Personal Correspondence, ILWU files, 1960
Scope and Contents
Garland Fuller, IBL member in Houston, to HRB, January 20, re problems, violence with ILA and IBL; Transcript of questions and answers of John F. Kennedy while campaigning in Utah, September 23, Kennedy states his attorney-general should remove Hoffa and HRB from office; S.F. Fire Fighters Local 798 to HRB and his response, June 13 and August 5 re HUAC protests at City Hall and use of fire hoses; 23 telegrams to HRB, August 24, from African American longshoremen in Local 13; HRB to L.B. Thomas, September 2, re Thomas resignation as Coast Committeeman; Newton Miyagi, Local 142 (Hawaii) Sec’y-Treas., to HRB and responses, September 15 and 30, re Int’l action on jurisdiction and unity pact with IBT; HRB to Joe Curran, October 7, supporting him after attacks from US Sec'y of Labor Mitchell; HRB to Royce Brier, SF Chronicle, October 20 on Modernization and Mechanization pact; Sterling Hayden to HRB, November 30, asking help to get Rockwell Kent to illustrate his book; Draft of "On the Beam," (HRB’s column in The Dispatcher, ILWU newspaper) article, undted, on USSR shooting down U2 plane inside USSR.
Dates
- 1960
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Series: 2.30 Cubic Feet (5 legal document boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990 (Person)
- From the Collection: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (Organization)
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) 405-5549
specialcollections@sfsu.edu
