MSS 889 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1847 Records

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H I S T O R Y MSS 889
Mach i n i s t s and Aerospace
Workers; l n t e r n a t i o n a l
A s s o c i a t i o n o f . L o c a l 1847
( Kenton, Oh l o ) Records
3/ 4 c u b i c f o o t
Standard i n v e n t o r y
C o l l e c t i o n Synopsis
Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y a c q u i r e d t h e l n t e r -
n a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f M a c h i n i s t s and Aerospace Workers L o c a l
1847 ( Kenton, Ohio) Records as a g i f t o f t h e l o c a l , t h r o u g h t h e
auspices o f Grand Lodge A u d i t o r , C h r i s L. Shy, i n January 1986.
R i c h a r d W. A r p i processed t h e c o l l e c t i o n i n August 1986.
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o f t h e Ohlo H l s t o r l c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e collection name.
c o l l e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H l s t o r l c a l S o c i e t y i n a l l f o o t n o t e
and b i b l i o g r a p h l c r e f e r e n c e s .
H i s t o r i c a i s k e t c h : L o c a l 1847 o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f
Mach i n i s t s and Aerospace Workers r e p r e s e n t e d m a c h i n i s t s i n t h e
Kenton, Ohio. area. The Local was affiliated w i t h D i s t r i c t 59
( Marion, Ohio, and v i c i n i t y ) o f t h e I. A. M., t h e Ohio S t a t e C o u n c i l
o f M a c h i n i s t s and r e p r e s e n t e d workers a t t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Railway
Car and Equipment M a n u f a c t u r i n g Company, t h e Ohio Machine Tool
Company, and t h e S w i f t Ohio C o r p o r a t i o n . The l o c a l r e c e i v e d i t s
c h a r t e r on J u l y 24, 1944, and d isbanded i n 1984.
Source: I n t e r n a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f M a c h i n i s t s and Aerospace
Workers, Local 1847 ( Kenton, Ohio) Records; MSS 889; The Ohio
H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y . Telephone c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h C h r i s Shy, Grand
Lodge Aud i t o r ; September 16. 1986.
Scope and c o n t e n t : The r e c o r d s o f L o c a l 1847 o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Assoc i a t i o n o f Mach i n l s t s and Aerospace Workers cons 1 s t o f
t h i r t e e n m i n u t e books d a t i n g from 1944 to 1984. M i n u t e s f r o m t h e
p e r i o d August 1957 t h r o u g h F e b r u a r y 1964, however, a r e m i s s i n g .
Minutes i n t h e t h i r d minute book, which d a t e s o v e r l a p t h o s e o f t h e
second and t h e f o u r t h . c o n t a i n minutes o f d i f f e r e n t meetings. The
m i n u t e s m e n t i o n what was d i s c u s s e d and what committee r e p o r t s were
g i v e n a t t h e meetings b u t seldom e l a b o r a t e on t h e s e i s s u e s . Names
o f o f f i c e r s , f i n a n c l a i i n f o r m a t i o n , and m i s c e i ianeous i n f o r m a t i o n t
such as s t r i k e d o n a t i o n s g i v e n t o o t h e r l o c a l s and u n i o n s , can be
gleaned from t h e minutes.
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