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Collection: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Title: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Object ID: MG0514

Date Range: 1934-1990

documents related to labor issues and strikes at Armstrong. Creator: United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.) Conditions for Access: This collection may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit. Conditions Governing

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Collection: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Title: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Description: The United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records contain minutes of union meetings, negotiations with Armstrong Cork Company and Kerr Group, Inc., publications of Local 285 and Armstrong, correspondence with national union representatives, union flyers and other documents related to labor issues and strikes at Armstrong.

Date Range: 1934-1990

Year Range From: 1934

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1934-1990

Creator: United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

Subjects: Business records; Labor unions; Labor unions--Records and correspondence; Letters; Minutes (Records); Newsletters; United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Business records; Correspondence; Finding aids; Kerr Group, Inc.; Labor unions; Letters; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Newsletters; United Steel Workers Union, Local 285

Extent: 8 boxes, 206 folders, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0514

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Armstrong World Industries Collection (MG0032); Kerr Group, Inc. and Armstrong Cork Company Architectural Drawings, 1916-1992 (MG0372); Photograph Collection

Notes: This finding aid is a box list showing folder titles in order to make the collection available to researchers. The documents within the folders have not yet been cataloged at the item level. LancasterHistory replaced the folders with acid-free archival folders and retained the original folder titles. The newsletters, Local 285 Spotlight and Floor Plant Journal, were organized and placed in folders.; Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records (MG0514), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection is not fully cataloged, but may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2009.MG0514

Other Numbers: MG-514

Classification: MG0514

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Box list prepared by FM, 2010. Added to database 12 March 2022.

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Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Object ID: PS-01-07-06

Date Range: 1955

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Object Name: Negative

Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Description: Group of men outside. Photo could be the 1955 Time Study Class, but may be at the Italian American Sportsman Club.

Date Range: 1955

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Labor unions

Object Name: Negative

Print Size: 4 x 5 inches

Object ID: PS-01-07-06

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Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Object ID: PS-01-07-07

Date Range: 1955

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Object Name: Negative

Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Description: Group of men outside. Photo could be the 1955 Time Study Class.

Date Range: 1955

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Labor unions

Object Name: Negative

Print Size: 4 x 5 inches

Object ID: PS-01-07-07

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Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Object ID: PS-01-06-47

Date Range: 1955

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Description: Man addressing crowd at 1955 convention

Date Range: 1955

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Labor unions; Conventions

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 5 inches

Object ID: PS-01-06-47

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Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Object ID: PS-01-06-49

Date Range: September 1952

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Description: 17th annual convention - URCL PWA, September 15 - 19, 1952, Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Date Range: September 1952

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Labor unions; Conventions

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: PS-01-06-49

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Object ID: PS-01-06-53

Date Range: 1953

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Paul Shaub - United Steel Workers Local 285 Photograph Collection

Description: Paul Shaub, center, Clyde Groff, left, and three other men at the Grand Rapids Civic Auditorium and Exhibit Hall for the 1953 convention.