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Utah labor archive audio-visual collection, 1948-1961

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Richardson, Reed C., 1917-2000
Title
Utah labor archive audio-visual collection
Dates
1948-1961 (inclusive)
Quantity
77 phonograph records
3 16mm film
Collection Number
A0199
Summary
The Utah labor archive audio-visual collection (1948-1961) consists of audio recordings of speeches and songs and informational films relating to labor unions in Utah and the United States at large.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Audio-visual materials can be fragile and require specialized equipment to play back. For this reason, access to audio-visual materials is provided through digital copies, and it might take longer to provide access to items that are not yet digitized. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Univertsity of Utah was designated the official labor archives of the State of Utah in 1971. The paper records and audio-visual items created or kept by various Utah labor unions have been deposited here.

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Content Description

The Utah labor archive audio-visual collection (1948-1961) consists of 77 audio recordings of speeches and songs relating to labor unions in Utah and the United States at large and 3 16mm films about the labor movement.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The majority of the materials are arranged by subject matter and format.

Related Materials

See also the Utah labor archives (Ms 13) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Mark Jensen in 1991.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Talks by labor leaders and others

    Container: Box 1

    51 phonograph records
    • Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, special events report: Unions and ex-convicts

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 1-2
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters: International Control Commission (ICC) unfairly favors railroads

      phonograph record

      General President James R. Hoffa

      Dates: 1961 April 09
      Container: Disc 3
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, special events report: The dangers of the Kennedy-Irvin Bill

      phonograph record

      General President James R. Hoffa

      2 copies

      Dates: 1959 June 10
      Container: Disc 4-5
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: William Green: final conference speech

      phonograph record
      Dates: 1949 July 20
      Container: Disc 6
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: Image of freedom: 20 years of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 7-8
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Safety truck week

      phonograph record
      Dates: June 6-11
      Container: Disc 9
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: Voice of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A few quotations from his speeches.

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 10-11
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: Labor's League for Political Education (LLPE) parts 1-4

      phonograph record

      Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE.

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Disc 12
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: Labor's League for Political Education parts 2, 5

      phonograph record

      Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE.

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Disc 13
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: Labor's League for Political Education parts 3, 6

      phonograph record

      Senator Hubert Humphrey at National Conference of the LLPE: "We can win in 1950."

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Disc 14
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: Clegg-Vest Act hearings

      phonograph record

      Hearings about Utah's labor-management relations act held at the Newhouse Hotel during the 1947 legislative session.

      Dates: 1947
      Container: Disc 15-25
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: "What I would say"

      phonograph record

      Address by Dave Beck over Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).

      2 copies

      Dates: 1949 July 23
      Container: Disc 26-27
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others
    • Description: Unidentified meetings

      phonograph record
      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 28-51
      Location: Talks by labor leaders and others

  • Songs of the labor movement

    Container: Box 2

    19 phonograph records
    • Description: "A Promise ain't a promise anymore" and "You gotta go down"

      phonograph record

      Joe Glazer and the PAC Bucks

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 1-2
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: American industrial ballads

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 3-4
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: "Ballads for sectarians" and "Songs of the Wobblies"

      phonograph record

      The Wobblies are the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 5
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: "The great American bum" and other hobo and migratory worker's songs

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 6-7
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: "Joe McCarthy's band" and "The giveaway boys in Washington"

      phonograph record

      Joe Glazer

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 8-9
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: "Love that team"

      phonograph record

      Joe Glazer

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 10-11
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: "The original talking union" and other union songs

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 12-13
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: "Solidarity" and "Give-away boys"

      phonograph record

      Joe Glazer

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 14-15
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: The songs of Joe Hill

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 16-17
      Location: Songs of the labor movement
    • Description: The songs of the Wobblies

      phonograph record

      2 copies

      Dates: undated
      Container: Disc 18-19
      Location: Songs of the labor movement

  • Miscellaneous talks, stories and films

    Container: Box 3

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Subject Terms

  • Labor Unions--United States--History--Sources
  • Labor Unions--United States--Songs and music

Personal Names

  • Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-

Form or Genre Terms

  • Moving images
  • Sound recordings

Finding aid prepared by Mark Jensen.
1991 (last modified: 2026)

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