P316.xml CARPENTERS AND JOINERS BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA. LOCAL NO. 87 (SAINT PAUL, MINN.) An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Dennis Meissner Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.
 Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner September 12, 2000Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Carpenters and Joiners Brotherhood of America. Local No. 87 (Saint Paul, Minn.). Local No. 87 records, 1885-1960. Minutes, membership and dues records, journals, daybooks, forms, circulars, and correspondence from a carpenters' union local in St. Paul, Minnesota. 16.5 cu. ft. (14 boxes, containing 1 folder and 81 volumes). See Detailed Description for shelf location SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS

Minutes, membership and dues records, journals, daybooks, forms, circulars, and correspondence from a carpenters' union local in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Correspondence and minutes contain data on the union's formation, internal affairs, assessments and benefits, social functions, organizing activities, relations with other local and national unions, and political participation.

There is also information on St. Paul labor issues, hiring practices, boycotts, strikes, and employers' attitudes toward unions. Present also are minutes (1914-1923) of Millmen's Local Number 1868, which affiliated with the carpenters in 1923.

 ARRANGEMENT OF THE COLLECTION

These records are organized into the following sections:

Minute Books Membership and Dues Records Financial Records OTHER FINDING AIDS

An inventory that provides additional information about these materials is available in the repository; filed as P316.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Building trades -- Minnesota -- Employees. Carpenters -- Minnesota -- Labor unions. Labor -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Labor unions -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Organizations: Millmen's Local Union No. 1868 (Saint Paul, Minn.). United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local Union No. 87 (Saint Paul, Minn.). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Carpenters and Joiners Brotherhood of America. Local No. 87 (Saint Paul, Minn.) Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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 Accession Information:

Accession number: 4549; 10,072; 12,132

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Dennis Meissner, September 2000

Catalog ID number: 09-00025706

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION P316 1 Minute Books P316 1 Vol. 1. January 30, 1885-January 4, 1888. Vol. 2. May 7, 1895-December 2, 1902. Vol. 3. December 16, 1902-December 3, 1907. Vol. 4. December 3, 1907-November 22, 1910. P316 Vol. 5. 2 November 29, 1910-November 10, 1914. Vol. 6. November 17, 1914-April 3, 1917. Vol. 7. April 10, 1917-March 23, 1920. Vol. 7A.March 27, 1923-June, 1927. Vol. 8. June 21, 1927-September 23, 1930. Vol. 9. Carpenters' Sick Benefit Association minutes, February 16, 1902-January 3, 1922. Vol. 10. Millmen's Local Union No. 1868 minutes, January 7, 1914-April 26, 1923.

The Millmen's Local 1868 affiliated with the Carpenters and Joiners in 1923.

 Membership and Dues Records

The records document dues payments, fines, assessments, etc. levied against individual union members. They are arranged by member name within each volume.

 P316 3 Vol. 11. undated. Vol. 12. undated. Vol. 13. [ca. 1889]-1906.

Note: the dates on the volume's spine are incorrect.

 Vol. 14. 1900-1902. Vol. 15. 1901. Vol. 16. 1902, 1910. Vol. 17. 1903. Vol. 18. 1903-1904. P316 4 Vol. 19. 1905. Vol. 20. 1906. Vol. 21. 1907-1908. P316 5 Vol. 22. 1909-1910. P316 8 Vol. 23. 1911-1914. Vol. 24. 1915-1916. P316 9 Vol. 25. 1917. Vol. 26. 1919. Vol. 27. 1919-1920. Vol. 28. 1920. Vol. 29. 1921-1922. Vol. 30. 1923. Vol. 31. 1923-1924. P316 10 Vol. 32. 1925-1926. Vol. 33. 1927-1928. Vol. 34. 1929-1930. Vol. 35. 1931-1932. Vol. 36. 1933-1934. P316 11 Vol. 37. 1935-1936. Vol. 38. 1937-1938. Vol. 39. 1935-1941. Vol. 40. 1938-1940. Vol. 41. A-K, 1941-1943. P316 12 Vol. 42. L-Z, 1941-1943. Vol. 43. A-Z, 1944-1946. Vol. 44. A-K, 1946-1948. P316 13 Vol. 45. L-Z, 1946-1948. Vol. 46. A-K, 1949-1951. Vol. 47. L-Z, 1949-1951. P316 14 Vol. 48. A-K, 1952-1954. Vol. 49. L-Z, 1952-1954. P316 5 Vol. 51. Membership and visitors roll book, 1886-1934. Financial Records P316 5 Vol. 50. Treasurer's record, 1885-1931. Record of bills: Vol. 52. July 7, 1954-July 17, 1957. Vol. 53. August 7, 1957-July 20, 1950. Health insurance records: Vol. 54. [1946]-[1950]. Vol. 55. [1950]-[1954]. Vol. 56. [1955]-[1957]. Daybooks: Vol. 57. January 7, 1896-July 3, 1899. Vol. 58. June 5, 1900-December 31, 1901. P316 6 Vol. 59. December 6, 1904-December 26, 1905. Vol. 60. January 5, 1921-July 5, 1927. Journals: Vol. 61. [ca. 1906]-1908. Vol. 62. February 1, 1910-January 1, 1921. Vol. 63. [ca. 1911]-1914. Vol. 64. August 6, 1912-June 30, 1914. Vol. 65. December 21, 1915-March 20, 1931. Vol. 66. January-December 1916. Vol. 67. August 1930-December 1932. Vol. 68. January 1933-January 1935. Vol. 69. January 1935-December 1936. P316 7 Vol. 70. December 1936-January 1939. Vol. 71. February 1939-March 1940. Vol. 72. April 1940-May 1941. Vol. 73. May 1941-February 1942. Vol. 74. March-September 1942. Vol. 75. October 1942-June 1943. Vol. 76. June 1943-June 1944. Vol. 77. June 1944-June 1948. Vol. 78. July 1948-December 1951. Vol. 79. January 1952-December 1954. Vol. 80. January 1955-March 1957.