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Personal Correspondence, ILWU files, 1970

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Identifier: 3

Scope and Contents

George Morris to HRB, January 9, responds to December 29 letter from HRB (not in file); Bill Gettings (ILWU Regional Director, Northwest, retired) to Int’l Officers, January 12, suggests film library be started to record history of longshore operations; Revels Cayton to HRB, February 10, sends City Hall statement on struggle by residents of International Hotel; HRB to titled officers, March 24, calls meeting to discuss firing Sidney Roger; HRB to Sidney Roger, March 26, memo critical of contents of recent Dispatcher; HRB to Larrowe (draft), July 9, critical of ms. of book on HRB; Bill Gettings to Lou Goldblatt, September 13, describing problems in longshore division and members’ attack on int’l officers and coast committee; Bill Gettings to Jean Gundlach, October 15, list of nicknames of Seattle longshoremen; Newton Miyagi to HRB, December 30, apologizes for loss of temper at executive board meeting, expresses long pent-up anger from meetings with Int’l Officers; HRB handwritten, undated, daily record of his actions and who he saw in Hawaii.

Dates

  • 1970

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

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

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