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Guide to the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7, Tile Marble & Terrazzo Records WAG.185

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7, Tile Marble & Terrazzo Records

Call Number

WAG.185

Date

circa 1945-1999, inclusive

Creator

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. Local 7 (New York and New Jersey)
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. Local 7 (New York and New Jersey) (Role: Donor)

Extent

9.25 Linear Feet in 9 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, and 1 shared box.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

Local 7 of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen was formed on November 1, 1994 by the merger of seven individual unions from New Jersey and the greater New York City metropolitan area. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, contracts, financial records, election results, photographs, and ephemera.

Historical Note

Local 7 of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen was formed on November 1, 1994 by the merger of seven individual unions including the Tile Setters Union of NY & NJ (formally Local 52), the Tile Finishers of NY (formally Local 88), Tile Finishers of NJ (formally Local 77), Marble Carvers, Cutters, & Setters Union of NY & NJ (formally Local 4), Marble Finishers Union of NY (formally Local 20), Marble Polishers & Restoration Finishers of NY (formally Local 24), Terrazzo, Mosaic, & Decorative Chemical Product Finishers (formally Local 3). The union's geographic jurisdiction encompasses all of state of New Jersey, all Boroughs of Greater New York City, all of Long Island, and the counties of Westchester, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam, and Orange.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged into two series, Series I. Records and Series II. Photographs and Ephemera. Materials in Series I: Records are arranged in original order. Materials in Series II: Photographs and Ephemera are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7, Tile Marble & Terrazzo Records (dated circa 1945-1999) contain the organizational records and photographs of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7. Materials in this collection relate to several local unions that eventually incorporated to from Local 7 in 1994. The bulk of the records relate to the Tile Finishers of New York (formerly Local 88 of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen). These materials include election records, executive board minutes, correspondence, receipt books, and membership application forms. Materials related to other locals include contracts and bylaws from Local 24, and membership cards from Local 10. Graphic materials in this collection include black and white photographs and portraits of union officials and politicians. They also include one ULLICO (the Union Labor Life Insurance Company) ruler and five different brochures, pamphlets, and flyers.

Subjects

Organizations

Genres

Topics

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, Local 7, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date; International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7, Tile Marble & Terrazzo Papers; WAG 185; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu at least two business days prior to research visit.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, Local 7, in 1998 and 2002. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 1950.052, 2000.019, and 2000.020.

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.

Collection processed by

Hillel Arnold.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:34:27 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: English

Processing Information

Series I: Records is unprocessed. Photographs were separated from this collection during initial processing and were established as a separate collection, the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7, Tile Marble & Terrazzo Photographs (PHOTOS 104). In 2013, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7, Tile Marble & Terrazzo Collection and established as Series II: Photographs and Ephemera.

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Series I: Records, 1946-1989, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Series I: Records contains the organizational records of International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local 7, Tile Marble & Terrazzo. The series includes minutes, correspondence, contracts, financial records, election results, photographs, and ephemera. A large portion of these records are from the Tile Finishers of New York (formerly Local 88 of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen).

Local 88: Minutes, 1946-1970, inclusive

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Correspondence, 1955-1970, inclusive

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 24: Contracts, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Minutes, 1968, inclusive

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Receipt Books, 1946-1966, inclusive

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Correspondence, 1955-1962, inclusive

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Correspondence and Contracts, 1946-1980, inclusive

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Contract Changes, 1957, inclusive

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Financial Records and Minutes, 1948, inclusive

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Correspondence with International Union, 1961-1987, inclusive

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

Local 88: Correspondence, 1969-1985, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Election Results, 1950-1989, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Executive Board Election, 1987, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 10: Membership Cards, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Apprentice Files, 1986-1988, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local 88: Executive Board Minutes, 1946-1981, inclusive

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Photographs and Ephemera, circa 1945-1999, inclusive

Scope and Content Note

Series II: Photographs and Ephemera includes black and white photographs including portraits of union officials and politicians. Also includes one ULLICO (the Union Labor Life Insurance Company) ruler and five different brochures (pamphlets/flyers) from B.A.C. Local 7.

Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Publications, 1999, undated, inclusive

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

Brooklyn Board of Business Agents A.F. of L. Annual Luncheon, Feb 1950, inclusive

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

Brooklyn Board of Business Agents A.F. of L. Annual Luncheon, Feb 1951, inclusive

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

Group Portrait, circa 1945-1965, inclusive

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

Group Portraits, 1947, undated

Box: Shared Tamiment OS002 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Important Information Regarding your Membership with the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, 1998, inclusive

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

International Masonry Institute: If You Can Imagine It, We Can Bring It to Life, 1998, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

John Powers, President of Local 4, with Ronald Reagan, 1982, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Malcom Cohen Bust, 1999, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marble Carvers, Cutters, and Setters Union Local 4, circa 1945-1960, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pictures for Labor Day City Hall Local Archives, circa 1940-1960, inclusive

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

Union Labor Life Insurance Company Ruler, undated

Box: 10, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Scope and Content Note

Founded in 1865, the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers represents craftworkers in the trowel trades across the United States and Canada including bricklayers, stone and marble masons, cement masons, plasterers, tilesetters, terrazzo and mosaic workers, and pointers/cleaners/caulkers. The website contains contracts, training and organizing programs, benefit programs, and event listings.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.

Externally hosted content

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers. Local 7 (New York and New Jersey)
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/http://www.baclocal7.org
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012
https://library.nyu.edu/locations/special-collections-center/