United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 88 (Anaconda, Mont.)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local #88 (Anaconda). In addition there are smaller subgroups of records for Deer Lodge Local #1229, the Montana State Council of Carpenters, the national union, the Montana State Federation of Labor/Montana State AFL-CIO, the Montana State Apprenticeship Council, and the Non-ferrous Metals Council. The Anaconda Local #88 records include incoming and outgoing correspondence (1895-1966); financial records (1896-1965), including daybooks, hall rental ledgers, and membership dues records; minutes (1889-1965); organizational records (1894-1958), including bylaws and membership applications; reports (1895-1967), including sick committee reports and a report of the local walking delegate regarding union and non-union jobs around Anaconda; subject files (1938-1957), including a jurisdictional dispute with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees over carpenters employed by the Butte, Anaconda, and Pacific Railway; and miscellany. Records of the smaller subgroups include Deer Lodge Local #1229 financial records (1956-1965), minutes (1961-1966), and organizational records (1965); national union financial records (1905-1928), legal documents (1931-1953), minutes (1904, 1936, 1955-1957), and organizational records (1903, 1929-1941); \b Montana State Council of Carpenters correspondence (1956-1957), financial records (1939-1967), legal documents (1956), and minutes (1949-1957); \b Montana Apprenticeship Council\b0 correspondence (1941-1947), minutes (1942-1946), annual reports (1942, 1946), and miscellany; \b Montana State Federation of Labor/ AFL-CIO\b0 financial records (1956-1961) and minutes (1957); and \b Non-ferrous Metals Council\b0 minutes (1952), organizational materials (1951-1952), and legal documents (1951-1952). [Printed material has been transferred to the Library. Montana State Federation of Labor/ AFL-CIO materials were transferred to the Montana State AFL-CIO Records.]
Dates
- Creation: 1889-1967
Language of Materials
English
Extent
From the Collection: 13 linear feet
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
406-444-2681
406-444-2696 (Fax)
mhslibrary@mt.gov