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ALPA Headquarters Communications Library Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_HQC
Abstract
This collection represents a bound library in chronological order mainly consisting of ALPA conventions, air safety, collective bargaining agreements, early ALPA history, strikes, wage disputes, and working conditions.
Dates:
1931 - 1954
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Herndon EAL Strike Center Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002456
Abstract
The Herndon EAL Strike Center Records document the 265 day strike on Eastern Airlines (EAL) from March 4, 1989 - November 23, 1989. During this period 3400 of 4200 EAL pilots went out on sympathy strike along with the flight attendants represented by the Transportation Workers Union (TWU), both of whom voted to honor the International Association of Machinists (IAM) strike of Eastern Airlines. The Herndon EAL Strike Center Records focus on the records of EAL Council 142 located in Herndon, VA,...
Dates:
1986 - 1990; Majority of material found in 1989 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Kansas City Missouri Field Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_KC
Abstract
Records of the office representing the interests of ALPA in the Kansas City, Missouri area. The collection contains information concerning mergers, strikes and safety. Records involving Trans World Airlines is one major subject of interest. Another highlight is a background investigation of ALPA Employment Agreements Department head Lucien Koch.
Dates:
1940 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1965
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Los Angeles Field Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_LAFO
Abstract
The following airlines are covered in this collection: Continental Airlines (CAL), Flying Tiger Line (FTL), Pan American World Airways (PAA), Trans World Airlines (TWA), United Airlines (UAL) and Western Airlines (WAL). Subjects include, engineering and air safety, and Master Executive Council (MEC).
Dates:
1955 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Los Angeles Joint Council Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000431
Abstract
These records deal with activities of ALPA in the Los Angeles area and are divided into two parts.
Part one consists mostly of files concerning various airlines such as Continental, Flying Tiger, Los Angeles, Pan American, Trans World, United, and Western airlines. These take the form of correspondence, minutes, reports. Topics include negotiations, professional standards, mergers, air safety, and the needs of the military for civilian aircraft and crews.
Part two...
Dates:
1939 - 1972
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Los Angeles Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_LA
Abstract
The majority of correspondence files and records in this collection relate to the following airlines: American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Trans World Airlines, United Airlines, Western Airlines and Los Angeles Airways. Also included are files on mergers and agreements.
Dates:
1943 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1978
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Miami ALI MEC Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002509
Abstract
The records of the Airlift International (ALI) Master Executive Council (MEC) cover the last decade of ALI’s existence. The airline originated as Riddle Airlines and became Airlift in 1965, expanding in 1968 and buying out Slick Airways. The airline went into Chapter 11 in 1981 and reorganized but was plagued by problems for the rest of the decade. The pilots and management were at odds over collective bargaining and working agreements and the MEC spent much time negotiating contracts and...
Dates:
1981 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1987
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Miami EAL MEC Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_Miami
Abstract
Parts 1 and 2 of the EAL MEC Records spans 30 years but focuses mainly on the last
decade of Eastern’s operations. Major subjects include mergers, air safety and bankruptcy litigation.
Dates:
1960 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1990
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Miami Joint Council Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002510
Abstract
The ALPA Miami Joint Council Office (JCO) was a regional office for ALPA Region II and councils in the Southeast United States. It was home to several Master Executive Councils (MEC) and Local Executive Councils (LEC) including: Braniff Airways MEC and Council 29, Delta Airlines Council 71, Eastern Airlines MEC and Council 18, National Airlines MEC and Councils 8 and 73, Pan American Airways (PAA) Council 10, Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra, PNG) MEC and Councils 38 and 83 and Riddle...
Dates:
1935 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Miami PAA MEC Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002506
Abstract
(MEC) span from the 1970s to 1991 when Pan Am ceased operations. The PAA MEC worked to ensure its pilots had fair working agreements, and focused on retirement and insurance for all levels of cockpit crew. In 1980, Pan Am bought National Airlines (NAL) in an attempt to expand their domestic routes and increase revenue. The MEC pursued an evenhanded merging of the two seniority lists, however the end product caused some frustration among the pilot group, particularly those lower on the seniority...
Dates:
1961 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1990
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Minneapolis Joint Council Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000429
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, and financial records pertaining to the activities of ALPA in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area. These records are divided into two series. The main topics covered are air safety (including accident reports) and finances. Series two contains information concerning the Rall-Lee Refund Account.
Dates:
1949 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Photographs
Collection
Identifier: LAV002768
Abstract
ALPA Photographs is a collection of photographic prints and negatives produced and compiled over decades. The materials came to the Reuther from what is currently known as the Communications Department; previous names of the department include Publicity and Public Relations, and ALPA Publications. The images collected appeared in the union’s publications, including the Air Line Pilot, and in conjunction with various public relations tools, such as news releases. The prints and negatives...
Dates:
circa 1940-1981; Majority of material found within circa 1940-1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA President's Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247
Abstract
The President's Department records are arranged in three parts.
Part I: The Air Line Pilots Association was formed in secret in 1930 by a group of “Key Men” from each airline, they formed openly and affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1931. In that same year David Behncke was elected president of ALPA, an office he held twenty years, until being recalled in 1951 (and off and on through 1952 during his legal battle with ALPA). His successor, Clarence Sayen, held...
Dates:
1931 - 1998
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Publications
Collection
Identifier: LR002495
Abstract
The ALPA Publications is a collection of pamphlets, newsletters, magazines, bulletins, manuals, constitutions and by-laws, arbitration transcripts, and research reports produced by, or involving ALPA from 1933-2006. ALPA’s main publication, Air Line Pilot, is still in print and so not included here, but both ALPA national, and individual
Master Executive Councils (MEC) also produced a wide variety of publications during
the past 80 years which are included in this collection.
Dates:
1933 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Publications: Air Line Pilot
Collection
Identifier: LR002500
Abstract
Air Line Pilot is ALPA’s main publication and has been in continuous print since April
1932. The first volumes were published twice a month, and came in newspaper form,
running about 4 pages each. ALPA soon began to produce Air Line Pilot monthly and
steadily increased the page count, eventually publishing in the present magazine form in
1949. Air Line Pilot covers a variety of topics relevant to pilots such as news in the
airline industry, ALPA structure and Association news, technical...
Dates:
1931 - 2019
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Region 5 Vice-President's Files: Capt. William C. Davis Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_Davis
Abstract
The collection reflects Capt. Davis's activities with ALPA's Region 5, with an emphasis on California, Alaska and Hawaii. Included are, correspondence, reports and studies. Air safety is another subject of importance.
Dates:
1962 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1972
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Seattle Joint Council Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000430
Abstract
Records documenting the activities of ALPA in the Pacific northwest, particularly with Northwest, and United Airlines. These records are divided into two series and contain correspondence, minutes, reports, grievances, negotiations, strikes, and mergers. Also included are jurisdictional disputes between ALPA and the Flight Engineers Union and between the Airline Stewards & Stewardesses Association and the Transport Workers Union.
Dates:
1953 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Secretary's Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002908
Abstract
This collection contains the files of First Vice President Alex C. Bonner and Secretary John P. Giberson, as maintained by the Secretary's Office. Bonner and Giberson took office in January 1971. The majority of the records are related to air safety. Many of the files concern ALPA’s anti-hijacking program, T-Plus.
Dates:
1970 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1972
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA St. Louis Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_STL
Abstract
Major subjects covered in this collection are: National Transportation Safety Board, Central Air Safety Committee, Trans World Airlines and International Association of Flight Attendants (IFFA).
Dates:
1974 - 1990; Majority of material found in 1986 - 1986
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Steward and Stewardess Division Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002252
Abstract
The Steward and Stewardess Division was created by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Board of Directors in 1960 after ALPA and the Air Line Stewards and Stewardess Association (ALSSA) separated in 1959. Following the same basic structure as ALPA, the division had its own Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Executive Board, and national officers of Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Initially consisting of 20 airlines and around 3,580 stewardesses, by 1969 the S&S Division...
Dates:
1949 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1971
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ALPA Union of Professional Airmen
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_UPA
Abstract
Union of Professional Airmen was created in 1969 and was a small affiliate of ALPA. Subjects include agreements and correspondence from the following airlines: Air Florida, Altair Airlines, Aspen Airways, Florida Airlines, Royale Airlines and Shawnee Airlines.
Dates:
1969 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Alpheus F. Jennings Papers
Collection
Identifier: WSP000397
Abstract
Dr. Jennings served as Clinical Assistant to the Chair of Medicine at the Detroit College of Medicine in the early 1900s. The Jennings collection consists of a scrapbook that details the Detroit Water Pollution Controversy of 1914. Subjects such as Detroit’s water supply, and its effect on public health, water purification and filtration crusade to reduce the city’s typhoid rate are included in the collection.
Dates:
1914
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Alternative Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: 100
Overview
The Alternative Press Collection at Wayne State University is not the full set of records of the Alternative Press. The complete archive is located at the University of Michigan in the Special Collections Library at the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. The Wayne State University archive consists of highlights of the collection, including artwork and poetry published as postcards, broadsides, foldouts, calendars, annoucements, ephmera, and subscription forms. The collection also includes...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1969-1992; 1969-2006
Alton Cobb Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000329
Abstract
Alton Cobb served as president of AFSCME Local 26. He also served as secretary-treasurer of AFSCME's Detroit Council 77 during this time period. The trusteeship of Local 26 began during Cobb's tenure, and his papers largely reflect this conflict. His papers include executive board minutes; correspondence; and legal and financial papers centering on disputes over the trusteeship of Local 26 and Council 77.
Dates:
1967 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Alvin Fellow Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: E-F, Box 5, Folder: 10
Identifier: LP001263
Abstract
As a press-operator at Delco-Remy, Kokomo, Indiana, Alvin Fellow was an early member of the United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations (UAW-CIO) Local 292. His papers concern the organization of Local 292.
Dates:
1938 - 1946
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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