The records of the Wisconsin State Conference represent those files held by Frank Skibbie, a longtime officer in the organization, rather than the official files of the organization. As a result, the records mainly document the period 1975-1985, and they reflect Skibbie's participation in behalf of the conference in apprenticeship matters. The files consist of material documenting the internal organization of the conference, files concerning participation in the Wisconsin Masonry Joint Apprenticeship Committee, and miscellany.
ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS consist of constitutions and by-laws, minutes, correspondence, financial reports, and an agreement which led to the merger of several Fox Valley locals. The minutes include documentation on meetings of the Executive Board, the Judiciary Board, business agents, the organizing committee, and the benefit fund committee. Although the monthly financial reports cover only a brief period, they include interesting statistics on numbers of members entering and leaving the union, prevailing wages, and evaluations of work conditions. The annual audit reports, however, are more comprehensive. Convention files variously include agenda, lists of delegates, detailed reports of the secretary and president summarizing activities, and copies of resolutions. Published convention proceedings covering a few select years within the period 1921-1948 are available in the Society Library.
APPRENTICESHIP FILES include minutes and correspondence and files on standards and various programs in which the committee participated.
MISCELLANY includes a proclamation, undated and unidentified resolutions, and some material (1973) on organizing nonunionized workers.
