Local 1199 Guild Division Records

Collection Number: 5206-G

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Local 1199 Guild Division Records, 1963-1972

Collection Number:

5206-G

Creator:

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU);
RWDSU Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Employees Union

Quantity:

7.1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Records of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees document the evolution of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store drugstore local, representing pharmacists and drug clerks in New York City, into an international union of non-professional and professional workers in voluntary and non-profit health institutions, including hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, as well as drugstores.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Between 1933 and 1957, 1199 functioned as a drugstore local with its membership growing to 5,000 workers employed in independent and chain drugstores throughout the New York metropolitan area. With its success in organizing workers in Montefiore Hospital in New York City, the union began a massive campaign to organize workers in voluntary and non-profit hospitals in the New York area, a large proportion of whom were black or Hispanic.

In 1973, the national union was established with locals in other states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, South and North Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The union combined organizing efforts with civil rights organizations, in an effort to achieve mutual political goals. Throughout the period of these records, the union was led by Leon Davis (president of Local 1199 and of the national union) whose administration guided the union's political and social activities.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union.

National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. District 1199.

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Employees Union (New York, N.Y.)

Subjects:

Labor unions. Health facilities. United States.

Strikes and lockouts. Health facilities. United States.

Form and Genre Terms:

Records (documents)

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Restrictions on Use:

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Cite As:

Local 1199 Guild Division Records #5206-G. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Albert Einstein College Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 2	Albert Einstein College Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 3	Albert Einstein College Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 4	Albert Einstein College Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 5	Albert Einstein College Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 6	Albert Einstein College Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 7	Albert Einstein College Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 8	Bellevue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 9	Bellevue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 1	Folder 10	Bellevue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 1	Beth Abraham Home and Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 2	Beth Abraham Home and Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 3	Beth Abraham Home and Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 4	Beth Abraham Home and Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 5	Beth Israel Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 6	Beth Israel Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 7	Beth Israel Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 8	Beth Israel Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 9	Bird S. Coler	1969-1972
Box 2	Folder 10	Booth Memorial	1964-1968
Box 2	Folder 11	Bronx Eye and Ear Infirmary	1965-1967
Box 2	Folder 12	Bronx-Lebanon Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 13	Bronx-Lebanon Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 14	Bronx-Lebanon Hospital	1964-1972
Box 2	Folder 15	Bronx-Lebanon Hospital	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 1	Brookdale Hospital	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 2	Brookdale Hospital	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 3	Brookdale Hospital	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 4	Brooklyn-Cumberland Medical Center	1964-1968
Box 3	Folder 5	Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital	1969-1972
Box 3	Folder 6	Brooklyn Hospital	1967-1968
Box 3	Folder 7	Brooklyn Jewish Hospital	1968-1972
Box 3	Folder 8	Brooklyn Jewish Hospital	1968-1972
Box 3	Folder 9	Brooklyn Psychiatric Center	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 10	Brooklyn Psychiatric Center	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 11	Charles Drew Center	1972
Box 3	Folder 12	Columbia University	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 13	Columbia University	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 14	Columbia University	1964-1972
Box 3	Folder 15	Columbus Hospital	1972
Box 4	Folder 1	Community General Hospital	1972
Box 4	Folder 2	Community Hospital of Brooklyn	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 3	Community Hospital of Brooklyn	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 4	Community Hospital of Brooklyn	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 5	Community Hospital of Brooklyn	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 6	Community Service Society	1971-1972
Box 4	Folder 7	Coney Island Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 8	Coney Island Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 9	Coney Island Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 10	Coney Island Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 11	Cumberland Hospital	1968-1972
Box 4	Folder 12	Cumberland Hospital	1968-1972
Box 4	Folder 13	Daughters of Israel	1966-1968
Box 4	Folder 14	Daughters of Israel	1966-1968
Box 4	Folder 15	Daughters of Israel	1966-1968
Box 4	Folder 16	Daughters of Jacob	1966-1972
Box 4	Folder 17	Daughters of Jacob	1966-1972
Box 4	Folder 18	Daughters of Jacob	1966-1972
Box 4	Folder 19	Eastern Long Island Hospital	1968-1971
Box 4	Folder 20	Eastern Long Island Hospital	1968-1971
Box 4	Folder 21	Elmhurst	1967-1968
Box 4	Folder 22	Elmhurst	1967-1968
Box 4	Folder 23	Elmhurst	1967-1968
Box 4	Folder 24	Evangelical Home	1969-1970
Box 4	Folder 25	Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 26	Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 27	Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 28	Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 29	Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital	1964-1972
Box 4	Folder 30	Flushing Hospital	1963-1972
Box 4	Folder 31	Flushing Hospital	1963-1972
Box 4	Folder 32	Flushing Hospital	1963-1972
Box 4	Folder 33	Flushing Hospital	1963-1972
Box 5	Folder 1	Fordham-Misericordia Hospital	1971-1972
Box 5	Folder 2	French Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 3	French Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 4	French Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 5	French Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 6	Goldwater Memorial Hospital	1969-1972
Box 5	Folder 7	Gouverneur Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 8	Gouverneur Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 9	Gouverneur Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 10	Gouverneur Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 11	Gracie Square	1971-1972
Box 5	Folder 12	Greenpoint Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 13	Greenpoint Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 14	Greenpoint Hospital	1964-1972
Box 5	Folder 15	Greenpoint Hospital	1964-1972
Box 6	Folder 1	Harlem Hospital	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 2	Harlem Hospital	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 3	Harlem Hospital	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 4	Harlem Hospital	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 5	Haym Salomon Home	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 6	Haym Salomon Home	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 7	Haym Salomon Home	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 8	Haym Salomon Home	1967-1972
Box 6	Folder 9	Hempstead	1972
Box 6	Folder 10	Jewish Chronic Hospital	1964-1967
Box 6	Folder 11	Jewish Chronic Hospital	1964-1967
Box 6	Folder 12	Jewish Hospital and Medical Center	1964-1968
Box 6	Folder 13	Jewish Hospital and Medical Center	1964-1968
Box 6	Folder 14	Jewish Institute for Geriatric Care	1969-1972
Box 6	Folder 15	Jewish Long Island	1966-1967
Box 6	Folder 16	Jewish Memorial	1971-1972
Box 7	Folder 1	Joint Diseases Hospital	1965-1972
Box 7	Folder 2	Joint Diseases Hospital	1965-1972
Box 7	Folder 3	Joint Diseases Hospital	1965-1972
Box 7	Folder 4	Joint Diseases Hospital	1965-1972
Box 7	Folder 5	Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 7	Folder 6	Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 7	Folder 7	Knickerbocker Hospital	1966-1972
Box 7	Folder 8	Knickerbocker Hospital	1966-1972
Box 7	Folder 9	Knickerbocker Hospital	1966-1972
Box 7	Folder 10	Knickerbocker Hospital	1966-1972
Box 8	Folder 1	League for Practical Nurses	1966
Box 8	Folder 1a	Lemberger Hospital	1969-1972
Box 8	Folder 2	Lincoln Hospital	1967-1972
Box 8	Folder 3	Lincoln Hospital	1967-1972
Box 8	Folder 4	Lincoln Hospital	1967-1972
Box 8	Folder 5	Lincoln Hospital	1967-1972
Box 8	Folder 6	Long Island Jewish Hospital	1965-1972
Box 8	Folder 7	Long Island Jewish Hospital	1965-1972
Box 8	Folder 8	Long Island Jewish Hospital	1965-1972
Box 8	Folder 9	Lutheran Hospital	1966-1972
Box 8	Folder 10	Lutheran Hospital	1966-1972
Box 8	Folder 11	Lutheran Hospital	1966-1972
Box 8	Folder 12	Lutheran Hospital	1966-1972
Box 8	Folder 13	Lutheran Hospital	1966-1972
Box 9	Folder 1	Maimonides Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 2	Maimonides Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 3	Maimonides Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 4	Maimonides Medical Center	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 5	Mannasset Hospital	1971
Box 9	Folder 6	Martin Luther King Hospital	1971-1972
Box 9	Folder 7	Metropolitan Hospital	1969-1972
Box 9	Folder 8	Montefoire Hospital	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 9	Montefoire Hospital	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 10	Montefoire Hospital	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 11	Montefoire Hospital	1964-1972
Box 9	Folder 12	Montefoire Hospital	1964-1972
Box 10	Folder 1	Morris J. Bernstein Institute	1972
Box 10	Folder 2	Morrisania City Hospital	1964-1972
Box 10	Folder 3	Morrisania City Hospital	1964-1972
Box 10	Folder 4	Morrisania City Hospital	1964-1972
Box 10	Folder 5	Mt. Sinai Hospital	1965-1968
Box 10	Folder 6	Mt. Sinai Hospital	1965-1968
Box 10	Folder 7	Mt. Sinai Hospital	1965-1968
Box 10	Folder 8	Mt. Sinai Hospital	1965-1968
Box 10	Folder 9	Mt. Sinai Hospital	1965-1968
Box 11	Folder 1	New York Infirmary	1964-1972
Box 11	Folder 2	New York Infirmary	1964-1972
Box 11	Folder 3	New York Infirmary	1964-1972
Box 11	Folder 4	New York Infirmary	1964-1972
Box 11	Folder 5	New York University Medical Center	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 6	New York University Medical Center	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 7	New York University Medical Center	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 8	New York University Medical Center	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 9	Newark Beth Israel Hospital	1970-1971
Box 11	Folder 10	Northside Center	1971-1972
Box 11	Folder 11	Parkway Hospital	1971
Box 11	Folder 12	Peninsula General Hospital	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 13	Peninsula General Hospital	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 14	Peninsula General Hospital	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 15	Peninsula General Hospital	1967-1972
Box 11	Folder 16	Presbyterian Hospital	1970-1972
Box 11	Folder 17	Public Health Research Institute	1970-1972
Box 12	Folder 1	Queens Hospital Center Affiliate	1965-1972
Box 12	Folder 2	Queens Hospital Center Affiliate	1965-1972
Box 12	Folder 3	Queens Hospital Center Affiliate	1965-1972
Box 12	Folder 4	Queens Hospital Center Affiliate	1965-1972
Box 12	Folder 5	Richmond Memorial Hospital	1972
Box 12	Folder 6	Roosevelt Hospital	1969-1972
Box 12	Folder 7	St. Barnabas Hospital	1971-1972
Box 12	Folder 8	St. Francis Hospital	1971
Box 12	Folder 9	St. John's Episcopal Hospital	1966-1972
Box 12	Folder 10	St. John's Episcopal Hospital	1966-1972
Box 12	Folder 11	St. John's Episcopal Hospital	1966-1972
Box 12	Folder 12	St. John's Episcopal Hospital	1966-1972
Box 12	Folder 13	St. Luke's Hospital	1970-1972
Box 12	Folder 14	St. Mary's Hospital	1972
Box 12	Folder 15	St. Michael's Hospital	1970-1972
Box 12	Folder 16	Sephardic Home	1971
Box 12	Folder 17	Staten Island Hospital	1972
Box 12	Folder 18	Southside Hospital	1970-1972
Box 12	Folder 19	Syosset Hospital	1971-1972
Box 13	Folder 1	Trafalgar Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 2	Trafalgar Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 3	Trafalgar Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 4	Trafalgar Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 5	United Odd Fellows Home	1966-1968
Box 13	Folder 6	United Odd Fellows Home	1966-1968
Box 13	Folder 7	United Odd Fellows Home	1966-1968
Box 13	Folder 8	Unity Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 9	Unity Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 10	Unity Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 11	Unity Hospital	1964-1972
Box 13	Folder 12	Vassar Brothers Hospital	1972
Box 13	Folder 13	Yeshiva University	1967-1972
Box 13	Folder 14	Yeshiva University	1967-1972
Box 13	Folder 15	Yeshiva University	1967-1972
Box 14	Folder 1	Chapter Membership Meeting Reports	1965-1967
Box 14	Folder 2	Chapter Membership Meeting Reports	1965-1967
Box 14	Folder 3	Correspondence-Miscellaneous	1964-1969
Box 14	Folder 4	Delegate Newsletter	1971-1972
Box 14	Folder 5	General	1966-1970
Box 14	Folder 6	Grievance Reports	1965-1967
Box 14	Folder 7	Grievance Reports	1965-1967
Box 15		Pharmacy poster

Contents

Local 1199 Guild Division Records

Collection Number: 5206-G

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library