Wolf, William B. Papers, 1944-2004
Collection Number: 6305

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
William B. Wolf Papers, 1944-2004
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6305
Creator:
Wolf, William B.
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

Arbitrator, labor mediator and attorney; visiting professor, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. Wolf served as permanent arbitrator between the New York City Board of Education and the United Federation of Teachers; New York City and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. and AFSCME; New York State and AFSCME; the State University of New York and the Senate Professional Association; A. Goodman and the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union; and between the Simmons Company and the Upholsterers International Union. Wolf also served as impartial chairman for American Airlines and the Transport Workers Union of America; the men's shirt industry and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; and the Brooklyn Union Gas Company and the Transport Workers Union of America.
Born May 6, 1909. Attended Cornell University (B.A. 1930; LL.B. 1932).
Formerly labor mediator, New York State Board of Meidation; labor relations examiner, N.Y.S. Labor Relations Board.
Affiliated with National Academy of Arbitrators (board of governors 1971-; regional chairman 1967-1968); Industrial Relations Research Association; Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution; New York Bar Association. On rosters of American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Mediation Board, New York State Board of Mediation, New Jersey State Board of Mediation, New York Public Employment Relations Board, New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission.
Arbitrator under contract for N.Y. City Board of Education and UFT; City of New York and District Council 37; OTB and DC37; N.Y. State and Council 82, AFSCME: State University of New York and Senate Professional Association; Metropolitan New York Milk Industry and IBT; New Rochelle Board of Education and UFT; A. Goodman & Sons and BCWU; Metropolitan Association of Optical Wholesalers and IUE; Simons Co. and Local 420, UIU.
Impartial Chairman; American Airlines and TWU, Men's Shirt Industry and ACWA; Brooklyn Union Gas and TWU; Williams Press and Pressmen's Union; Hiring Hall & Club Employees Union (Local 16); Westchester County Laundry Board of Trade and Local 335 IBT: Rochdale Village, Inc. and Local 90 Public Service Union; Ossining Board of Education and Ossining Teachers Association; Schwartz Laboratories, Inc. and Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers; Ross Oil Term. Corp., Howard Fuel Corp. & Local 365 UAW.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

William B. Wolf Papers #6305. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6305 AV: William B. Wolf Audio-Visual 6305 P: William B. Wolf Photographs 6138: William B. Wolf Additional Papers

SUBJECTS

Names:
Wolf, William B.
Subjects:
Personnel management
Organizational behavior

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Chris Argyris. Field Theory as a Basis for Scholarly Consulting
1997
Scope and Contents
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Journal of Social Issues.
Box 1 Folder 2
Banks. The Case for Communism.
Box 1 Folder 3
Erik H. Erikson. Insight and Responsibility
1964
Scope and Contents
Lectures on the Ethical Implications of Psychoanalytic Insight
Box 1 Folder 4
Harold Smiddy
1974-1978
Scope and Contents
Correspondence. Includes biography by Ronald Greenwood.
Box 1 Folder 5
R. Walzer. Galen on Medical Experience
1944
Series Daze of the Dean
Box 1 Folder 6
Volume 1. [folder 1 of 2]
1960-1961
Scope and Contents
Participant observer study of Paul Cone and Robert Dockson as Dean of Business and Industrial Management at the University of Southern California.
Box 1 Folder 7
Volume 1. [folder 2 of 2]
1960-1961
Scope and Contents
Participant observer study of Paul Cone and Robert Dockson as Dean of Business and Industrial Management at the University of Southern California.
Box 1 Folder 8
Volume 2. [folder 1 of 2]
1961-1962
Scope and Contents
Participant observer study of Paul Cone and Robert Dockson as Dean of Business and Industrial Management at the University of Southern California.
Box 1 Folder 9
Volume 2. [folder 2 of 2]
1961-1962
Scope and Contents
Participant observer study of Paul Cone and Robert Dockson as Dean of Business and Industrial Management at the University of Southern California.
Box 1 Folder 10
Management and Consulting
Scope and Contents
Notes for expanded edition
Box 1 Folder 11
Organizational Diagnosis for Consultants and Managers
1991
Scope and Contents
Article and notes
Box 1 Folder 12
Personnel.
Scope and Contents
Notes
Box 1 Folder 13
The Theory of Management.
2004
Scope and Contents
Handwritten article.
Box 1 Folder 14
Understanding Organizations and Management.
1977
Scope and Contents
Course materials and notes
Box 1 Folder 15
Understanding Complex Organizations.
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript portions of a book. Includes diary.