This collection contains the General Files, chiefly correspondence, of the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council, with material arranged in chronological order under separate subjects. Most of the papers carry dates between 1950 and 1958, although a very few are dated as early as 1946.

Besides the general correspondence there are a number of Special Files in this collection, one of which is the papers on the Anti-Communist Drive. Some correspondence is included, but there is a larger amount of newspaper clippings, relating to the expulsion of communists from the state council and from the local unions of Wisconsin in 1946 and 1947.

The PAC file (Political Action Committee) contains papers relating to C.I.O. political activities in Wisconsin, with some information relating to Communism and to Fascist groups. There are many letters to United States Representatives from the various Wisconsin Congressional Districts, and copies of their voting records. Some of the papers relate to a PAC Institute in the Fourth and Fifth Congressional Districts, and a series of bulletins to the membership date from 1953 to 1958. One folder contains information on publicity techniques. Another file shows the voting of the 1946 and 1954 Wisconsin elections. Two folders of letters, public statements, and clippings concern the refusal of dock workers to load the freighters Fossum and Divina at Milwaukee where they were attempting to discharge cargoes of clay for the Kohler Company, which was being struck by Local 833 of the United Auto Workers.

Labor-management agreements between many Wisconsin employers and local labor unions make up the contents of four boxes. A few of these are typewritten documents, and the remainder are mimeographed or printed. Some of these bear the signatures of the negotiators. Besides standard labor contracts, there are some special labor-management contracts relating to fringe benefits like health insurance and retirement programs.

The Governor's Industrial Development Committee is the subject of the correspondence in another special file. President Charles W. Schultz of the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council was a member of the committee from 1952 to 1955.

The Merger Committee file, 1955 November 22-1960 July 26, deals with the unification of the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council with the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor. The file contains the original merger agreement, signed May 29, 1958, and preliminary drafts, as well as annotated drafts of the constitution for the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. The other records of the joint merger committee and the joint merger sub-committees, are included with the merger agreements of out-of-state unions.

Also included are five scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1937-1948.