Textile Workers Union of America Records, 1915-1994

 
Contents List
Container Title
M81-406
Part 8 (M81-406): Additions, 1963-1980
Physical Description: 26.4 cubic feet (26 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1963-1980, of material regarding the J.P. Stevens Company. Includes correspondence, organizing files, press clippings, union and company literature, and legal material. Started in 1963, the J.P. Stevens Company organizing drive was the largest organizing drive conducted by the Textile Workers Union of America. It led to the 1976 merger with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America to form the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union.
National Labor Relations Board cases and general correspondence
Box   1
Stevens I-IV, Greenville, South Carolina; Rock Hill, South Carolina; Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, 1963-1968
Physical Description: 4 folders 
Box   1
Stevens V, Dublin, Georgia, 1967-1969
Box   1
Stevens VI, Blackhawk; Greenville, South Carolina, 1967-1971
Box   1
Stevens VII, Statesboro, Georgia, 1968-1971
Box   1
Stevens VIII, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, 1968-1971
Box   1
Stevens IX, Shelby; Hickory, North Carolina, 1969-1972
Box   1
Stevens X-XI, Complaint, Statesboro, Georgia, 1970-1971
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   1
Stevens XII, XIII, XIV, 1970-1975
Physical Description: 3 folders 
Box   1
Stevens XV, Wallace, North Carolina, 1974-1975
Legal cases
Box   1
11-CA-6030; 11-CA-6207; 11-CA-6285, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   1
11-CA-6628, Whitehorse; Greenville, South Carolina
Box   1
11-CA-6077; 11-RC-3987, Holly; Carter; Wallace, North Carolina
Box   1
5-CA-8169; 5-CA-8162, Angle and Ferrum plants, Rocky Mount, Virginia
Box   1
10-CA-12350, Tifton, Georgia
Box   1
Contempt II, civil contempt, 5th Circuit Court
Box   1
Blakeney correspondence
Box   2
Contempt I, civil contempt, 2nd Circuit Court
Box   2
Publicity file
Box   2
Correspondence, 1976
Box   2
Information, 1975
Box   2
Questionnaires, miscellaneous plants
Box   2
General information, 1969-1973
Physical Description: 5 folders 
Box   3
Clippings and press releases
Box   3
Leaflet distribution
Box   3
Back pay recipients
Box   3
Bulletin board posting
Box   3
Booklets
Box   4
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Box   4
Victor-Greer, South Carolina
Box   4
Wallace, North Carolina
Box   4
Greensboro, North Carolina
Box   4
Delta, South Carolina statements
Physical Description: 3 folders 
Box   5
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   5
Newspaper articles
Press clippings
Box   6
Indianland, South Carolina
Box   6
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Box   6
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Box   6
Milledgeville, Georgia
Box   6
Duncan
Box   6
Statesboro, Georgia
Box   7
Plant closure statements, Statesboro, Georgia
Box   7
Tifton, Georgia
Box   7
Boycott information
Box   7
Farrum and Angle, Rocky Mount, Virginia
Box   7
Walterboro, South Carolina
Box   7
Long view on Hickory, North Carolina
Box   7
Press clippings
Box   7
Turnersburg, North Carolina
Box   8
Sub-area I, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   8
Area II-A coastal, Walterboro, Pamplico, Allendale, South Carolina
Box   8
Area II-A statements, legal, leaflets
Box   8
Area II-B coastal, Goldsboro, Snow Hill, Wallace, North Carolina
Box   8
Area II-B statements, leaflets, legal
Area III
Box   9
Aberdeen
Box   9
Wagram, Crandall, North Carolina; Bob Stevens, Scotland County, North Carolina
Box   9
Rockingham, North Carolina, Hannah Pickett, Martha Baum
Box   9
Wallace, South Carolina, Delta 2 and 3
Box   9
McColl, South Carolina
Box   9
Speakers Bureau
Box   9
Directory
Box   10
Operation Jericho
Box   10
Legal
Box   10
Research
Box   10
General Correspondence, 1977-1978
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   10
Anti-union correspondence
Box   11
Boycott information
Box   11
Committee educational program
Box   11
Leaflet distribution by union, 1977
Box   11
Company health and safety activities
Box   11
Equal Employment Opportunity reports
Box   11
Leaflet distribution by company, 1977
Box   11
MacNeil-Lehrer Report
Box   12
Southerners for Economic Justice
Box   12
Correspondence from Si Kahn
Area IV
Box   12
Stuart, Virginia
Box   12
Greensboro, High Point, Randleman, North Carolina
Box   12
Rocky Mount, Farmville, South Boston, Virginia
Box   13
Woolwine, Virginia; Borden, South Carolina, statements, legal, leaflets
Box   13
General correspondence
Box   13
Sub-area V, Gastonia, Hickory, North Carolina
Box   13
Sub-area VI, Rock Hill, Great Falls, Laurens, South Carolina
Box   13
Sub-area VII, Greenville, South Carolina
Box   13
Sub-area VIII, Taylors, Greer, Slater, South Carolina
Box   14
Sub-area II
Box   14
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports
Box   14
Grievances regarding moving
Box   14
Area I, Georgia, Alabama
Box   14
Montgomery, Alabama
Legal cases
Box   14
15-CA-6534; 15-CA-6548-2, 15-CA-6548-3, 15-CA-6548-4, 15-CA-6548-5, 15-CA-6297, 15-CA-6508
Box   15
10-CA-12350
Box   15
15-CA-6678
Box   15
15-CA-6297
Box   15
11-CA-6038, 11-CA-6207, 11-CA-6895
Box   15
11-CA-6077, 11-CA-3987
Box   15
5-CA-8169, 5-CA-8169-2, 5-CA-8621
Box   15
11-CA-6999
Box   15
11-CA-7088, 11-CA-7158, 11-CA-7474, 11-CA-7475
Box   15
10-CA-12611, 10-CA-12838, 10-CA-13247, 10-CA-13304
Box   16
Industrial Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Box   16
Watts Plan, National Labor Relations Board material, Laurens, South Carolina
Box   16
Miscellaneous file
Box   16
Rosemary Plant, National Labor Relations Board material, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
Roanoke Fabricating, National Labor Relations Board material, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
Roanoke #2, National Labor Relations Board material, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
Rosemary Plant, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
Order consolidating cases, complaint, notice of hearing
Box   16
Back pay information
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   16
Charges, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
Petition and Charges on Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
Decision and direction of election, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
TXD and Order, Ruckel plant 1
Box   16
Roanoke Rapids memo petitioner
Box   16
Information on current meetings
Box   16
Congressional correspondence
Box   16
Patterson Plant, National Labor Relations Board material, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Box   16
Roanoke Rapids affidavits
Box   17
Miscellaneous legal cases
Physical Description: 3 folders 
Box   17
Whitmire plant, Whitmire, South Carolina
Box   17
Objections-Dunean and Estes
Box   17
Decision and direction of election
Box   17
Dunean and Estes objections
Box   17
Exhibits, Congressional hearing
Box   17
Chronological report
Box   17
Dunean petition
Box   17
Company fact sheet
Box   17
Letters from Al Horn
Box   17
Charges, Dunean Plant
Box   17
Dunean Plant, Greenville, South Carolina
Box   17
Miscellaneous
Box   17
Statement of exceptions, Dunean and Estes, Greenville, Great Falls, Blackhawk, South Carolina
Box   17
Blackhawk plant
Box   17
Dunean plant, Greenville, South Carolina
Box   17
Number 2, Great Falls, South Carolina, Republic
Republic
Box   17
Number 3, Great Falls, South Carolina
Box   17
Number 1, Great Falls, South Carolina
Box   17
Number 3 Affidavits, Great Falls, South Carolina
Box   18
Proposed changes
Box   18
Report on organizing drive
Box   18
Utica-Mohawk plant, Seneca, South Carolina
Box   18
Utica-Mohawk plant, Clemson, South Carolina
Box   18
Tufting plant, Greenville, South Carolina
Box   18
White Horse plant, Greenville, South Carolina
Box   18
Trial examiner's decision
Box   18
Letters to discharges
Box   18
General file
Box   18
Reports on distributions in North Carolina
Box   18
Letters to employees from the National Labor Relations Board
Box   18
Mohasco Industries, Dublin, Georgia
Box   18
List of Georgia authorization cards
Box   18
National Labor Relations Board file
Box   18
Dan Jordan, general counsel
Box   18
Mailing list, 1967
Box   18
Aragon plat, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Box   18
Slater plant, Slater, South Carolina
Box   18
Delta 2 and 3
Box   18
Publicity
Box   18
Supervision, Delta 2
Box   18
Supervision breakdown, Delta 3
Box   18
Subpoena
Box   18
Statements, charges
Box   18
Stuart, Virginia area files
Box   19
Stuart, Virginia workers, arranged alphabetically
Stuart files
Box   19
Insurance and pensions
Box   19
Anti-union literature
Box   19
Company letters
Box   19
General correspondence
Box   19
New rules
Box   19
Office file
Box   19
Plant maps
Box   19
Plant notices
Box   19
Press clippings
Box   19
Research
Box   19
Union leaflets
Box   19
Forms
Box   19
Lists
Rocky Mount files
Box   19
Captive audience
Box   19
Committee
Box   19
Correspondence
Box   19
General information
Box   19
Robert B. Montgomery
Box   19
National Labor Relations Board case
Box   19
Plant notices
Box   19
Statements
Box   19
Area V Gastonia list
Box   19
Area V Stanley list
Box   19
Other plants
Stuart plant
Box   19
Membership
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   19
Department lists
Box   19
Cards
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   19
Card check validation
Box   19
Reports
Legal files, Stuart
Box   20
Access
Box   20
Anti-union petitions
Box   20
Charges against the union
Box   20
Correspondence
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   20
Miscellaneous statements
Box   20
National Labor Relations Board complaint
Box   20
Hearing
Box   20
Occupational Safety and Health Administration complaints
Box   20
Unit information
Box   20
Withdraws
Box   20
Workers compensation
Box   20
Legal briefs
Box   20
Shelby-Cleveland Cloth campaign, 1978-1979
Box   20
North Carolina campaign
Goldsboro, North Carolina campaign, 1978-1980
Box   21
General
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   21
Pro-union literature
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   21
Anti-union literature
Box   21
Miscellaneous
Box   21
Sherry Sexton complaint
Box   21
Contracts
Box   21
Master file
Box   21
Press releases
Box   21
Ralph Lassiter complaint
Box   21
Employee attendance
Box   21
North Carolina social services agencies
Box   21
Union leaflets
Great Falls, South Carolina campaign
Box   21
Walker Holmes general file
Box   21
Voter registration
Box   21
Ministers list
Box   21
Precincts
Box   21
Community services
Box   21
Federal bills
Box   21
Copies of letters
Box   21
Committee only
Box   21
Notices
Box   21
Full employment
Box   21
Forms
Box   21
Quillious Tidwell social security
Box   21
South Carolina Energy Task Force
Box   21
Soda machine
Box   21
Citizen-Labor Energy Coalition
Box   21
Miscellaneous
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   21
South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration (SCOSHA)
Box   21
Federation of Union Representatives
Box   21
Incoming correspondence
Box   21
Outgoing correspondence
Box   21
Respiratory questionnaires
Office files
Box   21
General
Box   22
Charge of discrimination forms
Box   22
Bulletin board notices
Box   22
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Box   22
Handwritten notes
Box   22
Forms
Box   22
Newsletters
Box   22
Supervisor information
Box   22
Pamphlets
Box   22
Press clippings and press releases
Box   22
Photographs of unidentified individuals
Box   22
Great Falls tenant council
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   22
National Labor Relations Board ruling news
Box   22
Insurance information
Box   22
Highway Patrol complaints
Worker files
Box   22
James Wright
Box   22
Howard Douglass; Brenda Williams; Russell Williams
Box   22
Larry Belton
Box   22
James Behey
Box   22
Barbara Adams, Floyd Beckham
Box   22
Linson Kersey
Box   22
George Cox Jr.
Box   22
Hazel Funderburk
Box   22
Barbara Simmons
Box   22
Floyd Beckham
Box   22
Betty Jean Dye
Box   22
Roy Turner
Box   22
Walter Craine
Box   22
Sandra Dassaro
Box   22
Ethel Gaither
Box   22
Marie Morrison
Box   22
Rosa Mae Terry
Box   22
Eddie Waters
Box   22
Brenda White
Box   22
Arthur White
Box   22
Patricia Truesdale
Box   22
Gerald and Mary Ann Ott
Box   22
Teresa Polston
Box   22
Michael Seay
Box   22
Billie Ann Hartis
Box   22
Gamale Weed
Box   22
Earl Franklin
Box   22
Robert Patterson; Minnie Boulware
Box   22
Charlotte Boulware
Box   22
Susie Gaines
Box   22
Annie Mae Simpson
Box   22
Willard Birch
Box   22
James Beckham
Box   22
Diane McCollough
Box   22
Jimmy Woods
Box   22
Janie Bell Dye
Box   22
Willie Greer
Box   22
Pat Allen
Box   22
Nora Brown
Box   22
Elliott Patterson
Box   22
Doris Burchette
Box   22
Ida Morrison
Box   22
Marie McClellan
Box   22
Unfair labor practices forms
Box   22
Brown lung
Box   22
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission response
Box   22
Letters to J.P. Stevens Company
Box   22
Business complaints
Box   22
Food stamp
Box   22
Return receipt mail
Box   22
Leaflets
Box   22
Worker lists
Box   22
Hazard recognition training
Industrial plant, Rock Hill, South Carolina campaign, 1978-1979
Box   22
General
Box   22
Beam, slash, dye
Box   22
Bob Graham organizing file
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   23
Bob Graham organizing file (continued)
Physical Description: 6 folders 
Box   23
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations bicentennial material
Box   23
Mailing labels
Greenville, South Carolina
Box   23
Plant access
Box   23
Nick Builder
Box   23
Donna Brenik
Box   23
Hattie Jones
Box   23
Eddie Nichols
Box   23
Contact lists
Box   23
Labor class attendees
Box   23
Labor class flipchart layout
Box   23
Diagram of Parker plant
Box   23
J.P. Stevens survey
Box   23
Dunean plant diagram
Box   23
Correspondence from media
Box   23
Geneva Daniels Dunean plant discharge complaint
Box   23
Leaflet originals
Box   23
Mailings to plant managers
Box   23
Letters and phone calls to J.P. Stevens workers
Box   23
Leaflet file
Box   23
Letters from J.P. Stevens to workers' homes
Box   24
Department list forms
Box   24
Plant surveys
Box   24
Plant organizer names
Box   24
Appleton Committee list
Box   24
New Milford handbook
Box   24
Spartanburg rally resolutions
Box   24
Photographs, town council meeting
Box   24
Stockholders
Box   24
Revoke membership cards
Box   24
Statements and tuxedo plant files
Box   24
Unfair labor practices charge form
Box   24
Statements on active union supporters, Dunean plant
Box   24
Dunean signed workers
Box   24
Department lists
Box   24
Committee meetings attendance
Box   24
Bulletin board notices, Estes plant
Box   24
House meetings, Dunean
Box   24
Anti-committee statements, Dunean
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   24
Company knowledge
Box   24
Correspondence regarding Dunean
Box   24
Doris Hughes
Box   24
J.P. Stevens bulletin board file
Box   24
Meeting notice
Box   24
Lewis Lallis Dunean statement
Box   24
Dunean plant general
Box   24
Lease
Box   24
Committee list, Blackhawk warehouse
Box   24
Dunean committee phone numbers
Box   24
Taylors in-plant
Box   24
Parker plant department list
Box   24
Business equipment
Box   24
Activities in non-work plant areas
Box   24
Committee sheets, Parker plant employees
Box   24
Clemson plant meeting attendance
Box   24
Seneca plant
Box   24
Piedmont plants map
Box   24
Plant survey forms
Box   24
J.P. Stevens workers fired or quit list
Box   24
Anti-union literature
Box   24
J.P. Stevens rules for workers
Box   24
Non-work areas list
Box   24
Bulletin boards locations in plants
Box   24
Charges filed, Estes
Box   24
Survey forms
Box   24
Committee calling and mailing lists
Box   24
Blue cards, copies
Box   24
Statements, Taylors plant 1
Box   24
Parker plant
Box   24
Estes schedule
Box   24
Estes plant diagram
Box   24
School charges
Box   24
Corduroy plant diagram
Box   24
Possible changes
Box   24
Estes meeting notices
Box   24
Estes committee
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   24
Piedmont plant letters from workers
Box   24
Piedmont plant statements of company knowledge
Estes plant
Box   24
Requests to return blue cards
Box   24
Anti-union committee
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   24
Labor school
Box   24
Department information
Box   24
Weaving room
Box   24
Management
Box   24
Check stubs
Box   24
Contacts
Box   24
Employees committee
Box   24
Rules posted on Dunean bulletin boards
Box   24
Blank committee sheets
Box   24
Clemson plant
Box   24
Applications for permit, Greenville city hall
Box   24
Motel file
Box   24
General correspondence
Box   24
Pro-union letters
Box   24
Estes shift schedule
Box   24
Unfair labor practice forms
Box   24
Labor school attendance
Box   24
Statements, Cleveland plant
Box   24
Chamber of Commerce
Box   24
Letters sent to J.P. Stevens Company
Box   24
Harvey Randall Beck, Dunean plant
Box   24
Union meetings attendance
Box   24
Monaghan plant file
Box   24
Greer plant file
Box   24
National Labor Relations Board statements, Dunean
Box   24
East Hampton plants
Box   24
Dunean work sheets
Box   24
J.P. Stevens attendance sheets
Box   24
Dunean in-plant committee
Box   24
Dunean plant supervisors
Box   24
National Labor Relations Board fact sheets
Box   24
Committee meetings, Dunean plant
Box   24
Charges against Estes plant
Box   24
Letters to Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union staff from Lois Washington
Box   24
Press list
Box   24
White Horse committee
Box   24
Greater Greenville Ministerial Association
Box   24
Machines Inc. contract
Box   24
Bill and receipt for union office
Box   24
South Carolina Employment Security Commission testimony transcript
Box   24
South Boston, Virginia committee
Watts Mill Campaign, Laurens, South Carolina, 1978-1979
Box   25
Employee lists
Box   25
Workers compensation
Box   25
Testimony booklet
Box   25
Access rules
Box   25
Contracts
Box   25
Newsletters
Box   25
Raymond Allen workmen's compensation case
Box   25
Anti-union ads
Box   25
Anti-union leaflets
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   25
National employees education fund
Box   25
Harold Bagwell correspondence
Box   25
Break areas
Box   25
Brown lung cases
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   25
Ideas for bulletin boards
Box   25
Bulletin board rights
Box   25
Card signers who quit
Box   25
Chamber of Commerce
Box   25
City maps
Box   25
Outside contacts
Box   25
Committee meeting sign in sheets
Box   25
Watts committee
Box   25
Cotton dust standards
Box   25
Pipefitters contract
Box   25
COPE (Committee on Political Education) newsletters
Box   25
Daily reports
Box   25
Day care
Box   25
Plant diagram
Box   25
Discrimination
Box   25
South Carolina employment security law
Box   25
Master list of employees, 1978
Box   25
Check off list
Box   25
High Point
Box   25
Health and safety
Box   25
Inter-office memos
Box   25
Invoices
Box   25
Industrial Union Department information
Box   25
Laurens community contacts
Box   25
Leaflets
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   25
David Mansel discharge complaint
Box   25
Maps
Box   25
Memos
Box   25
New articles
Box   25
National Labor Relations Board general information
Box   25
Roanoke Rapids newsletters
Box   25
Press clippings
Box   25
Notices posted
Box   25
National Labor Relations Board decisions
Box   25
National Labor Relations Board possible charges
Box   25
Norma Rae
Box   26
Norma Rae petitions
Box   26
Norma Rae articles
Box   26
Plant visits
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   26
Press contacts
Box   26
Daily activity reports
Box   26
Resources
Box   26
Revocations
Box   26
Roanoke Rapids
Box   26
Negotiations at Roanoke Rapids
Box   26
Ted Scott
Box   26
Shop stewards school
Box   26
Statements
Box   26
Social services
Box   26
Stevens song sheets
Box   26
Second Circuit Court decision
Box   26
Mailing originals for labor school
Box   26
Labor school reminder letters
Box   26
Social services program
Box   26
Staff files, Jacob Littles
Box   26
Anti-union propaganda
Box   26
Insurance, Burlington pension
Box   26
J.P. Stevens Company information file
Box   26
J.P. Stevens boycott
Box   26
Church support
Box   26
Company policies
Box   26
Insurance information
Box   26
Litigations
Box   26
Overseas plants
Box   26
Seniority
Box   26
Social justice
Box   26
Tifton plant
Box   26
3-M fifteen year awards
Box   26
William David Taylor
Box   26
Unemployment information
Box   26
Wage increases
Box   26
Check stubs
Box   26
Weave room
Box   26
Letters from employees
Box   26
Unidentified workers
Box   26
Employee lists
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   26
Leaflets
Box   26
Leaflet material
Box   26
Union cards
Box   26
Health and safety information
Allendale County campaign, 1979-1980
Box   26
Collins-Aikman
Box   26
Community breakdown
Box   26
Meeting attendance
Box   27
Company leaflets
Box   27
Bulletin boards
Box   27
Letters
Box   27
Daily reports
Box   27
National Labor Relations Board petitions
Box   27
Union activities
Box   27
Industrial Union Department (IUD) information
Box   27
Pacific-Columbia Mills, Columbia, South Carolina
Box   27
Miscellaneous