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Guide to the Ship Scalers, Dry Dock, and Boat Yard Workers Union, Local 541 (Seattle, Washington) Records 1939-1991
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Guide to the Ship Scalers, Dry Dock, and Boat Yard Workers Union, Local 541 (Seattle, Washington) Records 1939-1991 |
| Subject | Labor unions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Civil rights movements--Washington(State)--Seattle; African American labor union members; Labor unions and communism; Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington); Labor Unions; Labor History; Ships and Shipping; African Americans; Washington (State); Seattle |
| Description | Records of the Union; The Ship Scalers Union and Seattle’s Racial Progressivism in the 20th Century; Copyright by Adam Farley, 2011; Published as part of the Waterfront Workers History Project, HSTAA 498D Winter 2010; http://depts.washington.edu/dock/ship_scalers.shtml; On the eve of the 1934 West Coast Strike, only 1.4 percent of the waterfront workers in California were African American. In Pacific Northwestern cities, like Seattle and Portland, the number was even... |
| Publisher | Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries |
| Date | 1930/1986 |
| Rights |
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers is restricted. Contact UW Special Collections for details.; Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. |
| Type | Collection collection |
| Identifier | http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv73187 |
| Language | eng |
| Format | 19 cubic feet (20 boxes) |
| Coverage | 1939-1991 |
