W.R. Smith Papers, 1914-1947 (Bulk: 1914-1921)
1 box (0.25 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 243
W.R. Smith Papers
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W.R. Smith Papers, 1914-1947 (Bulk: 1914-1921)
1 box (0.25 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 243
Abstract:
Vice president and organizer for the International Brotherhood of Papers Makers (I.B.P.M.) who principally attempted to gain union conditions for the papers workers in the Kalamazoo region of Michigan. Includes letters to and from I.B.P.M. president James T. Carey as well as a 116-page transcript of Smith's organizing reports for the years 1914-1920, documenting his activities in Holyoke, Massachusetts, among other cities and towns in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Oregon, and Washington.
Terms of Access and Use: The collection is open for research. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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