Administrative and Local Union records, The Tobacco Worker publication, Accession 1989-099-LBR, 1895-1979, bulk: 1960-1979
Contains financial records, correspondence, membership records, legal records, reports, publications, photographs, working papers, minutes, convention proceedings, charters, and case files from the National Labor Relations Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including substantial records and documentation pertaining to the landmark NLRB racial discrimination case, Dorothy P. Robinson et al. vs. Lorillard Corporation. This series also includes a near-complete print run of The Tobacco Worker, a newsletter published by the union from 1941 to 1978.
Dates
- 1895-1979
- Majority of material found within 1960-1979
Use and Access to Collection
Series 1-6 of this collection are open to the public and must be used in the Special Collections reading room. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
Series 7-11 are minimally processed. This means that materials are in the same state we received them and may not have been reviewed for content or condition. The collection may need to be screened prior to use. Please contact us before visiting the Special Collections reading room to view this collection. Preliminary inventories are is available under the Inventories/Additional Information section.
Series 11 (Accession 1990-044) contains restricted material. Please check the series and folder listings for additional information.
This collection contains audiovisual materials. Items that cannot be used in the Special Collections reading room or are too fragile for researchers require that a digital copy be made prior to use. If you would like to access these materials, please contact us prior to your visit, so we may determine the proper steps to be taken.
Extent
49.5 Linear Feet (33 records storage boxes)
Processing Information
This collection was donated to the University of Maryland Libraries by Rene Rondou on February 10, 1989. A folder-level preliminary inventory of these materials existed on paper.
In 2023, Rosemarie Fettig verified the shelf locations and migrated the legacy inventory into the existing collection resource record. This work included manually extracting OCR-generated text from the scanned PDF of the legacy inventory into the ArchivesSpace bulk import spreadsheet and applying necessary reformatting of the metadata in order to create folder-level records within the collection resource record. The materials are incorporated into the collection resource record under the series title “Administrative and Local Union Records.”
Library Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives
University of Maryland Libraries
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College Park Maryland 20742
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