Title: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. Local 18: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1893-1945
Inclusive Dates: 1994

Creator:

• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. Local 18 (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DQ

Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, local which represented theatrical workers and motion picture projectionists. Included are correspondence, reports, and agreements, 1894-1945; proceedings of national conventions, 1893-1926; minutes, 1903-1933; a constitution; minutes of the wage scale committee, 1927-1933, and the executive board, 1913-1933; receipts; a history of theater in Milwaukee, 1994; and allied papers.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil000dq

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Records of the Milwaukee union local which represented theatrical workers and motion picture projectionists. The theaters mentioned most often in the collection are the Davidson, Modjeska, Oriental, Palace, Riverside, Saxe, and Uptown. The majority of the Alliance's correspondence concerns financial matters, especially expenses accrued by members on official business. Other topics covered in the correspondence includes reprimands of Alliance members, legislation relating to theater workers, wages expected for workers, and a few undated letters concerning lockouts.

The minutes of the Wage Scale Committee (1927-1933) include an itemized report of expenses, a few documents predicting how many vaudeville shows and films there would be in Milwaukee, and the union's position on wages at several local theaters. The minutes also document meetings with theater owners to discuss wages; dates and times of the meetings are given, but not the actual items discussed. The minutes of the Executive Board (1913-1933) usually contain a brief description of each topic discussed at the meetings, and sometimes provide information on specific employee problems at the theaters.

The undated job descriptions provide wage schedules for the types of jobs and theaters, job descriptions, and a blank contract.

The minutes (1903-1933) of meetings largely concern the election of officers and disbursing money for relief and employment. The minutes also contain the by-laws of the organization.

Box   6 Folder   4	Anniversary Materials, 1972-1994
Box   1 Folder   1	Applications for Membership, 1901-1920
Box   7 Folder   1	Combined Convention Proceedings, 1893-1926
Box   1 Folder   2	Constitution and By-Laws, undated
Box   1 Folder   3-4	Executive Board, 1911-1933, undated
	General Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   5-9	1894-1904
Box   2 Folder   1-7	1905-1906, 1908-1919
Box   3 Folder   1-5	1920-1930
Box   4 Folder   1-6	1931-1945, undated
Box   6 Folder   6	History of Theater in Milwaukee, 1994
Box   4 Folder   7	Job Descriptions and Information, undated
Box   4 Folder   8	Legislation Relating to Theater Workers, undated
Box   4 Folder   9	Membership, 1912-1923
	Meetings, Minutes
Box   5	1903-1925
Box   7 Folder   2	1925-1933
Box   6 Folder   5	Miscellaneous Materials, 1916-1974
Box   6 Folder   1	Receipts, 1894-1906
Box   6 Folder   2	Transfer Cards, 1906-1927
Box   6 Folder   3	Wage Scale Committee, 1922-1933