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International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 Records

Call Number

WAG.150

Dates

1932-2000, inclusive
; 1972-1988, bulk

Creator

International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Painters District Council 9 of New York City
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Painters District Council 9 of New York City (Role: Donor)
Vagelatos, Sandy (Role: Donor)

Extent

5 Linear Feet
in 5 record cartons.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 is an organization of painters, decorators, wall coverers, drywall finishers, sign painters, metal polishers, bridge and structural steel painters, civil service painters, lead abatement workers, glaziers and architectural metal glassworkers, paint makers, and allied tradesmen. The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 Records consist of bound minute books, agreements with other trade unions, and legal documents relating to Frank Arnold, James Bishop, Frank Schonfeld, and others. The collection also includes correspondence, election materials, photographs, trusteeship records, and Executive Trial Board records of Frank Schonfeld's trial in 1972. Material in the collection dates from 1932 to 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from 1972 to 1988.

Historical Note

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades was founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1887 as the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America. The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 (IUPAT DC 9) of New York was granted a charter by the national union in December 1900. IUPAT DC 9 is an organization of painters, decorators, wall coverers, drywall finishers, sign painters, metal polishers, bridge and structural steel painters, civil service painters, lead abatement workers, glaziers and architectural metal glassworkers, paint makers, and allied tradesmen. The majority of the members work in the construction industry.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically in Series I and alphabetically in Series II and III.

The files are grouped into three series:

Series I: Minutes, 1968-1990

Series II: General Files, 1932-2000

Series III: Photographs, 1939-1991

Scope and Content Note

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 Records consist of bound minute books, agreements with other trade unions, and legal documents relating to Frank Arnold, James Bishop, Frank Schonfeld, and others. The collection also includes correspondence, election materials, photographs, trusteeship records, and Executive Trial Board records of Frank Schonfeld's trial in 1972. Material in the collection dates from 1932 to 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from 1972 to 1988.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 were transferred to New York University in 2001 by Sandy Vagelatos. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu, (212) 998-2630.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 Records; WAG 150; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Sandy Vagelatos (Business Manager and Secretary-Treasurer of the Council) on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 in 2001. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 2001.088, 2001.146, and NPA 2001.088.

The accession number 2018.029 is also associated with this collection.

Custodial History

The archived website was migrated from the California Digital Library's Web Archiving Service to the Internet Archive's Archive-It Service in November 2015. The link to California Digital Library was removed in October 2017.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu, (212) 998-2630 with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Related Material at the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9 Records (WAG 150)

International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 9: Trusteeship Records (WAG 149)

International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 490 Records (WAG 042)

International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 490 Photographs (PHOTOS 150)

International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 874 Records (WAG 152)

Frank Schonfeld Photographs (PHOTOS 144)

Daniel French Papers (WAG 101)

Frank Schonfeld Papers (WAG 027)

Sam Winn Papers (WAG 203)

Collection processed by

Sarah Graff, 2006 and Hillel Arnold, 2008.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-06 14:07:31 -0500.
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Language: Finding aid is written in English

Processing Information

Photographs separated from this collection during processing were established as a separate collection, the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District 9 Photographs (PHOTOS 131). In 2013, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, District 9 Records (WAG 150).

In 2014, the archived website was added as series IV.

Revisions to this Guide

May 2021: Edited by Megan O’Shea to revise laudatory language in the Abstract, Biographical Note, and Scope and Contents Note

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from IBPAT DC.doc

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Series I: Minutes, 1968-1990, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Minutes, 1968-1972, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1977-1978, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1979, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1980, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1981, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1982, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1983, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1984, inclusive

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

Minutes (I), 1987, inclusive

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

Minutes (II), 1987, inclusive

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

Minutes (I), 1988, inclusive

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

Minutes (II), 1988, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1989, inclusive

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

Minutes, 1990, inclusive

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

Minutes: Trustees Meeting Re: Pension, 1974-1981, inclusive

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

Minutes: Trustees Meeting Re: Pension, 1987, inclusive

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

Series II: General Files, 1932-2000, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Agreement: Astor, Vincent (Newsweek Building) and DC 9, 1947, inclusive

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

Agreement: Carnegie Hall and Maintenance Division, Building and Construction Trades Council, 1946, inclusive

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

Agreement: Garfinkel, Sam and Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, 1932, inclusive

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

Agreement: Local Union of Connecticut State Conference of Painters Affiliates of IBPAT and "Employer", 1972, inclusive

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

Agreement: Trade Agreements, IBPAT with other unions, 1965-1968 , 1987-1996, inclusive

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

Agreement and Correspondence: Painting Industry Pension Fund of New York and IBPAT National Pension Fund Merger, 1978, inclusive

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

Anniversary Dinner, 100th: Program and Invitations, 2000, inclusive

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

Arnold, Frank F. v. DC 9 and IBPAT: Appellant's Appendix, 1978, inclusive

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

Arnold, Frank F. v. DC 9 and IBPAT: Briefs, 1978, inclusive

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

Bishop, James: Testimony, Undated, inclusive

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

Board of Arbitration: IBPAT v. Hubbard Painting and Decorating, 1973, inclusive

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

Board of Arbitration: Plasterers Local 60 v. DC 9, 1982, inclusive

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

Board of Arbitration: Pointers, Caulkers and Cleaners Local Union 66 v. DC 9, 1986, inclusive

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

Board of Arbitration: United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local Union 8 v. DC 9, 1986, inclusive

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

By-Laws, 1978, inclusive

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

Calendars, 1998-1999, inclusive

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

Clippings, Undated, inclusive

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

Clippings: Re: Jack "Legs" Diamond, Jacob Wellner, 1934, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Scrapbook, 1934, inclusive

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

Convention, 25th General: Fifth Day Session, 1984, inclusive

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

Correspondence, 1946-1947, inclusive

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

Correspondence, 1953 , 1957, inclusive

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

Correspondence, 1978-1980, inclusive

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

Correspondence, 1990, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Re: Astor, Vincent (Newsweek Building), 1945-1946, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Re: Charles F. Noyes Co. Inc., 1948-1948, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Re: Dispute over spray application of simulated acoustical material on ceilings, 1982, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Re: Eastern Offices, Inc., 1951, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Re: Gimbel Brothers, 1937 , 1940 , 1942-1945, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Raftery, S. Frank, 1972-1973 , 1983, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Wolford, James, 1971-1973 , 1982, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Draft Resolutions, Undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues Books: Hollander, Harry, 1939-1968, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues Books: Smolar, Julius, 1933-1963, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election Materials: Bishop, James and Schonfeld, Frank, 1972 , 1976 , 1979, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election Materials: Flyers: English-Yiddish, 1939-1946, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election Materials: Flyers and Ballots, Undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election Materials: Flyers and Clippings: English-Italian, 1947-1948, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election Materials: Flyers and Correspondence, 1973-1979, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election Materials: "Painters Free Press", 1972 , 1979, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election Materials: Sample Ballots, 1936-1976, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment 007, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: DC 8 et al. v. General Vice President Michael E. Monroe, 1988, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (I), 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (II), 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (III), 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (IV), 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (V), 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (VI), 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (VII), 1972, inclusive

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

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial (VIII), 1972, inclusive

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

Executive Trial Board: Schonfeld Trial: General, 1972, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Trial Board: Suggestions for Proper Conduct of Trials, 1973, inclusive

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

Health and Safety Guides, 1993 , 1996, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

IBPAT et al. v. DC 9 et al.: Findings, 1976, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

IBPAT et al. v. DC 9 et al.: Notice of Cross Motion and Affidavit of James Bishop; Paint Pot (newsletter, with report on Bishop Reinstatement), 1978, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Joint Trade Board: Decision Records, 1990-1992, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Joint Trade Board: Hearing Re: Norvic Painting Company, 1973, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local Union 490: Commemorative Programs, 1965, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local Union 490: Re: Paperhangers Strike, 1979, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local Union 806: Collective Bargaining Agreement with Steel Painters Contractors Association, 1968-1971, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local Union 806: Correspondence, 1968-1973, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local Union 1456: Minutes, 1944-1949, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mercury Paint Company v. Keystone Painting Company et al.: Correspondence, 1978, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Transportation Administration: Rules and Regulations for Employees, Undated, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NY Painter, clippings, broadsides, 1934-1970, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment 007, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pension Fund: Annual Report, 1971, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pension Fund: International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Report, 1979, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Prevailing Wage Law: Barbaro-Brodsky Report, 1991, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Prevailing Wage Law: Violation Complaint Form, Undated, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Programs: Testimonial Dinners: Levy, Murray and Wellner, Jacob, 1939 , 1942, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Robbins, Harold, Morris Berger, Max Zasher and Frank Schonfeld v. James Bishop and Thomas Noschese, 1982, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosen, Max (aka Frank Robbins): Clipping, Oral History Transcript, Trial Board, Copies of Photographs, Undated , 1961 , 1979, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 22a (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Schonfeld, Frank and Al Herman v. DC 9 et al.: Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1979, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Silverman, Daniel v. DC 9: National Labor Relations Board Complaint, Fine Art Decorating, 1987, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of New York v. DC 9: Corruption: Miscellaneous Documents, 1990, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trusteeship Records: United States Department of Labor Report, 1977, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trusteeship Records: Re: Woodfinishers Dispute with Carpenters, 1977, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trusteeship Records: Hearing (I), 1977, inclusive

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

Trusteeship Records: Hearing (II), 1977, inclusive

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

Trusteeship Records: Hearing (III), 1977, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trusteeship Records: Hearing (IV), 1977, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trusteeship Records: Hearing (V), 1977, inclusive

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

Trusteeship Records: Hearing (VI), 1977, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trusteeship Records: Hearing Re: Local Union 655, 1982, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trusteeship Records: Post-Hearing Memorandum on Behalf of DC 9, 1977, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Work-for-Victory Day, 1943, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III: Photographs, 1939-1991, inclusive

Labor Day, undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Labor Day and Pickets, circa 1991, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Portraits, 1939-1990s, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Repainting Prometheus (Rockefeller Center), 1974, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Work Sites, undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

22nd convention, 1969

Box: Shared Tamiment 069, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series IV: Archived Website, May 3, 2009-ongoing

Scope and Content Note

The District Council 9 New York is local branch of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, chartered in 1900. District Council 9 is an organization of painters, decorators, wall covers, drywall finishers, sign painters, metal polishers, bridge & structural steel painters, civil service painters, lead abatement workers, glaziers & architectural metal glassworkers, paint makers, paint makers and allied trades. The website contains information on their apprencticeship programs, news, and event listings.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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