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Title: FRANZ E. DANIEL COLLECTION Genre: Papers, Date : 1890-1976 (Predominantly, 1936-1948, 1963-1976) Size : 7 linear feet, 4 oversized folders ID #: 600-a OCLC: ©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs HEFA.01c.update |
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Scope & Contents
The papers of Franz E. Daniel were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in September of 1976 by members of the Daniel Family and were opened for research in April of 1977. Additional papers were deposited by Newman Jeffrey in May of 1983 and were opened for research in July of 1986.
Franz E. Daniel was born in Osceola, Missouri, on April 4, 1904. After an education in the Springfield, Missouri public schools, Mr. Daniel received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1925, and then attended the Union Theological Seminary for three years. In August of 1930, Mr. Daniel left school and became an organizer for the Socialist Party in Philadelphia.
In January of 1933, Mr. Daniel became an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and organized workers in the steel, auto, and rubber industries. He served as assistant director of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee in the South from 1936 to 1943. After breaking away from the CIO, the United Mine Workers began raiding other unions. In March of 1943, Mr. Daniel was dispatched to LaFollette, Tennessee to persuade clothing workers to remain with the CIO rather than affiliating with the United Mine Workers's District 50 "catch-all unit." He was beaten and shot, but escaped injury when his wallet stuffed with news clippings deflected the bullet.
From June 1943 to 1945, Mr. Daniel served as a representative on the United Labor Committee, and was active in a number of political campaigns on behalf of the Political Action Committee of the CIO. In 1945, he acted as Washington representative of the Industrial Committee of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers. Daniel served as a regional director for the CIO, first in South Carolina, 1946-1947; then North Carolina, 1947-1950; and finally the Rocky Mountain States, 1950-1953. From 1954 to 1955, he held the position of assistant to Walter Reuther, President of the CIO. From 1955 to 1963, Mr. Daniel served as Assistant Director of Organization for the AFL-CIO, and then representative to the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO, from 1964 to 1969. Mr. Daniel retired after thirty-six years of service, in May of 1969.
In 1966, Mr. Daniel returned to Springfield, Missouri, and became involved in establishing a Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, active in the Missouri Democratic Party, and began writing book reviews for the Springfield News and Leader, 1967-1975. After his retirement, Mr.
Daniel served as a member of the State Democratic Committee, 1970-1973; a director of the Springfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1969-1976; board member of the Public Utilities Commission of Springfield, 1972-1976; President of the Greater Ozarks Zoological Society, 1974-1976; President of the Civil War Roundtable of the Ozarks, 1972-1976; and was active in the University Club of Springfield, 1972-1976. Daniel was a reformed alcoholic and became extremely active in Alcoholics Anonymous, speaking to groups across the country, 1966-1976.
Mr. Daniel married Elizabeth Day Hawes on November 6, 1934. She also was an organizer for the Textile Workers Union in the South in the 1930s and 1940s. They were the parents of three sons: George, James and John. George died on November 5, 1946, at the age of three. Mr. Daniel and Ms. Hawes separated in 1965. Mr. Daniel died August 19, 1976, in Springfield.
The papers of Mr. Daniel reflect his work with various union organizations, his family affairs, and his active involvement in community affairs.
Alcoholism and labor
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1936-1943
Gaffney Strike, 1947
Highlander Folk School, 1936-1942
Labor and education
Labor and politics
Missouri politics, 1966-1976
National Youth Administration for Pennsylvania, 1937-1941
Organizing black workers in the South
Organizing the migrant worker
Organizing Southern textile mills, 1941-1943
Red Cross in World War II
Springfield (Missouri) Public Utilities Strike, 1975
UMW and CIO conflicts, 1943
Union raiding
Vietnam draft resisters
Women in the labor movement
John Bailey
Andrew J. Biemiller
Staunton Calvert
Jacob Clayman
Nelson H. Cruikshank
Berthe Daniel
George H. Daniel
Josephine Landes Ney Daniel
Margaret Daniel
Thomas F. Eagleton
Elizabeth Day Hawes
William E. Hearnes
John Herling Booton Herndon
Sidney Hillman
Newman Jeffrey
John Jacob Kroll
John L. Lewis
Agathe Daniel Little
Charles Logan
John S. Martin
Arnold Miller
H. L. Mitchell
William Pollock
Jacob Potofsky
Emil Rieve
M. J. Stone
Stuart Symington
Gene Taylor
Norman Thomas
Philip H. Van Gelder
Nicholas Zonarich
A number of personal photographs and a tape of the Memorial Service held on September 29, 1976, in Washington, D.C. have been placed in the Archives Audio-Visual Collections. A few pamphlets not directly related to Mr. Daniel's union activities have been placed in the Archives Library.
Series I, Boxes 1-4
Correspondence, clippings and miscellaneous papers of the Daniel family. All correspondence is arranged chronologically. Primarily personal in nature, but the files of George H. Daniel deal with early Missouri politics; Berthe Daniel's files deal with the National Youth Administration of Pennsylvania and the Highlander Folk School; Margaret Daniel's files deal with the Red Cross in India and Burma in World War II; Elizabeth Day Hawes' files of 1942-1943 deal with organizing in the South for the Textile Workers Union; and of particular interest are the letters of Mr. Daniel to his family.
Correspondence, speeches, various writings, news clippings, pamphlets, reports and newspapers dealing with Mr. Daniel's union activity and covers the period from 1936 to 1948, 1963 to 1969. There is a gap of material from 1949 to 1962.
Series III, Boxes 9-13
The personal files of Mr. Daniel cover his wide range of activities including his service on the Springfield Public Utilities Commission, work with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, the Alcoholics Anonymous, the Missouri State Democratic Committee, and his book reviews for the Springfield News and Leader. His files include correspondence, speeches, articles news clippings and a variety of pamphlets.
Series IV, Daniel Family Correspondence, 1890-1976, Boxes 13-14
Correspondence between members of Mr. Daniel's family including his wife, parents and sisters. Also included are clippings and other items concerning the Daniel and Landes families.
Box 13
6-8. Daniel, Berthe; correspondence, 1929, 1939, 1942-1946
9. Daniel family; correspondence and clippings, 1890, 1934, 1954, 1969, 1976
10. Daniel, Frances; correspondence, 1920, 1944, n.d.
11. Daniel, George H.; correspondence, 1892-1904, 1913, 1917
12-19. Daniel, Josephine L.; correspondence, 1904, 1920, 1926, 1934, 1943-1945
Box 14
1-14. Daniel, Margaret; correspondence, 1942-1945
15. Hawes, Elizabeth Day; correspondence, 1934, 1943, 1949
16-17. Little, Agathe Daniel; correspondence, 1942-1945
Series V, Franz Daniel Correspondence, c.1914-1976, Boxes 14-15
Correspondence from Mr. Daniel to members of his family, including his mother Josephine Landes Ney Daniel, and his sisters, Berthe, Frances, Margaret, Agathe Daniel Little, Georgia, and Josephine. Also included is correspondence with his friend, Newman Jeffrey, and letters written by Mr. Daniel, collected by Mr. Jeffrey from other individuals. The family correspondence has been identified by Margaret Daniel. Of particular interest is Mr. Daniel's correspondence with his family describing his travels as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, and including the attack on him by the United Mine Workers representatives in 1943. Other subjects include the death of Mr. Daniel's son, George, and his work for the Springfield Unitarian Universalist Church and also the Springfield Public Utilities Commission during a strike by utility workers in 1975. Files of correspondence are arranged chronologically, followed by news clippings concerning the Unitarian Universalist Church. Also included is correspondence with Newman Jeffrey, and correspondence of Mr. Daniel collected by Mr. Jeffrey from other individuals.
Box 14
18-21. Correspondence, c.1914-1967
Box 15
1-2. Correspondence, 1975-1976
3. Unitarian Universalist Church; clippings, 1968
Series VI, Franz Daniel Speeches and Writings, 1966-1976, Box 15
Book reviews written by Mr. Daniel between 1967 and 1975 for the Springfield News and Leader. Also included are sermons, speeches, and other writings by Mr. Daniel for the Springfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Alcoholics Anonymous, and other organizations from 1966 to 1976. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 15
4-9. Speeches and sermons; n.d., c.1966-1976
10-12. Springfield News and Leader; book reviews, Dec 1967-1975
13. Springfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; newsletters, 1968-1969
Series VII, Franz Daniel Biographical and Memorial
Material, 1943, 1976,
Clippings, correspondence, speeches, and other material concerning the memorial service and other tributes to Mr. Daniel following his death in 1976. Also included is biographical information regarding Mr. Daniel plus material concerning the 1943 assault on Mr. Daniel in LaFollette, Tennessee. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 15
14. Biographical material, 1943, n.d.
15. Memorials; Alcoholics Anonymous, 1976
16. Memorials; correspondence, 1976
17. Memorials; Unitarian Universalist Church, 1976-1977
18-19. Memorial Service, 1976
20. Memorial Service, correspondence, 1976
21. Obituaries; clippings, 1976
22. Tributes, 1976
(correspondence is marked with an asterisk)
Alcoholics Anonymous, 15:2, 15:15-16
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, 13:6, 14:18, 15:14
*Cox, Agatha Daniel, 13:11-12, 14:18
*Daniel, Berthe, 13:6-8, 13:10, 13:13, 14:6, 14:8, 14:15, 14:18-21, 15:15
*Daniel Family, 13:9, 14:2-14, 15:15
Daniel Family, 13:9-10, 14:15
*Daniel, Frances, 13:10, 14:3-4, 14:6-7, 14:11-14, 14:21, 15:15
*Daniel, Franz, 14:1-5, 14:7-12, 14:18-21, 15:1-2
Daniel, Franz: 13:6, 15:3, 15:14; birth, 13:11-12; book reviews, 15:10-12; marriage, 13:12; memorials, 15:15-17, 15:22; memorial service, 15:18-20; obituaries, 15:21; shooting, 13:13, 14:15, 14:19, 15:14; speeches, 15:4-9, 15:17 union activities, 13:7-8, 15:2; See also Franz Daniel Correspondence, 14:18-21, 15:1-2
Daniel, George (son); birth, 13:10; death, 13:8, 14:19
*Daniel, George H., 13:11
Daniel, George H., 13:9-10
*Daniel, Georgia, 14:3-4, 14:6-7, 14:9, 14:11-14, 14:21
*Daniel, Josephine, 14:21, 15:15
*Daniel, Josephine Landes Ney, 13:8, 13:10, 13:12-19, 14:6-7, 14:15, 14:19-20, 15:2
Daniel, Josephine Landes Ney, 13:9
*Daniel, Margaret, 13:6-8, 13:13-19, 14:1-14, 14:16, 14:19, 14:21
Democratic National Convention, 15:2
*Hawes, Elizabeth Day "Zilla", 14:1-5, 14:7-12, 14:15
Hawes, Elizabeth Day "Zilla", 13:6, 13:12, 14:18
Hillman, Sidney, 14:19, 15:2, 15:14
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 15:1
Jefferson, Thomas, 15:4, 15:7
*Jeffrey, Newman, 13:10, 14:19, 14:21, 15:1-2, 15:5, 15:14-15
Labor Movement, 15:7
Landes Family, 13:6
*Little, Agathe Daniel, 14:16-17
*Meany, George, 15:1, 15:20
Migrant Workers, 14:21
Rationing, 13:6-7
Red Cross, see Margaret Daniel Correspondence
Religion, 15:6-7
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 13:7-8
Springfield, Missouri, 15:1, 15:4
Springfield Public Utilities Commission, 15:1
Thomas, Norman, 13:6, 15:3, 15:5
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship: 15:3; memorials to Franz Daniel, 15:17; newsletters, 15:13; sermons, 15:4-9, 15:17
United Mine Workers, 14:19, 15:14
United Service Organizations (USO), see Berthe Daniel Correspondence
Van Gelder, Philip, 13:7, 14:1
THE FRANZ DANIEL COLLECTION - PART 2
Index Worksheet
Alcoholics Anonymous
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Burma
*Cox, Agathe Daniel
*Daniel, Berthe
Daniel, Berthe
*Daniel Family
Daniel Family
*Daniel, Frances
Daniel, Frances
*Daniel, George H.
*Daniel, Franz
Daniel, Franz
birth
marriage
union activities
Daniel, George (son)
*Daniel, George H.
Daniel, George H.
Daniel, Georgia
Daniel, Josephine
*Daniel, Josephine Landes Ney
Daniel, Josephine Landes Ney
*Hawes, Elizabeth Day "Zilla"
Hawes, Elizabeth Day "Zilla"
India
*Jeffrey, Newman
Landes Family
*Little, Agatha Daniel
Little, Agatha Daniel
Springfield, Missouri
Thomas, Norman
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship