects:
Construction workers.
Examiners (Administrative procedure)--United States.
Labor unions and communism--United States.
Shipbuilding industry--Employees.
Labor unions--Shipyard workers--United States--Jurisdictional disputes.
Wages--Shipbuilding industry--United States.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Material Bearing on the Painting, Wallpapering and Decorating Division of the Construction
Industry
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
October 21 1933
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
National Recovery Administration, Division of Economic Research and Planning
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 21 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Plumbing Contractors Division of the Construction Industry
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March - April 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Insulating Contractors Division of the Construction Industry
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
April 25 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Plastering and Lathing Contractors Divisions of the Construction Industry
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
April 25 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning Contractors Division of the Construction Industry
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
May 12 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Pipe Line Construction Division of the Construction Industry
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 21 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Architect's Division of the Construction Industry
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
July 3 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Building Contractors' Subdivision of the General Contractor's Division of the Construction
Industry
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
August 10 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Sub divisional Code for Highway Contractors, Chapter II-C of the General Contractor's
Code
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
September 7 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Sub divisional Code for Heavy Construction and Railroad Contractors' Chapter II-B
of the General Contractors' Code
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
October 1 1934
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
National Recovery Administration Division of Review. The Evidence Study Series No.
7. The Construction Industry.
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
June 1935
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
National Recovery Administration. Research and Planning Division. Code Administration
Study. Preliminary Report on Construction Industry.
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
June 1935
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Preliminary Report on the Construction Industry and NRA Codes. Volume 1.
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
December 17 1935
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
The Construction Industry and NRA Construction Codes. Volume 1.
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
December 17 1935
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
The Construction Industry and NRA Construction Codes. Volume 2.
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Summary Report on the Construction Industry and NRA Construction Codes.
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
March 18 1936
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Construction Industry and NRA Construction Codes. Miscellaneous.
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
March 12 1935
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
National Labor Relations Board. Hearings by Winstead. Data Sheets.
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1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
US Civil Service Commission. Trial Examiners of the NLRB.
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1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Removal of Trial Examiners and Anti-Strike Legislation
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1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Lawyer-Manufacturer Plot to Overtake Federal Agencies. Newspaper Clippings.
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1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
NAM-ABA Control of Federal Agencies. Newspaper Clippings.
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1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Civil Services Commission Resigns. Newspaper Clippings.
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1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Identification of PFW Operative by FBI
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1940 |
Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Identification of Further Operatives
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1940 |
Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Operatives and Espionage in Texas
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1936-1942 |
Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Ford Motor Company. Dallas-NLRB Case Z-809. Original.
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1939 |
Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Labor Espionage and Dynamiting in Texas
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1940 |
Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Anti-Labor Activity in Texas
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1940 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Corporation Auxiliary Company Investigation.
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1936-1940 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Corporation Auxiliary Co. Investigation.
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1934-1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Corporation Auxiliary Co. and the Texas Co.
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1935-1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
G-373 Reports for the Texas Co.
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Further Investigations into Operatives
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1939 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Testimony of A. Chester Brazier in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Anti-Union Activities in West Virginia.
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
N-338 Reports and Expenses.
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
O-377 Reports and Expenses.
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
G-373 and N-291 Reports and Expenses
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1936-1940 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Further Investigations.
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1936-1940 |
Scope and Contents
Contains 3 pads of paper
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Investigation into JC Boyer et al
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Local 9, Industrial Union of Shipbuilding and Marine Workers of America, CIO
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1941-1942 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Shipbuilders of America
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1949 |
Scope and Contents
Contains 6 drawings
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Local No. 9. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America.
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1944-1946 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Dispute by Local No. 9 and the National War Labor Board
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1945 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Constitutions and By-Laws of the IUMSWA
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1940-1946 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Bethlehem Steel Co. and the Shipbuilding Workers of America
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1944-1945 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Todd Shipbuilding Corporation and the IUMSWA
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1945 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
IUMSWA Basic Agreement for Small Shops
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1947 |
Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Shipbuilding Workers of America Miscellaneous
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1943 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Taft-Hartley Bill Summary. Shipbuilding Workers of America.
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1947 |
Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Work by Winstead for Locals No. 9 and 52 of the IUMSWA.
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1944-1945 |
Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee. Documents. Washington, DC.
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
December 12 1946.
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee. Zone Standards and Agreements.
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
Washington, DC.
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Interpretive Rulings. Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee. Dockets.
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1941-1942 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee. Documents and Notes. Washington, DC.
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1941-1945 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee. Documents. "History of the American Labor Movement".
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1945-1946 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee. Documents and Memos. Washington, DC.
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1945-1946 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee and the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Zone Conference.
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1942-1947 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Peoples Educational Association. Minutes and Booklets.
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1945 |
Box 3 | Folder 9 |
"Union Busters Inc.". Edited Manuscript by Ralph D Winstead.
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1937 |
Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Labor Newspaper Clippings Written by Ralph Winstead.
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1946-1948 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Edited Manuscript Pages. Untitled. Ralph Winstead.
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Scope and Contents
No Date
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
"Chronological History of the Construction Industry 1920-1934" and "The Song of Mark
McKee".
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1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Status of Unions in the Construction Field. Data Tables.
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Scope and Contents
No date.
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence with and Writing of Walter N. Polakov
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1943-1944 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Sources and Methods of Collecting Construction Data. Political Cartoons. "Victory
through Unionism" Booklet.
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Scope and Contents
No date.
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Further Chapters in a Book on Labor History. Pages 58-93. Untitled.
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Scope and Contents
No date.
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Large Table of Construction Industry Wages by City, 1925.
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
November 1 1935
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
"Contraction Industry: NIR Act, Construction Code, Supplements, Amendments". RD Winstead.
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1934-1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Timeline of Labor History Movement Written out on Notecards. Source Material for Book.
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Scope and Contents
No date
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Box 4 | Folder 14 |
The Constructor R.D. Winstead
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1930 |
Box 4 | Folder 13 |
The Constructor R.D. Winstead
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1931 |
Box 4 | Folder 12 |
The Constructor R.D. Winstead
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1929 |
Box 4 | Folder 11 |
The Constructor R.D Winstead
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1932-1934 |
Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Award from Stuart Junior High school for Olga Winstead
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1937 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Construction Pamphlets
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
History of the American Labor Movement
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Ralph Correspondence M-V
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Ralph Correspondence A-L
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Ralph Winstead Correspondence
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1950-1957 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Ralph Winstead Employment
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1927-1948 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Letters to Olga Peters
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Handwritten Notes from Ralph Winstead
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Ralph Winstead
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