Maritime Unions, 1938-1948, undated
Contents
Contains 136 photographs arranged by subject. Two events are well documented: the UE strike at US Motors, Los Angeles, 1946, with 9 photos by Otto Rothschild, and 24 photographs of the Labor Day Parade, San Francisco Civic Center Plaza, 1947, with floats and banners stating an anti-Taft Hartley Bill message. Other subjects include the United Autoworkers (UAW); CIO-California; parades, demonstrations, and strikes; Office and Professional Workers of America, United (UOPW), Food, Tobacco, and Electrical Workers (FTA), Fishermen and Maritime unions; and the Electrical, Radio, and Machinery Workers of America, United (UE); Mooney Memorial Service; historical subjects; and women.
There are also identified individuals from the photographs in the subject folders which are listed alphabetically and cross-referenced to the subject folder.
From the Series:- Addes, George - Folder 11: UAW
- Addiego, Frank - Folder 11: UAW
- Bell, Lily - Folder 26: Women
- Bingham, Brad - Folder 14: UE
- Brant, Carl (?) - Folder 14: UE
- Bridges, Harry - Folder 18: Maritime Unions; Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Burke, Eugene - Folder 18: Maritime Unions
- Cayton, Revels - Folder 26: Women
- Connelly, Philip - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Fagerhaugh, Ole - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Fernandes, Johnnie - Folder 11: UAW
- Frankensteen, Richard - Folder 11: UAW
- Gillespie, William - Folder 11: UAW
- Goldmann, William - Folder 11: UAW
- Govea, J. G. - Folder 11: UAW
- Halling, Bjorne - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Heide, Ruby - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Horne, Lena - Folder 26: Women
- Jelusich, Al - Folder 11: UAW
- Jenkins, Dave - Folder 12: Calif. CIO; Folder 22: Parades-Labor Day 1947
- Johnson, Joe - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Jones, Cleo - Folder 11: UAW
- Kibre, Jeff - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- King, Jean McKillup (?) - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Lynden, Richard - Folder 18: Maritime Unions; Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Michener, Lew - Folder 11: UAW
- Miranda, Fred - Folder 11: UAW
- Owens, Dayton - Folder 11: UAW
- Paton, Eugene - Folder 18: Maritime Unions
- Patterson, James - Folder 11: UAW
- Pettit, Eugene - Folder 11: UAW
- Pinsky, Paul - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Poohar, Nicholas - Folder 14: UE
- Povlichenko, Ludmilla- Folder 26: Women
- Quintell, Fred - Folder 11: UAW
- Roberts, Holland - Folder 22: Parades-Labor Day 1947
- Robertson, J. R. "Bob" - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Roesch, Paul - Folder 11: UAW
- Schmidt, Henry - Folder 18: Maritime Unions
- Schnur, Paul - Folder 12: Calif. CIO
- Seguri, Rose - Folder 26: Women
- Sentna, Bill - Folder 14: UE
- Stewart, Tom - Folder 11: UAW
- Thimmes, James - Folder 12: Calif. CIO; Folder 25: Trade Unions
- Thomas, R. J. Folder 11: UAW
Dates
- 1938-1948, undated
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Series: 17 Folders
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
"Bloody Thursday" observances, San Pedro; Henry Schmidt; dinner speaker before banners for ILWU Local 6 and Maritime Federation of the Pacific Women's Auxiliary; Bridges, Curran, Burke and Selly in conversation; Maritime Federation of the Pacific charter for the Marine Cooks and Stewards, San Pedro, 1938; Joint Maritime Action Committee meeting, San Francisco Ferry Building 1948; Bridges with other ILWU leaders; seamen warking on deck in storm, Joe Rosenthal, photographer; seamen on parade holding "Maritime Unity" signs, Los Angeles, Otto Rothschild, photographer.
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu