PULLMAN HISTORY SITE

Images in the collection -- Subject Labor History, other

1949 Contract Local Union No.3281 U.S.A.-C.I.O.

Contract for the G.&W. Electric Specialty Company Local Union No. 3281 workers. dated 1949

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

1956-1959 Contract Local Union No. 3281 U.S.A.-C.I.O.

Contract for G & W. Electric Specialty Company Local Union No. 3281 workers. Dated 1956-1959.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

1959-1962 Contract Local Union NO. 3281 A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Contract for G & W Electric Specialty Company, Local Union No. 3281 of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. workers. Dated 1959-1962

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

1962-1965 Contract Local Union No.3281 A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Contract for G.& W. Electric Specialty Company, Local Union No. 3281. Dated 1962-1965.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

1965-1968 Agreement Allis-Chalmers and Local Union 1091

Agreement between Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Harvey Plant and Local Union 1091, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

1965-1968 Local Union No.3281 A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Received as part of a collection from Janice Helge, from the estate of Mrs. Grace Anthony, c/o Mr. Al Cabaj.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

1968-1971 Contract Local Union No. 3281 A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Contract for G & W. Electric Specialty Company Local Union No. 3281 workers. Dated 1968-1971.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Agreement between G & W Electric Specialty Company and United Steelworkers of American Local Union No. 3281

Agreement for workers of Local Union No. 3281 at G & W. Electric Specialty Company in Blue Island, IL. Dated April 1, 1975 to April 1, 1978

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Agreement between G & W Specialty Company and United Steelworkers of America Local Union No. 3281

Agreement for workers of Local Union 3281 at the G & W. Specialty Company in Blue Island, IL. Dated January 31, 1972 to April 1, 1975.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

At epicenter of labor, black history

Article - "Pullman's name tied to cause of racial, social justice"...describing life and labor in the Pullman factory town under George Pullman.

Subject: Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman,_George; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

By-Laws for 3281 Local Union

Booklet from the United Steelworkers of America (International Union). Undated.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

By-Laws for Local Unions

Union policies for United Steelworkers of America (International Union), dated May 18, 1961.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

By-Laws Local Union 3281 United Steel Workers of American A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Booklet of By-Laws for Local Union 3281 in Blue Island, Illinois.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

By-Laws of the Illinois Steelworkers Political Education Committee

Booklet stating the objectives and goals of the Illinois Steelworkers Political Education Committee.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Changing Society - The Lives of Worker Heroes Who Made a Difference

Soft Cover, 90 pages, essays on John Altgeld, Eugene Debs, Mother Jones, Frances Perkins, Walter Reuther, A. Philip Randolph, Regina Polk, and Delores Huerta.

Subject: Pullman_Labor_History; Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Chicago Federation of Labor Labor Day Event

CFL Invitation Letter, Bike Parade, and Picnic forms for Labor Day Event 1994 for Pullman residents.

Subject: ; Labor_History,_other; Organizations_--_Historic_Pullman_Foundation; Organizations_--_Pullman_Civic_Organization; Pullman_Labor_History; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Chicago from the Air

Aerial photographs highlighting Chicago geography, history, and landmarks.

Subject: Chicago_History; Architecture; Aerial_Views; Historic_Reference; Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Chicago Heritage Festival

Press release for the Chicago Heritage Festival presented by the Illinois State Historical Society and the Association of Illinois Museums and Historical Societies, commemorating the centennial of the 1894 strike in Pullman.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Organizations_--_Historic_Pullman_Foundation; Pullman_Labor_History; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Constitution of International Union

A manual of the Union, including the Trial, Discipline and Expulsion of members. Adopted at Atlantic City, N.J. September 18, 1958.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Contract for Local Union No. 3281 U.S.A.-C.I.O.

Booklet from G. W. Electric Specialty Company in Chicago. Contract for 1952-1953.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Federal Funds To Help Complete Restoration

Article from the Calumet Index, March 3, 1971 describing restoration efforts in Pullman.

Subject: Architecture; Chicago_History; Factory_Site; General/Misc.; Greenstone_Church; Historic_Reference; Labor_History,_other; Market_Hall; Organizations_--_Pullman_Civic_Organization; Preservation/_Architecture_(General); Pullman_(General); Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Illinois Credit Union By-Laws

By-Laws for the G2W Employees Credit Union at 3500 W. 127th St. in Blue Island.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Illinois History Volume 18, Number 8, May 1965

Issue on Labor in Illinois, includes article "Famous Pullman Strike".

Subject: ; Labor_History,_other; Pullman_Labor_History; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Illinois Labor History Society

Miscellaneous newsletter and other correspondence. File may contain other general Illinois labor information. Full record available for viewing at the Bertha Ludlam Reading Room in the Hotel Florence.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Pullman_Labor_History; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Illinois Labor History Society Awards Dinner 2007

Program Booklet honoring the NEA's 150th year with Inductees Reg Weaver and Ella Flagg Young.

Subject: Chicago_History; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Illinois Labor History Society Awards Dinner Program

Booklet from Awards Dinner honoring inductees Reg Weaver and Ella Flagg Young. Held Friday, November 2, 2007 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Oakbrook, IL

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Illinois_History; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Illinois Labor History Society Program Booki

Booklet for the 2014 Union Hall of Honor Awards Dinner for the Illinois Labor History Society.

Subject: Chicago_History; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Illinois Labor History Society Union Hall of Honor Award Dinner

Booklet for the 2014 Union Hall of Honor Awards Dinner for the Illinois Labor History Society.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Illinois_History; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Illinois Labor History Society Union Hall of Honor Awards Dinner

Program booklet for annual Awards Dinner, held on Friday, December 5, 2008. Honoring Leon Despres and Betty Balanoff.

Subject: Chicago_History; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Interesting Things... 2000-2003

Series of essays and anecdotes relating to the social history of Pullman, for publication in the Pullman Flyer. Typed original and draft copies, some with photos and banner layout.

Subject: World_War_II; World_War_I; War_Memorial; Victorian_Era_-_general; The_Snow_Cruiser; Regional; Reference; Pullman_Water_Tower; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Town; Pullman_People; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Family; Pullman_1998_Factory_Fire; Pullman_-_Post_1975; Pullman_(General); Organizations_--_Pullman_Improvement_Association; Organizations_--_Pullman_Civic_Organization; Organizations_--_Other; Organizations_--_Historic_Pullman_Foundation; Memorials; Lake_Calumet; Labor_History,_other; Illinois_History; Hotel_Florence_History; Historic_Reference; General/Misc.; Factory_Site; Chicago_History; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Barrett,_Nathan_Franklin; Architecture; Arcade_Building; Administration_Building; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Job Rating National Metal Trades Association

Booklet explaining the definitions of the factors used in rating jobs and hourly rated occupations in the metal trades.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Labor "Working Class Heroes"

Article about Labor history in Chicago. Chicago Tribune Magazine. June 19, 2005

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Labor - "For union vet, a labor of love"

Photocopy of article about Les Orear and the Illinois Labor History Society.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Labor Day 2009

Program for 2009 Labor Day event in Historic Pullman, a celebration and rally for America's Working Families, September 7, 2009.

Subject: ; Fairs; Historic_Reference; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Labor Day Celebration Booklet

Booklet for 2008 Labor Day events at the Pullman State Historic Site.

Subject: Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Labor History - I.W.W. Songs

1996 Facsimile Reprint of 1923 edition. Songbook of labor/union songs

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Labor History Postcards (4)

Four postcards: Two postcards show views of the Haymarket Martyrs Monument by sculptor Albert Weinart in Forest Home Cemetery. One postcard shows a view of the Haymarket Memorial Sculpture by Mary Brogger in Haymarket Square in Chicago. The fourth postcard is a view of the Old Stone Gate at the Chicago Stock Yards.

Subject: ; Chicago_History; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Format: Postcard

Labor Trail: Chicago's History of Working-Class Life and Struggle

Map created by the Labor History Society featuring numerous labor history sites around the Chicago area.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Map

Local Union Elections Manual

Brochure from the United Steelworkers of America about election procedures.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Local Union Elections Manual

Brochure from the United Steelworkers of America about procedures.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Local union Elections Manual

Booklet from the United Steelworkers of America explaining procedures.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Memorial Day Massacre

Framed poster "United Steel Workers Remembering The Memorial Day Massacre 70th anniversary, May 27, 2007".

Subject: SCH_Labor,_Memorial_Day_Massacre; Labor_History,_other; Format: Artwork

Memorial Day Massacre 1937

May 30, 1937 hired Chicago Police officers break up union picnic near Avenue O and 117th. News photographers were notified ahead of time.

Subject: SCH_Labor,_Memorial_Day_Massacre; Labor_History,_other; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Memorial Day Massacre 70th Anniversary The Fight Goes On

Commemorative booklet with photos and stories of the Massacre.

Subject: ; Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

National Guard

Location unkown, thought to be Blue Island

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Order of railway conductors and brakesmen

Constitution and statues, rules of order. Laws governing the mutal benefit department and the accident insurance department of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakeman.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Conductors; ; Format: Printed manuscript

Pullman Area Near Landmark Status

Newspaper article clipped from Chicago Tribune, written by Stan Ziembe, January 1, 1970.

Subject: ; Architecture; Barrett,_Nathan_Franklin; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Chicago_History; Factory_Site; General/Misc.; Greenstone_Church; Historic_Reference; Hotel_Florence_History; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Organizations_--_Pullman_Civic_Organization; Preservation/_Architecture_(General); Pullman_(General); Pullman_Company; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Town; Reference; Regional; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Pullman Labor Day Bike Ride

Brochure for 5th annual Labor Day bike ride, including map of route, and lecture stops.

Subject: ; Labor_History,_other; Organizations_--_Pullman_Civic_Organization; Pullman_Labor_History; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman, The Strike of 1894 Poster

Poster advertising Pullman Strike Centennial Events and Programs 1994 and sponsoring groups.

Subject: Pullman_Labor_History; Organizations_--_Pullman_Civic_Organization; Organizations_--_Historic_Pullman_Foundation; Labor_History,_other; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Recommend Pullman Landmark Status

Newspaper article from the August 13, 1972 South End Reporter; describes recommendation by Chicago Landmarks Commission to City Council.

Subject: Chicago_History; Historic_Reference; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Preservation/_Architecture_(General); Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Roseland, Michigan Avenue & 113th Street North

Photo postcard, streetscape with pedestrians and horse traffic; Roseland Theatre, Kendall's Ice Cream, Buffet, Stanson's Modernized Pictures.

Subject: Roseland_Community; Labor_History,_other; Format: Postcard

South Pullman CompanyTown Eyed as Landmark

Newspaper article from Chicago Tribune, 1972, relating to city landmark status. Describes other neighborhoods under consideration.

Subject: Barrett,_Nathan_Franklin; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Chicago_History; Historic_Reference; Illinois_History; Labor_History,_other; Plans/_Reports/_Studys; Preservation/_Architecture_(General); Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The American Worker

U.S. Department of Labor Bicentennial History of The American Worker.327 page soft cover book. Chapters written by leading labor historians and reflect the events which made history in the world of work.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

The First Hundred Years Book excerpt

Copy of page 194 from the book "The First Hudnred Years" which discribes the local brickyard, Blue Island Local No. 3 and various stricks.

Subject: Pullman_Labor_History; Labor_History,_other; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

The Grohmann Museum - Man at Work Collection

Booklet from the Grohmann Museum which holds many works of art related to man and the study of work, includes stained glass, bronzes, mosaics, etc. Part of the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

The Highball

The monthly newsletter of Railroad Workers United. Issue 1. February 2008.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Rail_Travel_-_Other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Illinois Workmen's Compensation Law

"What Every Steel Worker Should Know" Prepared by the Legal Department of the United Steelworkers of America, September 1957.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Pullman Company Contracts

4"x7" black leather 3 ringed binder containing various Pullman Company contracts between porters, conductors, brakemen, etc. dating between 1948-1961.

Subject: ; Chicago_History; Historic_Reference; Labor_History,_other; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Reference; Format: Printed Materials - Other

The Spirit of Labor

Softcover reprint, non-fiction, 441 pages with notes, originally published in 1907 about early 20th century labor history in Chicago.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

United Steelworkers Local 1010 2007 Union Calendar

Calendar is commemoration of 1937 Memorial Day Massacre. Photos and commentary.

Subject: Labor_History,_other; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief

Book discusses the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman.

Subject: Pullman_Labor_History; Labor_History,_other; Pullman_Town; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Working men

Photo postcard of men repainting or repaining unknown object in front of workshop.

Subject: General/Misc.; Historic_Reference; Labor_History,_other; Roseland_Community; Victorian_Era_-_general; Format: Postcard

Working men

Photo postcard, scene of men unloading unknown object from a cart.

Subject: Victorian_Era_-_general; Roseland_Community; Pullman_People; Labor_History,_other; Historic_Reference; Chicago_History; Format: Postcard

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