National Maritime Union of America
Organization
Dates
- Existence: May 1937
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Great Lakes Labor Documents collection
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0128
Scope and Contents
The first portion of this collection consists mainly of agreements between maritime labor unions and steel production and shipping companies spanning 1914-1983, with most falling in the 1960s-1970s. Many large companies including Inland Steel, U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, and American Shipbuilding Company are represented. Major unions featured include the National Maritime Union, Seafarer's International Union, Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association, and the United Steel...
Dates:
Creation: 1914-1983
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Great Lakes Labor News scrapbook
Collection – Box GLMMS 46, Folder: 6
Identifier: GLMMS-2173
Scope and Contents
A collection of newspaper clippings, broadsides, press releases, and fliers documenting conditions facing Great Lakes sailors late in the Great Depression.
Dates:
Creation: 1937-1941
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Richard D. Timbers collection
Collection – Box GLMMS 38, Folder: 1
Identifier: GLMMS-2111
Scope and Contents
This collection contains ceritifcations and other materials obtained by sailor Richard D. Timbers while serving on the Great Lakes in 1943-1944. Included are pay stubs, identification documents, postcards written to Timbers' brother(?) Dwight, and federal seaman's certificates. Also present are membership books for the National Maritime Union of America and the International Association of Machinists.
Dates:
Creation: 1943-1944; Creation: 1962
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections