LINDA FURNEY PAPERS, 1985-1998.
State of Ohio Senator from Toledo (11th District) (1987-Present).
Collection includes personal papers generated during service as State Senator: including House and Senate bills, legislative files, campaign and fund raising files, and correspondence. These materials reflect her interest in and support of labor, women's and environmental issues. MSS-134, 42.5 Linear Feet.
RICHARD T. GOSSER PAPERS, 1943-1974.
Local 12 (Toledo) president, regional director and international vice president of the United Automobile, Aircraft, Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW-CIO, UAW-AFL-CIO) (1900 - 1969).
Collection includes Local 12 (Toledo) scrapbooks, with clippings from Toledo and Detroit general and labor newspapers, runs of United Auto Worker and Solidarity (1947-1963), interviews of long-time members of Local 12 (1963), and correspondence from the 1960s (primarily relating to a federal case against Gosser). Gosser's official UAW correspondence files and related items are housed in the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit MI. MSS-025, 15 linear feet.
INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WORKERS LOCAL 901 RECORDS, 1935-1986.
Union of DuPont chemical workers (1935-Present).
Collection of meeting minutes (1941-1986), publications, contract documents, constitutions and other materials. Subjects include: National Labor Relations Board, Toledo Works Councils (1935-1938), wages, pensions, seniority, grievances, strikes, and international unionization. MSS-085, 4 linear feet.
TIMOTHY J. McCORMICK PAPERS, 1940-1964.
Toledo, Ohio locomotive engineer and labor organizer (b.1907).
Materials document the consolidation of labor unions after World War II, especially in the realm of railroads. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence among railroad labor organizers and publications of labor organizations (e.g. the Consolidation Committee of Enginemen's Consolidator and the United Railroad Operating Crafts' UROC Facts) with which McCormick was involved. MSS-010, 2 linear feet.
RICHARD F. McKEY LETTERBOOK, 1906-1908.
Detective, Toledo (Ohio) Police Department and secretary of Joppa Lodge #327, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Single letter-impression volume of copies of letters written by McKey. Volume was maintained at police headquarters, but most letters pertain to Brotherhood activities, particularly membership dues and grievance cases. MSS-054, 1 volume.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: TOLEDO, OHIO CHAPTER RECORDS, 1972-1989.
Largest women's rights organization in the United States (1966-Present).
Collection includes records on the local, state, and national levels, such as meeting minutes, newsletters and other publications, bylaws, and annual conference programs. Subjects include: job discrimination, affirmative action, ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, Title IX compliance, and the Toledo group's association with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 544. MSS-035, 3 linear feet.
BERTHA POTTER COLLECTION, 1941-1980s
Long time employee of Jeep. MSS-213, .5 linear foot.
TOLEDO COMMISSION ON PUBLICITY AND EFFICIENCY COLLECTION, 1916-1963.
Commission established to research municipal operations, to make recommendations to the City Council, and to provide information to the public about the city of Toledo.
Collection includes meeting minutes from 1916 to 1963 and reports on such topics as public utilities, construction, streets, the police department, and unionization of city employees. Also a compilation of city statutes regulating street railways and public utilities. MSS-030, 1 linear foot.
TOLEDO EDISON COLLECTION, 1894-1972.
Electric transportation and utility company.
Chronologically-arranged scrapbooks document company history through newspaper clippings and advertisements. A strike in 1916 highlights labor-related information. MSS-082, 90 linear feet.
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS LOCAL 954 COLLECTION, 1930-1993.
Union representing approximately 1.3 million retail and food workers, 1979 to the present.
Composed mainly of correspondence, Also includes union publications; newspaper clippings; legal documents; films; and audio tapes documenting the UFCW and one of its predecessors, the Retail Clerks International Association, District Council no. 6. MSS-093, 3 linear feet.
WORKING CLASS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT COLLECTION, 1930;s-1980s.
Interviews with 13 former Jeep employees. MSS-214, .5 linear foot.