International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 580 Records

Call Number

WAG.214

Date

1907,1938-1996, inclusive

Creator

International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 580 (New York, N.Y.)

Lusardi, Dennis (Role: Donor)

International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 580 (New York, N.Y.) (Role: Donor)

Extent

47 Linear Feet

in 47 record cartons and 3 folders.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

The International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 580 (Ornamental and Architectural Iron Workers) was chartered in 1938, evidently as a result of the restructuring of an older local, Local 447; its members traditionally did non-structural iron work, for example, construction of stairs, trap doors, metal walls, fire escapes, metal cabinets and furniture and ornamental details. The New York iron workers' organization claimed to be the oldest in the trade, and was at one time affiliated with the Knights of Labor; its members worked on the Statue of Liberty and many other historic projects. Originally dominated by German, Jewish and Irish craftsmen, the local's membership became more diverse by the 1980s, as a result of court orders regarding affirmative action. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, subject files, reports, membership applications and withdrawals and court documents relating to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission findings and directives, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts.

Historical/Biographical Note

Arrangement

This collection has not been processed by an archivist.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, financial records, subject files, reports, membership applications and withdrawals and court documents relating to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission findings and directives, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts.

Subjects

Organizations

International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 580 (New York, N.Y.) (Role: Donor); International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 580 (New York, N.Y.); International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers; United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Genres

Financial records; Reports.; Black-and-white negatives.; Black-and-white photographs.; Correspondence.; Artifacts (object genre); Printed ephemera.; Photographs.

People

Lusardi, Dennis (Role: Donor)

Topics

Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- United States.

Donors

International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 580 (New York, N.Y.); Lusardi, Dennis

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 Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, local 580 were transferred to New York University in 2001 by Dennis Lusardi. 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 Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 580 Records; WAG 214; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Dennis Lusardi, on behalf of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, local 580, in 2001. The accession number associated with this gift is 2001.200.

Collection processed by

Daniel Michelson and Gail Malmgreen, 2010

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:35:30 -0400.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: English

Processing Information

Photographs, ephemera, and artifacts from this collection were established as a separate collection, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 580 Photographs (PHOTOS 133). In December 2013 these materials were reincorporated into the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 580 Records (WAG 214).

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Correspondence, reports, and financial records of the organization. Mostly subject files organized alphabetically from Allied Building Metal Industries to Weekly Payroll Reports., 1942-1947, inclusive

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contracts, publications, minutes, and other organizational records, 1938-1989, inclusive

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject files arranged alphabetically from Agreement-Independent Employers to Waivers. Also included is correspondence, reports, publications, financial records, and other organizational records, 1981-1985, inclusive

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, reports, and other organizational records., 1944-1986, inclusive

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, legal records, and other organizational records, 1947-1996, inclusive

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, reports, financial records, and other organizational records, 1982-1996, inclusive

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, financial records, election records, and other organizational records, 1972-1983, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, financial records, and other organizational records, 1971-1980, inclusive

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, reports, court documents, and other organizational records, 1978-1988, inclusive

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, court documents, and other organizational records related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al., 1987-1991, inclusive

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al., 1990-1991, inclusive

Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al.; financial and other organizational records, 1942-1990, inclusive

Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, financial records, and other organizational records, 1944-1946, inclusive

Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, reports, and other organizational records, 1941-1969, inclusive

Box: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, minutes, and other organizational records, 1941-1942, inclusive

Box: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manuals and other guides, 1989-1991, inclusive

Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject files arranged alphabetically from Accident Reports to New York City Central Labor Council. Also includes material on the Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject files arranged alphabetically from New York State Building and Construction to OSHA. Also includes correspondence, records, and court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al., 1979-1991, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, records, and court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Local 580, et al., 1978-1989, inclusive

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, reports, records, and court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Local 580, et al., 1970-1989, inclusive

Box: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Local 580, et al. Also includes contracts, 1981-1990, inclusive

Box: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Local 580, et al. Also includes contracts, 1969-1992, inclusive

Box: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Groups of subject files: One arranged alphabetically from Adding Machine Service Co. to General Correspondence, the second from Agreement with International to Withdrawal members. Also includes financial records, 1969-1976, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stewards weekly reports, 1978-1984, inclusive

Box: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

EEOC Employee Summary, 1994, inclusive

Box: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Court documents related to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Local 580, et al., 1988-1990, inclusive

Box: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, financial records, contract negotiations, and other organizational files, 1968-1972, inclusive

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, publications, reports, and other organizational records primarily relating to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al., 1976-1984, inclusive

Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and other organizational records. Also includes a t-shirt from union election, 1971-1978, inclusive

Box: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Membership applications, financial records and other organizational records, 1975-1981, inclusive

Box: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Daily sign in sheets, membership applications, and stewards weekly reports, 1979-1985, inclusive

Box: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Daily sign in sheets, correspondence, reports, publications, and other organizational records, 1976-1986, inclusive

Box: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contracts, pamphlets, reports, and other organizational records, 1970-1984, inclusive

Box: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Groups of subject files: One is arranged alphabetically from Allied Agreement to Underwood Corporation, the other from Auditor's Report to Withdrawal Cards Deposited. Also included are t-shirts, pamphlets, and stamps, 1967-1981, inclusive

Box: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Military records and contracts, 1940-1967, inclusive

Box: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Groups of subject files: One is arranged alphabetically from Agreement-Independent Employers to Misc. Government Forms, the other from Book Orders to Pension Members. Also included are correspondence, contracts, and other organizational records, 1965-1983, inclusive

Box: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, financial records, and other organizational records, 1967-1969, inclusive

Box: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Groups of subject files: One is arranged alphabetically from Decisions on Metal Cabinets to Wage Increase, the other from Independent Agreement to Withdrawal Members. Also included are correspondence and other organizational records, 1955-1965, inclusive

Box: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, publications, and other organizational records primarily relating to the scholarship fund, 1955-1975, inclusive

Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Groups of subject files: One is arranged alphabetically from Apprentice to Withdrawal Members, the other from Bldg. & Const. Trades Council to Withholding Tax Exemption Certificates.

Box: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, financial records, and other organizational records relating to the scholarship fund, 1971-1981, inclusive

Box: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and other organizational records relating to the scholarship fund. Also includes three volumes of defense exhibits from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al., 1970-1984, inclusive

Box: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Forms and court documents related to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al., 1970-1984, inclusive

Box: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Forms and correspondence related to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Local 580, et al. Also includes some meeting minutes., 1969-1972, inclusive

Box: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject files arranged alphabetically from Change of Members' Name to Withdrawal Cards Deposited. Also includes correspondence and organizational files, 1972-1982, inclusive; 1972, bulk

Box: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, financial records, minutes, and other organizational records, 1967-1972, inclusive

Box: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject files arranged alphabetically from Executive Board Correspondence to Workers Defense League, 1971, inclusive

Box: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs: Black and White Prints of the Construction of the Singer Sewing Machine Building at Broadway and Liberty Street, New York CIty, circa 1907, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment A005, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

These prints are reproductions from a book, newspaper, or other printed material that was probably published not long after the completion of construction of the Singer Sewing Machine Building (1908).

Photographs: Copy Negatives of Prints of the Construction of the Singer Sewing Machine Building at Broadway and Liberty Street, New York CIty, circa 1907, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment A005, Folder: 2 (Material Type: negatives)

Scope and Content Note

These copy negatives were shot from a book, newspaper, or other printed material that was probably published not long after completion of construction of the Singer Sewing Machine Building (1908). All or most of the photographic prints located in Folder 1 in Box A005 of the records of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 580 (WAG 214) were printed from this group of negatives.

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Ephemera and Artifacts: Stickers and Pins with Local 580 Logo or Logos and Slogans of Other Labor Unions, circa 1980s-1996, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment A005, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)