p2623 SHAUN MALONEY: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Karen Spilman Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Karen Spilman June 2005Finding 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 Maloney, Shaun. Shaun Maloney papers. 1916-1996. Correspondence, clippings, articles, interviews, and other materials documenting the union activities of Maloney, union leader and activist in Minnesota. 2.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. BIOGRAPHY OF SHAUN MALONEY

Shaun "Jack" Maloney was a union leader and activist for over 50 years in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. He was born on September 10, 1911 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His biological father left the family before his birth. As a child he took his stepfather Ole Severson's surname and was known as Jack Severson until approximately 1936, upon which time he reverted back to Maloney.

Maloney was introduced to the local union at an early age; his stepfather was involved in the Teamsters' strike in Minneapolis in 1917. When the strike was squashed the participants, including Ole Severson, were blacklisted in the city. Maloney went to work with his stepfather as a child and left school at the end of the 8th grade (1925) to work in the delivery room of the Dayton Company. He joined the Minneapolis Teamsters local 574 in the early 1930s.

By age 18, Maloney was driving truck for a transfer company and in 1934 he was driving trucks or teams of horses for Cameron Transfer and Storage. Maloney was a participant in the Teamsters truck drivers strike in Minneapolis on June 20, 1934, also known as "Bloody Friday." Two strikers were killed and over 50 injured by riot police, including Maloney who was shot in the abdomen. After strike mediators helped to settle a contract between the Teamsters and local businesses, the contract went to vote on August 21, 1934 and Maloney was the first member to cast his ballot and also served as one of three union observers to ensure a fair election. The 1934 strike helped the Teamsters become one of the largest international unions, and many of the participants became well-known union activists.

After the strike, Maloney went back to work for Cameron Transfer and later became an organizer for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) in Iowa and South Dakota. Maloney, along with six other union leaders, was sentenced to jail in 1938 for interfering with interstate commerce after a bakery truck was destroyed in a crash during a 22-week strike in Iowa.

After Maloney was released from prison in 1940, he joined the merchant marine, eventually settling in Seattle, Washington in 1950, where he worked as a longshoreman. He was an active member of the local union and was appointed an executive in 1970, serving until his retirement in 1976. Jack Maloney died on December 19, 1999 in Seattle, Washington.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE PAPERS

The materials consist of interviews and clippings regarding Maloney's involvement in the 1934 Teamsters' strike in Minneapolis (1964-1993) and other union activities in Iowa, South Dakota and Chicago. Also documented in the papers is Maloney's involvement with the Fouts-Johnson defense fund (1939-1940) and miscellaneous notes, correspondence, and clippings regarding union activities in the Midwest and other parts of the country, including a letter from Jimmy Hoffa to Maloney (1965).

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Union Activities Union Activism Miscellaneous Papers OTHER FINDING AIDS

A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository; filed as P2623.

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: Labor unions -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Strikes and lockouts -- Minnesota -- Trucking. Truck Drivers' Strike, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934. Labor movement -- United States. Labor movement -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Labor unions -- United States. Persons: Dobbs, Farrell. Maloney, Shaun. Miller, Christine. Organizations: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America. Socialist Workers Party. Teamsters Local 574 (Minneapolis, Minn.). Occupations: Truck drivers. Labor organizers. Types of Documentation: Audiocassettes. Videocassettes. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Shaun Maloney Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,960

Processing Information:

Processed by: Karen Spilman, June 2005

Catalog ID number: 3695423

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION Union Activities

Includes correspondence, dues books, articles of agreement, clippings, contracts, minutes, and historical information regarding Midwestern unions that Shaun Maloney was a member of or involved with as an IBT organizer.

P2623 1 Minneapolis, Minnesota (Local 174, 544, 574): Minneapolis 174, 544, and 574 Dues Books, 1939-1946. George Frosig Dues Books, 1916. Local 544 and 574, 1934, 1939. P2623 3 574 Union Vote 8-26-1934, 1934. Kelly Postal Frame-Up, 1940s. 1941 Smith Act Trial, undated Local 574, 1934-1955. P2623 1 Sioux City, Iowa (Local 383): Demands of Local 383, 1937. Sioux City City Agreements, 1938-1939. Joseph A. Padway letter, 1940. Fouts-Johnson Defense Fund and Local 383, 1939.

Includes telegrams and letters to Maloney from Farrell Dobbs and the Teamsters executive board regarding Local 383.

Area and Local 383 Contracts, Proposals, and Worksheets, 1937-1940. Local 383, 1938-1942. Local 383, 1938-1939. Local 383 Articles of Agreement, 1938. P2623 2 Union Meeting Minutes and Miscellaneous, 1939-1940. Telegrams and Articles of Agreement, 1938-1940. P2623 3 Clinton, Iowa/Phelps-Dodge Strike, 1938. Local 383 History, undated. P2623 1 Kansas City, Missouri (Local 41): Local 41 Kansas City City Agreement, 1938. City Agreements, 1938-1939. Chicago (Local 710): City Agreements, 1938-1939. Dobbs Letters/Telegrams, 1938.

Telegrams and letters from Farrell Dobbs requesting Maloney's assistance with Chicago Teamsters Local 710.

P2623 2 Telegrams and Articles of Agreement, 1938-1940. Ottumwa, Iowa (Local 388): Local 388, Ottumwa, 1939-1941. Omaha, Nebraska (Local 554): Telegrams and Articles of Agreement, 1938-1940. P2623 3 Omaha, NE Union Local 554, 1938. Union Activism

Includes correspondence, papers, speeches, interviews, and other materials regarding the 1934 Minneapolis truck drivers' strike and the Fouts-Johnson Defense Fund.

P2623 2 1934 Minneapolis Truck Drivers' Strike: 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters' Strike Reunion/Christine Miller, 1979-1980. Transcripts of Interviews and Outlines of Questions with Christine Miller, 1979. P2623 3 Jack Maloney Speech, 1994. Minneapolis '34 Manuscript, 1984. 1934 Strikes, 1984. 1934 Minneapolis Truck Drivers' Strike Article, 1964. Articles regarding 1934 Truck Drivers' Strike and Miscellaneous Union Activities, 1919, 1974-1976. Articles regarding 1934 Truckers' Strike, 1980s. P2623 5 Audio Recordings of Interviews with Jack Maloney Regarding 1934 Strike: "Minneapolis Strikes," undated. 5 cassettes.

Numbered 1-5, but the container labelled #2 is empty. (noted 4/2006). Number 1 is also subtitled "Farrel Dobbs."

Interviews with Erling Sandness, 1987-1988. 8 cassettes. Interviews of Maloney by University of Minnesota Labor Education Service, 1979-1980. 4 cassettes. Interview with "Gen Wirth," August 14, 1988. 1 cassette. Interview with David Riehle, May 1, 1988. "The Turning Point: 1934 Mpls Strike," undated. 1 cassette. Sequence of largely unidentified recordings, 1979-1980. 12 cassettes.

All may have been parts of an extended interview with Maloney by members of the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service. One of them is so labelled, and all appear from their labeling to be part of a single series.

Video Recordings: "Labor's Turning Point: 1934 Minneapolis Trucker's Strike," 1 VHS cassette ; 28 minutes. University of Minnesota Labor Education Service: "'The Summer of '34': An Interview with Jack Maloney," undated. 1 VHS cassette. "Minneapolis," June, 24, 1993. 1 VHS cassette.

May contain silent motion picture footage from 1934 truck drivers' strike, along with some 1931 footage.

P2623 1 Fouts-Johnson Defense Fund: Fouts-Johnson and Local 383, 1939. Fouts-Johnson Letters, 1940. P2623 2 Union Meeting Minutes and Miscellaneous, 1939-1940. Miscellaneous Papers

Includes correspondence, clippings, obituaries, financial documents, articles, and various other materials regarding labor unions in the Midwest and across the country collected by Jack Maloney over his lifetime.

P2623 1 Minutes, North Central District Drivers Council, 1937. Correspondence from Jack Stoner, 1940. Correspondence from Miles Dunne and Miscellaneous, 1941. Miscellaneous Labor Unions, 1938-1940, 1960, 1965.

Includes a letter from Jimmy Hoffa to Jack Maloney (1965).

Miscellaneous Union Papers, 1937-1942. Miscellaneous Financial Documents, 1939-1940. P2623 2 Correspondence, 1938-1946. Financial Statistics, 1938-1939. Union Meeting Minutes and Miscellaneous, 1939-1940. Articles of Agreement and Correspondence, 1939-1941. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1938-1941. Local Union Questioner, undated. Telegrams, 1938-1940. Packinghouse Workers Union, 1936-1945. Correspondence from Erling Sannes, 1987-1988. Photographs, 1933, 1942, 1984. P2623 3 Labor Activities, 1920-1996. South Dakota, 1938, 1940s, 1990s. Union History, circa 1934-1994. Dunne, Dobbs, 1970, 1983. Jack Maloney Interview, 1984, 1994. Wirth, Rainbolt: Obituaries, 1978. California Teamsters Agreement, 1935. Articles regarding 1934 Truckers' Strike and Miscellaneous Union Activities, 1919, 1974-1976. Bob Leiter Bibliography, undated. IBT History, 1939-1941, 1964, 1978-1979, 1994. WPA Mass Meeting, 1939. Miscellaneous Union Activities, 1934-1996. Rose Palmquist Article, 1982. Minneapolis Union History and Floyd B. Olson, 1991. Yellow Dog Contracts, 1920. Correspondence from Farrell Dobbs, 1937, 1938. International Teamsters Journal, 1934-1936. 1934 Election, 1934. Clippings and Papers, 1960, 1980-1994. P2623 4 Miscellaneous Notes and Clippings, 1940s-1980s. Flyers, 1990s. Correspondence, 1920-1939. Miscellaneous Notes, undated.