National War Labor Board, Daily Newspaper and Publishing Commission records

  • Creator Names United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945). Daily Newspaper Printing and Publishing Commission (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title National War Labor Board, Daily Newspaper and Publishing Commission records [manuscript], 1941-1945.
  • Physical description 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
  • Collection summary Reports, lists, and other records of the Daily Newspaper Printing and Publishing Commission, as a subdivision of the National War Labor Board, located in Chicago (Ill.). The Commission was established by Executive Order during World War II and located in Chicago because the newspaper industry's principal trade organization (the American Newspaper Publisher's Association) was headquartered there. Materials were collected by Jean Gayton Carroll, a hearing officer for the Commission, who presided over labor dispute hearings involving wages established by the Commission's arbitration awards, 1942. Present are the Commission's report on recommendations for the New York Tribune; a typescript "Annual Report on Industrial Accidents in Illinois for 1941" (1927 p.); summaries of Commission decisions involving the American Newspaper Guild, CIO, 1944, and a brief filed by that organization in 1945; and a file on the Commission's internal affairs, including a list of staff positions, case-load analyses, and copies of personnel actions.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Jean Gayton Carroll (1997.0132).
  • Names
    • United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945). Daily Newspaper Printing and Publishing Commission (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • American Newspaper Guild.
    • American Newspaper Publishers Association.
    • New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
    • United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
    • Carroll, Jean Gayton.
    • United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
  • Subjects
    • Industrial relations United States 20th century.
    • Labor-management committees Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Newspaper publishing United States 20th century.
    • Printing industry Employees Labor unions United States.
    • World War, 1939-1945 Economic aspects Illinois Chicago.
    • World War, 1939-1945 Economic aspects United States.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century.
    • United States Economic conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Lists. aat
    • Reports. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.