United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records, 1934-1990
Call Number: MG-514
8 boxes 206 folders 6 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 11
Description: This collection contains 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.
Creator: United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Conditions for Access: Patrons must make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services at least two weeks prior to their visit.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Language: English
Source of Acquisition: Gift of United Steelworkers of America, Local 285, March 2009.
Related Materials: Armstrong World Industries Collection, MG-32; Kerr Group, Inc. and Armstrong Cork Company Architectural Drawings, 1916-1992, MG-372
Custodial History: This finding aid is merely 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.org 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.
Box 1
Folder 1 Organizational Information, 1934-[194_]
Folder 2 Minutes Floor Plant – Old, 1944
Folder 3 Minutes L.W.P.U., 1944
Folder 4 Copies of Letters (Old-Including 1948) 1, 1944-1947
Folder 5 Copies of Letters (Old-Including 1948) 2, 1947-1948
Folder 6 Minutes of Meeting of U.R.W.A. Bargaining Committee, 1945
Folder 7 St. Joseph’s Hospital Building Fund, 1945
Folder 8 List of Executive Officers, 1945-1946
Folder 9 World War II: Red Cross Fundraiser & Victory Home-Coming Celebration, 1945-1946
Folder 10 Local 285 News Publication, 1945-1947
Folder 11 Deduction of Union Dues (not in folder), 1945-1950
Folder 12 General Retirement Program & Arbitration Concerning (not in folder), 1945-1977
Folder 13 181/2 Communications from Marshall/ Negotiations, 1946
Folder 14 First Annual Conference & Yearbook, 1946-1947
Folder 15 Armstrong Local Unions Council, 1947-1947
Folder 16 Leaflets- Organizational, 1946-1947
Folder 17 Minutes of Monthly Meeting of U.R.C.L.P.W.A. Bargaining Committee, 1946-1950
Folder 18 Local 285 Minutes (not in folder), 1946-1950
Folder 19 Buckmaster Communications, 1946-1954
Folder 20 Election Information, Not dated, 1945-1959
Folder 21 Personal Papers Relating to Paul Shaub (not in folder), 1946-1980
Folder 22 Minutes of Division #5 of Local 285 U.R.L.P.W. (not in folder), 1947
Folder 23 Press Releases, 1947-1949
Folder 24 General Information, 1947-1955
Folder 25 Letters to Employees, 1947-1963
Folder 26 Shaub – Trial, 1948
Folder 27 Hagelgans Trial, 1948
Folder 28 Correspondence with President Prentis, 1948-1949
Folder 29 Financial Statements of Lancaster Labor Building Association, 1948-1952
Folder 30 Caucus Communications, 1948-1955
Folder 31 Brief Castleman Trial, 1948-1949
Folder 32 Reports Per Capita Tax- Monthly, 1948-1950
Folder 33 Committee for Honest Unionism, 1948-1950
Folder 34 Buckmaster Suspension, 1948-1950
Folder 35 Deibler Trial, 1948-1950
Box 2
Folder 36 H.W. Prentis Co. Tries to take Local 285 Over, 1949
Folder 37 Brief on Roark’s Appeal, 1949
Folder 38 C.I.O. Council Information, 1949
Folder 39 U.R.C.L.P.W.A. Letter Concerning James E. Turner, 1949
Folder 40 American Federation of Labor (not in folder), 1949
Folder 41 Yoder Trial, 1949-1950
Folder 42 Taft-Hartley Law/ Company-wide Bargaining (not in folder), 1949-1950
Folder 43 Armstrong Cork Company Human Relations (Exposed), 1949-1950
Folder 44 Minutes of Union Meetings & Union Negotiations Meetings, 1949- 1950
Folder 45 Copies of Letters 1, 1949-1954
Folder 46 Copies of Letters 2, 1949-1954
Folder 47 Mechanical DIU #1 Information, 1950
Folder 48 Paul Shaub / Rev. Swanson, 1950
Folder 49 Minutes of U.R.C.L.P.W.A Bargaining Committee, Union Negotiations Meeting, Engineering Shops Sectional Safety Meeting, 1950
Folder 50 Correspondence to H. J. Marshall, 1950-1953
Folder 51 Communications from H. J. Marshall, 1946-1961
Folder 52 Issue of Communism in Local 285, [1950]
Folder 53 Letters to Officers & Representatives, 1950-1957
Folder 54 A.F.L. Propaganda, 1952
Folder 55 Artmold Lining Meeting, 1953
Folder 56 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1953-1956
Folder 57 Due Deduction / Union Split Issues (not in folder), 1954-1955
Folder 58 Workman’s Compensation, 1954-1956
Folder 59 C.I.O. Grievance Meeting, 1955-1957
Folder 60 Armstrong Cork Company Wage Sheets, 1956-1957
Folder 61 Armstrong Pamphlets on Insurance, Retirement, Income (not in folder), 1956-1970
Folder 62 Jack Samuels / Grievances, 1958
Folder 63 Jeanne – Paul, 1958-1962
Folder 64 Arbitration between Armstrong and Local 285, Grievance Subject: Paul Shaub, 1959
Folder 65 Local 285 1963 Election of Officers, 1959-1964
Folder 66 Bureau of Labor-Management Reports U.S. Department of Labor (not in folder), 1959-1961
Folder 67 Lefever Letters, 1961-1963
Folder 68 Collective/ Coordinated Bargaining (not in folder), 1965-1970
Folder 69 News from the A.L.F.-C.I.O., 1966-1974
Folder 70 Dues Increase, 1968
Folder 71 Shaub COPE A.F.L.-C.I.O. Conference Folder (not in folder), 1968
Folder 72 Job Evaluation and Classification Plan and Manual (not in folder), [1968]
Box 3
Folder 73 Carlisle Tire Pamphlets, Not Dated, 1969
Folder 74 Macon Plant, 1970
Folder 75 Retiree Issues (not in folder), 1970
Folder 76 I.U.D. Communications (not in folder), 1970
Folder 77 U.R.W. Preliminary Wage and Fringe Benefit Survey (not in folder), 1970
Folder 78 Information Concerning Local 256 (not in folder), Not Dated, 1970
Folder 79 Sample U.R.W. Labor Agreement & U.R.W. Correspondence (not in folder), 1971
Folder 80 I.U.D. (Industrial Union Department A.F.L.-C.I.O.) Communications, 1971-1972
Folder 81 1972 Member Information (not in folder), 1972
Folder 82 I.U.D. Communications, 1972
Folder 83 Management Report on U.R.W. Negotiations, 1974
Folder 84 A.F.L.-C.I.O. News Service (not in folder), 1974
Folder 85 I.U.D. Communications (not in folder), Not Dated, 1974
Folder 86 U.R.W. Organizing Program (not in folder), 1974
Folder 87 Armstrong Information Announcements & FYI Publication, 1989-1990
Folder 88 Miscellaneous Pamphlets, Contracts, Agreements (not in folder), 1948-1995
Folder 89 Newspaper Clippings & Related Pamphlets (not in folder), 1948-2000
Folder 90 Flyers to Members (not in folder), 1947-1956
Folder 91 Flyers to Members (not in folder ), 1947-1956
Folder 92 Union Flyers, 1947-1949
Folder 93 Union Flyers, 1949-1951
Folder 94 Union Flyers, 1952-1968
Folder 95 Threatening Postcard to Paul Shaub, Not Dated
Folder 96 Wage Incentive Plans, Not Dated
Box 4
Folder 97 Negotiations / Paul Shaub, 1945
Folder 98 Strike Negotiations – Events, 1946-1948
Folder 99 1947 Strike Information, 1947
Folder 100 Contract Negotiations (Closure), 1947
Folder 101 Contract Negotiations Information (Floor), 1947
Folder 102 Wage Negotiations, 1948
Folder 103 Closure – Contract Negotiations, 1949
Folder 104 Floor Plant – Contract Negotiations, 1949
Folder 105 Negotiations on Wages – Pensions – Health – Welfare (Floor Plant), 1950
Box 5
Folder 106 Negotiations on Wages – Pensions – Health – Welfare (Closure Plant), 1950
Folder 107 1951 Floor & Closure Wage Negotiations, 1951
Folder 108 1952 Negotiations Floor & Closure, 1952
Folder 109 Wage Negotiations (Floor & Closure Plants), 1953
Folder 110 Wage Negotiations Local 285 (Floor & Closure Plants), 1954
Folder 111 Closure Plant Negotiations, 1955
Folder 112 Floor Plant Negotiations, 1955
Folder 113 Closure Plant Negotiations, 1956
Folder 114 Floor Plant Negotiations, 1956
Folder 115 Closure Plant Negotiations, 1957
Folder 116 Floor Plant Negotiations, 1957
Folder 117 Negotiations, 1958
Box 6
Folder 118 Negotiations, 1959
Folder 119 Negotiations, 1960
Folder 120 Negotiations, 1961
Folder 121 Negotiations, 1962
Folder 122 Negotiations, 1963
Folder 123 Negotiations, 1964
Folder 124 Negotiations (Mainly 1965), 1965-1967
Folder 125 1969 Negotiations, 1969
Folder 126 1970 Negotiations (Floor Plant) 1, 1970
Folder 127 1970 Negotiations (Floor Plant) 2, 1970
Folder 128 1970 Contract Negotiations Floor Plant, 1970
Box 7
Folder 129 Kerr Negotiations, 1970-1971
Folder 130 Negotiations (Floor Plant, Kerr Plant) (not in folder), 1972
Folder 131 974 Floor Plant Contract Negotiations, 1972-1974
Folder 132 1974 Negotiations Kerr Plant 1, 1974
Folder 133 1974 Negotiations Kerr Plant 2, 1974
Folder 134 Unspecified Plant Local 285 Negotiations (not in folder), 1974
Folder 135 Lancaster Circulator, 1945
Folder 136 “In Fact” Publication, 1947
Folder 137 “In Fact” Publication, 1948
Folder 138 “In Fact” Publication, 1949
Folder 139 “In Fact” Publication, 1950
Folder 140 Sports Stories & Photographs, 1957-1973
Folder 141 Armstrong Full Page Advertisements (not in folder), 1967-1972
Folder 142 G.E. Union Busting (not in folder), 1969
Folder 143 Miscellaneous: Notes on Union Heritage, Posting Notices, 1960s Income Figures (not in folder), Not Dated, 1970
Folder 144 International Ladies Garment Workers Union (not in folder), Not Dated, 1970
Folder 145 Newspaper Clippings, 1958-1960
Folder 146 Newspaper Clippings, 1966-1972
Folder 147 Newspaper Clippings, Not Dated, 1990
Box 8
Folder 148 Local 124 News, 1947
Folder 149 C.I.O. Union News Service, 1954
Folder 150 Armstrong Address in New Era, 1965
Folder 151 Local 285 Spotlight, 1947
Folder 152 Local 285 Spotlight, 1948
Folder 153 Local 285 Spotlight, 1949
Folder 154 Local 285 Spotlight, 1950
Folder 155 Local 285 Spotlight, 1951
Folder 156 Local 285 Spotlight, 1952
Folder 157 Local 285 Spotlight, 1953
Folder 158 Local 285 Spotlight, 1954
Folder 159 Local 285 Spotlight, 1955
Folder 160 Local 285 Spotlight, 1956
Folder 161 Local 285 Spotlight, 1957
Folder 162 Local 285 Spotlight, 1958
Folder 163 Local 285 Spotlight, 1959
Folder 164 Local 285 Spotlight, 1960
Folder 165 Local 285 Spotlight, 1961
Folder 166 Local 285 Spotlight, 1962
Folder 167 Local 285 Spotlight, 1963
Folder 168 Local 285 Spotlight, 1964
Folder 169 Local 285 Spotlight, 1965
Folder 170 Local 285 Spotlight, 1966
Folder 171 Local 285 Spotlight, 1967
Folder 172 Local 285 Spotlight, 1968
Folder 173 Local 285 Spotlight, 1969
Folder 174 Local 285 Spotlight, 1972
Folder 175 Local 285 Spotlight, 1974
Folder 176 Local 285 Spotlight, 1980
Folder 177 Local 285 Spotlight, 1984
Folder 178 Local 285 Spotlight, 1993
Folder 179 Local 285 Spotlight, 1994
Folder 180 Floor Plant Journal, 1948
Folder 181 Floor Plant Journal, 1949
Folder 182 Floor Plant Journal, 1950
Folder 183 Floor Plant Journal, 1952
Folder 184 Floor Plant Journal, 1954
Folder 185 Floor Plant Journal, 1957
Folder 186 Floor Plant Journal, 1958
Folder 187 Floor Plant Journal, 1959
Folder 188 Floor Plant Journal, 1960
Folder 189 Floor Plant Journal, 1961
Folder 190 Floor Plant Journal, 1962
Folder 191 Floor Plant Journal, 1963
Folder 192 Floor Plant Journal, 1964
Folder 193 Floor Plant Journal, 1965
Folder 194 Floor Plant Journal, 1966
Folder 195 Floor Plant Journal, 1967
Folder 196 Floor Plant Journal, 1968
Folder 197 Floor Plant Journal, 1969
Folder 198 Floor Plant Journal, 1970
Folder 199 Floor Plant Journal, 1971
Folder 200 Floor Plant Journal, 1972
Folder 201 Floor Plant Journal, 1973
Folder 202 Floor Plant Journal, 1974
Folder 203 Floor Plant Journal, 1975
Folder 204 Floor Plant Journal, 1976
Folder 205 Floor Plant Journal, 1977
Folder 206 Floor Plant Journal, 1978