Lima Building Trades Council (Lima, Ohio) records

Collection – Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0037

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The records include the minutes of regular and executive board meetings, correspondence, financial statements, labor agreements, and wage scales for the years 1937 to 1966, with the bulk of the material specifically covering the period 1940 to 1961.

Dates

Creation: 1937-1966
Creation: Majority of material found within 1940-1961

Extent

2.30 Cubic Feet (5 legal archive boxes)

Creator

Lima Building Trades Council (Ohio) (Organization)

Scope and Contents

The regular meeting minutes of the Lima Building Trades Council are available for 1940, 1946-1951, and 1955-1960. The executive board minutes are available for 1950 and 1955-1961. The collection also includes a few minutes of the Allied Labor Council (1947), the Merger Association (1949), a meeting with Standard Oil (1954), and a meeting with the Cary Brothers Contractors (1950). Incoming and outgoing correspondence is scattered and exists for 1937, 1939-1941, and 1943-1966. Financial statements cover the years 1946-1948, 1954-1956, 1958-1959, and 1964. Labor agreements are available for 1946, 1950, 1952, and 1954-1960, while the wage scales exist for 1940, 1944, 1947-1952, 1955, and 1959=1962. Convention bulletins, proceedings, and roll calls of delegates are scattered over the years 1946-1962. Copies of the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council Quarterly Bulletin (1952-1953), the 1961 Building and Construction Trades Director, the 1949 by-laws, labor posters, ballots, and a few resolutions complete the collection.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Lima Building Trades Council records were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections on June 20, 1977, by Stephen P. Gietschier, Co-Director of the Ohio Labor History Project, with the cooperation of Robert Wallace.