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). 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). Ben Robinson Oral History Description An account of the resource Ben Robinson Grew up in Springfield MA, and arrived in New York City in the summer of 1929 immediately after graduating from the Yale Law School. He found employment with Manfred W. Ehrich, counsel to the United States Printing and Lithographic Company. Robinson spent time working in Buffalo and soon was asked to become counsel to the Lithographic Code Authority. With the dissolution of the National Recovery Administration Robinson was out of a job and after spending a year abroad, eventually gained a position as counsel for the International Council and the Local One. Robinson recalls various cases he won including the Foote-Davies case. Robinson discusses the movement of the AF of L into the CIO and the merger and comments on the question of the relationship with the AFL-CIO over the years. He briefly recalls his involvement writing for the National Lithographer trade magazine and his relationship with the magazines owner. Robinson closes the interview by discussing the possibility of Local One returning to the union and his feelings on the issue. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1977-08-04 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Robinson, Ben, 1906- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice; Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Kansas City, MO; 1945-1973 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). Bill Hall Oral History Description An account of the resource William (Bill) Hall left school after the eighth grade and in 1925 became an apprentice to the photoengraving trade in a non-union shop. Having become a journeyman in 1930, Hall became active in efforts to organize Chicago Local 5 of the International Photoengravers Union. Hall describes some of the issues that led other workers to gain interest in joining the local, job discrimination and security being of major concern. After his participation in the successful organizing campaign of non-union shops in Chicago, Hall became involved in the union political picture. He was elected as a delegate to the 1946 convention and served on his local’s executive board until 1949 when he began his movement onto the International stage. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-08-04 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Hall, William, 1910- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice M.; Geibel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Chicago, IL; 1937-1974 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). Dan Streeter Oral History Description An account of the resource Dan Streeter started in the engraving business in 1930 and joined Chicago Local 5 of the Photoengravers Union in 1936. He gives the reasons for the organization of his own particular shop and describes the organizing campaign that took place under Larry Gruber. Streeter recalls being fired from his Chicago job and moving to Michigan and finally to Los Angeles where he became president of Los Angeles Local 32P in 1946. Streeter undertakes to trace the merger between the Photoengravers and the ALA back to its beginnings in 1962. Streeter reflects on his fifty years in the labor movement, the future of the labor movement and of his own union, and the nature of his job as financial secretary of the Graphic Arts International Union. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1975-08-13 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Streeter, Dan, 1913- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice; Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Chicago, IL; 1936-1973 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). Don Stone Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview takes place in three parts. Part I discusses Stone’s early years in Wisconsin, attending the University of Wisconsin, and working as a stripper in a Lithography shop. In 1940 Stone became recording secretary of his local union in the ALA and in 1946 ran and won the election for editor of The Lithographers ‘Journal.He moved to New York City and recalls the social issues he dealt with as editor of the journal and the political strength he gained in that position. In part II Stone traces the background of the issue of the union label and jurisdiction which led to the withdrawal of the ALA from the AFL-CIO in 1958. He discusses internal union politics during the fifties and recalls the Poughkeepsie strike in 1954. Stone then begins to trace the move toward graphic arts unity, and he gives his opinion President Ken Brown’s decision to re-affiliate with the AFL-CIO. In part III Stone goes into more detail about the disaffiliation from the AFL-CIO in 1958 and then moves to the subject of efforts that have been made over the years with respect to merger, federation, or amalgamation. Stone discusses the internal union politics that culminated in the withdrawal from the International of Local One, New York. The interview is finished with stone describing the circumstances that led to moving the International headquarters from New York to Washington in 1971 and reflects on the nature of Ken Brown’s presidency. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-08-12 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Stone, Donald W., 1910- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice; Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) 1932-1974 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). Earl Kinney Oral History Description An account of the resource In this interview T. Earl Kinney recalls how he obtained his first job as a delivery boy in the printing division of the Sun Publishing Company in Vancouver, British Columbia. Kinney describes how he became a letter press apprentice, a member of the ALA Local 44, and his 1945 election as vice-president of this local. Kinney tells of the withdrawal of Local 44 from the AFL –affiliated Trades and Labor Congress and the struggle for financial survival. In 1952 Kinney was elected president of Local 44; in 1962 he was elected an International Councilor of his union. Kinney discusses the councilor’s election system, the workings of the International Council Board, and the Technological Development Committee. 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 Kinney, T. Earl, 1912- Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Cincinnati, Ohio;1954-1963 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). Edward Vincent Donahue Oral History Description An account of the resource In this interview Edward Donahue describes his childhood in South Dakota and leaving in 1939 to join the Army Air Corps where he studied photography. Donahue recalls his experience in WWII and working in the freight service after the war. Donahue enrolled at the Dunwoody Industrial Institute and this education led to his career in the engraving trade. Ed also discusses his involvement in politics and how this led to the elected positions he held in the ALA. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-10-23 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Donahue, Edward Vincent, 1920- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice M. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) New York, NY; 1936-1974 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). Edward Volz Oral History Description An account of the resource Edward Volz, President of the Photoengravers’ Union from 1929-1954, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was apprenticed to a wood engraver at the age of fifteen and joined the Photoengravers Union at twenty-one when it was still part of the Typographical Union. In this interview he discusses how he became active in union “booster trips” and reminisces about various union officers. Volz talks about the various job classifications in his industry an how he helped get them under one minimum wage scale. He describes the 1922 lockout for a return to the 48-hour week, the movement for a general printing trades union and how he helped obtain the five-day week for his industry in 1929. Volz also recalls his experience as secretary on law of the AFL under the chairman of Dan Tobin and as a fraternal delegate to represent the AFL at the British Trade unions’ Congress in 1948. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1973-03-12 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Volz, Edward, 1879- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice M. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Chicago, IL; 1926-1974 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). Eugene Macellari Oral History Description An account of the resource Eugene Macellari moved to Boise, Idaho in 1950 and took his apprenticeship as a lithographer there. Macellari went to work in a mixed shop where just the litho department was ALA under Portland Local 36. Macellari describes the strike in 1957, which lasted for three months and was broken resulting in Macellari losing his job and relocating to Seattle. In Seattle he found employment as a stripper of North Pacific Bank Note Company and worked hard to establish an ALA Local , and became president of the local in 1961. Macellari’s story then turns to how he came to learn about negotiations, unions, and labor-management relations especially under the guidance of International Representative James O’ Neill. Macellari discusses the internal politics of the ALA, the origins of the movement toward merger, and talks about areas of International concern. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-02-04 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Macellari, Eugene, 1927- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hoffman, Alice M. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Chicago, IL; 1925-1950 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). Gus Petrakis Oral History Description An account of the resource In this interview Gus Petrakis recalls quitting college to go to work for Western Printing during the depression. Petrakis worked his way up to apprentice pressman, became affiliated with the Milwaukee local of the ALA, and became the first recording secretary. In 1944 Petrakis became president of his local and in 1947 took on the job of International Representative of the ALA. Petrakis recalls his involvement with the 1951 strike at the Michigan Lithographic Company and his views on the International presidency controversy. He became vice-president and reviews the nature of his work closely in the Racine-Chicago area with the newly-merged Photoengravers. At the time of the interview Petrakis had been retired for two years and is able to reflect on the kind of personal experience and his involvement in the labor movement has been. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1974-08-20 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Petrakis, Gus, 1911- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Giebel, Greg Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Philadelphia, PA; 1941-1974