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Summary
This collection consists of correspondence with local unions and employers, meeting minutes, newsletters and pamphlets, ledger books, legal documents, and financial reports created and collected at three sub-districts of District 1 of the United Steelworkers of America: Worchester (1937-1961) and Boston (1943-1960), Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island (1943-1962). Topics include contract negotiations, legislation, and conventions.
In Historical Collections and Labor Archives, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (#RG 1.501).
Biographical or Historical Sketch
District 1 of the United Steelworkers of America oversaw activities in New England from the inception of the USWA in 1942 until district restructuring in 1995.
