Part 1 (U.S. Mss 114A, PH 839): Original Collection, 1911-1953
Physical Description: 6.8 cubic feet (16 archives boxes and 1 volume) and 48 photographs (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor Records contains correspondence, minutes of the Executive Board (1918-1943) and of various conferences and other related groups, organizers' reports (scattered years from 1940 to 1950), and various other records noted in the contents list. Early correspondence includes many letters to Wisconsin Congressmen and Senators urging them to support legislation beneficial to labor and to defeat unfavorable legislation. One letter, written by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, to Herman Seide dated February 7, 1941, reveals the struggle between the AFL and CIO at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. There are papers which reveal the attitude of organized labor to World War II, some material on the efforts of the Federation to effect a closer cooperation between farmers and laborers (1939-1941), and some material on the Milwaukee Ice Cream Strike in 1934. Some materials relate to a 1936 incident in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, in which a law and order group allegedly ran a state labor official out of town, and to resultant discussion on whether to hold the state federation's convention there. Photograph portraits and group images show individuals connected to the organization, circa 1890-1950.

Correspondence

1927-1949

1950-1952

Report of delegate to the AFL Convention in San Francisco, 1947

Minutes of various meetings

Federal Labor Union Conferences, 1947-1949

Metal Trades Conference, 1947

Conferences of Shipbuilding Unions, 1944, 1946

Central Labor Bodies, 1946

Building Trades Conferences, 1945-1951

Apprenticeship Conferences, 1947-1951

Conference of International Representatives, 1945

Service Trades Conference, 1949

Meeting of Advisory Committee of Federal Labor Union, 1948

Legislative Committee, 1936 November-1943

Buildings and Trades Conference, 1939 April

Executive Board meeting minutes

1918-1930

1931-1943

Organizers' reports

1940-1941

1942

1946-1947

1948-1949

1950

Publication account books, 1930, 1941, 1943

Speeches, reports, statements, radio addresses, releases issued by the WSFL

Materials for publication and reference

Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Committee of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission

Confidential file, 1949-1951

General file, 1948-1952

Legal cases, hearings, and opinions of the Wisconsin Employment Relation Board or of General Interest to the WSFL

Materials on the Milk and Ice Cream Strike, Milwaukee, 1934

U.S. Department of Labor publications, 1949-1952

Education-related materials

Correspondence and reports kept by George Hampel Jr.

WSFL First Educational Conference Proceedings, 1936

Standing Committee on Education Recommendations to the Executive Board

Materials regarding the National Citizens Committee for the Public Schools, 1950, and the Milwaukee School Board, , 1949-1950

Labor Reports, 1952

Articles and miscellaneous materials regarding education

Correspondence, publications, and reference materials relating to recreation, public relations, health, and civil programs of interest to WSFL

Labor League for Political Education materials

Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance radio scripts, 1952

From the State Capitals, 1952-1953

Election materials, voting records of Congressmen

Miscellaneous items
Scope and Content Note: Includes schematic drawings of union administrative setups, statistical data on the Texoma Natural Gas Company, and pamphlets and citations awarded George Haberman by the War Manpower Commission.

Wisconsin Legislative Interim Committee on Unemployment Hearings transcript, 1931 August-October
Physical Description: 2 volumes 

UAW-AFL Educational and Research Service
Scope and Content Note: Contains wide range of information of interest to labor such as wage rates in the nation, court rulings and decisions, corporation financial reports, political education information, and more.

Photographs
Scope and Content Note: Photograph portraits and group images show individuals related to the organization, circa 1890-1950.