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International Typographical Union, Local 2 (Philadelphia, Pa.) records
The Philadelphia Typographical Union #2 was organized in 1850 to protect the interests of journeymen printers. Activities of the Union include: apprenticeship program begun in 1857, National Fund established in 1867 to compensate striking workmen, Union Employment Office and Reading Room created in...
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| Collection: | International Typographical Union, Local 2 (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records |
| Collection Number: | 2076 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 100 | 1 | |a International Typographical Union. Local 2 (Philadelphia, Pa.) |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a International Typographical Union, Local 2 (Philadelphia, Pa.) records |f 1850-1967 | |
| 300 | |a 10.0 Linear feet |f 10 linear feet, 11 boxes, 22 volumes | ||
| 520 | |a The Philadelphia Typographical Union #2 was organized in 1850 to protect the interests of journeymen printers. Activities of the Union include: apprenticeship program begun in 1857, National Fund established in 1867 to compensate striking workmen, Union Employment Office and Reading Room created in 1879; various boycott, management and financial committees; child care programs begun in 1943; New Processes Training Center of P.T.U. opened in 1957; political education groups (Labor League for Political Education organized in 1948 and joined with CIO's Political Action Committee in 1956 to form Committee on Public Education (COPE). The records include: constitution with member lists; regular and special meeting minutes, 1853-1967; executive committee minute book, 1901-1905; business committee minute book, 1850-1861; membership book, 1854-1865; and miscellaneous records. Union regular and special meeting minutes reveal support of factory, wage and labor laws and revision of labor laws, 1884-1904, 1927-1937; International Copyright Laws, 1868, 1886; High Tariff Laws, 1882, 1894; Immigration Restriction, 1902; A.F.L.-C.I.O. merger, 1939. Minutes also show opposition to Taft-Hartley and N.L.R.B. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Deposited by the Typographical Union #2.; 1978 acquired | |
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Labor Laws and Legislation |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Labor Unions--Philadelphia--19th and 20th Centuries |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Taft-Hartley Act |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b International Typographical Union, Local 2 (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records |l 2076 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaid2076itup.pdf |