United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1214 Records
Scope and Contents
The majority of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1214 Records provides information about members of and membership in Local 1214. Information about Local 1214's political and social activities, finances, and relationships with local employers, other unions, and its parent organization may be gleaned from the Minutes, Financial Records, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Series. Limited information about local employers and their use of union carpenters' labor resides in the Employers' Audit Reports Series. The materials date from 1905 to 1968.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-1968
Creator
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 1214 (Walla Walla, Wash.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
The Carpenters and Joiners Union of Walla Walla, Washington was established on August 12, 1881 as an independent union. Although the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was also established in 1881, this Walla Walla labor organization remained independent for nearly twenty years. On January 31, 1900, the Walla Walla union allied with the national union, and Local 1214 of the Union Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was chartered.
Local 1214 offered membership to qualified carpenters and joiners in southeastern Washington and served as a protector of laborers' wages and rights. Membership ranged from under 100 to over 300 members. Union members elected officers, including a President, Vice President, Financial Secretary, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer, to direct the organization, communicate with local, regional, and national union representatives, and manage the finances of the union. The union held meetings weekly, biweekly, or monthly at the Labor Temple at 343 S. 3rd St. in Walla Walla. Topics discussed at the meetings included membership issues (new members, members violating union laws, illness and distress among members), political lobbying, information about jobs underway or completed, employers' violation of workers' rights or fair wages, and the union's finances. In addition to monitoring the dues and employment activities of its members, Local 1214 also collected and maintained information about employers that hired union members.
In the late 1960s, Local 1214 merged into Pasco's Local 1849 due to declining membership.
Extent
12.27 Linear Feet (15 manuscript boxes, 7 small flat boxes, 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1214 Records, which dates from 1905 to 1968, contains membership records, financial records, meeting minutes, and correspondence created by the Walla Walla local of the national carpenters' union.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives prior to August 2004. The accession number is retro-0018.
- Title
- Guide to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1214 Records
- Author
- Colleen McFarland, Emiko Hastings, and Janet Mallen
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding the finding aid was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository