MS 37 - Lima Building Trades Council (Lima, Ohio)

Title	MS 37 - Lima Building Trades Council (Lima, Ohio)
Introduction	The Lima Building Trades Council collection was transferred to the Center for Archival Collections on June 20, 1977, by Stephen P. Gietschier, Co-Director of the Ohio Labor History Project, with the cooperation of Robert Wallace. The records include the minutes of regular and executive board meetings, correspondence, financial statements, labor agreements, and wage scales for the years 1937 to 1966, with the bulk of the material specifically covering the period 1940 to 1961. Literary and property rights have been dedicated to the public and duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and scholarly research. Joanne Passet, a graduate assistant employed by the Ohio Labor History Project, processed the collection and compiled the register.
Agency History	Materials documenting the history of the Lima Building Trades Council currently are not available. The Council's office is located (1997) at 4580 S. Dixie Hwy--P.O. Box 1525, Lima, Ohio 45802-1525. Mr. Dave Smith serves as President.
Scope and Content	The regular meeting minutes of the Lima Building Trades Council are available for 1940, 1946-1951, and 1955-1960. The executive board minutes are available for 1950 and 1955-1961. The collection also includes a few minutes of the Allied Labor Council (1947), the Merger Association (1949), a meeting with Standard Oil (1954), and a meeting with the Cary Brothers Contractors (1950). Incoming and outgoing correspondence is scattered and exists for 1937, 1939-1941, and 1943-1966. Financial statements cover the years 1946-1948, 1954-1956, 1958-1959, and 1964. Labor agreements are available for 1946, 1950, 1952, and 1954-1960, while the wage scales exist for 1940, 1944, 1947-1952, 1955, and 1959=1962. Convention bulletins, proceedings, and roll calls of delegates are scattered over the years 1946-1962. Copies of the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council Quarterly Bulletin (1952-1953), the 1961 Building and Construction Trades Director, the 1949 by-laws, labor posters, ballots, and a few resolutions complete the collection.
Series Description	PROCEEDINGS MINUTES--REGULAR MEETINGS. May 1, 1940; 1946-1951; 1955-1961. Arranged chronologically Includes roll call, correspondence received, motions and resolutions passed, business agent and financial reports. MINUTES--EXECUTIVE BOARD. March 7, 1950; November 1955-January 1960. Arranged chronologically Includes roll call, reports, motions and resolutions, and correspondence received. MINUTES--ALLIED LABOR COUNCIL. April 25, May 2, 1947. Arranged chronologically Contains information on business conducted, especially involving local and state issues. MINUTES--MERGER COMMITTEE. November 25, 1957. Includes a list of committee members, election of offices, and other business conducted. MINUTES--SPECIAL MEETINGS. Arranged by type and within chronologically. Includes: Building Trades Council and Contractors Association, August 11, 1949; Building Trades Council and Standard Oil, April 7, 1954; Building Trades Council and Cary Brothers Contractors, March 1950; Central Labor Union, February 1952; Fremont Building Trades Council, November 3, December 13, 1961; Mutual Association Committee (North Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council), 1962-1963. BY-LAWS. September 29, 1949. Includes procedures by which Lima Building Trades Council is organized and conducts business. ROLL CALL. 1946-1962, n.d. (scattered). Arranged chronologically Includes list of delegates and offices and attendance at meetings. CORRESPONDENCE CORRESPONDENCE 1937, 1939-1941, 1943-1966. Arranged chronologically Includes correspondence with other unions, businesses, and legislators regarding members, contracts, and legislative issues. LEGAL DOCUMENTS AGREEMENTS 1946-1960 (scattered). Arranged by contractor and by date. Contains date, signature of agreeing parties, articles establishing parts of negotiated agreements and wages, hours, working conditions, etc. WAGE SCALES 1940-1962, n.d. (scattered) Arranged chronologically Includes type of job and correspondingg hourly rate. FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1945-1948, 1954-1959, 1964. Arranged chronologically Includes itemized listing of expenditures and receipts, balances, and date. Also includes audit for 1945-1946. DONATION REQUESTS. 1960-1961, 1964. Arranged chronologically Includes correspondence and receipts from agencies requesting donation from the Lima Building Trades Council. BUILDING EXPENDITURES. 1951-1953. Arranged chronologically Includes listing of Lima Building Trades Council Building expenses including hall rental. PRINTED MATERIAL LABOR PUBLICATIONS. 1950s-1960s. Arranged by type and by date. Includes the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council Quarterly Bulletin (1952, 1953, 1959-1963); Building and Construction Trades Bulletin (1949-1952, 1957, 1959, 1961-1964, 1966); Convention Proceedings (1959, 1961); Building and Construction Industry Directory (1961); and miscellaneous newsclippings, posters, brochures, and informational reports.
Inventory	Box 1 Folders Minutes - regular, May 1, 1940 Minutes - regular, 1946 Minutes - regular, 1947 Minutes - regular, 1948 Minutes - regular, 1949 Minutes - regular, 1950 Minutes - regular, 1951 Minutes - regular, 1955 Minutes - regular, 1956 Minutes - regular, 1957 Minutes - regular, 1958 Minutes - regular, 1959 Minutes - regular, 1960 Minutes - regular, 1961 Minutes - Executive Board, March 7, 1950 Minutes - Executive Board, November-December 1955 Minutes - Executive Board, 1956 Minutes - Executive Board, 1957 Minutes - Executive Board, 1958 Minutes - Executive Board, 1959 Minutes - Executive Board, January 1960 Minutes - ?, n.d. Minutes - Allied Labor Council, April 25, May 2, 1947 Minutes - Merger Committee, November 25, 1957 Minutes - Building Trade Council and Contractors Association, August 11, 1949 Minutes - Lima Building Trades Council and the Cary Brothers Contractors, March 1950 Minutes - Central Labor Union, February 1952 Minutes - Fremont Building Trades, November 3, December 13, 1961 Minutes - Mutual Association Committee of the North Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, 1962-1963 Correspondence, 1937 Correspondence, 1939 Correspondence, 1940 Correspondence, 1941 Correspondence, 1943 Correspondence, 1944 Correspondence, 1945 Correspondence, 1946 Box 2 Folders Correspondence, January-May 1947 Correspondence, June-December 1947 Correspondence - National Labor Relations Board, 1947-1948 Correspondence, January-December 1948 Correspondence, January-December 1949 Correspondence, January-December 1950 Correspondence, January-December 1951 Correspondence, January-December 1952 Correspondence, February-November 1953 Correspondence, February-December 1954 Correspondence, January-December 1955 Correspondence, January-November 1956 Correspondence, January-May 1957 Corespondence, June-December 1957 Correspondence, January-December 1958 Box 3 Folders Correspondence, January-December 1959 Correspondence, January-May 1960 Correspondence, June-December 1960 Correspondence, January-May 1961 Correspondence, June-December 1961 Correspondence, January-May 1962 Correspondence, June-December 1962 Correspondence, January-December 1963 Correspondence, January-November 1964 Correspondence, February-April 1965 Correspondence, February-October 1966 By-laws of Lima and Construction Trades Council, September 29, 1949 Financial statements, 1945-1948, 1954-1959, 1964 Requests for donations, 1960-1961, 1964 Audit, 1945-1946 Building expenditures, 1951-1953 Box 4 Folders Ballot, 1961, 1963 Work on application for charter, 1959 Roll call, 1946-1962, n.d. (scattered) convention Call (51st), September 9-11, 1959 Directory changes as of May 15, 1958 Article of Lima Sectionof Building Trades Directory, n.d. Declaration of Policy, re: picketing Agreement, Lima Building Trades Council and AFL, 1946 Agreement, Clevenger Roofing & Sheet Metal with Local 98 Sheet Metal Workers, April 21, 1950 Agreement, Painting and Decorating Contractors with Local 1020 Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers, 1950, February 8, 1952 Agreement, J. C. Claypool with LBTC, November 8, 1954 Agreement, Asbestos Roofing Company and Local 98, Sheet Metal Workers, July 28, 1955 Agreement, Dayton Building Trades Association with Local 290, Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Ironworkers, 1955 Agreement, Associated Building Contractors with Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers, Local 85, 1956 Agreement, Lima Area Contractors Association with Local 50 Cement Masons, February 1, 1957 Agreement, Lima Area Roofing Contractors Association with Roofers Local Union #318, January 18, 1958 Agreement, Lima Area Contractors Association with Local 50 Plasterers and Cement Masons, June 7, 1958 Agreement, Associated Building Contractors of Toledo with Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Local 85, December 16, 1958 Agreement, Associated Building Contractors of Toledo with Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers,, Local 55, 1958-1960 Agreement, NECA and Local 32 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, January 11, 1960 Agreement, Painting and Decorating Contractors with Local 1020, Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers, February 25, 1960 Agrement, "Employer" and Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Local 85, July 15, 1960 Agreement, Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors with Local 776 Plumbers and Pipefitters, July 26, 1960 Agreement, Lima Area Roofing Contractors with Local 318, Roofers, n.d. List of Union Contractors, n.d. Locals having contracts with various companies, n.d. Contractors fair to Carpenters, n.d. List of Contractors operating under contract with Union Labor, n.d. Cases before the Secretary of Labor, re: Lima, 1962-1963 Contracts for Bridge/Road work, 1960-1964 Pre-Job Conference, 1956-1966 Pre-Job Conference, correction of minutes, (February 1963) Labor Rates, Lima, Ohio, (1959-1960) Wage Scales, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949 Wage Scales, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959 Wage Scales, 1960, 1961, 1962 Wage Scales, n.d. Box 5 Folders Resignation of President B. K. McKercher, April 23, 1946 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, n.d. (1959) Press release, re: Building Trades Meeting in Lima, n.d. Building and Construction Industry Directory, 1961 Summary of Lima Building Trades Council Information, March 14, 1950-March 13, 1951 Resolution, re: Repeal of Taft-Hartley Labor Law, n.d. AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan, 1961 Constitution, United Labor Committee of Hancock County, April 15, 1957 Labor Registration Form, n.d. Labor Organization Information Report, December 31, 1959 Posters, Building Trades, n.d. Proceedings, 50th Regular Convention of Building and Construction Trades, AFL-CIO, California, 1959 Proceedings, 5th National Legislative Conference on Building and Construction Trades Department Washington, DC, 1959 Proceedings, 7th National Legislative Conference on Building and Construction Trades Department Washington, DC, 1961 "Know Your Congress," AFL-CIO Conference, 1962 Building and Construction Trades Bulletin, (various issues), 1949, 1950, 1951-1952, 1957, 1959, 1961-1964, 1966 Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, Quarterly Bulletin, 1952 Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, Quarterly Bulletin, 1953 Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, Quarterly Bulletin, 1959 Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, Quarterly Bulletin, 1960 Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, Quarterly Bulletin, 1961 Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, Quarterly Bulletin, 1962 Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, Quarterly Bulletin, 1963