1 10 27 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Ted Brandt Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview with Ted Brandt describes his lifetime of union involvement. The interview recalls Brandt's early Local One union involvement working as a journeyman lithographer. Brandt’s active role in union negotiations, his positions as vice-president and International West Coast representative of the ALA are discussed as well as the issues confronting his union from 1964 to 1972. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1975-01-26 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Brandt, Ted., 1907- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) 1920s-1950s Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Kenneth Brown Oral History Description An account of the resource Ken Brown, President of the Graphic Arts International Union, is the son of Arthur Brown former president of the Toronto local. This interview was done in three parts. Part I covers Brown's earliest years; his lithographic-oriented family and their desire to follow the trade, Brown’s experience during the Second World War working in a topographical unit, and his return to Toronto.Part II deals with Browns involvement in the union, disaffiliation with the AFL-CIO, and his journey to presidency.Part III explores the political turmoil during the early years of his presidency and the mergers with several unions including the Photoengravers Union. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-08-14 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Brown, Kenneth, 1925- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice M.; Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) 1921-1972 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Arthur Brown Oral History Description An account of the resource In this interview Arthur Brown recounts his early years as a lithographic artist for Stone Limited in Toronto Canada. Brown also recalls his election to numerous offices at the local level, and his twenty-year role as the international vice-president for the Amalgamated Lithographers. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1973-06-09 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Brown, Arthur, 1899- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Metro Detroit: 1979-2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Harry Conlon Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview with Harry Conlon was conducted while he was executive-vice-president of Chicago local #245 chapter of the G.A.I.U.(Graphic Arts International Union) Mr. Conlon describes his apprenticeship as a photoengraver for the Chicago-Sun-Times. Conlon was local union president of the Photoengravers Union in Chicago and played a significant role in the merger at the local and international level. The interview also gives Mr. Conlon’s views on the nature of trade union leadership, political activity, and the future role of mergers in the trade union movement. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1973-03-08 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Conlon, Harry, 1928- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Aaronson, Irwin; Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) New York, NY; 1979-2002 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Richard Clarke Oral History Description An account of the resource Richard Clarke began his lithographic career in Montreal and joined the Lithographers union in 1941. By 1949 he was president of his local. In 1957 he was appointed International Representative and became vice-president in 1964. Clarke describes the organization of the Lithographers union in Canada, contrasts the centralized control of the Canadian education with the American system, and discusses the whole question of merger and relations with select unions. Clarke completes the interview with a discussion of the nationalistic trend in Canada as far as International unions are concerned. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1973-03-08 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Clarke, Richard, 1914- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice, M. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Toronto, Canada; 1915-1964 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). John Connolly Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview was conducted with John Connolly shortly after the union he was president of, the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, merged with the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union to form the Graphic Arts International Union (GAIU). Mr. Connolly describes his early work experience as a bookbinder, the strike of 1921 which affected the entire printing industry, and the effect of changing technology and mergers. The latter part of the interview is devoted to a description of the development of the Bookbinders International. The interview concludes with a discussion of the events which led up to the merger in 1972. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1973-02-07 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Connolly, John, 1889- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) 1950-2005 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Henry J. Dillon Oral History Description An account of the resource Henry J. Dillon began his career in the photoengraving trade in Chicago in 1937 in a non-union trade shop. Having been fired by his shop for economic reasons, he received further employment at another non-union shop until his entrance into the Air Force during the Second World War. After the war he returned to Chicago to complete his apprenticeship for his pre-war employer which was now a union shop. Dillon became active in Local #5 of the International Photoengravers Union and in order to make a name for him, took on less desirable positions such as chapel chairman and delegate. Dillon attended a summer seminar at the famous Wisconsin School for Workers, upon his return he was appointed full-time union organizer. Dillon also talks about the kind of technological changes in the industry, jurisdictional problems, and traces the beginning of merger discussions with the Amalgamated Lithographers of America. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-01-25 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Dillon, Henry J., 1918- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice M.; Giebel, Greg Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). John R. Gabbard Oral History Description An account of the resource John Gabbard joined the Photoengravers’ Union in 1954 when he was working as a mask-out artist and then as a permit man for Advertisers Engraving in Cincinnati, Ohio. In there was a four week strike at Advertisers Engraving. As a result of his involvement in that strike, Gabbard was taken in as a journeyman, became more active in union affairs, and finally ran for the executive board and won in 1963. In this interview Gabbard describes in detail the various job classifications in his industry: routing, etching, printing, stripping, and other processes. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1973-02-07 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Gabbard, John R.,1933- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Detroit, MI:1967-2007 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Mel Galbraith Oral History Description An account of the resource Mel Galbraith’s introduction to the lithography trade began in the Navy in 1946 and later in 1952 training young people in a sub-tender print shop. Out of the service Galbraith served as an apprentice on a multilith press in Minneapolis, joined Local 10 of the ALA, and became shop steward in 1954. In 1960 Galbraith moved to become the full-time president of the ALA Local in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1961 he was appointed international representative to cover Midwestern areas. He discusses the role of an international representative, his experiences with conglomerate-type negotiations, stresses the pro’s and con’s of the coordinated approach to negotiating contracts and reflects on the changing patterns of negotiations within the printing industry. Galbraith offers his thoughts on the merger with the Photoengravers Union, the merger with the Bookbinders, and he offers an opinion on merger in the future with other unions. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-08-19 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Galbraith, Melford L., 1928- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Geibel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Detroit, MI;1967-2007 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Graphic Communications Conference/IBT(International Brotherhood of Teamsters) Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Interviews with International officers and representatives, local presidents on the International Council and other members of the GCC/IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and its predecessors (GAIU, LPIU and ALA) conducted by Alice Hoffman and Greg Giebel, 1973-1975. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Martin Grayson Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview was conducted in two parts. Part I explores how Martin Grayson was introduced to unionism by his father, a member of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Grayson joined the Amalgamated Lithographers of America, Local One in 1936 as a pressman, and in 1938-39 represented the Lithographers local as a delegate. Grayson discusses the rapid expansion of the graphic arts industry during the war years, and the leadership of the ALA in gaining security and well-being for its people. Grayson reflects on the influence of the younger members of Local One, his election to Secretary-Treasurer of the International in 1948, and what it was like to step right from the bench into the second highest office in the International. In part II Grayson traces the history of the Lithographers Union and the philosophy of its leadership since the 1880’s. He describes his own rise in New York Local One and the general political relationship with other unions in New York City. Grayson gives the details of his responsibilities as International Secretary-Treasurer and discusses the dominant personality of Edward Swayduck, president of the New York Local One. Grayson traces the circumstances of his move from the position of secretary-treasurer to the vice-presidency of the Mountain Region in 1952 and how he dealt with the issues in this new location. Grayson finishes up by explaining the reasons for his resignation from his union position in 1957 and for subsequently going to work for Printing Developments, Inc. At the time of this interview Grayson was vice-president of Color-graphics, Inc. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-02-03 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Grayson, Martin, 1914- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice M.; Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) 1904-1972; New England