International Typographical Union, No. 15 (Rochester, NY) Records on Microfilm, 1872-1980
Collection Number: 5667 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Typographical Union No. 15 (Rochester, NY) Records on Microfilm, 1872-1980
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5667 mf
Abstract:
Meeting minutes, papers and correspondence
Creator:
International Typographical Union (ITU)
Quanitities:
0.67 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The International Typographical Union (ITU) was an US trade union for the printing trade for newspapers and other media. It was founded on May 3rd, 1852 in the United States as the National Typographical Union, and changed its name to the International Typographical Union in 1869 after it began organizing members in Canada.
ITU President W.B. Prescott led the ITU in 1897 to win a 48-hour work week and a standard wage scale for all printers. During the Great Depression, the ITU introduced the 40-hour work week across the industry at no cost to employers as a way to share the fewer jobs available. That ITU initiative spread to other unions and has since been codified across the labor sector by federal legislation in the U.S. establishing the 40-hour work week.
As the work of typographers' declined with automation, computers and mechanization of the print media, the ITU was disbanded. In 1986, a majority of ITU mailers voted to merge with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the remaining typographers joined the Communications Workers of America. Before its dissolution, the ITU was the oldest union in the United States.

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

International Typographical Union, No. 15 (Rochester, NY) Records on Microfilm #5667 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5345: International Typographical Union, Local 6 Legal Files 5436: International Typographical Union Local 252 (Binghamton, NY) Minutes and Related Papers 5811: International Typographical Union Local 62 (Utica, NY) Minute Book 5957: International Typographical Union Local 6 Strike Clipping File

SUBJECTS

Names:
International Typographical Union of North America.
International Typographical Union of North America. Local 15 (Rochester, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Labor unions -- New York (State) -- Rochester

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I: Meeting Minutes, Papers and Correspondence
Reel 1 1
1872-1878
Reel 1 2
1898-1907
Reel 2 1
1980-August 1916
Reel 2 2
Sept., 1916-April, 1924
Reel 3 1
May, 1924-1929
Reel 3 2
1930-1932
Reel 4 1
1933-1934
Reel 4 2
1935-1936
Reel 4 3
1938-1939
Reel 4 4
1940-1940
Reel 4 5
1942-1943
Reel 4 6
1944-1945
Reel 4 7
1946-1947
Reel 4 8
1948-1950
Reel 4 9
1951-1953
Reel 5 1
1954-1957
Reel 6 1
1958-1959
Reel 6 2
1960
Reel 6 3
1962
Reel 6 4
1963
Reel 6 5
1964
Reel 6 6
1965
Reel 6 7
1966
Reel 6 8
1967
Reel 6 9
1970
Reel 6 10
1971
Reel 6 11
1972
Reel 6 12
1973
Reel 6 13
1974
Reel 6 14
1975
Reel 6 15
1976-1977
Reel 6 16
1978-1979
Series II: Executive Board Minutes
Reel 6 17
1923-May, 1924
Reel 6 18
June 1924 -1928
Reel 6 19
1931
Reel 6 20
1933-1939