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Title: VIRGIL COLLINS COLLECTION Genre: Papers, Date : 1945-1972 (Predominantly, 1945-1948) Size : .5 linear feet ID #: 199 OCLC: ©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs HEFA.01c.update |
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Scope & Contents
The papers of Virgil Collins were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in June 1966. Additional papers were added to the collection in July 1972, April 1984, and April 1986. The collection was reprocessed and opened for research in October of 1986.
Virgil Collins joined the UAW in 1937. He was employed at the General Motors South Gate, California plant from 1945 until 1976, and was a member and officer of Local 216.
Mr. Collins was elected as a Shop Committeeman of Local 216 in 1947. In December of 1947, the Local 216 membership voted to require all officers to sign non-communist affidavits or be recalled from office. Mr. Collins was among a group of officers that the Local put on trial in July 1948 for refusing to sign the affidavit.
In 1957, Mr. Collins was elected Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 216, a position that he held until 1976. He also served as editor of the Local 216 newspaper, the Assembler, from 1957 to 1976. As Chairman of the Auto-Aero Unity Team, Mr. Collins was a leader of the movement to remove Region 6 Director Paul Schrade from office in 1972. Mr. Collins retired in 1976 but continued to work for the UAW assisting with insurance and legislative activities.
The papers of Mr. Collins reflect his work with Local 216 and the 1948 trial concerning non-communist affidavits.
General Motors Strike, 1945-1946
Non-communist affidavits, 1948
Region 6 Directorship Election, 1972
Paul Schrade
Copies of the Local 216 Assembler have been placed in the Archives Library.
The UAW Local 216 Collection
The UAW Region 6 Collection
Paul Schrade Collection
1 manuscript box
Series I, UAW Local 216, 1945-1968, Box 1
Trial proceedings, charges, articles, and other material relating to UAW Local 216 officers and members. Particularly well- documented is the trial of Local 216 officers in 1948.
Series II, UAW Region 6, 1971-1972, Box 1
Correspondence, leaflets, newsletters, and other material concerning the 1972 election of the Region 6 Director. Also included are articles concerning factory workers from 1971-1972.
Series I
UAW Local 216, 1945-1968
Box 1
Trial proceedings, charges, articles, and other material concerning Local 216 from 1945 to 1968. Most of the materials are concerned with the trial of Local 216 officers, including Mr. Collins, on various charges arising out of their refusal to sign non-communist affidavits in 1948. Other items include the cases against Local 216 members for failing to picket during the strike against General Motors during 1945-1946. Also contained in the series is a transcript of a trial from 1964. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 1
1. Duncan, James; trial transcript, 1964
2-10. Picketing cases; #1-99, 1945-1946
11-14. Trial of officers; transcript, 1948
15. Strike vote; leaflets, 1968
Series II
UAW Region 6, 1971-1972
Correspondence, leaflets, newsletters, and other material concerning the 1972 election of the Region 6 Director. Additional materials relate to early retirement and the 1972 Presidential election. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
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16. Auto-Aero Unity Team; correspondence, 1972
17. Early retirement; article, correspondence, 1971
18. Nixon campaign; Congressional Record reprint, 1972
19. Region 6 Director; biographies, 1972
20. Schrade, Paul; correspondence, 1972
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(Correspondence is marked with an asterisk.)
Auto-Aero Unity Team, 1:16
*Ciccone, Louis, 1:2-11
Ciccone, Louis, 1:12-14
Early retirement, 1:17
General Motors, 1:15
*Mazey, Emil, 1:20
Nixon, Richard M., 1:18
Non-communist affidavits, 1:12-14
Picketing, 1:2-11
*Reuther, Walter P., 1:16
*Schrade, Paul, 1:16, 1:20
Schrade, Paul, 1:16, 1:19-20
Taft-Hartley, 1:12
Whipple, Jerry, 1:19
*Wray, Chet, 1:20