Textile Workers Union of America Records, 1915-1994

 
Contents List
Container Title
Mss 396
Series: Synthetic Division
Physical Description: 49 boxes 
General Files, 1942-1973
Scope and Content Note: Divided into the periods 1942-1964, 1962-1968, and 1969-1973 and filed alphabetically thereunder, these files contain information on the synthetic industry and on organizing attempts, and correspondence with officers and staff of the TWUA. Of particular interest are the UTW, COPE and election files.
Files, 1942-1964
American Viscose
Box   428
1962-1963 Negotiations
Box   428
Local 8-9 and 371
Box   429
Locals 713, 10 and 6, 1961-1964
Box   430
Celanese Corporation - Courtaulds
Box   431
E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
Box   431
Fiberglass Agreement, 1956
Box   431
Front Royal
Box   431
Hartford Rayon Corporation
Box   432
Kennet Fabricators
Box   432
National Rayon Advisory Council
Box   432
New Bedford Rayon Corporation
Box   432
North American Rayon Corporation and American Bemberg Corporation
Box   433
Rayon and Allied Industry
Box   433
Research
Box   433
Roanoke Plant Closing
Box   433
Rubenstein, Jack
Box   433
Samuels, Wilbur
Box   433
Skenandoa Rayon Corporation
Box   433
Synthetic Yarn Data
Box   434
Synthetic Yarn Advisory meeting, 1954
Box   434
Synthetic and Education Conference
Box   434
Synthetic Yarn Locals
Box   434
Taft-Hartley Law
Box   434
Tariff Committee
Box   434
UTW
Box   434
Upper South Revolving Fund
Box   434
Upper South Regional Reports
Box   434
Virginia
Box   435
Locals 10-11, 20, 30, and 202
Box   436
Locals 202, 212, 350, 371, and 482
Box   437
Locals 674, 689, and 1034
Box   438
Locals 1034, 1093, and 1191
Box   439
Locals 1384, 1406, 1446, 1465, and 1548
Box   440
Locals 1526 and 1874
Files, 1962-1968
Box   441
Automatic Retailers of America, 1967
Box   441
American Viscose Corporation
Box   441
American Can Company
Box   442-443
American Viscose Corporation
Box   444
Celanese Corporation of America
Box   445
Celanese Corporation
Box   445
Chupka, John
Box   445
COPE
Conferences
Box   445
American Viscose Advisory Council
Box   445
Carpet Conference
Box   445
Celanese Locals
Box   445
Celanese Advisory Council
Box   445
National Advisory Council - Synthetic Division (TWUA)
Box   445
Skilled Trades
Box   445
Synthetic Locals
Box   445
Contracts
Convention File
Box   445
Celanese Advisory Council
Box   445
National Synthetic Fibers Council
Box   445
Viscose Fibers Advisory
Box   445
United Mineworkers - District 50
Box   445
Courtaulds
Box   445
Dow Badische
Elections
Box   446
TWUA
Box   446
COPE
Box   446
Ensign Bickford Company
Box   446
H. Disend and H. Weinberger
Box   446
IRC Corporation
Box   446
Independent Office Employees Union
Box   446
Industrial Union Department
Box   446
Industrial Rayon
Locals
Box   446
Synthetic Division
Box   446
Pollock, William
Box   446
Locals 7-9
Box   446
Local 10
Box   446
Locals 99, 1402, 1459, 1472
Box   446
Local 371
Box   446
Local 689
Box   447
Locals 713, 1034, 1093, 1398, 1470, 1678, 1728, 1406
Box   448
Locals 20, 7-10
Box   448
Pollock, William
Box   448
Research Department
Box   448
Skenandoa Rayon
Box   448
Slater System
Box   448
Stetin, Sol
Box   448
Swaity, Paul
Box   448
Synthetic Staff and Task Force Meeting
Box   448
Task Force
Box   448
TWUA - General
Box   448
Upper South Region
Files, 1969-1973
Box   448
American Cyanamid Company
Box   448
American Enka
Box   448
Arbitration - General
Box   448
Cannon, William
Box   448
Cline, R.
Box   448
Committee on Structure
Box   448
Conference: Craft - FMC and American Viscose Division
Box   448
Contract and Wage Changes
Box   448-449
Courtaulds - Local 1465
Box   449
Davis, William S.
Box   449
Engineering Problems - American Viscose - FMC Corporation
Box   449
Federal Textile Representatives
Box   449
“Four Day Week”
Industrial Union Department
Box   449
General
Box   449
Mathieson, Olin
Box   449
Occupational and Health Safety
Inter-Office Section (Departmental Files)
Box   449
Disend, Harry
Box   449
Education - S. Remsen, Director
Box   449
Engineering Department, John Weiser, Director
Box   449
Finance and General Office
Box   449
Publicity
Box   449
Legal
Box   449
Dyers
Box   449
Circulation
Box   449
International Convention
Locals
Box   449
Synthetic Fibers Division
Box   449
Locals 10 and 20
Box   450
Locals 30, 99, 371, 482, 713, 689, 1034, 1093
Box   451
Locals 1166, 1191, 1382, 1384, 1402, 1459, 1470, 1472, 1526, 1548, 1557, 1678, 1728, 1874, 2024
Box   442
Local 2024
Box   452
Minutes - Viscose Advisory Council
Box   452
National Labor Relations Board
Negotiations
Box   452
Phillips Fibers - Local 1728
Box   452
Courtaulds - Local 1465
Box   452
IRC Fibers Company - Local 482
Box   452
Dow Badische - Local 1526
Box   452
Kennett Square - Local 1974
Box   452
Celanese - 1973 Conference
Box   452
Rock Hill, South Carolina (1093), Rome, Georgia (689), Cumberland, Maryland (1874) - Celanese Corporation
Box   452
Penn Center Inn
Box   452
Organizing
Box   452
Occupational Safety and Health Conference
Box   452
Pedigo, J.
Box   452
Pollock, William
Box   452
Swaity, Paul
Box   453
Miscellaneous
Box   453
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Box   453
Pension Plan
Box   453
Reports - To Pollock
Box   453
Research Department
Box   453
Supplemental Emergency Fund
Box   453
Synthetic Staff
Box   453
Synthetic Task Force
Box   453
Tariff Commission - Imports
Box   453
United Textile Workers of America
Box   453
University of Wisconsin
Box   453
White House - Wage Freeze
American Viscose Corporation
Box   454
Correspondence, 1939-1963
Box   454
Minutes for various Meetings
Box   454
Marcus Hook and Roanoke
Box   454
General
Box   455
Arbitrator - Dr. Hotchkiss
Box   455
Arbitrator - Herbert L. Spencer
Box   455
Case No. 3-3130
Box   455
Case No. 111-2828-D
Correspondence
Box   455
1944-1948
Kraft, Fred A.
Box   455
1943-1945
Box   456
1946-1947
Box   456
Grievances
Box   456
Insurance
Box   456
Miscellaneous Representatives
Box   456
Safety Reports
Box   456
Safety Progress Reports
Box   456
Safety Supervisor's Meeting
Box   456
Wage Stabilization Board
Arbitrations, 1938-1969
Box   456
Attorney - Barry Wright, Rome, Georgia
Box   456
Arbitration Hearing, 1946
Box   456
Arbitration Decisions, 1963
Box   456
Arbitration Proceedings, 1938, 1947
Arbitrations, 1939-1969
Box   457
1939-1950
Box   468
1938-1970
Box   458
1950-1960
Box   467
1965-1969
Subject Files, 1937-1961
Box   467
Arbitrations, 1954-1957
Box   467
Arbitration Decisions
Box   467
American Viscose Correspondence
Box   467
Correspondence, 1956-1961
Box   458-459
Film Negotiations, 1959
Box   459
Kennett Fabrications
Box   459
Local 9, Correspondence, 1937-1949
Box   459
Local 713
Box   459
Marcus Hook, Film Division, 1957
Box   459
Pensions Retirement
Box   460
Rate Schedules
Box   460
Shop Steward's Bulletin
Box   460
Sylvania Industrial Rayon Corporation
Box   460
Technological Changes
Grievances, 1940-1961
Box   461
Locals 6-9
Box   462
Locals 10-11, 371, 713
Negotiations, 1938-1973
Box   462
1955-1960
Box   463
1946-1950
Box   464
1938-1942
FMC Negotiations
Box   465
1972-1973
Box   466
1969-1971
Box   469
Correspondence, Local 8-9, 1954-1960
General
Box   470
Safety and Health
Box   470
Insurance
Box   470
Hospitalization
Box   470
Leaves of Absence
Box   470
Pensions and Retirement
Box   470
Pensions, 1950-1955
Celanese Corporation
Box   470
Agreements, 1948-1958
Box   471
Locals 689 and 1093
Box   472
Locals 1093, 1166, 1191
Box   473
Rates, Workloads and Schedules, 1937-1951
General
Box   473
Financial Data
Box   473
Local 153
Box   473
Correspondence, 1952-1958
Box   474
Correspondence, 1943-1949
Box   474
Local 1874
Box   474
Negotiations and Agreements, 1945-1958
Box   475
Arbitrations, 1943-1958
Box   476
Local 2024 - General, 1970-1971
Sylvania Division - Negotiations, 1954-1958