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Summary Information
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America Records
1904-1952
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America
Mss 9; Micro 435
92.6 c.f. (234 archives boxes) and 87 reels of microfilm (35mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Correspondence files of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters executive office covering the years 1904-1952, with the major portion of the material originating in the 1940s. Correspondence is with general executive board members, general organizers, local unions, joint councils, conferences, and trade divisions; the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; other international unions and labor organizations; government agencies; and the general public. Included with the correspondence are reports, minutes, clippings, transcripts of government hearing and decisions, legal briefs, and copies of local union by-laws. The material details the union's initial struggles for existence and unity, its jurisdictional disputes, strikes, its growth in membership and influence, changes in organizing and bargaining techniques and in the trucking and transportation industries, and the increasing strength and political involvement of the labor movement in general. Major correspondents for the IBT are union president Daniel J. Tobin, Thomas Hughes, Thomas Flynn, John Gillespie, and Albert Evans. Correspondents include Matthew Woll, William English Walling, Chester Bowles, James A. Farley, Westbrook Pegler, Edward V. Rickenbacker, and Victor Riesel.
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