Title: Samuel J. Meyers Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1891-1983

Creator:

• Meyers, Samuel J., 1901-1998

Call Number: M2001-018

Quantity: 5.1 c.f. (5 record center cartons and 1 oversize folder) and 1.1 c.f. of photographs (1 archives box, 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of Samuel J. Meyers, a vice-president (1947-1972) and labor organizer of the Retail Clerks International Association (RCIA), including correspondence, news clippings, reports and memoranda, an alphabetical file of subjects and names, historical materials collected and written by Meyers for a history of the union, a small amount of biographical and personal materials, and photographs.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2001018

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“United Food and Commercial Workers Union Retired Leaders Oral History Project Interviews, 1980-1981” (Mss 56 and Tape 879A) include a recording and abstract of an interview with Meyers.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Suzanne Bernard, Brooklyn, New York, 2000. Accession Number: M2001-018

M2001-018 Box   1 Folder   1	Abstract of 1980-1981 interview of Meyers by Jim Cavanaugh, State Historical Society of Wisconsin--with corrections by Meyers
Oversize Folder   1	“An Expression of Gratitude to Samuel J. Meyers,” RCIA, 1974
Box   1 Folder   2	Biographical materials, 1949-1974
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   3	Personal, 1954-1976, undated
Box   1 Folder   4-11	General, 1940-1983, undated
Box   1 Folder   12	RCIA convention, Diamond Jubilee, 1963
Box   1 Folder   13	RCIA convention, 1967
Box   1 Folder   14-15	RCIA Election, 1968
	News clippings
Box   1 Folder   16-19	Oakland, 1946-1947
Box   1 Folder   20	Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, CIO, 1947-1950
Box   1 Folder   21-27	Other, 1938-1980s, undated
Box   1 Folder   28-29	Meyers reports and memoranda, 1948-1972
Box   1 Folder   30	RCIA v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1962
Box   1 Folder   31	RCIA Manual of Procedure, 1961; Constitution, , 1959, 1967
Box   1 Folder   32	RCIA manual (?), undated
Box   1 Folder   33	Sample Organizing Literature, 1961-1969
Box   1 Folder   34	Other literature, 1953-1979
Box   1 Folder   35	[RCIA deck of cards]
Box   1 Folder   36	Cartoon, “Myers [sic] and Donahue, 'Lets Play Footsie'/We Say Let's Play Fair,” undated
Box   1 Folder   37	[Miscellaneous strike literature from various sources]
Box   1 Folder   38	Miscellany, 1942-1977
Box   2 Folder   1	Miscellany, 1942-1977 (continued)
	Alphabetical Files
Box   2 Folder   2-4	Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen, 1949-1961
Box   2 Folder   5	A&P, 1952-1962
	American Federation of Labor [international unions]
Box   2 Folder   6	Machinists, 1956
Box   2 Folder   7	Seafarers, 1948, 1965
Box   2 Folder   8	Teachers, 1966-1970
Box   2 Folder   9	American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, 1967-1971
Box   2 Folder   10	Automation, 1958-1965
Box   2 Folder   11	Bailey Company, Cleveland, 1957
Box   2 Folder   12	Baltimore--Acme strike, 1964
Box   2 Folder   13	Bonwit Teller, New York City, 1949
Box   2 Folder   14	Boston--Sears, circa 1954
Box   2 Folder   15	Boycott techniques, 1966
Box   2 Folder   16	Chamber of Commerce speech and article by Murray Plopper [and related correspondence]
Box   2 Folder   17	Chicago, circa 1941-1946
Box   2 Folder   18	Church [policy positions concerning labor unions], undated
Box   2 Folder   19	Cleveland--fight with Formica, 1946-1971
Box   2 Folder   20	DeSilva, Joseph, Local 1770, 1958-1967
Box   2 Folder   21	Department stores--careers, 1966
Box   2 Folder   22	Department stores--policy, 1949-1970
Box   2 Folder   23	Education, 1957-1958
Box   2 Folder   24	Estey, Martin, 1955-1968
Box   2 Folder   25	Fear, undated
Box   2 Folder   26	Food Fair, circa 1960-1964
Box   2 Folder   27	Fortune article, 1962
Box   2 Folder   28	Houston--Henke & Pillot (Kroger) stores, 1956
Box   2 Folder   29	Interstate Department Stores, 1961-1964, 1967
Box   2 Folder   30	Johnson, Walter [Department Store Employees Union], 1963-1970
Box   2 Folder   31	Joseph Horne Company, Pittsburgh, 1961-1970
Box   2 Folder   32	Krambo-Kroger, 1954-1960
Box   2 Folder   33	K-Mart, 1969
Box   2 Folder   34	LaFayette, Paul, 5th vice-president--misconduct, 1957
Box   2 Folder   35	Los Angeles, 1945-1947, 1962
Box   2 Folder   36	Marshall Field, Chicago, 1956
Box   2 Folder   37	Mason's, Virginia, 1967
	May Company
Box   2 Folder   38	General, 1946-1982
Box   2 Folder   39	Cleveland, 1945-1960
Box   2 Folder   40-44	Denver, 1945-1949
Box   2 Folder   45	Meany, George, 1958-1980
Box   2 Folder   46	Membership statistics, AFL-CIO, 1966
Box   2 Folder   47	Milwaukee--Gimbels and Schusters, 1962
Box   2 Folder   48	Minimum wage, 1971
Box   2 Folder   49	Molarsky, Osmond, 1965-1966
Box   2 Folder   50	Monthly Labor Review article, 1967
Box   2 Folder   51	Morgan, Edward P., 1961
Box   2 Folder   52	Muscular dystrophy [RCIA support of], 1970-1971
Box   2 Folder   53	Music [RCIA]
Box   2 Folder   54	National Labor Relations Board, 1958-1971
Box   3 Folder   1	New York, National Labor Relations Board decisions, circa 1948-1950
Box   3 Folder   2	New York Times article, 1963
Box   3 Folder   3	Occupational guides, 1966-1968
Box   3 Folder   4	O'Neil & Polsky, Akron, circa 1968-1969
Box   3 Folder   5-6	Oppenheim Collins, New York, 1947-1950
Box   3 Folder   7	Organizing techniques, 1965
Box   3 Folder   8	Ozanne, Robert, 1947-1985
Box   3 Folder   9	Research, 1965-1966
Box   3 Folder   10	Right to work, 1957-1965
Box   3 Folder   11	San Diego Food, 1945
Box   3 Folder   12	Scholarships, 1966-1971
Box   3 Folder   13-15	Sears, 1953-1971
Box   3 Folder   16	Seligman, Ben, 1958-1969
Box   3 Folder   17	Suffridge, James A., 1960-1961, 1971
Box   3 Folder   18	Sugarman, Robert A., 1969
Box   3 Folder   19	Teamsters, 1953-1956
Box   3 Folder   20	Texas campaigns, 1956-1960
Box   3 Folder   21-26	Toledo--Macy's, LaSalle & Lamstons, 1957-1968
Box   3 Folder   27	Wards strike, Oakland, 1941
Box   3 Folder   28	Wards, 1954-1957
Box   3 Folder   29	Women, 1971
Box   4 Folder   1	Workload, 1961
Box   4 Folder   2	Workshop, Retail Clerks, Seattle, 1957
Box   4 Folder   3	Wyatt-Kroger, 1960
	Historical Materials
Box   4 Folder   4	Correspondence
Box   4 Folder   5	Clippings
Box   4 Folder   6	Knights of Labor
Box   4 Folder   7	“The American Federation of Labor,” Samuel Gompers, 1968
Box   4 Folder   8	“A History: RCIA and American Labor,” slide-tape show script, undated
Box   4 Folder   9-12	Retail Clerks National/International Protective Association
Box   4 Folder   13	Butte [Montana] Clerk's Protective Association, 1901-1902
Box   4 Folder   14	Retail Clerk's Union #25 [Lafayette, Indiana] record book 1891-1892
Box   4 Folder   15	Retail Clerk's Union minute book #1, 1898 to 1901
Box   4 Folder   16	[Typescripts of news articles regarding clerk's union efforts, circa 1900]
Box   4 Folder   17	“A New World is Coming” [labor unions in Hawaii]
Box   4 Folder   18	[Canadian labor history]
Box   4 Folder   19	“Labor's Heritage” series in Advocate
Box   4 Folder   20-23	Meyers Recollections [RCIA history]
Box   4 Folder   24-26	[RCIA history typescript]
Box   4 Folder   27	“Historical Highlights of the RCIA”
Box   4 Folder   28	“75 Years in the Rise of the Union of Retail Store Workers”
Box   4 Folder   29	RCIA Advocate, 1921 Physical Description: Spiral-bound photocopies
Box   4 Folder   30	RICA Advocate memorial issue for Max Morris, July, 1909
Box   4 Folder   31	[Various writings] Physical Description: Spiral-bound
Box   4 Folder   32	“Short History of the American Labor Movement,” by Meyers
Box   5 Folder   1	“History of American Trade Unionism,” by Meyers
Box   5 Folder   2	[Background research materials, published]
Box   5 Folder   3	[Background research materials on boycotts]
Box   5 Folder   4	Historical notes, raw
Box   5 Folder   5	[Miscellaneous typescripts]
Box   5 Folder   6	Miscellany
	Speeches and Writings
Box   5 Folder   7	Speeches and writings by Meyers
Box   5 Folder   8	“Study to Determine the Extent of Acceptance or Rejection of the Concept of Organized Labor by Retail Store Employees,” Roy Start, undated
Box   5 Folder   9	“The Appropriate Bargaining Unit: Striking a Balance Between Stable labor Relations and Employee Free Choice,” paper by Ridgway Hall, Jr., 1966 Note: With relevant correspondence.
Box   5 Folder   10	“A Project Notebook,” undated
Box   5 Folder   11	“Some Economic Ramifications of Unionization in Department Stores,” Reginald Alvin Graham, dissertation, 1970
Box   5 Folder   12	“Labor Unions in America” film strip script--management film version
Box   5 Folder   13-14	Miscellaneous writings by others
	Photographs
Box   6 Folder   1	Samuel J. Meyers photographs
Box   6 Folder   2	Silhouettes of Meyers
Box   6 Folder   3	Early
Box   6 Folder   4	Formal
Box   6 Folder   5	Locals
Box   6 Folder   6	Group photographs
Box   6 Folder   7	RCIA 75th anniversary, Chicago, 1963
Box   6 Folder   8	RCIA convention, Florida, 1967
Box   6 Folder   9	Seminar, Purdue University, undated
Box   6 Folder   10	RCIA Institute, Penn State University, undated
Box   6 Folder   11	Nixon, Richard
Box   6 Folder   12	Humphrey, Hubert H.
	Strikes, demonstrations, and related meetings and activities
Box   6 Folder   13	Macy's, New York City
Box   6 Folder   14	Stern's, New York City
Box   6 Folder   15	Other, New York City
Box   6 Folder   16	Macy's [Denver Dry Goods], Denver
Box   6 Folder   17	Macy's, Toledo
Box   6 Folder   18	Milwaukee, Gimbels & Schuster, 1962
Box   6 Folder   19	Gertz & Sons store, 1949
Box   6 Folder   20	Oppenheim Collins
Box   6 Folder   21	Miscellaneous and unlabeled
Box   6 Folder   22-25	Other--miscellaneous, unidentified
	Oversize
Box   7 Folder   1	Formal portraits, 1951, undated
Box   7 Folder   2	Conventions, RCIA and AFL
Box   7 Folder   3	Institute, 1964; conference, 1953; testimonial, 1951
Box   7 Folder   4	Strikes and related activity, San Jose, 1950s (?)
Oversize PH Folder   1	Panoramic group photos