Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America Records, 1865-1896, 1954-1972

Container Title
M89-237
Part 2 (M89-237): Additions, 1865-1896, 1958-1959, 1963-1964, 1972
Physical Description: 3.4 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additional papers of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America (BMPIUA). These materials document the beginnings of the union as the Bricklayers International Union, membership and dues oversight during the late 1950s and early 1960s, as well as the Union's response to allegations of racial discrimination in 1972. Included are correspondence files between BMPIUA and its locals organized by location, historical background files including union local histories, early convention proceedings, and financial records of the Bricklayers International Union, as well as legal documents concerning a racial discrimination suit filed against BMPIUA.
Box   1
BMPIUA locals correspondence, 1963-1964
Box   1
Illinois
Box   1
Vermont
Box   1
Virginia
Box   1
West Virginia
Box   1
Washington
Box   1
Ontario
Box   1
Oklahoma
Box   1
Ohio
Box   2
New Hampshire
Box   2
Newfoundland
Box   2
New Brunswick
Box   2
New Jersey
Box   2
Alabama
Box   2
Alaska
Box   2
Alberta
Box   2
Arizona
Box   2
New York
Box   2
Connecticut
Box   2
Delaware
Box   2
District of Columbia
Box   2
Indiana
Box   2
Iowa
Box   2
New York
Box   2
North Carolina
Box   2
Arkansas
BMPIUA locals correspondence, 1958-1959
Box   3
Saskatchewan
Box   3
South Carolina
Box   3
South Dakota
Box   3
Tennessee
Box   3
Texas
Box   4
Hawaii
Box   4
Moten v. BMPIU, circa 1972
Box   4
International Union of Bricklayers historical files
Box   4
Financial statements, circa 1865
Box   4
Convention proceedings, 1867, 1869, 1877
Box   4
Historical sketch of the 18th convention, 1884
Box   4
Biographical sketches
Box   4
Michael Brennan, New Haven, Connecticut
Note: Includes photograph.
Box   4
President Samuel R. Gaul
Box   4
Union locals' histories
Box   4
New Haven, Connecticut
Box   4
Boston, Massachusetts
Box   4
Long Branch City, New Jersey
Box   4
New York City, New York
Box   4
Brooklyn, New York
Box   4
Troy, New York
Box   4
Toledo, Ohio
Box   4
Ontario, Canada