Series II: Slides, circa 1915-1986, inclusive; 1970-1985, bulk
Extent
Scope and Content Note
Series II: Slides contains slides, mostly color, primarly from the 1970s through early 1980s. These slides include images of conventions, union members at work, job training, portraits, and training instructions.
CWA Conventions and Assorted Images, circa 1969-1986, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Five linear feet, consisting almost entirely of color slides (estimated total 8,500) stored in 424 slide pages, in five record boxes; a small number are unmounted. Most of the images in the first four boxes were shot at CWA conventions (the conventions of 1969,1973-1978,1979, 1981,1983;1984-1986). The slide pages in the first four boxes are numbered from 28 through 416. The fifth box contains various color slides and a small number of black and white negatives. Subject matter consists of miscellaneous CWA images (including job training, legislative hearings, conventions, and etc.) spanning from the 1970s through the mid-1980s. All but 54 of the slide pages are dated.
CWA: Watts + Knecht, circa 1915-1985, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Approximately 675 slides (mostly color) from 9 slide carousels labelled "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 1A; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 1B; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 1C; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 2A; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 2B; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 2C; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 3A; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 3B; 9 projectors." "CWA: Watts + Knecht; 3C; 9 projectors." Miscellaneous images ranging from portraits, to "people at work", to planets and stars in space. Dates range considerably from around the early 20th century to mid-1980s.
Processing Information
Slides have been removed from carousels and placed in slide holders where the images are right-side-up and the numbers upside-down.
Miscellaneous Slides, circa 1980, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Approximately 130 color slides from around 1980. They are stored in five slide containers. The images in the first four containers, consist of miscellaneous CWA images (including job training, interviews, repairs, and etc.). The fifth container contains color slides of training/retraining instructions. Also indluced are approximately 228 color 35mm slides from Communication Workers of America conventions of 1974, 1975, and 1977.
