Series XII: California Painters, 1961-1977, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content Note

Includes documentation on Dow Wilson's leadership in Painters Local 4, the strike he conducted, the campaign against him, and the murders and subsequent resolutions in tribute to him. The series also includes correspondence between Schonfeld and Wilson, documenting their mutual attempts to interest the leadership of the Painters Union and the AFL-CIO in a clean-up campaign.

San Francisco: Local 4 (Correspondence; Dow Wilson / F. Schonfeld, 1965-1972, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Frank Schonfeld: Notes / CA, undated, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 4: Letters to the Membership, 1966, 1977, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grievances; Complaints" CA, 1963-1966, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Strike: Local 4 (Notes), 1965 June-1965 October, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Contractors: Strike, Local 4 (NLRB, etc.), 1965, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, Local 4 Strike, 1965, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minutes: Painters, CA, 1961-1967, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

DC 8, Northern CA: Charges Against Dow Wilson, 1965 March-1965 November, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters in Support of Dow Wilson, 1965, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resolutions: Dow Wilson, 1966, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York: Resolutions, Correspondence, in re Dow Wilson's Murder, 1966, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Dow Wilson, undated, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Union Painters Bulletin (San Francisco), 1974 July 30, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

By-Laws; Resolutions: CA Painters, undated, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Collective Bargaining Agreements: CA, 1962-1970, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)