Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Photographs

Call Number

PHOTOS.098

Dates

1888-1980, inclusive

; 1935-1975, bulk

Creator

Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (Hotel, Restaurant and Club Employees Union) (New York, N.Y.) (Role: Donor)

Ward, Peter (Role: Donor)

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet in 3 record cartons, 1 oversize flat box, and 3 folders in an oversize shared box.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE), Local 6 (now affiliated with the international union UNITE/HERE) represents housekeeping staff, waiters, bartenders and other categories of service employees in hotels, private clubs and restaurants in the New York City area. The local grew substantially as a result of a major organizing drive in the mid-1930s, under Local president Michael J. Obermeier. Significant gains came in 1938, with the signing of the first city-wide contract for hotel employees in many crafts and unions. The majority of this collection is comprised of photographs documenting the activities of HERE, Local 6. Topics include organizing campaigns and strikes, special events, workers and work sites and portraits of Local 6 leaders and members. Also included in this collection are over one hundred and fifty negatives (4 x 5 inches) which document Local 6 events between 1945 and 1950. Finally, there are three films from 1963 and a small number of artifacts, including a "Miss Union Maid" doll.

Historical/Biographical Note

Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 (now affiliated with the international union UNITE/HERE) represents housekeeping staff, waiters, bartenders and other categories of service employees in hotels, private clubs and restaurants in the New York City area. The local grew substantially as a result of a major organizing drive in the mid-1930s, under Local president Michael J. Obermeier, and absorbed a number of smaller locals of hotel employees over the years. Significant gains came in 1938, with the signing of the first city-wide contract for hotel employees in many crafts and unions; the contract was negotiated by the newly formed umbrella group of hotel unions, the New York City Hotel Trades Council (HTC), headed by Jay Rubin. The HTC has continued to negotiate with the united employers (organized in the New York Hotel Association) on behalf of many categories of hotel employees. The Local is ethnically diverse, and has always included a high proportion of Latino workers.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into four series. Series I, II and IV are arranged alphabetically, Series III is arranged chronologically.

Series I: General Files, 1888-1966

Series II: Editor's Files (Mildred Grossman), 1912-1980

Series III: Negatives, 1945-1950

Series IV: Other Materials, 1963-1977

Scope and Content Note

The majority of this collection is comprised of photographs documenting the activities of HERE, Local 6. Topics include organizing campaigns and strikes, special events, workers and work sites and portraits of Local 6 leaders and members. Many of the photographs were taken by prominent labor photographer Mildred Grossman, who worked as a staff photographer for the New York Hotel Trades Council beginning in 1955. Also included in this collection are over one hundred and fifty negatives (4 x 5 inches) which document Local 6 events between 1945 and 1950. The negatives are accompanied by detailed caption and date information. Finally, there are three films from 1963 and a small number of artifacts, including a "Miss Union Maid" doll.

Subjects

Topics

Donors

Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (Hotel, Restaurant and Club Employees Union) (New York, N.Y.); Ward, Peter

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are opn without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by HERE, Local 6 were transferred to New York University in 1997 by Peter Ward. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Photographs; PHOTOS 098; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 in 1997, under an agreement with Peter Ward, President of the Council. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 1950.196, NPA.2002.060, NPA.2002.016, NPA.2002.060, NPA.2003.049, and NPA.2005.230.

Related Archival Materials

Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Records (WAG 148)

New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Records (WAG 123)

New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Photographs (PHOTOS 097)

Collection processed by

Maggie Schreiner

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:38:40 -0400.

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Language: Finding aid is written in English

Processing Information

Photographs were separated from Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Records (WAG 148) during processing were established as the separate collection, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Photographs (PHOTOS 098).

Materials were rehoused in acid-free folders with original titles retained. In some cases folders were supplied by the archivist, these titles are indicated with square brackets.

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Series I: General Files, 1888-1966, inclusive

Betty Bentz (I), undated

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

Betty Bentz (II), undated

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

Betty Bentz and Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962, inclusive

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

[Business Cards], undated

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

Buttons and Emblems, undated

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

Certificates (Oversize), 1888, 1966

Box: Shared Tamiment OS009, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Clippings], undated

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

Clubs, undated

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

Constitutions and By-Laws, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Contact Sheets], undated

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Deframed Photographs], undated

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hoh, Joseph: Campaign, 1945-1946, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hotel Algonquin: Organizing, 1939, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Hotel Fact Sheet], undated

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Hotel Press Releases], 1964-1965, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Graphics] (Oversize), undated

Box: Shared Tamiment OS009, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Membership Party Faction, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Mounted Photographs], 1938, 1950

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Neighborhood Services Council (Baseball), 1968, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Portraits], undated

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Portraits] (Oversize I), 1941-1953, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment OS009, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Portraits] (Oversize II), undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Souvenir Photographs, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified Meeting, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Unidentified Negatives], undated

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Editor's Files (Mildred Grossman), 1912-1980, inclusive

Automat Strike, 1936, inclusive

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

Bar, undated

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

Carpenters, undated

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

Dining Room, undated

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

Elections, undated

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

Electricians, undated

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

Employment Office, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Front Service, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gov. Clinton (Strike), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Health Center, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hilton Rye (Tarrytown Strike), Jun 1980, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

History (Original Prints), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Hotel Trades Council Event], undated

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Hotel Trades Council Event] (I), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Hotel Trades Council Event] (II), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Hotel Trades Council Event] (III), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Hotel Trades Council Event] (IV), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hotel Workers, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Housekeeping, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Illustrations, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Insurance and Hospitality, 1945

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kitchen, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Labor History, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Lane, Gertrude: Funeral], undated

Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lexington Strike, 1936, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 6 History, 1941-1948, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Maintenance, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

McAlpin Picket, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous (I), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous (II), 1937, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous (III), 1938, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous (IV), 1940, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mistakes, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Mounted Photographs], undated

Box: 2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Negatives, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parties, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Post 1939 (1), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Post 1939 (II), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rubin, Jay, 1937, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Signing Photos, 1939-1945; undated

Box: 2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Sol Abramson], undated

Box: 2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Strikers], 1912, 1913, 1918

Box: 2, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strikers, 1913

Box: 2, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strikers, 1929, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strikers, 1934, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Telephone [Operator], undated

Box: 2, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Then and Now (I), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Then and Now (II), undated

Box: 2, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Union Activity, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Waldorf Strike, 1934, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo Lists, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III: Negatives, 1945-1950, inclusive

Waldorf Mechanics, Meetings, Mar 9, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hotel and Insurance Meeting, Mar 19, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 1, Payment of Insurance Checks to Widows, Apr 2, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

HTC Waldorf Workers Meeting, Jun 18, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Waldorf Election, Jul 27, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Walfdorf Election - Toasting, Jul 27, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Obermeier-Lopez, Lane and Waldorf Commission, Aug 7, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasury Award for Bond Sale, Sep 7, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bill Randolf, Leaflet Distribution, Oct 19, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lexington Election Victory Group, Oct 2, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Waldorf Election Vote Counting, Dec 18, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Victory Celebration of Waldorf Workers, Dec 18, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

HTC Signing Contract with Hotel Association, Dec 19, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Osato and Pickets in Front of Spanish Consulate, Mar 2, 1946, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

HTC Donating Truckload of Food to Westinghouse Strikers in Bloomfield and Elizabeth, NJ Locals, Mar 18, 1946, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Signing Waldord Contract Commissioner Mullrooney's Office, Mar 27, 1946, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)