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AFSCME Central Files Department Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002070

Abstract The AFSCME Central Files Department was established in 1966 to which all departments within the international headquarters contributed correspondence and reports so all material related to a particular incident would be filed together. In 1974, Dr. Philip Mason of the Reuther Library at Wayne State completed a thorough records management survey of AFSCME and recommended that the Central Files Department be dissolved and that individual departments maintain their own records. His recommendation...

Dates: 1944 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1973

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFSCME Communications Department Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002204

Abstract AFSCME has produced a regularly published magazine since its inception. Publication duties for this organ and other materials were accomplished by the Education and Publications Department for the first twenty years of AFSCME’s existence. The 1954 Convention, however, passed Resolution 14, establishing a Publications and Public Relations Department. This new department would continue to publish the AFSCME magazine and other materials and would also take on new media public relations duties both...

Dates: 1967 - 2002

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFSCME International Executive Board (I.E.B.) Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001991

Abstract The International Executive Board (IEB) is the top level legislative and policy-making body within AFSCME, except when the convention is in session. The IEB is responsible for interpreting the union’s constitution. The records of the IEB are maintained by the Office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Materials in this collection were pulled together from various shipments from the Office of the Secretary-Treasurer to make a comprehensive record of the proceedings of the AFSCME IEB. Some IEB-related...

Dates: 1935 - 2003

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFSCME Office of the Secretary-Treasurer: Gordon Chapman/Joseph Ames Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002096

Abstract This collection primarily covers the end of Gordon Chapman’s tenure as Secretary-Treasurer, and all of Joseph Ames’s tenure. These years saw turbulence in the International Union’s politics where founding incumbent president Arnold Zander faced challenges from an opposing faction called the Committee on Union Responsibility (COUR). COUR candidate Jerry Wurf won the presidency at the 1964 convention. Gordon Chapman held the office of Secretary-Treasurer. In 1966, Chapman retired due to poor...

Dates: 1944 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1972

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFSCME Publications

Collection

Identifier: LR002503

Abstract AFSCME Publications is a collection comprised of serials created and collected by AFSCME International, District Councils, and Locals. The collection also contains material produced as part of AFSCME’s biannual international conventions and articles published about AFSCME from an academic standpoint. The publications in this collection arrived at the Reuther Library over time and came from multiple sources. The collection features AFSCME’s official publication, which was first known...

Dates: 1935 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1973

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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Names: Zander, Arnold S. (Arnold Scheuer), 1901-1975 X
Names: Lucy, William, 1933- X

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