Series III: International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9, 1967-1995, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series contains records relating to the long history of corruption and mob control of the International Brotherhood of Painters, District Council 9 in New York City. Repeated efforts to clean up the union have met with failure. The records include correspondence, transcripts of wire taps; indictments; briefs and trial transcripts, along with additional material from active union members related to the internal life of the union (elections; opposition newspapers, flyers, etc.). Press clippings detail the history of mob control and racketeering. Records related to Lou Moscatiello, Bronx mobster, are also included in this series.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Benson, Herman: "Insurgency and Reform in the Painters, 1960-1987" (manuscript), undated
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings and Press, 1967-1995, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1972-1991, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1992-1995, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drywall Tapers v. Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons, Local 530, 1974, 1982, 1990, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Election Materials, 1988-1995, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Government Memos on Corruption in District Council 9, 1987-1990, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Government Surveillance, undated, 1984-1987, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Government Surveillance: Affidavits in Support of Continuation, undated, 1989, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Government Surveillance: Progress Reports, undated, 1989-1990, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Government Surveillance: Wire Tap Transcripts, undated, 1990, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Legal Briefs and Indictments: California Painters, 1991-1993, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Legal Briefs and Indictments: District Council 9, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York State v. Moscatiello, Lou (I), 1995, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York State v. Moscatiello, Lou (II), 1995, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Racketeering, 1990, 1995, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Union Publications, 1978, 1991, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
