Title: Anthony J. King Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1892-1965

Creator:

• King, Anthony J., 1894-1965

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BE

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 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:

Papers of King, a Milwaukee labor leader, public servant, and socialist. Most of the collection deals with his activities as secretary-treasurer and business agent of the Plumbers and Gasfitters Union, Local 75. Also present are briefs concerning Wisconsin corporations presented during World War II to the War Labor Board Sixth Region of which King was a member; files concerning the Milwaukee Board of School Directors and Milwaukee Public Museum's Board of Directors, on which King served; and files on Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler and on socialism in Milwaukee.

Language: English

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Anthony J. King, Milwaukee labor leader, socialist, and public servant, was born in Random Lake, Wisconsin, December 29, 1894. He left school at the age of fourteen to become an apprentice steamfitter in Milwaukee. In 1928, he was elected secretary-treasurer of the Plumbers and Gasfitters Union, Local #75, A.F.L. In 1942, he was appointed as the business agent for this same union local.

During the 1930s Mr. King was active in the affairs of the Socialist party in Milwaukee and became a candidate on the Socialist ticket for offices in the municipal and county governments. Other positions held by Mr. King included membership on the National War Labor Board, Sixth Region, 1943-1945; membership on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, 1951-1957; and as an appointed member of the Milwaukee Public Museum's Board of School Directors, 1961-1965.

Mr. King died in November, 1965, and was survived by his wife, two married daughters, and one son, Gordon.

The Anthony J. King Papers are arranged in four series: War Labor Board Cases; Plumbers and Gasfitters Union, Local #75; the Milwaukee Board of School Directors; and General Subject Files. Within each series the folders are arranged alphabetically, while materials within each of the folders are arranged chronologically.

The War Labor Board Cases, 1943-1945, contain briefs presented to the Board of the Sixth Region concerning Wisconsin corporations. These appear in the collection under the titles of the companies involved.

The Plumbers and Gasfitters Union, Local #75, AFL-CIO, series includes union news and business, building codes, progress reports, bulletins, welfare benefits, and election results. There are also four volumes of registrations and minutes of this union, 1892-1912.

Between 1950 and 1957, Mr. King was elected to the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. Bulletins and files on building programs, school elections, teachers' unions, and teacher welfare benefits relating to the work of the Board are grouped in one series.

The General Subject Files contain clippings and printed matter relating to unions, clubs, and political organizations in Milwaukee; news, plans, and architectural reports of the Milwaukee Public Museum Board; and speeches and election results relating to the Socialist Party in Milwaukee.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Anthony J. King, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 1966.

Processing Information

Processed by David Cady, November 23, 1966.

	Series: War Labor Board Cases
Box   1 Folder   1	Appleton Woolen Mills, Reedsburg, 1945
Box   1 Folder   2	Carnation Company, 1944
Box   1 Folder   3	Globe Steel Company, Milwaukee 1944
Box   1 Folder   4	Kewaskum Aluminum Company, Kewaskum, 1945
Box   2 Folder   1	Kohler Company, Clippings, 1955-1958, undated
Box   2 Folder   2	Kohler Company, Statement by House Counsel, 1956
Box   1 Folder   5	Milwaukee Solvay Coke Company, Milwaukee, 1945
Box   2 Folder   3	Personal Per Diem Expenditures and Wage Justification, 1944-1945
Box   1 Folder   6	Stolper Steel Corporation, Milwaukee, 1944-1945, undated
Box   1 Folder   7	T.L. Smith Company, Milwaukee, 1945
Box   2 Folder   4	Wage Stabilization, 1943
Box   2 Folder   5	Wausau Iron Works, Wausau, 1944-1945, undated
Box   2 Folder   6	Wisconsin Container Corporation, Menasha, 1942-1945, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	Worden-Allen Company, Directive Orders, 1944
	Series: Plumbers and Gasfitters Union, Local #75	⇧
Box   3 Folder   1	AFL-CIO, Endorsed Candidates, 1964
Box   3 Folder   2	Building Code, Clippings, 1954, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Building Problem, Clippings, 1937
Box   3 Folder   4	Bulletins, 1951-1964
Box   3 Folder   5	City Plumbing Code, Clippings, 1949-1951
Box   3 Folder   6	Cooperatives, 1947-1948, undated
Box   3 Folder   7	Election Rolls, 1948-1953
	Federated Trades Council
Box   3 Folder   8	Eagles Club, 1946-1955, undated
Box   3 Folder   9	Racial Discrimination, Memorandum, 1944
Box   3 Folder   10	Radio Broadcasts, 1940-1941
Box   3 Folder   11	Housing and the Building Trades, Clippings, 1947-1950, undated
Box   3 Folder   12	Kenosha, Housing Authority and Labor, Clippings, 1948,
Box   3 Folder   13	Kenosha, Local Union Officers, 1956
Box   3 Folder   14	Kohler Boycott, Clippings, 1958
Box   3 Folder   15	Milwaukee Labor Council, AFL-CIO, 1962-1963
Box   3 Folder   16	Plumber Rotation Charts for Apprentices, 1959, 1961, undated
Box   3 Folder   17	Plumbers Union, Clippings, 1939, 1949, 1952, undated
Box   3 Folder   18	Plumbing Code, Clippings, 1954
Box   3 Folder   19	Public Utilities, Clippings, 1948, undated
	Registration and Minutes
Box   8 Volume   1	1890-1893
Box   8 Volume   2	1894-1895
Box   8 Volume   3	1900-1904
Box   8 Volume   4	1912
Box   3 Folder   20	Schoemann, Peter, President of Building Trades Council, 1947-1957, undated
Box   4 Folder   1	Unemployment Benefits and Medical Care, 1933-1941
Box   4 Folder   2	Union (COPE) Constitution, 1963
Box   4 Folder   3	Union Constitutions, 1960
Box   4 Folder   4	Union Convention, Proceedings, 1943
Box   4 Folder   5	Dispute at Westlawn, Clippings, 1951, 1962, undated
Box   4 Folder   6	Union Election Challenges, 1944
Box   4 Folder   7	Union Pension Plan, 1948
Box   4 Folder   8	Union Progress Report, 1961
Box   4 Folder   9	Unions, Conscription, 1945-1952, undated
Box   4 Folder   10	Unions, “The Future Outlook,” 1941
Box   4 Folder   11	Urban Renewal and Low Income Housing, 1959
Box   4 Folder   12	Welfare Fund, 1953
	Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association
Box   4 Folder   13	Official Convention Program, 1947-1962
Box   4 Folder   14	Proceedings, 1945-1949, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1961-1962, 1965
	Series: Milwaukee Board of School Directors	⇧
Box   5 Folder   1	Building Program, 1950-1954
Box   5 Folder   2	Bulletins to Principals and Teachers, 1951
Box   5 Folder   3	Commission on Improvement of Educational System,
Box   5 Folder   4	Committee on Appointments and Instruction, Minutes, 1952
Box   5 Folder   5	Comparative School Building Costs, 1953
	Elections
Box   5 Folder   6	1945
Box   5 Folder   7	1949
Box   5 Folder   9	1953-1954
Box   5 Folder   8	1957
Box   5 Folder   10	Financial Report and Salary Data, 1950
Box   5 Folder   11	High School Coaches Association, 1950
Box   5 Folder   12	Letters, 1951
Box   5 Folder   13	Letters from Teachers, 1950
Box   5 Folder   14	Method for Filling School Board Vacancies, 1950
Box   5 Folder   15	Milwaukee School Laws, 1947-1948
	Milwaukee Teachers' Union, Local #252
Box   5 Folder   29	1948-1949
Box   5 Folder   16	1950-1953
Box   5 Folder   17	Milwaukee Vocational School, 1951-1952
Box   5 Folder   18	Minutes, 1951
Box   5 Folder   19	Municipal Recreation and Adult Education Reports, 1951-
Box   5 Folder   20	Non-Resident Pupils in Milwaukee Schools, 1950-
Box   5 Folder   21	Parochial School Bus Bill, Clippings, 1951
Box   5 Folder   22	Public School Recreation, Golden Age Club, 1951
Box   5 Folder   23	Resolution for Educational Television, Non-Commercial, 1951-1953
Box   5 Folder   24	School Board Employees Living Out of City, 1950
Box   5 Folder   25	School Locations and Progress Report, 1952
Box   5 Folder   26	Sick Leave Provisions for Teachers, 1950
Box   5 Folder   27	Special Board of Budget, 1949
Box   5 Folder   28	Teacher Classification, 1952
Box   5 Folder   30	Teaching Labor History in Milwaukee Schools, Pamphlet, undated
Box   5 Folder   31	Wisconsin School Board News, 1950-1953
	Series: General Subjet Files	⇧
Box   6 Folder   1	AFL-CIO, Leisure Time, 1963
Box   6 Folder   2	American Turners, 1939-1940, 1950, undated
Box   6 Folder   6	City and State Taxes, Clippings, 1953
Box   6 Folder   7	City Ordinance, Home Improvement Contracts and Sales, 1963
Box   6 Folder   18	Electrical Railway Strike, Milwaukee, 1934
Box   6 Folder   10	Fraternal Order, Knights of Pythias, undated
Box   6 Folder   9	Grede, William J., Clippings, 1952-1953, undated
Box   6 Folder   11	Housing, Public, 1937
Box   6 Folder   8	Housing and Urban Renewal, 1952-1957
Box   6 Folder   5	Mayoral Campaign, Clippings, 1949
Box   6 Folder   13	Milwaukee Plumbing Contractors Association, 1958
	Milwaukee Public Museum
Box   6 Folder   3	Architects Resume, 1962
Box   6 Folder   17	Arguments for Building of Museum, undated
Box   6 Folder   4	Blueprints, 1961
Box   6 Folder   12	Clippings, 1959-1960, undated
Box   6 Folder   14	Description, 1961
Box   6 Folder   15	Minutes and Financial Reports of Museum Board, 1957-1962
Box   6 Folder   16	Planetarium, 1959
Box   7 Folder   2	Prospectus Report, 1959
Box   7 Folder   3	Rules, undated
Box   7 Folder   6	Municipal, Spring Primary Elections, 1955-1956, 1960, undated
Box   7 Folder   5	Political Support, 1958, undated
Box   7 Folder   4	Personal Memoranda, and Speeches, 1895, 1941, 1948, 1952-1953, 1955-1956, 1964-1965, undated
Box   7 Folder   7	Socialism, Clippings, 1929-1947, undated
Box   7 Folder   8	Socialism, Milwaukee, 1928, 1931, 1934
Box   7 Folder   9	Socialist Party, Milwaukee, 1936-1955, undated
Box   7 Folder   11	Socialist Representatives at Milwaukee Election Polls, 1949-1950
Box   7 Folder   10	Socialists and National Politics, 1928-1934
Box   7 Folder   1	United Community Services, Confidential Budget Review, 1963
	Zeidler, Frank
Box   7 Folder   12	Letters, 1956, 1958-1962
Box   7 Folder   13	Mayor Campaigns, 1948-1952
Box   7 Folder   14	Speeches, 1955-1956