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Finding aid created by: MM
Date: 2006
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| Feb 2009 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Friese, George. |
| Title: | George Friese Collection of Plastics Union Ephemera |
| Dates: | 1935-1954 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Collection consists of union-related pieces of ephemera from George Friese’s career in the plastics industry in the Leominster, Massachusetts area. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
George Friese of Fitchburg, Massachusetts worked in the plastics industry in the Leominster, Massachusetts area. He was a member of the Playthings, Jewelry & Novelty Workers International Union-CIO at least from the 1940s-1950s and was employed at Du Pont Doyle Works in 1944-1945.
The George Friese Collection of Plastics Union Ephemera consists of union-related pieces of ephemera from George Friese’s career in the plastics industry in the Leominster, Massachusetts area. It includes his membership cards in the Playthings, Jewelry & Novelty Workers International Union-CIO, 1946 through 1954; an employees handbook from the Du Pont Viscoloid Company from 1935; and a payment receipt from Doyle Works Employee’s union from 1944-1945.
Arranged chronologically.
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Persons
Friese, George -- Archives.
Corporate Bodies
Doyle Works.
DuPont Viscoloid Company.
Playthings, Jewelry & Novelty Workers International Union-CIO.
Subjects
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics workers -- Labor unions.
Genres and Forms
Agreements.
Handbooks.
Membership cards.
Occupations
Labor union members.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
George Friese Collection of Plastics Union Ephemera,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Plastics Center and Museum, 11/06/2008.
Ephemera
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| SC 293 | Miscellaneous 1935-1954 (8 items) | ||||||||||
| 1. DuPont Viscoloid Company Employee’s Handbook, 1935 2. F. D. Associates membership card, 1938 3. Doyle Works Employees Union payment receipt, May 1944 to June 1945 4. (4) Membership cards from the Playthings, Jewelry & Novelty Workers International Union-CIO, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954 5. Booklet: Labor agreement between Nashua Plastics Co., Inc and United Novelty Workers local 66, affiliated with Playthings, Jewelry & Novelty Workers International Union-CIO, 1952-1953 |
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