Part 1 (M96-219): Original Collection, 1922-1950
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1922-1950, of William Spohn (kept at his law firm) which document his public service career. Spohn served as arbitrator for the National War Labor Board (1943) to settle disputes between the Allis Chalmers Company and the United Auto Workers, Local 248. Spohn also arbitrated cases for the Heil Company, headed an investigation of the Dane County Welfare and Outdoor Relief (1935), served on the Citizen's Committee on Public Welfare (1936-1937), and performed legal services for the Mason and Hanger Company in connection with building the Badger Ordnance Works. The materials provide information on facets of labor history, the evolution of local and state welfare programs, and wartime conditions on the homefront, in addition to Spohn's personal and professional life. Included are legal case materials, speeches and writings by Spohn, and biographical information.

Family information

Personal correspondence, 1922 March -1939 June, 1952 August

National Recovery Administration, State Adjustment Board, 1934-1935
Note: William H. Spohn, chairman.

Dane County Welfare and Outdoor Relief investigation, 1935

Wisconsin Citizens Committee on Public Welfare, 1936-1938

Jean Nicolet Memorial Commission, 1940

War Activity, 1941

Spohn, Ross, Stevens and Lamb, Statement of Account, 1942
Note: Mason and Hanger Company, regarding Badger Ordnance Works.

Speech before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1941 September

Re-negotiation: various official documents relating to this subject

Allis Chalmers/Local 248, arbitration

Correspondence, 1943-1946 June

Billing statements, 1944-1946

Decisions, Nos. 75-140

Unfair Labor Practices, cases No. 1 and No. 2

Employment Stabilization for Madison Area, 1943

National War Labor Board (Detroit Panel), 1944-1945

General material and final report

Report on disputes involving supervisors

Letters of correction

Statements

Correspondence, 1944-1945

Swift and Company Agreement

Heil Company, 1945

Grievance No. 1-Paul Hehse

Grievance No. 2-Ann Podenkirch

Grievance No. 3-Earl J. Garity

Grievance No. 4-John L. Chmielewski

Grievance No. 5-Frances Budzynski

Grievance No. 6-Arthur Jochem

Wisconsin Society for Mental Health

Correspondence, 1945-1950

Correspondence, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and brief history, 1945-1947

Memos, reports, legislation, and financial information, 1947

Miscellaneous, 1948-1950

Lecture: “Implementing a collective bargaining agreement,” University Residence Halls, 1946

Wisconsin Law Review, “Interpretation and Construction of Collective Bargaining Agreements,” 1946

Madison Citizens' Committee for Displaced Persons, correspondence, 1947- 1948 March 1

Christoffel, Harold
Note: President of UAW Local 248 at Allis Chalmers.

Part 2 (M97-147): Additions, 1918, 1941-1946
Physical Description: 4.6 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1918 and 1941-1946, including National War Labor Board referee decisions for labor disputes at Allis-Chalmers plants during World War II. There are other related materials such as agreements, rate manuals, an arbitration procedures manual, and a file concerning general policy discussion. There is also material concerning smoking rules at General Motors in Detroit, and a file concerning a dispute between the Machinists Union and the Four Lakes Ordnance Company of Madison, Wisconsin in 1918.

Allis-Chalmers Referee Decisions, 1943-1945

Index, Nos. 66-94

Nos. 1-12

Nos. 66-140

Referee Decisions, No. 101-127 - Duplicates

Referee Decision No. 104 - Exhibits

Allis Chalmers Referee Cases, 1944-1945

Nos. 97-116
Note: Excluding 98, 104.

Nos. 116-136
Note: Excluding 117.

Nos. 137-140

Allis-Chalmers La Porte Works Referee Cases

Nos. 3-12
Note: Excluding 6.

La Porte Conference, 1944 March 7

Miscellaneous Allis-Chalmers Materials

In regard to Referee Decision No. 75

National War Labor Board Directive Order, 1943 April 2

Recommendation, 1943 February 5

National War Labor Board, Region VI, Case No. 111-9878-D - Company Statement to Panel

National War Labor Board, Miscellaneous, 1943, Allis-Chalmers Statement, , 1942

Originals of Grievances Decided by Referee, Nos. 66-84

Miscellaneous Rulings

Index to Decisions of Referees Lloyd K. Garrison and Walter T. Fisher, 1941-1943

Union's Proposal for 1944 Agreement

General Policy Discussion

Hourly Rate Manual

Arbitration Rules of Procedure Manual

Arbitration in Action Newsletter, 1943

Allis-Chalmers Publications and Forms

General Motors, Detroit - Smoking Rules, 1945-1946

Four Lakes Ordnance Company, 1918

Part 3 (M2000-003): Additions, 1933, 1941-1946
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1933, 1941-1946, including Industrial Relations Review Board review of grievances at Allis-Chalmers, 1942-1946; Allis-Chalmers referee's decisions, 1941-1945, NWLB special panel hearings for foreman's grievances, 1944; materials concerning the Bank Holiday, March 3-15, 1933.

Industrial Relations Review Board: review of grievances at Allis-Chalmers, 1942-1946
Note: Incomplete.

1-4899

4900-7199

7200-8379

Industrial Relations-miscellaneous decisions and other materials

Allis-Chalmers Referee's Decisions, 1941-1945

Index, Nos. 1-65

1-140

National War Labor Board Special Panel for Foreman's Grievances hearings, Detroit and New York, 1944

Bank Holiday, 1933 March 3-15