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Stanley Lathen oral history
Item
Identifier: larc-oh-lathen
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with Stanley Lathen conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Central figure in labor movement of Vallejo, California, World War II until retirement, 1968; organizer for Vallejo Plasterers Union, early 1930s to 1941; in 1941 revitalized Retail Store Employees Union Local 373 of Solano and Napa counties; led Local 373 for twenty-seven years; greatly expanded local's membership and influence while taking central role in civic affairs and Democratic Party politics.
Dates:
1997 May 16
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Stanley Lathen papers
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0104
Content Description
Material documenting Stanley Lathen’s labor and political activities in Vallejo, California. This collection contains information on unions for retail clerks, plasterers, butchers, and builders in the Vallejo area as well as on labor’s relationship to local and state politics and commitment to community projects, such as the AFL Ball Park. Also included are brief letters to and from politicians Lathen supported, including Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, Estes Kefauver, Edmund...
Dates:
1928-1995
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lavon Gieselman Service Employees International Union District 925 collection
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0058
Scope and Contents
General office files, union studies and reports, union journals and newspapers for Women Organized for Employment (WOE) and 9to5. Labor journals, newspapers, training manuals, and reports for SEIU Local 925.
Dates:
1972 - 1987
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lawrence B. Martin Transport Workers Union of America Artifacts
Collection
Identifier: larc-art-0016
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lawrence B. Martin Transport Workers Union of America collection
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0188
Scope and Contents - from the collection guide
The first folder is “Biographies” which lists the scope of his 38 years in public life. A significant biography was prepared for Martin’s retirement celebration booklet which covers his life in some detail from childhood to retirement and is illustrated with many photos. For his first elected position as steward of the Presidio Division, there is a binder holding documents he collected to perform his duties. Additional papers held in Series I cover his appointment to the TWU Civil &...
Dates:
1952 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1989
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lawrence B. Martin Transport Workers Union of America collection, additions
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0336
Scope and Contents
Photographs of various TWU officials and members at union meetings, conventions and other activities; reports and pamphlets related to civil and humans rights; various TWU Express issues, (1984-1987, 2001); documents related to Martin's retirement celebration; culinary clippings; TWU Local 250-A Newsletter (1979-1980) a few issues of Local 250-A News, and dissident leaflets.
Dates:
1960 - 2001
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lawrence B. Martin Transport Workers Union of America photographs
Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0044
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lawrence B. Martin - Transport Workers Union of America Published Material
Collection
Identifier: larc-mot-0041
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Leah Newberry Office and Professional Employees Union Local 29 collection
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0089
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection is a run of The 29er, newsletter of OPEIU Local 29. Other union material includes photographs of recreational events, correspondence and minutes of the civil rights committee (1963-1954) and statistics of the growth of Local 29. Another small series contains Newberry’s personal papers, including material reflecting her service as a board member to the Berkeley City Council.
Dates:
1956 - 1979
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Sue Ko Lee oral history
Item
Identifier: larc-oh-lee
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with Sue Ko Lee conducted by Judy Yung. Sue Ko Lee was a participant in the 1938 National Dollar Stores garment worker strike. This strike was the first labor organizing in San Francisco's Chinatown, eventually breaking the colorline that had kept Chinese workers from jobs outside Chinatown. Lee later became the first Chinese American business agent in the garment worker union.
Dates:
1989 October 26
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
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