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Series I, General Union Files, 1955‑1970; Boxes 1‑35 To Series

Series II, Jurisdictional Files, 1950‑1970; Boxes 36‑44 To Series

Series III, General Motors Negotiations, 1951‑1970; Boxes 45‑53 To Series

Series IV, Aerospace Files, 1957‑1969, Boxes 54‑57 To Series

Series V, UAW Internal Studies, 1957‑1967; Boxes 58‑59 To Series

Series VI, Union Correspondence, 1955‑1970; Boxes 60‑63 To Series

Series VII, Articles and Speech Notes, 1956‑1970; Boxes 64‑70 To Series

Series VIII, Organizations and Activities Files, 1957‑1970, Boxes 70‑78; To Series

Series IX, Wayne State University Board of Governors Files,1955‑1970; Boxes

         78‑82 To Series

Series X, Personal Correspondence, 1956‑1970; Boxes 83‑84 To Series

 

         Series I

       General Union Files, 1955‑1970

         Boxes 1‑35

 

This alphabetical subject series contains materials relating to every aspect of Woodcock's work and union interests during his tenure as UA14 Vice President. The files contain correspondence, clippings, memoranda, minutes, press releases, reports, studies‑ Some of the topics covered extensively include automation, education, the GM Department, the Legal Department, UA14 Regions, skilled trades, social security, and the UAW staff.

 

Box 1

 

        1. Accounting Department, 1958‑1970

        2. African‑American Labor Center

        3. Agricultural Implement Department, 1967‑1970

        4. Alcoholism, 1970

        5. Alliance for Labor Action, 1968‑1970

        6. Allied Industrial Workers of America, 1954‑1957

     7‑9. AFL‑CIO, 1957‑1969

      10. AFL‑CIO, Macomb County, 1966

      11. AFL‑CIO, Michigan State, 1958 and 1968

      12. American Motors Corporation, 1959‑1965

      13. Appeals Committee, 1952‑1970

14‑15. Apprenticeship Training, 1956, 1963,1965

16‑17. Arbitration, 1957‑1‑964

     18. Aspen Institute for Humanities Studies, 1960‑1964

     19. Atomic Energy, 1958 and 1964

     20. Attendance Rules, 1967

 

 

Box 2

 

     1‑6. Automation, 1953‑1956

   7‑10. Automobile Insurance, 1966‑1969

      11. Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1954,1964‑1965

      12. Automobile Safety, 1966‑1967

  13‑14.Automobile Warranties, 1969

 

Box 3

 

      1‑5. Automotive Products Trade Act 1965‑1970

         6. Bail Bond Money in Birmingham, Alabama, 1967

         7. Bendix Corporation, 1968

         8. Benton Harbor Malleable, 1955‑1966

         9. Black Lake Family Education Center, 1969‑1970

       10. Blue Cross Blue Shield, 1957‑1970

       11. British Honduras Partnership Program, 1967‑1968

 12‑13. Building Trades, 1956‑1970

 14‑16. Bylaws Committee, 1957‑1969

 

Box 4

 

      1‑2. Chrysler Department, 1962‑1970

      3‑7. Citizenship, 1957‑1970

      8‑9. Civil Rights, 1956‑1970

  10‑11. Collective Bargaining, 1958 and 1964

       12. Committee to Free the Five Spanish Sailors, 1957‑1953

  13‑16.Community Action Programs, 1968‑1970

 

Box 5

 

      1‑2. Communications Satellite Corp, 1962‑1963

         3. Community Health Association, 1963‑1966

         4. Community Health Foundation, 1967

         5. Consumer Credit, 1969

         6. Continental Motors, 1965‑1970

         7. Contributions, 1965‑1969

         8. Contract Dates, 1969

    9‑17. Conventions 1955‑1970

  18‑19.Copper and Brass Council, 1959‑1961

 

Box 6

 

     1‑2. Cross Company, 1953‑1960

     3‑4. Cybernetics, 1961‑1964

        5.Data Processing, 1966‑1967

     6‑7. Defense Procurement Committee, 1959‑1962 and 1968

     8‑9. Democratic Party, 1955‑1968

 10‑11. Democratic Party (Michigan), 1956‑1969

      12. Dental Plan, 1969

      13. Detroit Board of Education, 1970

      14. Detroit, City of, 1959‑1965

 

Box 7

 

         1. Detroit Council of Organizations, 1967

         2. Detroit Council of PTAs, 1966

        3‑4. Detroit Edison Company, 1957‑1958 and 1964

        5‑7. Detroit Public School!, 1962‑1969

         8. Disarmament, 1963

         9. Disclosure Act, 1959‑1964

          10. DRUM, 1969

          11. Dues, 1960‑1970

          12. Economic Conversion, 1969‑1970

          13. Education, 1966

     14‑15. Education, Citizens Committee on, 1963‑1966

          16. Education, Community Colleges, 1965‑1966

 

Box 8

 

         1‑4. Education Department, 1956‑1965

         5. Education, High School

         6‑7. Education, Highter, 1962‑1967

       8‑11. Education, IEB 1956 and 1965‑1970

          12. Educational Reform, 1969

          13. Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1961

          14. Elections (Michigan), 1966

     15‑17. Equal Employment Opportunity, 1961‑1969

 

Box 9

 

         1. Equal Pay Act, 1963‑1965

         2. Erosion of Bargaining Units, 1955‑1965

         3. Essex Wire Corporation Strike, 1964

         4‑6. Evansville Future, Inc. 1960‑1963

            7. Farm Labor, 1955‑1959

         8‑9. Farm Equipment and Metal Workers ‑ United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers, 1955‑1959

     10‑12. Fair Employment Practices Committee, 1956‑1970

           13. Finance Committee, 1956‑1965

           14. Firestone Steel Products Company, 1963‑1964

     13‑16.  Ford Department, 1953‑1969

 

Box 10

 

        1‑5.  Ford Canton MESC Legislation, 1959‑1963

         6. Foundry, 1956 and 1961

         7. Frick Company, 1965‑1966

      8‑15. General Electric Company, 1955‑1960

 

Box 11

 

     1‑5. General Electric Company, 1966‑1970

     6‑3. General Motors Annual Reports,1956‑1969

        9.                          Benefits Pamphlets

 10‑12.                           Canada, 1954‑1967

      13.                                 Correspondence, 1955‑1957

 

Box 12

 

      1‑9. General Motors Correspondence, 1958‑1964

  10‑11.                 Dues Letters 1957‑1968

  12‑16.                 Europe, 1957‑1970

  17‑19.                 Finances, 1956-1968

 

Box 13

 

         1. General Motors File Memos, 1961-1967

      2‑3.                Joint Study Committee, 1963‑1966

      4‑5.                Pamphlets, 1955‑1965

      6‑7.                Separate Voting Rights, 1966‑1967

         8.                     Torch Drives, 1959‑1966

         9.                     Wage Chronology, 1960 and 1966

 10‑14. Gosser, Richard, 1956‑1964

      15. Guaranteed, Annual Income, 1967

      16.                                         Wage, 1949‑1956

 

Box 14

 

          1. Guaranteed Annual Wage, 1968

       2‑3. Health Plans, 1964‑1970

          4. Honeywell Engineers, UAW Local 1701, 1957

          5. Hospitalization Programs, 1958‑1965

       6‑7. Housing, 1959‑1967

          8. Imported Automobiles, 1957

          9. Income Forecast, 1961

        10. Indian Affairs, 1965

   11‑12. Industrial Union Department, 1958‑1965

        13. Insurance, 1955‑1966

        14. Internal Affairs Committee, 1969

        15.                      Department, 1966

   16‑18. International Association of Machinists, 1958‑1969

 

Box 15

 

          1. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 1965 and 1969

       2‑5. International Executive Board UAW, 1963‑1970

       6‑7.            Harvester, 1964‑1968

     8‑14.            Metalworkers Federation, 1956‑1970

        15.                 Union of Electrical Workers, 1964‑1970

        16.                 Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers,  1963

 

Box 16

 

          1. Intra‑Corporation Councils, 1965‑1966

          2. Japan, 1964 and 1968

          3. Johnson, Lyndon B. 1964‑1965

          4. Juvenile Deliquency, 1962

          5. Kennedy, John F. 1962‑1963

       6‑9. Labor Archives, 1962‑1970

        10. Labor Department, Michigan 1965

   11‑12. Labor Department, U.S., 1958‑1969

   13‑19. Leadership Studies Center, 1963‑1969

        20. Legal Department, 1955‑1956

 

Box 17

 

     1‑11. Legal Department, 1956‑1970

   12‑13. Legislation, Michigan, 1956 and 1960‑1962

 

Box 18

 

       1‑3. Legislation, Michigan, 1963‑1970

          4. Legislation, U.S. 1959‑1966

          5. Local 103, Puerto Rico, 1966

          6. Local 113 UAW, 1955‑1970

          7. Local 238 UAW, 1968‑1969

          8. Local 330 UAW, 1966

     9‑11. Local 600 UAW, 1955‑1969

        12. Local 663 UAW

        13. Local 730, 1955‑1956

        14. Mack Truck, Inc., 1956‑1963

        15. Macomb County, 1964

        16. Macomb County Community College, 1966

 

Box 19

 

       1‑7. Manpower Training, 1957‑1969

          8. Maurer (Bob) Associates, 1966

     9‑16. Mazey, IEB Form Letters, 1955‑1970

        17. McCord Corporation, 1954

 

Box 20

 

     1‑3. Medical Programs, 1955‑1967

     4‑6. Medicare‑Medicaid, 1961 and 1965‑1967

        7. Membership Opinion Survey, 1968‑1969

     8‑9. Mental Health, 1964‑1966

 10‑12. Michigan Constitutional Convention, 1960‑1962

      13. Michigan Council on Economic Education, 1963

 14‑15. Michigan Gubernatorial Campaign, 1962

      16. Michigan Information Committee, 1956

 17‑18. Michigan Political Survey Part I and Part IT, 1968

 

Box 21

 

         1. Michigan Rehabilitation Institute, 1962‑196"

         2. Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Center, 1957

         3. Michigan (University of) Research Center, 1960‑1965

         4. Michigan's Economic Future, Comm. on, 1959‑1960

         5. Missiles, 1939

         6. Moore Drop Forging Company

         7‑8. NAACP, 1955‑1970

         9. NASA, 1962

          10. National Committee for Democratic Action, 1960

     11‑12. National Labor Management Panel, 1963‑1964

     13‑14. National Labor Relations Board, 1962‑1966 and 1969

          15. Nesselrode, William E., 1965

          16. Newspaper Guild, 1963

          17. Nuclear Arms, 1964 and 1968

          18. Optometrics, 1965

          19. Oral History Interview, Columbia University, 1967

          20. Oral History Project, WSU, 1959‑1964

 

Box 22

 

         1. Organizing, 1960‑1967

         2‑5. Overtime, 1964‑1965

         6. Parts and Suppliers Council, 1966‑1969

         7. Pattern Makers League, 1966‑1967

         8. Peace Corps, 1964‑1966

       9‑10. Pensions, 1958‑1967

     11‑12. Police Procedures, 1960 and 1965

          13. Politics, 1956‑1970

 

Box 23

 

         1. Poverty, Citizens Crusade Against, 1964‑1968

         2. PRESCAD, 1969

         3. Prescription Drugs, 1968‑1969

         4‑6. Price Notification, 1959‑1960

         7. Prices, 1953‑1970

       8‑10. Production Standards, 1955‑1963

          11. Profit Sharing, 1958

          12. Prophet Company, 1967‑1969

          13. Pubic Power Development, 1960

    14‑15. Public Relations Department, 1956‑1968

         16. Public Review Board, 1960‑1968

         17. Public Servie Employees Bargaining, 1967

         18. Quayle and Company, 1966‑1968

 

Box 24

 

         1. Radio‑TV, 1962 and 1968

        2‑5. Region 1, UAW, 1959‑1970

        6‑9. Region IA, UAW, 1958‑1970

 

 

         10. Region IC UAW, 1968‑1969

       11‑16. Region ID, UAW, 1955‑1965

 

Box 25

 

          1‑6. Region ID UAW, 1966‑1970

          7‑8. Region 2 UAW, 1955‑1970

        9‑10. Region 2A UAW, 1961‑1969

      11‑13. Region 2B UAW, 1955‑1970

      14‑16. Region 3 UAW, 1955‑1970

 

Box 26

 

           1‑2. Region 4 UAW, 1955‑1970

           3‑5. Region 5 UAW, 1956‑1970

         6‑13. Region 6 UAW, 1955‑1970

            14. Region 7 UAW, 1955‑1‑959

 

Box 27

 

          1‑4. Region 7 UAW, 1960‑1970

          5‑8. Region 8 UAW, 1955‑1969

             9. Region 9 UAW, 1956‑1970

      10‑11. Region 9A UAW, 1956‑1969

      12‑14. Region 10 UAW, 1955‑1963

           15. Religion and Labor, 1962‑1964

           16. Republican Party, 1953‑1963

      17‑18. Research Department, 1956‑1961 and 1963‑1968

 

Box 28

 

         1. Research Department, 1970

        2‑3. Retired Workers, 1956‑1970

        4‑5. Reuther, IEB Form Letters, 1962‑1970

           6. Reuther, Walter P. UAW Scholarship Fund, 1966

           7. Rockwell‑Standard 1968

           8. Ryerson and Haynes, Inc. 1969

           9. Sage, Russell, 1954‑1955

         10. Salary and Wages, 1959‑1967

    11‑12. Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 1965‑1968

         13. San Francisco National Bank, 1965‑1969

         14. Simmons, Paul A., 1967

    15‑17. Skilled Trades, 1954‑1961

 

Box 29

 

      1‑3. Skilled Trades, 1964‑1969

      4‑5. Skilled Trades Advisory Committee, 1960‑1964

    6‑11. Skilled Trades Society, 1953‑1970

       12. Sleeping Bear Dunes, 1964

       13. Social Security Advisory Committee, 1963

 

 

Box 30

 

      1‑5. Social Security Advisory Council, 1964‑1966

    6‑11. Social Security, AFL‑CIO Committee, 1956‑1959

 

Box 31

 

      1‑3. Social Security, AFL‑CIO Committee, 1960‑1967

      4‑5. Social Security Department, 1955‑1970

         6. Social Security Reform, Yung‑Ping Chen, 1963

         7. S.T.E.P. Inc., 1966‑1969

         8. Strikes, 1961‑1969

         9. Subcontracting, 1961‑1967

       10. Supersonic Transport, c1969

 11‑12. Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, 1956‑1966

      13. Taft‑Hartley Act, 1965

      14. Taxes, 1960‑1961

 

Box 32

 

          1. Taxes, Michigan, 1961‑1967

       2‑5. Taxes, Romney Program, 1958‑1963

       6‑8. Teacher Corps, 1966‑1968

     9‑10. Teamsters, Inter‑national Brotherhood of, 1956‑1968

        11. Teledyne, Inc. 1968

        12. TOP Department, 1965 and 1969

        13. Trade Union Leadership Council, 1960‑1963

        14. Transportation Act, 1969

        15. Tuition Refund Program, 1965 and 1970

   16‑17. Unemployment Compensation, 1956‑1963

 

Box 33

 

          1. Unemployment Compensation, 1964‑1970

          2. UAW Coloring Book

          3. UAW Staff Economic Comm., 1963‑1966

       4‑9. UAW Staff Grievance Coom., 1963‑1968

        10. UAW Staff Health Plan, 1955‑1953

        11. UAW Staff Insurance, 1956‑1963

   12‑13. UAW Staff International Rep. Council, 1966‑1970

   14‑16. UAW Staff Pension Board of Trustees, 1961‑1967

 

Box 34

 

         1. UAW Staff Pension Fund, 1963

     2‑9. UAW Staff Retirement and Pension Plans, 1954‑1966

       10. UAW Staff Salaries, 1957‑1968

       11. UAW Staff Sick Leave, 1958‑1964

 

Box 35

 

        1. United Farm Workers, 1968

        2. United Steelworkers of America, 1957‑1965

        3. Urban Coalition, 1967

         4‑6. Water Pollution, 1‑961‑1966

         7. Western Electric Prof. Employees, Council of, 1958‑1962

         8. White Collar Workers, 1959‑1966

         9. Women, 1961‑1969

          10. Workmen's Compensation, 1964‑1969

    11‑14. World Automotive Council, 1957‑1966

          15. Youth, 1959‑1969

          16. Miscellaneous Clippings, 1955‑1967

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         Series II

            Jurisdictional Files, 1950‑1970

         Boxes 36‑44

 

The files in this series contain correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to jurisdictional agreements, disputes, and problems between the UAW and other unions. They are arranged alphabetically by union, with a few company or corporation names included where the dispute involved that entity and several unions.

 

Box 36

 

         1. Air Line Pilots Association, 1957‑1967

      2‑9. Allied Industrial Workers, 1958‑1969

       10. Aluminum Workers of America, 1956‑1962

       11. Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, 1970

       12. American Federation of Grain Millers

  13‑15. AFL‑CIO Disputes and No‑Raid Agreements, 1958‑1959

       16. AFL‑CIO Internal Disputes, 1950‑1968

       17. AFL‑CIO Jurisdictional Dispute Summaries, 1961‑1962

 

Box 37

 

          1. Bricklayers Union

       2‑4. Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America

          5. Budd Company

     6‑25. Building and Construction Trades Councils

 

Box 38

 

       1‑8. Buildings and Construction Trades Councils

     9‑10. Building Service Employees International Union, 1962‑1963

        11. Philip Carey Manufacturing Co., 1961

        12. Cement Masons, 1962‑1966

        13. Coopers International Union of North America

   14‑15. Denver Metal Trades Council, 1956‑1961

        16. Distillery, Rectifying, Wine and Allied Workers International Union

        17. Federal Labor Union

        18. Glass Bottle Blowers Association of United States and Canada

        19. Glaziers Union

 

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Box 38

 

          20. Heekin Can Corporation, 1964

     21‑22. Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, 1959‑1968

          23. Independent Association of Skilled Trade and Maintenance Workers

 

Box 39

 

            1. International Assn. of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers

            2.                            Machinists

         3‑7. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers

       8‑11. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1954‑1964

 

Box 40

 

       1‑3. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1965‑1970

          4.                                   Firemen and Oilers

          5.                                   Teamsters, 1955‑1966

          6.                                   Telephone Workers

          7. International Chemical Workers Union, 1957‑1966

          8.                  Diesinkers Conference

          9.                  Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union

        10.                   Jewelry Workers Union

        11.                   Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union, 1958‑1967

        12.                   Molders and Allied Workers Union

        13.                   Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union, 1956

        14.                   Tyographical Union

   15‑17.              Union of Dolls, Toys, Playthings, Novelties & Allied Products, 1955‑1956

 

Box 41

 

        1‑2. International Union of Dolls, Toys... 1966‑1967

        3‑6.              Union    of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, 1951‑1969

           7.                 Union      of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, 1959‑1965

        8‑9.              Union    of Operating Engineers, 1956‑1959

         10.                  Union      of Operating Potters, 1967

         11.                  Union      of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers, 1958

         12.                  Wood Workers of America, 1957‑1958

         13. Lawn Boy, Outboard Marine Corporation, 1958

         14. Glenn L. Martin Company, 1958‑1963

         15. Mechanics Educational Society of America, 1954‑1961

         16. Millmen's and Carpenters Union, 1959

    17‑18. North American Aviation Corporation, 1956‑1963

 

 

 

Box 42

 

          1. Office Employees International Union

          2. Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union

          3. Paper, Pulp and Sulfite Workers Union

     4‑11. Pattern Makers League, 1957‑1970

        12. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

        13. Seafarers International Union

   14‑16. Sheet Metal Workers International Union, 1956‑1960

 

Box 43

 

      1‑3. Sheet Metal Workers International Union, 1961‑1970

         4. Spencer Chemical Company, 1963

         5. Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers, 1966‑1968

         6. Textile Workers

     7‑11. United Assn of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry

   12‑13. United Automobile Workers

        14. United Brotherhood of Carpenters, 1957‑1961

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Box 44

 

       1‑2. United Brotherhood of Carpenters, 1963‑1969

          3.             Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers

          4.        Furniture Workers of America

          5.        Glass and Ceramic Workers of North America

          6.        Industrial Workers of America

          7.       Mine Workers of America, 1965

          8.       Papermakers and Paperworkers, 1956‑1958

          9.       Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers

   10‑15.   Steel Workers of American, 1949‑1970

        16. Upholsterers International Union

        17. Vessals Goethals, and Comber, 1964

        18. Miscellaneous Jurisdictional Correspondence, 1952‑1967

 

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Series III

   GM Negotiations Files, 1951‑1970

Boxes 45‑53

 

These files of correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, newsletters, clippings, and press releases relate to contract negotiations between the UAW and General Motors Corporation. The negotiations which took place in 1958, 1961,1964, and 1968 are the primary focus, and some of the files concern the main bargaining issues for those years.

 

Box 45

 

          1. GM Negotiations, 1951‑1956

          2.                      1957

      3‑4.           1958

         5.                    :  Contract Demands, 1957

         6.                       :  Contract Proposals, 1958

      7‑8.                  :  GM Press Releases, 1958

     9‑11.                  :   Internal Communications, 1958

        12.                       :   Insurance, 1958

  13‑14.                  :   Pensions, 1958

 

Box 46

 

      1‑2. GM Negotiations: Productivity, 1958

         3.                    : Profit Sharing, 1958

         4.                    : Relocation, 1958

         5.                    : Shorter Work Week, 1958

      6‑7.        : SUB, 1958

         8.                    : Wages, 1958

         9.                    : Negotiations, 1959‑1960

  10‑14.        : Negotiations, 1961

       15.                        : Agreement Report, 1961

       16.                        : Bargaining Newsletters, 1961

       17.                        : Conference, 1961

 

Box 47

 

      1‑3. GM Negotiations: GM‑UAW Correspondence, 1961

      4‑9.                  : Internal Communications, 1961

  10‑12.                  : Local Union Demands, 1961

       13.                        : Local Union Surveys, 1961

 

Box 48

 

      1‑6. GM Negotiations: Local Union Surveys, 1961

         7.                       : NLRB Case, 1961

         8.                       : Rank & File Correspondence, 1961

         9.                       : Negotiations, 1962‑1963

  10‑11.                  : Negotiations, 1964

       12.                        : Bargaining Newsletter, 1964

       13.                        : Conference, 1964

       14.                        : GM‑UAW Contract Settlement Agreement, 1964

  15‑16.                  : GM‑UAW Correspondence, 1964

 

Box 49

 

       1‑5. GM Negotiations: Internal Communications, 1964

          6.                       : Press Releases, 1964

       7‑9.                   : UAW Statements, 1964

        10.                        : Agency Shop, 1964

        11.                        : American Motors Corp., 1964

        12.                        : Benefits Statistics, 1964

   13‑15.                   : Chevrolet, 1964

        16.                        : Chrysler Corp., 1964

        17.                        : Comparisons, 1964

 

Box 50

 

          1. GM Negotiations: Contract Chronology

          2.                       : Delco Remy, 1964

          3.                       : Discrimination, 1964

          4.                       : Educational Assistance, 1964

       5‑6.                   : Ford Motor Co., 1964

          7.                       : GM Council, 1964

          8.                       : GM Finances, 1964

          9.                       : Insurance, 1964

        10.                        : IUF‑GM Agreement, 1964

        11.                        : Local Unions, 1964

        12.                        : Medical Questionnaire, 1964

  13‑14.                   : Overtime, 1964

  15‑17.                   : Pensions, 1964

 

Box 51

 

          1. GM Negotiations: Representation and Grievance, 1964

          2.                       : Salaries, 1964

          3.                       : Seven‑Day Operations, 1964

          4. GM Negotiations: Skilled Trades, 1964

          5.                       :Stock‑Savings Purchase, 1964

          6.                       :Strike Clauses, 1964

          7.                       :Subcontracting, 1964

          8.                       :Supervision, 1‑964

          9.                       :SUB, 1964

        10.                        :Technological Change, 1964

        11.                        : Vacations, 1964

        12.                        : Vauxhall, 1964

   13‑14.                   : Wages, 1964

        15.                        : Working Conditions, 1964

        16.                     : Negotiations, 1965‑1966

   17‑19.         : Negotiations, 1‑967

        20.                        : Bargaining Notes, 1967

 

Box 52

 

          1. GM Negotiations: Conferences, 1967

          2.                       : Ratification, January, 1968

          3.                       : Reuther Speech, 1967

          4.                       : Auto Insurance, 1967

          5.                       : Bargaining Unit Erosion, 1967

          6.                       : Big Three, 1967

       7‑8.                   : Canada, 1967

          9.                       : Chevrolet, 1967

        10.                        : Chrysler Corp., 1967

        11.                        : Contract Chronology, 1967

        12.                        : Discipline, 1967

        13.                        : Dues, 1967

        14.                        : GM and V. Gillen v. Ralph Nader, 1966

        15.                        : GM Finances, 1967

        16.                        : Guaranteed Annual Income, 1967

        17.                        : Insurance, 1967

        18.                        : International Harvester, 1967

        19.                        : ISST, 1967

 

Box 53

 

          1. GM Negotiations: IUE, 1967

          2.                       : Local Unions, 1967

          3.                       : Minorities, 1967‑68

          4.                       : Parts Warehouses and Plants, 1967

          5.                       : Pensions, 1967

          6.                       : Population and Manhours, 1967

          7.                       : Representation and Grievance, 1967

          8.                       : Seven‑Day Operations, 1967

     9‑11.                   : Skilled Trades, 1967

        12.                        : Technologial Change, 1967

        13.                        : Tuition Refund, 1967

        14.                        : Unemployment Compensation, 1967

 

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15. GM Negotiations:      URW, 1967

16.                           :    Vacations, 1967

17.                           :    Wages, 1967

18.                           :    Workmen's Compensation, 1967

19.                        : Negotiations, 1968‑1969

20. Big Three Auto Negotiations, April 1970


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Series IV

    Aerospace Files, 1957‑1969

     Boxes 54‑57

 

These files contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, newsletters, clippings, and press releases related to the UAW and aircraft or aerospace companies, particularly regarding contract negotiations. They are arranged alphabetically by company name.

 

Box 54

 

     1‑14. Aerospace Department and Conferences, 1957‑1970

    15‑16. Avco Corporation Negotiations, 1967‑1969

 

Box 55

 

          1. Bell Helicopter Negotiations, 1968

       2‑7. Continental Motors Corporation Negotiations, 1962‑1968

     8‑12. Davis‑Bacon Act, 1960‑1962

        13. DeHavilland Aircraft Negotiations, 1964 and 1968

   14‑16. Douglas Aircraft Co. Negotiations, 1963‑1967

 

Box 56

 

       1‑2. Douglas Aircraft Negotiations, 1963

          3. Fairchild‑Hiller Negotiations, 1967

       4‑6. Ling‑Temco‑Vought Inc. Negotiations, 1965 and 1968

          7. Lockheed, 1965

       8‑9. Martin Company Negotiations, 1960‑1969

   10‑13. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corp. negotiations, 1963

   14‑16. North American Aviation Negotiations, 1962‑1968

 

Box 57

 

          1. North American Aviation NLRB Case, 1968

      2‑4.                  Rockwell Negotiations, 1968

      5‑9. Ryan Aeronautical Co. Negotiations, 1965‑1968

  10‑15. Vertol Division, Boeing Co. Negotiations, 1961‑1968

       16. Wright Aeronautical Negotiations, 1965‑1968

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Series V

UAW Internal Studies, 1957‑1967

Boxes 58‑59

 

This series consists of a number of studies commssioned by the UAW and performed by Lou Harris and Associates or by Oliver Quayle and Company. Most of these studies concerned the attitudes of

toward the union.

 

Box 58

 

      1‑2.  "A Study of Connecticut Union Members' Attitudes Towards Flood Damage and Flood                               Control," Lou Harris and Associates, 1957

 

      2‑6.  "A Study in Depth of the Rank & File of the United Automobile Workers (AFL‑CIO)," Lou          Harris and Associates, 1961

 

         7.  "The Mandate of the UAW Rank& File for Contract Negotiations in 1961," Lou Harris and                  Associates, 1961

 

         8.  "A Survey of the Union Shop Election at Ryan Aeronautical," Lou Harris and Associates, 1963

 

         9.  "A Study of the Upcoming April, 1963 Election in Michigan,"Lou Harris and Associates, 1963

 

  10‑12.  "A Study in Depth of the Rank & File of the United Automobile Workers (AFL‑CIO)," Oliver           Quayle and Company, 1967

 

Box 59

 

      1‑9.  "A Study in Depth of the Rank & File of the United Automobile Workers (AFL‑CIO)," Oliver   Quayle and Company, 1967

 

   10‑11. "A Critical Study of the Attitudes of UAW Members Employed by Chrysler," Oliver Quayle and  Company, 1967

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Series VI

            Union Related Correspondence, 1955‑1970

Boxes 60‑63

 

This series consists of correspondence, in‑coming and outgoing, and invitations, accepted and rejected which related directly to Woodcock's work as UAW vice president. The correspondence is filed alphabetically by sendor, and the invitations are filed chronologically.

 

Box 60

 

         1.  Correspondence; A

         2.                            ; B

         3. Bannon, Ken; 1966

      4‑5. Bluestone, Irving; 1960‑1969

         6. Correspondence; C

         7.                           ; D‑E

         8. Dunne, Harold; 1967‑1968

         9. Edwards, Nelson Jack; 1965‑1969

       10. Correspondence, F

       11. Fraser, Douglas, 1960‑1969

       12. Correspondence, G.

       13. Greathouse, Pat, 1955‑1969

       14. Correspondence, H‑J

       15. Humphrey, Hubert; 1968

       16. Jeffrey, Mildred; 19631967

       17. Correspondence; K

       18.                    ;L

       19. Leach, Russell; 1966

       20. Livingston, John; 1955‑1958

  21‑22. Correspondence, M.

 

Box 61

 

        1. Madar, Olga; 1966‑1968

        2. Malseed, John H; 1958‑1965

   3‑14. Mazey, Emil; 1957‑1970

       15. Michaelis, Michael

       16. Correspondence, N.

       17. Neff, John McGowan; 1964

       18. Correspondence, O‑R

       19. Odgen, James; 1965

  20‑21. Patterson, E.S.; 1962‑1968

       22. Reuther, Victor; 1964‑1967

 

Box 62

 

        1. Reuther, Victor; 1968‑1970

    2‑4. Reuther, Walter P.; 1957‑1970

    6‑7. Correspondence, S.

       8.        Sheffield, Horace; 1960‑1966

       9.        Correspondence, T‑Z

     10.         Walsh, Joe; 1962‑1969

     11.         Wickless, Orville; 1957‑1966

     12.         Invitations (accepted), 1964

     13.                                             January‑May, 1965

     14.                                             June‑July, 1965

     15.                                      September‑December, 1965

     16.                                             January‑March, 1966

     17.                                             April‑June, 1966

     18.                                             July‑December, 1966

     19.                                             January‑March, 1967

 

 

Box 63

 

          1. Invitations (accepted), April‑October, 1967

          2.                                 January‑September, 1968

          3.                                 October‑December, 1968

          4.                                 1969‑1970

          5. Invitations (Rejected), 1960 and 1964

          6.                               January‑February, 1965

          7.                                April‑July, 1965

          8.                                August‑December, 1965

          9.                                January‑March, 1966

        10.                                 April‑May, 1966

        11.                                 June‑September, 1966

        12.                                 October‑December, 1966

        13.                                January‑June, 1967

        14.                                July‑August 1967

        15.                                 September‑December, 1967

        16.                                 January‑February, 1968

        17. Invitations (Rejected), March‑August, 1968

        18.                                September‑December, 1968

        19.                                January‑April, 1969

        20.                                May‑June, 1969

        21.                                July‑November, 1969

        22.                                1970

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Series VII

Articles and Speech Notes, 1956‑1970

Boxes 64‑70

 

The files in this series contain drafts and notes for articles and speeches, sometimes typed but often in longhand. They are filed chronologically, with a group of notes for speeches on specific topics following. An additional group of files at the end of the series contains background research materials on a variety of subjects which Woodcock used to prepare for the speeches. These are arranged alphabetically by subject.

 

Box 64

 

       1‑3. Articles, 1956‑1964

     4‑13. Speech Notes, 1952‑1960

 

Box 65

 

      1‑12. Speech Notes, 1960‑1965

 

Box 66

 

       1‑5. Speech Notes, 1966‑1970

          6.     Aircraft Conferences

          7.     Automation

          8.     Education, 1955‑1960

          9.     Fair Practices, 1942‑1956

        10.      Foreign Affairs, c1952

   11‑13. GM Conferences, 1956‑1969

        14.      CM Negotiations, 1967‑1968

        15.      GM Subcouncils, 1963

        16.      Management Perogatives

        17.      Mental Health

        18.      Political

 

Box 67

 

         1. American Motors Corp.

         2. Asia

         3. Australia

         4. Auto Industry

         5. Bargaining issues

         6. Business Forecasts

      7‑8. China

         9. Chrysler Corp.

       10. Eastern Europe

  11‑13. Economics

       14. Europe

       15. Ford Motor Company

       16. Ford, Henry

       17. Foreign Affairs

 

Box 63

 

      1‑2. General Motors

         3. Guaranteed Annual Wage

         4. India

         5. International Harvester

      6‑7. Japan

         8. Markets

         9. Middle East:

       10. Nixon, Richard M.

       11. Nuclear Energy

       12. Papal Encyclical, 1961

       13. Prices

  14‑15. Productivity

 

Box 69

 

          1. Salaries

       2‑5. Science

          6. Skilled Trades

          7. Space Program

          8. South Africa

          9. South American and Mexico

   10‑12. Soviet Union

        13. Sweden

        14. Tariffs and Taxes

        15. Technical and Vocational Training

 

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Series VIII

Non‑Union Activities, 1957‑1970

Boxes 70‑78

 

This alphabetically arranged subject series contains correspondence, minutes, reports, and other materials concerning the various activities (committees, task forces, commissions, study groups, and so on) with which Woodcock was involved outside the scope of his UAW work. These activities ranged in level from national to local, and the institutions or agencies were both public and private.

 

Box 70

 

     1‑2.  Technology

         3.  Unemployment

         4.  Unionism

         5.  U.S. Government

         6.  Wages

         7.  Water

      8‑9. A Better Chance: Independent Schools Talent Search, 1963‑1970

  10‑12. American Academy of Transportation, 1965‑1969

  13‑14. American Federation of information Processing Societies, 1964

 

Box 71

 

         1. Apache Oil Programs, 1969

         2. Art Center Broadcasting Co., 1964‑1965

      3‑9. Citizens for Michigan, 1959‑1962

  10‑12. Commerce Technical Advisory Board, 1966‑1967

 

Box 72

 

          1. Commission on Industrial Development Legislation, 1961‑1962

      2‑3. Committee for National Health Insurance, 1968‑1970

         4. Committee of 100, 1967

         5. Community Cultural Council of the City of Detroit, 1967

    6‑10. Credit Counseling Centers, Inc., 1967‑1970

  11‑14. Detroit Educational Television Foundation, 1968‑1969

 

Box 73

 

     1‑2. Detroit Educational Television Foundation, 1969

        3. Detroit Institute of Technology, 1963

        4. Detroit Press Club Foundation, 1965‑1967

        5. Economic Club of Detroit, 1969

    6‑9. Employment Service Task Force, 1965‑1966

10‑12. Federal Advisory Council on Employment Security, 1963‑1967

 

Box 74

 

         1. Federal Advisory Council on Employment Security, 1966

         2. Foreign Policy Association, 1964‑1967

      3‑5. Forum for Detroit Area Metropolitan Goals, 1963‑1967

      6‑8. Great Decisions Program, 1962‑1963

    9‑10. Grosse Pointe War Memorial Association Lectures, 1963‑1964

  11‑13. H.E.W. Committee on Administration of Training Programs, 1967‑1968

       14. International Village, 1965

       15. Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children, 1966

 

Box 75

 

      1‑4. Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children, 1966‑1970

         5. Mass Media Study Committee, 1969

         6. Metroplitan Detroit Citizens Development Authority, 1967‑1970

     7‑9. Metropolitan Fund, Inc., 1959‑1970

 10‑13. Michigan Commission on Prepaid Hospital and Medical Care Plans, 1956‑1962

 

Box 76

 

         1. Michigan Commission on Prepaid Hospital and Medical Care Plans, 1962‑1963

      2‑8. Michigan Tax Advisory Study Committee, 1957‑1965

    9‑10. Missile Sites Commission, 1961‑1965

  11‑12. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, 1965‑1968

 

Box 77

 

          1. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting

       2‑6. National Urban League, 1957‑1970

          7. Project Concern, Inc., 1969‑1970

     8‑12. United Foundation, 1963‑1970

   13‑14. Wayne County Community College, 1964‑1965

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Series IX

Wayne State University Board of Governors Files, 1955‑1970

Boxes 78‑82

 

An alphabetical series of files covering many topics and issues at Wayne State University during the years in which Woodcock served as an elected member of its Board of Governors. Files include Correspondence, memoranda, reports, programs, clippings, and speeches.

 

Box 78

 

      1‑2. Wayne County Community College, 1966‑1968

         3. AAUP, 1959‑1963

         4. Attorney General of Michigan Opinions

         5. Black Studies

      6‑7. Board of Governors, 1962‑1967

    8‑11. Budget, 1967‑1970

       12. Building Trades Council

       13. Bylaws Committee, 1963‑1964

       14. Centennial, 1968

       15. Commencement Speeches and Program, 1959‑1961

       16. Commuting Student Study

       17. Enrollment, 1970

       18. Family‑Sized Farms, 1961

       19. Finance

       20. General Motors Corp. Proxy Votes, 1970

 

Box 79

 

           1. Guzowski, Richard A., 1964

           2. Higher Education, 1963‑1964

           3. Higher Education Opportunities Committee

           4. History and Organization

           5. Honorary Degrees, 1961‑1965

        6‑7. Housing, 1959‑1969

           8. Insurance, 1959

           9. Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations, 1960‑1969

         10. International Studies, 1964

         11. Job Training, 1963‑1965

         12. Keast, William Rea, 1965‑1967

         13. Labor History Archives, 1963‑1964

         14. Law School, 1960‑1965

         15. Legislation

         16. Medical Center Harper‑Webber Complex, 1968

   17‑20. Medical School Correspondence, 1959‑1964

 

Box 80

 

       1‑7. Medical School Correspondence, 1964‑1970

     8‑11. Medical School Correspondence, (Alumni), 1970

   12‑13. Medical School Documents, 1970

   14‑15. Michigan Legislative Study Committee on Higher Education Reports, 1958

 

Box 81

 

          1. Michigan Public Act 124, 1965‑1967

          2. Michigan State University, 1965‑1969

          3. Michigan, University of, 1961‑1965

          4. Monteith College, 1958‑1962

        5‑7.Murphy, Frank: "Hand of God" Memorial Statue, 1949‑1970

          8. North Central Association

          9. Operation Revival, 1963

       10. Political Organizations, 1956 and 1961

       11. Press Releases, 1961‑1962

       12. Principles, Statements of

       13. Quarter System, 1961‑1966

  14‑16. Research Science and Technology, 1959‑1964

       17. Retirement, 1959‑1962

  18‑19. Salaries, 1959‑1968

        20.Salary Committee, 1969‑1960

        21. Selective Service, 1966

 

Box 82

 

        1‑2. Speakers Policy, 1961‑1966

           3. Speeches (Woodcock), 1959‑1967

           4. South End, 1969

           5. Statistics, 1958 and 1969

           6. Statutes, 1959‑1961

        7‑8. Student‑Faculty Council, 1959‑1967

           9. Tuition, 1967‑1968

         10. University Council, 1960‑1969

         11. Upward Bound, 1969

         12. Urban Renewal, 1963‑1966

         13. Wayne Engineer,"A Well Rounded Engineer," 1959‑1960

         14. WSU Educational Employees Federation, 1961

         15. WSU Federation of Teachers, 1960

         16. WDET, 1965

    17‑20. Woodcock Campaign, 1959

    21‑22. Woodcock Campaign, 1963

         23. Miscellaneous Correspondence

 

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Series X

Personal Correspondence and Invitations, 1956‑1970

  Boxes 83‑84

 

This series contains two types of materials. The first is a group of invitations most of them asking Woodcock to serve in some capacity on a committee, task force: commission, or other organization. The second is a series of correspondence that is more personal in nature than that in Series VI. Both groups are arranged chronologically.

 

Box 83

 

     1‑10. Invitations for Service, 1956‑1970

   11‑18. Personal Correspondence, 1956‑1963

        19. Congratulations on Re‑election to WSU Board of Governors, 1963

   20‑23. Personal Correspondence, 1964‑1965

        24.                                        re: Woodcock as Gubernatorial Candidate, 1966

   25‑26.                                            1966

 

Box 84

 

       1‑9. Personal Correspondence, 1967‑1969

        10.                                        re: European Trip, 1969

        11.                                        1970

 

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