Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council records

  • Creator Names Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council.
  • Title Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council records [manuscript], 1911-1979.
  • Physical description
    • 23.5 linear ft. (8 boxes and 27 v.)
    • 6 microfilm reels : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera neg. of minutes)
    • 6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Reader copy of minutes)
  • Collection summary
    • Minutes, case files, council judgments, correspondence, and other files of the Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council. The collection, circa 1922-1979, also contains minutes of the label committee, detailed investigations of complaints that the union label (or "bug") was used illegitimately by some print shops. Files from the 1960s-1970s contain correspondence by Council officials, union leaders, public officials, and business leaders. The collection also contains orders for use of the union label, 1963-1968.
    • Microfilm: Reel 1. Council minutes v.1-v.7 p.59; Reel 2. v.7 p.60-v.14 p.53; Reel 3. v.14 p.54-Label Committee minutes v.1 p.14; Reel 4. v.1 p.14-v.7 p.177; Reel 5. v.7 p.178-Misc. p.169; Reel 6. Misc. p.170-end.
  • Acquisition information Gift of the Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council (M1981.0027, 2004.0121).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include publications of the Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council, cataloged separately; Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 records; the August Sallas papers on the Chicago Typographical Union No. 16; and the Placente papers on the Chicago Typographical Union No. 16.
  • Names
    • Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council Archives.
    • Sallas, August.
    • Sallas, August, donor.
    • Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council.
  • Subjects
    • Printers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Printing industry Employees Labor unions Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Labor leaders Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Union labels Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Case files. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Minutes. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.