Utica Trades Assembly Records, 1880-1932
Collection Number: 5278
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Utica Trades Assembly Records, 1880-1932
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5278
Abstract:
The records include Utica Trades Assembly minutes and other administrative records,
financial records and correspondence.
Creator:
Utica Trades Assembly
Quanitities:
7 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The Utica Trades Assembly, also known as the Trades and Labor Assembly of Utica and
Vicinity, was a city central of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) Its
activities were directed toward strengthening the Utica locals through mutual support
and securing New York State legislation favorable to labor.
The minutes (1886-1911 (4 vol.)) reflect the Assembly's activities in both its routine
administration and on public issues. These minutes document, for example, the UTA's
activities on behalf of a shorter working day (1883-1884, 1906-1907, 1911), its support
of state ownership of the railroads and a New York mills strike (1894), and its work
on a committee with both the Socialist Labor Party and the Utica Common Council to
investigate the possibility of municipal ownership of the city's electric lighting
(1895-1896), among other issues.
The minutes volumes also include the minutes (1892-1895) of the UTA's Label Committee
which record its concern over the issue of how to deal with local merchants selling
"scab"-produced goods.
UTA correspondence (1882-1927) indicates extensive involvement of that organization
in local, state and national labor activities. Most numerous are form letters from
labor organizations urging national boycotts in support of striking or locked-out
workers, usually those involved in disputes over non-recognition of a union. Of interest
is an undated appeal from the International Association of Machinists that labor denounce
Thomas A. Edison for having fired all union workers at an Edison plant.
UTA response to these national boycotts is indicated by correspondence from businesses
in Pennsylvania, Cincinnati and San Francisco involved in the LOS ANGELES TIMES boycott
of 1903. The letters are in reply to UTA requests that the companies cancel advertising
in the TIMES.
Notable direct correspondence with other labor organizations includes letters from
A.F. of L. President Samuel Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison, ordering the UTA
to recognize the local Musicians' Union (July and August, 1902), with the UTA maintaining
an independent stance, defending its refusal in a lengthy reply.
The UTA was independent-minded in its dealings with local businesses as well. In
1892, a report from a special UTA committee, appointed to investigate charges against
a hardware merchant, found that merchant fair to labor. At the same time, the UTA
cooperated with local and regional labor groups by participating in organizing efforts
and special events as well as boycotts.
The most significant local boycott call came from the Bakery and Confectionery Workers
Utica local, which, in a series of letters from ca.1895 to 1903, described working
conditions of non-union bakers, reported on a survey of union-made baked goods in
local stores, and asked for a boycott of several large non-union bakeries which were
trying to drive out competitors.
In addition to minutes and correspondence, the UTA papers contain the Assembly's
financial records for the period 1882-1902 which include bills, financial statements,
and dues payment records.
Of particular interest are the records of defunct locals which belonged to the UTA.
These include minutes books (2 vol.) (1898-1902), cash books (2 vol.) (1913-1932),
and a membership book (1924-1928) of the Journeymen Barbers' International Union,
Local 103; minutes books (2 vol.) (1903-1920) of the International Union of United
Brewery Workers, Utica local; a minutes book (1914-1918) of the Utica Building Trades
Council; minutes books of the Executive Board (4 vol.) (1885-1891), and a minutes
book of the Label Committee (1897- 1900) of the Cigar Makers' International Union,
No. 7.
Other items of interest include a minutes book (1890-1897) of the International Molders
and Allied Workers' Union, Local No. 112; minutes books (4 vols.) (1887-1920) of the
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers, Local 69; and a minutes book
(1920- 1925) of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local No. 23. Among
the events documented in these volumes is a daily record of the month-long strike
of Utica painters in 1911.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Utica Trades Assembly Records #5278. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union of America
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. Local 69 (Utica,
N.Y.)
Cigar Makers' International Union of America. Local 7 (Utica, N.Y.)
International Molders and Allied Workers' Union
International Molders and Allied Workers' Union. Local 112 (Utica, N.Y.)
International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink, and Distillery Workers
of America. Utica Local.
Journeymen Barbers' International union of America
Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America. Local 103 (Utica, N.Y.)
Los Angeles Times
New York State Federation of Labor
New York State Trades Assembly
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. Local 23 (Utica, N.Y.)
Socialist Labor Party
Utica Building Trades Council
Utica Trades Assembly
Workingmen's Federation of the State of New York
Bates, E. A.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
Horton, E. B.
Morrison, Frank, 1859-1949
Rosenthal, Alex
Subjects:
Boycott--Bakers and bakeries--New York (State)--Utica.
Painters' Strike, Utica, N.Y., 1911.
Public utilities--New York (State)--Utica.
Trade-unions--New York (State)--Utica--Political activity.
Trade-union label--United States.
Bakery employees.
Cigar makers.
Lobbyists.
Los Angeles Boycott, 1903.
Trade-union label. United States.
Trade-unions. Bakery employees. New York (State). Utica.
Trade-unions. New York (State). Congresses.
Trade-unions. New York (State). Local unions.
Trade-unions. New York (State). Utica. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Painters, Industrial. New York (State). Utica.
Trade-unions. Tobacco workers. New York (State). Utica.
CONTAINER LIST
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I. Utica Trades Assembly - A. Administrative records: Minutes 1886-1898
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Minutes
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1886-1890 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume (Bd. v.)
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Minutes
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1883-1898 |
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Minutes
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1891-1898 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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I. Utica Trades Assembly - A. Administrative Records: Minutes 1898-1911
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Minutes
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1898-1904 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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Minutes
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1902 |
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Minutes
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1903 |
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Minutes
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1904-1906 |
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Minutes
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1905-1911 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound volume
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| Box 3 |
I. Utica Trades Assembly - A. Administrative Records: Constitution, Amendments-Miscellaneous
Committee Records
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Constitution, Amendments
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Resolutions
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Resolutions
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Credentials
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Credentials
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Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Credentials
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Credentials
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Roll Calls
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Officers Reports
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Committee on Organization
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Grievance Committee
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| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Grievance Committee
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| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Label Committee
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| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Legislative Committee Records
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| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Legislative Committee Records
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| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Miscellaneous committee Records
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| Box 4 |
I. Utica Trades Assembly - B. Financial Reports: 1882-1902 (Folders 1-5) II. Correspondence
- A. U.T.A. General Correspondence (Folder 6) II. Correspondence - B. Organizational
Correspondence: Albany Central Federation of Labor-Button Workers Protective
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Reports, Financial
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1882-1902 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Reports, Financial
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1882-1902 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Reports, Financial
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1882-1902 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Reports, Financial
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1882-1902 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Reports, Financial
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1882-1902 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
U.T.A. General Correspondence
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Albany Central Federation of Labor
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| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
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| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Amalgamated Rubber Workers Union of America
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 211
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| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Amalgamated Wood-Workers International Union of America
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| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
American Federation of Labor
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| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
American Federation of Labor
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| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
American Federation of Labor, New York State Branch
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| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
American Railway Union
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| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Axton-Fisher Tobacco Company
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| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union of America
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| Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union of America
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| Box 4 | Folder 20 |
Bartenders Union, Number 120
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| Box 4 | Folder 21 |
Bill and Caldwell
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| Box 4 | Folder 22 |
Boil makers and Iron Ship Builders of America
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| Box 4 | Folder 23 |
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
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| Box 4 | Folder 24 |
Brooklyn Hat Finishers Association
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| Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Brooklyn Labor Lyceum Association
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| Box 4 | Folder 26 |
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 125
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| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Building Trades Section
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Button Workers Protective Union, Number 8789
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| Box 5 |
II. Correspondence - B. Organizational Correspondence: California State Federation
of Labor-Workingmen's Federation of the State of New York
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
California State Federation of Labor
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Carrara Paints
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Central Federation of Labor of Albany
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Central Labor Council, Cincinnati
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| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Central Trades and Labor Assembly, Syracuse
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Clothing Cutters and Trimmers, Number 136
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Coopers' International Union of North America
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| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Defense Committee, New York City
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| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
District of Columbia Central Labor Union
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| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Erie Typographical Union, Number 77
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Federal Labor Unions
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| Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Federal Trade Council, Milwaukee
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| Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Federation of Labor Unions
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| Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Flour Packers and Mailers, Number 6348
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| Box 5 | Folder 16 |
General Relief Committee, Textile Strikers
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| Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Globe Woolen Company
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| Box 5 | Folder 18 |
Nettie Harrison
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| Box 5 | Folder 19 |
Hoffman Beverage Company
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| Box 5 | Folder 20 |
International Association of Allied Metal Mechanics
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| Box 5 | Folder 21 |
International Association of Machinists
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| Box 5 | Folder 22 |
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen, Number 4
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| Box 5 | Folder 23 |
International Furniture Workers
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| Box 5 | Folder 24 |
Iron Molders Union of North America, New York State Branch
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| Box 5 | Folder 25 |
Journeymen Bakers and Confectionery Union Number 141
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| Box 5 | Folder 26 |
Journeymen Barbers International Union
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| Box 5 | Folder 27 |
Journeymen Stove Cutters Association, Utica Branch
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| Box 5 | Folder 28 |
Labor Union Mutual Legal Aid Society
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| Box 5 | Folder 29 |
Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, Brass Molders and Brass Workers, Number 124
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| Box 5 | Folder 30 |
National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 375
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| Box 5 | Folder 31 |
National Non-Partisan Federation
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| Box 5 | Folder 32 |
Nelson and Morris Company
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| Box 5 | Folder 33 |
New Jersey Federation of Labor
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| Box 5 | Folder 34 |
New York State Assembly
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| Box 5 | Folder 35 |
New York State Department of Labor
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| Box 5 | Folder 36 |
New York State Federation of Labor
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| Box 5 | Folder 37 |
New York State Publicity Bill Committee
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| Box 5 | Folder 38 |
New York State Senate
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| Box 5 | Folder 39 |
New York Stereotypers Union, Number 1
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| Box 5 | Folder 40 |
Oneonta Trade and Labor Council
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| Box 5 | Folder 41 |
Order of Knights of Labor
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| Box 5 | Folder 42 |
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
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| Box 5 | Folder 43 |
Penfield and Stone
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| Box 5 | Folder 44 |
Retail Clerks International Protective Association
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| Box 5 | Folder 45 |
Rome Trades Assembly
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| Box 5 | Folder 46 |
San Francisco Labor Council
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| Box 5 | Folder 47 |
Schenectady Trades Assembly
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| Box 5 | Folder 48 |
Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance, Number 211
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| Box 5 | Folder 49 |
Shirt, Waist, and Laundry Workers International Union
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| Box 5 | Folder 50 |
Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance of the United States and Canada
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| Box 5 | Folder 51 |
Springfield Central Labor Union
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Scope and Contents
51a: Steel Cabinet Workers Union, Number 7294
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| Box 5 | Folder 52 |
Suspender Makers' Union, Number 9560
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| Box 5 | Folder 53 |
Syracuse Branch, Woodcarvers' Association
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| Box 5 | Folder 54 |
Tackmakers' Union, Number 8557
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| Box 5 | Folder 55 |
Tanners' Union
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| Box 5 | Folder 56 |
Tobacco Workers International Union
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| Box 5 | Folder 57 |
Trades Union Label League
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| Box 5 | Folder 58 |
Triumpha Shoe Polish Company
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| Box 5 | Folder 59 |
Trunk and Bag Workers International Union, Number 20
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| Box 5 | Folder 60 |
Twist and Warp Lace Makers and Warpers, Sidney Branch
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| Box 5 | Folder 61 |
United Association Journeymen Plumbers, Gas and Steam fitters of the United States
and Canada
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| Box 5 | Folder 62 |
United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers, North America
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| Box 5 | Folder 63 |
United Garment Workers of America
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| Box 5 | Folder 64 |
United Hatters of North America
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| Box 5 | Folder 65 |
United Mine Workers of America
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| Box 5 | Folder 66 |
"Utica Advocate"
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| Box 5 | Folder 67 |
Utica Board of Civil Service Examiners
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| Box 5 | Folder 68 |
Utica Building Trades Council
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| Box 5 | Folder 69 |
Utica Musical Protective Union, Number 69
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| Box 5 | Folder 70 |
Wall Paper Machine Printers' and Color Mixers' Union
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| Box 5 | Folder 71 |
Watch Case Engravers' International Association of America
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| Box 5 | Folder 72 |
Westcott and Parker
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| Box 5 | Folder 73 |
Western Federation of Miners
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| Box 5 | Folder 74 |
Western Labor Union
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| Box 5 | Folder 75 |
Wolff Process Leather Company
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| Box 5 | Folder 76 |
Workers Health Bureau (New York)
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| Box 5 | Folder 77 |
Workingmen's Assembly, State of New York
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| Box 5 | Folder 78 |
Workingmen's Federation of the state of New York
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| Box 5 | Folder 79 |
Miscellaneous
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| Box 6 |
III. Records of Related Unions - A. Barbers International Union, Local 103
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Barbers International Union, Local 103: Minute Book
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1898-1902 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Barbers International Union, Local 103: Minute Book
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1915-1928 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Barbers International Union, Local 103: Cash Book
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1913-1917 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Barbers International Union, Local 103: Cash Book
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1928-1932 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Barbers International Union, Local 103: Membership Book
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1924-1928 |
| Box 7 |
III. Records of Related Unions - B. Brewery Workers Local Union (Folders 1-2) III.
Records of Related Unions - C. Building Trades Council, Utica (Folder 3)
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Brewery Workers Local Union: Minute Book
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1903-1914 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Brewery Workers Local Union: Minute Book
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1914-1920 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Building Trades Council, Utica: Minute Book
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1914-1918 |
| Box 8 |
III. Records of Related Unions - D. Cigar Makers Union, Number 7
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book
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1880-1888 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book
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1891-1895 |
| Box 9 |
III. Records of Related Unions - D. Cigar Makers Union, Number 7 (continued)
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book
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1895-1906 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book
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1907-1910 |
| Box 10 |
III. Records of Related Unions - D. Cigar Makers Union, Number 7 (continued) (folders
1-5) III. Records of Related Unions - E. Molders Union, Local Number 112 (folder 6)
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book, Executive Board
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1885-1887 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book, Executive Board
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1887-1889 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book, Executive Board
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1889-1890 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book, Executive Board
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1890-1891 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Cigar Makers Union, Number 7: Minute Book, Label Committee
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1897-1900 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Molders Union, Local Number 112: Minute Book
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1890-1897 |
| Box 11 |
III. Records of Related Unions - F. Painters and Decorators Local 69
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| Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Painters and Decorators, Local 69: Minute Book
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1887-1894 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Painters and Decorators, Local 69: Minute Book
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1899-1903 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Painters and Decorators, Local 69: Minute Book
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1904-1912 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Painters and Decorators, Local 69: Minute Book
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1913-1920 |
| Box 12 |
III. Records of Related Unions - G. Sheet Metal Workers Union, Number 23 Also: Broadsides;
Volume entitled "Utica Trades and Labor Assembly"
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| Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Sheet Metal Workers Union, Number 23: Minute Book
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1920-1925 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Broadsides
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| Box 12 | Folder 3 |
Volume entitled "Utica Trades and Labor Assembly"
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| Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Roll Book
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