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Charters and Certificates of Affiliation Collection

Call Number

GRAPHICS.003

Date

1888-1986, inclusive

Creator

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Extent

3 Linear Feet
in 2 oversize boxes and 1 flat-file folder

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

The Charters and Certificates of Affiliation Collection is an artificial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over the course of several decades. It consists of charters and certificates from a number of trade unions and organizations, several of which have manuscript collections at the Tamiment Library. The material in the collection ranges in date from 1888 through 1986, with the bulk of material falling between the 1920s and the 1960s.

Historical/Biographical Note

The Tamiment Library, New York University, a special collection documenting the history of United States radicalism, labor, and progressive social action, accumulated this artificial collection of charters and certificates gradually over the years.

Arrangement

The Collection is arranged into two Series divided based on size. Items are arranged alphabetically.

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Boxed, 1888-1986
  2. Series II: Flat Files, 1921-1929

Scope and Content Note

The Charters and Certificates of Affiliation Collection consists of charters and certificates of affiliation from trade unions and organizations, several of which have related manuscript collections at the Tamiment Library. The material in the collection ranges in date from 1888 with a charter from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America up to 1986 with a charter from the Communications Workers of America: Local 1153.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date; Charters and Certificates of Affiliation Collection; GRAPHICS 003; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials found in repository; provenance is unknown. Materials were likely separated from manuscript collections at the Tamiment Library. The following accession numbers are associated with this collection: 1950.255, NPA.1995.010, NPA.2000.033, NPA.2003.076, NPA.2005.248, NPA.2006.065, NPA.2006.069, NPA.2006.071, NPA.2008.003 and NPA.2009.003.

Related Archival Material

Associated Actors and Artistes of America Records (WAG 110)

Commercial Telegraphers Union Records (WAG 266)

Communications Workers of America, Local 1153 Records (WAG 132)

National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) Records (WAG 197)

Young People's Socialist League Records (TAM 309)

Collection processed by

Adrien Hilton

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Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Series I: Boxed, 1888-1986, inclusive

Abraham and Strauss Department Store Employees' Union, 1957

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America: Certificate of Affiliation, 1939, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees: Charter, 1953, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American Guild of Variety Artists: Charter (copy), 1939, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asociacion Puertorriqueno de Artistas y Technicos del Espectaculo: Charter (copy), 1974, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America: Charter, 1938, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communications Workers of America: Local 1153: Local Charter, 1975

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communications Workers of America: Local 1153: Local Charter, 1986, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

German White Rats Actors Union: Charter, 1919, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hebrew Actors' Union: Charter (copy), 1924, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians: Certificate of Affiliation (copy), 1951, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians: Charter, 1965, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians: Local 15: Charter, 1968, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Council, Distributive Workers of America, Alliance for Labor Action, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Negro American Labor Council, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Central Labor Council: Certificate of Affiliation, circa 1959, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Industrial Union Council: Certificate of Affiliation, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Industrial Union Council: Charter, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Retail Grocery Clerks of Essex, Hudson, Union, Bergen, and Passaic Counties of New Jersey: Local 1245: Charter, 1937, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Screen Actors Guild: Charter (copy), 1935, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State, County and Municipal Workers of America: Charter, 1944, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No. 22679: Charter, 1941, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America: Charter, 1888, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

United Hebrew Trades of the State of New York: Charter (2 items), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Young People's Socialist League: Charter, 1935, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Young People's Socialist League: Charter, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Thomas E. Dewey certificate re Senate Bill Intro. No. 578, 1944

Box: Shared Tamiment 017, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Flat-Files, 1921-1929, inclusive

Associated Actors and Artistes of America: Charter (blank), undated

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Commercial Telegraphers Union of North America: Certificate of Affiliation, 1929, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

German Actors Association: Charter, 1929, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

German White Rats Actors Union: (?) Branch: Charter, 1921, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Central Labor Council: Charter, 1959, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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