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Introduction | Agency History | Scope and Contents | Series Description | Inventory
Introduction
The records of Millwrights Local 1359 of Toledo, Ohio, date from 1948 to 1978. The collection consists of three and one-fourth
linear feet of District Council minutes, correspondence, pension reports, negotiation files, and agreements.
The records of Millwrights Local 1359 were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in August 1980, through the cooperation
of Paul Yon, Associate Director of the Center, and David Gray, Field Representative for the Ohio Historical Society. Literary
and property rights have been dedicated to the public and duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and scholarly
research. The register was prepared by Jill Morse, graduate assistant at Bowling Green State University.
Agency History
Millwrights Local 1359 is a separate branch of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. The Carpenters' Union was chartered in
approximately 1918, according to Local 1359's current business manager, Mr. Jonoff. Millwrights Local 1359 became a separate
branch of the Carpenters' Union in approximately 1921. Offices for Millwrights Local 1359 are now located at 1217 Prouty Avenue,
Toledo, Ohio.
Very few of this Local's early records have been saved; only within the last ten years has the Local been conscious of maintaining
records. Thus, for more information, the researcher may wish to consult the records within the Carpenters Local 1138, Toledo,
Ohio (MS 147), collection also held at the Center for Archival Collections.
Scope and Content
The records of Millwrights Local 1359 document the history of this local union from 1948 to 1978. The records are rather scattered,
but can be of some use to the labor historian.
The minutes of Local 1359 are not to be found in this collection except for the 1955-1957 unit minutes from those members
employed at the Thyer Manufacturing Company. The District Council minutes are more complete, documenting union concerns from
1957-1969. Also within the collection are scattered minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Carpenters Pension Plan.
The general correspondence of Local 1359 spans the years 1956-178. Additional correspondence detailing the evolution and adoption
of the pension plan is available for 1965-1978. Agreements between area businesses and Local 1359 are relatively complete
from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s. Specific contract disputes can be traced within the negotiation files for 1970-1975.
Those researchers especially interested in labor pension plans will find that the Local 1359's records are relatively complete
on this subject for the 1960s.
Financial records also are scattered and are mostly comprised of dues records, listed by company for the years 1968-1969,
and a dues ledger, 1954-1957. Miscellaneous pamphlets, membership applications, and tax forms complete this collection.
Series Description
PROCEEDINGS
MINUTES--MAUMEE VALLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL
1948, 1957-1969
Arranged chronologically
Contains description of business conducted, letters read, reports (including finances) given, and votes taken.
MINUTES--THYER MANUFACTURING UNIT
1955-1957
Arranged chronologically
Includes description of business conducted, reports given, and votes taken.
MINUTES--BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CARPENTERS PENSION PLAN
1965-1966, June 1970
Arranged chronologically
Includes list of trustees present, motions made, suggestions and reports given. Minutes for June 1970 are for a meeting of
the Trustees of the Millwrights Pension Plan.
MINUTES--MODEL CITIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
October 1969
Contains roll call and list of recommendations
AGREEMENTS
1955-1974
Arranged chronologically and by company
Contains names of agreeing parties, date, articles, and sections of agreement, and any subsequent amendments.
NEGOTIATION FILES
1970-1975
Arranged chronologically and by company.
Includes materials generated by union-company contract negotiations such as meeting announcements and minutes, correspondence,
notes, and proposals.
CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE
1956-1978
Arranged chronologically
Includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence, most being generated by the business manager. Correspondence regarding
the adoption and implementation of the pension plan also is included.
FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
DUES RECORDS
1954-1957
Arranged by member's name.
Includes list of monthly dues collected by various companies employing members of Local 1359.
DUES LEDGER
1959-1967
Arranged by member's name.
Includes name, address, birth date, initiation date, and dues payments of individual members.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1959-1967
Arranged chronologically
Contains itemized listing of receipt and expenditures and balances.
MONTHLY PENSION REPORTS
1967-1969
Arranged chronologically and by company.
Includes description of monthly pension funds expended by individual companies.
PENSION PLAN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1959, 1961-1969
Arranged chronologically
Contains listing of pension fund and expenses and balances.
PENSION PLAN VALUATION REPORTS
1966-1969
Arranged by type and chronologically
Includes report of assets, planned costs, and employee statistics with one report (investment account record) detailing monetary
value of investments
PENSION FUND ACCOUNTS
1958-1970
Arranged chronologically
Contains itemized account of income and expenses in pension fund balances.
TREASURER'S CASH BOOK
1960-1962
Arranged chronologically
Includes itemized account of monies paid out and dues collected.
MISCELLANEOUS FINANCIAL RECORDS
1950s-1970s
Arranged by type and within chronologically.
Includes tax forms, bond applications, annual financial reports to U.S. Department of Labor, savings book, and pension plan
death claims.
PRINTED MATERIAL
PAMPHLETS
1949-1974 (scattered)
Arranged by type of pamphlet.
Includes general union literature and information on Carpenters' pension plan benefits, working rules, health and welfare
plan, annual convention, and constitution.
MISCELLANEOUS PRINTED MATERIAL
1968-1977 (scattered)
Arranged by type of material.
Includes membership lists, news clippings, and training program proposal.
Inventory
Box 1: Minutes Folders
- Maumee Valley District Council, May 29, 1948
- Maumee Valley District Council, March-December 1957
- Maumee Valley District Council, January-December 1958
- Maumee Valley District Council, January-December 1959
- Maumee Valley District Council, January-November 1960
- Maumee Valley District Council, March, April 1961
- Maumee Valley District Council, June-December 1964
- Maumee Valley District Council, January-December 1965
- Maumee Valley District Council, March-December 1967
- Maumee Valley District Council, April-November 1968
- Maumee Valley District Council, January-December 1969
- Local 1359--Thyer Manufacturing Unit, August 1955-June 1957
- Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Plan, November-December 1965
- Model Cities Management Committee, October 6, 1969
- Board of Trustees of Millwrights Pension Plan, June 12, 1970
Box 2: Correspondence Folders
- 1956-1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976-1977
- Pension plan, 1965-1969
- Pension plan, 1970
- Pension plan, 1971-1973
- Pension plan, 1974-1978
- Frigitemp Marine Corporation, 1972-1973
Box 3: Agreements Folders
- Michigan Wholesalers, 1955
- Toledo Area Retail Lumber Dealers, 1958
- Toledo Area Retail Lumber Dealers (Supplemental), 1958
- Michigan Wholesalers, 1959
- Associated Building Contractors of Toledo, 1960
- Toledo Area Retail Lumber Dealers, 1961
- Toledo Area Retail Lumber Dealers, 1964
- Ohio Truss Mart, 1965
- Lake Shore Industries, Inc., 1965
- Active-Ad Incorporated, 1966
- Affiliated Unions and American Shipbuilding Company, 1966
- Toledo Area Retail Lumber Dealers, 1967
- Scholz Homes, Inc., 1968
- Jennison-Wright Corporation, 1968
- Ohio Truss Mart, 1968
- Lake Shore Industries, Inc., 1968
- Crown Store Equipment Company, 1969
- Kuhman Sales-Countertops, 1969
- Ettl Furniture Company, 1970
- Toledo Show Case Company, 1970
- Crown Store Equipment Company, 1970
- Associated Building Contractors of Toledo, 1970
- Michigan Wholesalers, Inc., 1970
- Toledo Area Retail Lumber Dealers, 1970
- Jennison-Wright Corporation, 1971
- Affiliated Unions and American Shipbuilding, 1972
- Kamenca Cabinet, 1974
Box 4: Negotiation Files Folders
- Toledo Retail Lumber, 1970-1973
- Lake Shore Industries, 1971
- Crown Store Equipment Company, 1972
- Ettl Furniture Company, 1972-1974
- A. A. Smith Company, 1973
- Ohio Truss Mart, 1973-1974
- Jennison-Wright Corporation, 1974
- Crown Equipment Company, 1974
- Lake Shore Industries, 1974
- American Shipbuilding Company, 1975
Box 5: Dues Records Folders
- Toledo Show Case Company, 1968
- Swan Creek Lumber Company, 1968
- Starr Lumber Company, 1968
- Rentner Lumber Company, 1968
- Ohio Truss Mart, 1968
- Lumber Suppliers, Inc., 1968
- Lake Shore Industries, 1968
- Jennison-Wright Corporation, 1968
- Kuehule Lumber Company, 1968
- Good Display Company, 1968
- Gallant Lumber Company, 1968
- Ettl Furniture Company, 1968
- Clark Snodgrass Company, 1968
- A. A. Smith Company, 1968
- Crown Store Equipment Company, November-December 1969
- Ettl Furniture Company, 1969
- Gallant Lumber Company, 1969
- Good Display Company, 1969
- Jennison-Wright Corporation, 1969
- Kuehnle Lumber Company, 1969
- Lake Shore Industries, 1969
- Lumber Suppliers Company, 1969
- Michigan Wholesalers, September-December 1969
- Ohio Truss Mart, 1969
- Rentner Lumber Company, 1969
- Starr Lumber Company, 1969
- Swan Creek Lumber Company, 1969
- Show Case Company, 1969
- Bond reports (semi-annual funds report of Trustees), 1955-1966
- Savings Book, 1956-1962
- Financial Statements, 1959-1967
- Fidelity bond applications, 1956
- Income tax exempt forms, 1972-1976
- Labor organization annual report (US Department of Labor), 1959, 1972-1976
Box 6 Folders
- Monthly pension reports, Ettl Company, 1967
- Monthly pension reports, Ettl Company, 1968
- Monthly pension reports, Activ-Ad Corporation, 1968
- Monthly pension reports, Ettl Company, 19769
- Pension files--Gerald Riker, 1966-1967, 1972
- Pension plan--death claims, 1970-1977 (scattered)
- Group Retirement Plan Summary (Aetna), 1957
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1959
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1961
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1962
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1963
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1964
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1965
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1966
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1967
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1968
- Pension plan--financial statements, 1969
- Pension plan--investment account report, 1966
- Pension plan--valuation report, 1967
- Pension plan--valuation report, 1968
- Pension plan--valuation report, 1969
- Pamphlet--Working rules of Locals Affiliated with Maumee Valley District Council of Carpenters, 1949, 1959
- Pamphlet--Constitution of Ohio State Council of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1956
- Pamphlet--miscellaneous union literature, 1959, 1971
- Pamphlet--Toledo Millmen's Pension Plan--Retirement Benefits, 1959
- Pamphlet--Carpenters Pension Plan, 1965
- Membership Applications, 1968, n.d.
- Membership lists, 1968-1971
- Statement of Secretary of Labor, George P. Schultz on the Philadelphia Plan, 1969
- Building Trades Training Program Proposal, 1969
- Dues Book (L. Malecki), 1970
- Convention information, 1974
- Referendum vote results--Carpenters Home, 1972
- Strike Settlement with Toledo Area Lumber Dealers, 1972
- News clippings on the American Shipbuilding Company strike, 1977
- Non-communist affidavits, n.d.
- Toledo Area Construction Workers Health and Welfare Plan, 1968
- Constitution of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (amendments), 1974
Box 7 Folders
- Treasurer's cash book, 1960-1962
- Dues ledger, 1954-1957
- Pension fund accounts, December 1958-1970
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