Denver Typographical Union, No. 49 Records

Collection

Identifier: WH100

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains a microfilm copy (Mflm32) of four volumes of union records (1864-1903) and proceedings of trial committee upon charges against Homer E. Dunn (1908). Additional item includes a bound scrapbook (1871-1878) containing circulars from other typographical unions advising of local unfair labor practices, expulsion of members for non-payment of dues, and identifying member "rats" caught working in non-union situations or expelled for non payment of dues.

Dates

1864-1908

Creator

Denver Typographical Union, No. 49 (Denver, Colo.). (Organization)

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Denver, Colo. printers' union affiliated with the International Typographical Union. Organized in April 1860 by five printers working at the Rocky Mountain Newspaper, organization later chartered on June 9, 1860. Claims to be Colorado's first trade-union.