International Typographical Union, Local 18 (San Francisco, Calif.), Mailers of the Greater Bay Area of Northern California records
Scope and Contents
Consists of minutes, agreements, negotiations, arbitration records, financial records, membership records, correspondence, applications, payroll, chapel reports, office files, conventions, committee reports, and photographs.
Dates
- 1901 - 1989
Creator
- International Typographical Union. Local 18. Mailers of the Greater Bay Area of Northern California (Organization)
Language of Materials
Languages represented in the collection: English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Biographical / Historical
In 1901, San Francisco Mailers' Union No. 18 was founded by men who worked in the mail rooms of the San Francisco newspapers; mailers bundle the newspapers, insert the advertisements, and knot the papers for delivery. The mailers affiliated with the International Typographical Union (ITU) and received their charter on April 16, 1901, a charter bearing the names of 40 members. On September 30, 1919, across the bay in Oakland, another unit of the ITU was formed by five mailers; thus was chartered Oakland Mailers' Union No. 63. On February 1, 1945, a merger of Local 18 and 63 resulted in the San Francisco-Oakland Mailers' Union No. 18. By 1978 this became the Mailers of the Greater Bay Area of Northern California.
Extent
50.0 Cubic Feet (16 cartons, 8 volumes, 5 boxes, 15 oversize boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: Series 1: Minutes 1901-1986; Series 2: Arbitration Cases, 1907-1980s; Series 3: Contracts and Constitutions; Series 4: Office Files, 1908-1964; Series 5: Oakland Mailers No. 63, 1919-1989
Location
COLLECTION PARTIALLY STORED OFF-SITE; ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIRED FOR USE. 16 cartons housed in Library Retrieval System; 8 volumes, 5 boxes, 15 oversize boxes stored in vault.
Location
16 cartons housed in Library Retrieval System; 8 volumes, 5 boxes, 15 oversize boxes stored in vault at 9:9:D-H.
Acquisition Note
The San Francisco Mailers' Union No. 18 donated these materials in 1988 upon the recommendation of the Bay Area Typographical Union, located in the same building at 433 Natoma Street, San Francisco. The boxes were packed and transferred by LARC staff with the help of Mailer staff member Willie Long, Jr.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Leon Sompolinsky and Lynn Bonfield. Box / Folder list available onsite. Four boxes of material from the Sacramento Mailers' Union No. 31 were transferred to the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, March 2000. A box of payroll print-outs from the 1980s was shredded and destroyed.
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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