International Typographical Union of North America, Union No. 10 records, 1866-1951

Descriptive Summary

Title
International Typographical Union of North America, Union No. 10 records, 1866-1951
Creator
International Typographical Union. Union No. 10 (Louisville, Ky.)
Extent
24 volumes, 650 pieces.
Subjects
International Typographical Union of North America.--Union No. 10 (Louisville, Ky.)
Printing--Societies, etc.
Strikes and lockouts--Printers--Kentucky.
Trade-unions--Printing--Kentucky.
Trade-unions--Kentucky--Records and correspondence.
Printers.
Louisville (Ky.)--History
Arrangement
Organized by type of material; arranged thereunder chronologically except for Cases, which are arranged alphabetically.
Finding Aid Author
Processed by: Archives Staff ; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Scope and Content
Research intended for public use or publication must be submitted to the Executive Committee for approval.
This collection contains records of Union No. 10 of the International Typographical Union of North America, based in Louisville, Ky. It includes six volumes of minutes, beginning in 1866 and continuing intermittently until 1943. There are also two volumes of receipts dating from 1920-1936; two volumes of disbursements for the same period; and an account book including both types of records for 1945-1951. Also included are a dues book, materials relating to arbitration of contracts, and some books of minutes of meetings of the union's Executive, Arbitration, and Strike Committees. Other materials include a transcript of a meeting between the union's Executive Council and representatives from the Louisville local in 1904, in which strike conditions were discussed, and legal documents from cases in which the local was a party.

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